Sunday, May 17, 2009 PERFECT JOBS, Puzzle by Oliver Hill, edited by Will Shortz In this Sunday crossword, dusting, warring, rowing, robbing, daring, landing, branding and holding are paronomastic proper name / vocational activities for HOUSEKEEPER (22A. Perfect job for Dustin?); MERCENARY (25A. Perfect job for Warren?); OLYMPIC CANOER (44A. Perfect job for Rowan?); MASTER THIEF (65A. Perfect job for Robin?); STUNT DOUBLE (71A. Perfect job for Darren?); AIRPLANE PILOT (93A. Perfect job for Landon?); COWHERDER (118A. Perfect job for Brandon?); POKER PLAYER (121A. Perfect job for Holden?). Other long entries include ALL RIGHT (69D. “Oh, yeah!”); ANNE MEARA (123A. Half of a longtime comedy duo); BRAIN DEAD (21A. Completely unthinking) or the grisly film BRAINDEAD; DILEMMAS (28D. Moral posers); FREE SOILER (85A. Pre-Civil War abolitionist); MASS EMAILS (55A. Spam, say). Doubling-ups -- MARENGO (9D. Italian town where Napoleon won a historic 1800 battle) and MERENGUE (61A. Relative of the cha-cha-cha); TORII (57A. Japanese gateway) and 72D. “Road TORIO “ (Hope/Crosby film); DETERGE (97A. Clean) and WASH (52D. Scrub); ASHCAN (101A. Refuse container) and TIN CANS (92A. “Just married” car decoration); RIP (66D. Shred) and TEAR UP (67D. Shred); OOPS (80A. “My bad”) and BLOWS IT (51A. Errs badly); AMEND, ELAND, UPEND, EDNAS, ENDAS and SEDAN (128A. 98, e.g.) with OLDS (129A. 98, e.g.).
Mid-size entries -- ADMIRAL (104A. Nickname of the N.B.A.’s David Robinson, with “the”); DENIMS (33A. Kick-around pants); EATERY (98D. Bistro); ENRICH (26A. Better); GLUE POT (39A. Woodworker’s double boiler); GNOMIST (63D. Writer of aphorisms); GREMLIN (58A. Mischievous one); ICE HOLE (22D. Opening for winter fishing); IN SPADES (76A. Excessively); MALL RAT (81A. One hanging out around shoppers); MURALS (34D. Some Egyptian pyramid art); ONE MORE (87D. Plea to a performer); OR ELSE (11D. Ultimatum closer); PBS NEWS (40D. Jim Lehrer presentation); PRIEST (48D. Confession receiver); RECIPES (94D. They’re sometimes secret); RED STAR (31A. Symbol of Communism); ULTIMO (117A. Last in Léon). Five-letter -- ALEVE, APSIS (4D. Orbital point), ATONE, COOER, DIVED, EMBER, ENERO, FILLE, GISMO, GOURD, ISITI, ISLAM, ITALO, ITSOF, KHAKI, LEILA, LIPID, LORDS, NERVE, NUKED, REGAL, REHEM, RIYAL, SITON, SOFTY, STONE, STOPS, TITUS, USAGE, USHER, USUAL. Four -- AMYS, ANGE, ATOM, DESI, EDYS, EGAL, ITAL, KENO, LOOM, LONI, MAYO, MEIR, MLLE, NARY, NDAK, NSEC, ONEA, OWIE, OWNS, REAM, RICK (32. “Casablanca” bistro owner), SADE, SAGO, SCAG, SECT, SEED, SERA, SLOE, SONS, STLO, USGA, VARY, YORE. Three -- ABS, ACE, AMP, EMO (119D. Genre of Fall Out Boy), IBM, IFI, ILE, ION, KIA, KYD, LET, LYE, NNE, NOD, OCT, ONT, REM, RON, YAY, YEN, YOD. All in a day's work! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Bob Jones Award org.; 5. “The straight path”; 10. ___ cloud; 13. Audacity; 18. Stations; 20. Girl’s name meaning “night” in Arabic; 27. Went scubaing; 29. NaOH; 30. Carter and Grant; 35. Is bound (to); 37. Sportage, for one; 41. Dr. Seuss’s “ ___ Ran the Zoo”; 53. Dove, for one; 54. Lotto variation; 60. Manche department capital; 68. Steinway & ___; 69. Target of core workouts; 70. Child’s cry of pain; 83. Stately; 88. Deli spread; 91. Dictionary info; 96. Letter after teth; 99. Appetite; 100. Band with the #1 album “Monster”; 110. Gin flavoring; 113. CN Tower’s home: Abbr.; 115. Emperor son of Vespasian; 124. New Year’s month, overseas; 125. Beast with twisted horns; 126. Whatchamacallit: Var.; 127 Early English playwright Thomas. Down: 1. Concert hall employee; 2. Backgammon playing piece; 3. Common dried decoration; 5. Quebec’s ___ de Montreal; 6. Symbol of regeneration; 7. Fat; 8. Naproxen, commercially; 10. Big Blue; 12. Not; 13. Little Rock-to-St. Louis dir.; 14. Author Ferber and others; 15. Stationery order; 16. Diversify; 17. “Slow Churned” brand; 19. Shia, e.g.; 24. Dull yellowish brown; 36. Quantum mechanics model; 38. Whiz-bang; 41. Judas’s question; 42. “La ___ due Regiment” (Donizetti opera); 43. “___ no importance” 44. Birth month for most Libras: Abbr.; 45. Be on the horizon; 46. The olden days; 47. Predecessor of Rabin; 49. Religious figure, to Pierre; 50. Here-there connector; 56. Squash; 59. Particle of a dwindling campfire; 62. Assent; 64. Typical; 71. Sentimentalist; 73. Topple; 74. Instant: Abbr.; 76. Typesetter’s choice: Abbr.; 77. Arnaz of 1950s TV; 78. The same to vous?; 79. Steamed pudding ingredient; 82. One could go up to 11 in “This Is Spinal Tap”; 84. Tennis call; 86. Nigerian-born singing star; 89. “Wahoo!”; 90. ___ Day; 95. Result; 100. Fix, as a skirt; 102. In concord (with); 103. Prepared, as frozen foods, maybe; 105. Lille girl: Abbr.; 106. ___-Turkish War, in which the first aerial bombs were used; 107. Saudi Arabian currency; 108. Fix; 100. Royal court members; 110. Heroin, slangily; 111. Actress Anderson; 112. Controls completely; 114. Home of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park; 116. Hospital fluids; 119. Genre of Fall Out Boy; 120. Supercool; 122. Harry Potter pal.
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