08.23.09 -- E/U

The Hallucinogenic Toreador, Salvador Dali, 1970

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

E. U. DOINGS, Puzzle by Phil Ruzbarsky, edited by Will Shortz

PRESSED THE FLUSH (23A. Used a push-button toilet?), IT’S PAST MY BUD TIME (40A. “I can’t drink beer this late”?), BUTTER BUSINESS BUREAU (56A. Dairy regulator?), THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK (77A. Baseball official gets revenge?); WORKS WITHOUT A NUT (93A. “The bolt alone is sufficient”?) and THE LITTLE RED HUN (114A. Story of a small Communist barbarian) are the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword.

Mid-size entries include ABDUCTS (6D. Shanghais); BEEFEATER (68A. Yeoman of the British guard); BROILER (68D. Where Guinness originates); ESTEEMS (17D. Prizes); JEANNIE (16D. 1960s sitcom title role); NUMERIC (50D. Having digits); TOPPLES (87D. Overthrows); TUNNELS (92D. Places for moles).

Six-letter -- AIRMAN (59D. Aviator); AMORES (47A. Ovid’s love poetry); ASKED IN (53D. Welcomed, as a visitor); ATTACH (49D. Affix); DOES OK (67D. Gets a C, say); ETCHED (98D. Fixed for all time); ETRADE (2D. Online brokerage); 70D. FEEL NO pain; HELENE (95D. Curtis of cosmetics); LEMUEL (99D. Gulliver of “Gulliver’s Travels”); MAGNET (30A. Kind of school); MUU MUU (30D. Hawaiian attire); NOBLES (96D. Aristocrats); NO EXIT (3D. Sartre play set in hell); NUGGET (48D. McDonald’s chicken bit); MIDWAY (79D. Convenient meeting place?); SPIFFY (105A. Spruce); T-BONDS (87A. Govt-issued securities); 41D. Mother TERESA; TETRAS (7D. Colorful fish); TIP JAR (1D. Bill collector?); TOP HAT (94D. Cane accompanier, maybe); TRUISM (11D. Platitude) and TRUE TO (43D. Loyally following); TSE TSE (18D. Transmitter of nagana); TRANNY (100D. Gearshift mechanism, informally); UNLOCK (60D. Open); WASABI (93D. Mustardy condiment).

Five -- ADIME, ALLIE, AUSSI, BARAK, BEBOP, BEENE, BILBO, CACTI, CASCA, EBERT (20A. Who said “No good movie is too long, and no bad movie is short enough”), EGADS, EWELL, FLASH, INERT, ISRED, LASSO, LETAT, LOESS, MERIT, NAÏVE, NOELS, OBJET, ORIEL, OSAKA (63A. It was destroyed by Godzilla in “Godzilla Raids Again”), PATHO, RELAX, SAXON, SPAYS, TESTA, THINK, UVEAS, VOTER, WISHI, WORLD.

Short stuff -- ABA, ACHE, ALOE, APO, ARLO, ATEM and ATEN, BANA, BELT, BNAI, BORG, BRED, CEL, CMA, DALI (74A. “The Hallucinogenic Toreador“ artist), DECO, DORR, DOS, EEN, EIRE, ERIC, FEED, FINE, HRH, IDLY, ISAT, ITOO, JAX, LAIN, MOA, NASL, NES, NYT, OLGA, OTE, PEEL and PEEN, PLUS, RETE, RGT, RIA, RUNS, SCH, SDAK, SELA, SEAU, SIL, SLUR, SSE, STDS, TAIL, TBA and TWA, TEL, TEND, TINS, ULAN, URNS, URU, VIE.

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Remaining clues -- ACROSS: 1. Shepherd; 5. Logical beginning?; 10. Regs.; 14. Curio; 19. Langston Hughes poem; 21. House Republican V.I.P. Cantor; 22. Windblown soil; 27. The Jaguars, on scoreboards; 28. “White trash,” e.g.; 29. Been in bed; 31. Stop on ___; 33. “Julius Caesar” role; 36. 12-time Pro Bowl player Junior; 38. Super ___ (game console); 39. Neural network; 44. Operates; 46. Flu symptom; 48. Green; 50. Largest city paper in the U.S.: Abbr.; 51. Narrow estuary; 54. Arg. Neighbor; 61. Mil. Unit; 62. “Up and ___!”; 64. Cans; 66. “Zounds!”; 71. Sci-fi writer’s creation; 72. Like Rockefeller Center; 73. Cantilevered window; 76. Extinct relative of the emu; 83. ___ Chinmoy (late spiritual leader); 84. Toon frame; Poetic dark period; 86. “Concentrate!”; 90. Pele was its M.V.P. in ‘76; 92. Shadow; 97. Stiff drink; 101. Mil. Address; 102. Medicinal succulent; 103. Native of Leipzig; 104. One looking for a ticket, maybe; 108. Added value; 110. Sons of, in Hebrew; 112. Nashville-based awards org.; 113. Pitcher Reynolds of the 1940s-’50s Yankees; 118. Designer Geoffrey; 119. Eric of “Munich”; 120. Gettysburg general under Lee; 121. Hammer part; 122. “The East ___,” song of the Chinese Cultural Revolution; 123. Egyptian solar disk; 124. Catch in a ring, maybe; 125. Without much thought. DOWN: 4. Fetes; 5. Plastic surgeon’s procedure; 8. Regal inits.; 9. Native: Suffix; 10. Emmy-winning Ward; 13. P.T.A. meeting place: Abbr.; 14. Sister in Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”; 15. Five-time Wimbledon champ; 24. Reno-to-L.A. dir.; 25. News bulletin; 32. Basis of a Scouting badge; 34. Neuters; 35. Peyotes,, e.g.; 37. Litigators’ org.; 40. Chemically quiet; 42. U.S. rebellion leader of 1842; 45. Eye layeers; 52. “The wolf ___ the door”; 55. Mated; 56. Jazz genre; 57. End-of-year numbers; 58. P.M. between Netanyahu and Sharon; 65. Neb. Neighbor; 69. Where Guinness originates; 71. Words before may or might; 75. The French state; 78. Mantel pieces; 80. Seed coat; 81. “Put your feet up”; 82. Tolkien hobbit; 89. Part of R.S.V.P.; 91. Also in Arles; 92. 104. Contend; 106. “O.K. then”; 107. Network signal; 109. ___ Bator; 111. Author/poet Bates; 114. TV schedule abbr.; 115. 10-digit no. 116. Former rival of USAir; 117. Printer specification: Abbr.