09.20.09 -- NYSE

New York Stock Exchange, 1979, Santi Visalli

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

CLOSING BELL, Puzzle by Michael Ashley, edited by Will Shortz

NYSE (43D. Closing bell place: Abbr.), along with seven entries of common phrases transformed by ending in DING are the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword -- RAISIN BRAN DING (23A. Goal of Sun-Maid’s marketing); GREENS FEE DING (39A. Salad bar activity?); OF MICE AND MEN DING (52A. Book on how to repair rodent damage?); LONG TIME NO SEE DING (69A. Reason that nothing’s growing on the farm?); AINT WE GOT FUN DING (88A. Question from a campaign committee?); GENTLE BEN DING (98A. Exercise for beginning yoga students?); DRAWING PEN DING (120A. Tardy illustrator’s assurance?). Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!

Other entries of length include AMORTIZES (61A. Pays down incrementally); BRITANNIA (80A. Subject for 48-Across); COLANDERS (112A. Porous kitchen utensils); FELDSPAR (91D. Mineral that crystallizes from magma); HACIENDA (37D. Home south of the border); START ANEW (29A. Go back to square one); SUBPOENA (6D. Form of 4-Down); TRIBUNAL (62D. Court of justice).

Seven-letter -- ENGARDE (15D. Cry before waving the hand); GENTEEL (14D. Well-bred); KLINGER (94D. “M*A*S*H” corporal); ORTRANTO (93D. Town on the SE tip of Italy that’s the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel).

Six -- AGE OLD (13A. Venerable); AVENGE (119A. Repay) and AVERSE (13D. Against, with “to”); CANTER (8D. Easy gallop); ELDERS (99D. Council members); ENGINE (26A. You might give this a gun); ERRORS (128A. Position player’s stat); HUEVOS (86A. Dish served ranchero-style); INNEED (63D. Destitute); INTOIT (53D. Really engrossed); IRANIS (59A. Dwellers on the Strait of Hormuz); NARITA (101D. Tokyo’s airport); OSIERS (32A. Willow twigs); STARED (106A. Was gaping); TEETER (124A. Be on the brink); VENDOR (22A. Carnival sight).

Five -- ASIAN, ATBAT, AUDIO, BEADS, CBSTV, DARED, DORAG, EGGED, EMITS, ENDAT, ENVOI, GAVIN, HENCE, IBOOK, INANE, LENYA, MAIDS, MAZES, NOLTE, OOZED, ORSER, PERES, SACHA (129A. Baron Cohen who created 25-Down), SCRUM, SMALL, URGED.

Four -- AFRO, ALIG (25D. Alter ego of Borat and Bruno), ARNE, ATON, BRIG, CATE, DARN, DESK, DOOM, DREW and DRAY, EARL, EDIT, GALS, GOAD, GOIN, GRIN, GRAD, HUGO, IDIO, INEZ and INGE, LEER, LOLL, LONE, LORD, NADA and NODE, NEAL, OAHU, ODIN, ONLY, ORES, OVER, PELT, RDAS, RENE, RIGS, RILE, ROUE and RUBE, SAKS, SEEN, SEGA, SHOE, SLIM, SRTA, SUMO, TINS, TINA and TONI, USER, VOGT, WADS, WISP, WRIT (4D. Formal order).

Three -- ABC, ACE, AMI, ANA, AUF, BEE (100D. One using a comb), BUD, DIM, ERA, ESL, GAS, ION, NED and NET, RUN, SDI, VOA, WAH.

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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Low-I.Q.; 4. Slender amount; 8. Letterman airer; 19. Gasteyer of stage and screen; 20. He’s less than a gentleman; 21. Broadcast element; 27. Conclude by; 28. Shower with force; 31. Office holder, of sorts; 35. Word with interface or option; 36. Part of a brake; 45. Hot air; 48. Composer Thomas; 50. Beat poet Cassady; 51. Actress Lotte; 58. Immigrant’s course, for short; 60. Overseas news source, in brief; 64. Murphy’s “48 HRS.” co-star; 65. Seeped; 68. “Drat!”; 75. Peculiar: Prefix; 76. Rugby play; 77. Units of sweat; 85. Athos, to Aramis; 87. Take a power; 92. Old Apple laptop; 95. Push; 96. Company founded in 1940 as Standard Games; 97. Bottom line; 103. Hang around; 105. Push too hard, maybe; 108. Aloha Tower site; 117. Throws together; 118. Eight-time Canadian skating champion; 125. Up time; 126. Broadway columnist Wilson; 127. Whiz; 130. Cart for heavy loads; 131. Lead character on “Pushing Daisies”. Down: 1. Took a chance; 2. For the birds; 3. Ones who’ll straighten you up?; 5. Cloud chamber particle; 7. P.M. preceded and succeeded by Shamir; 9. Chum; 10. Reagan cause: Abbr.; 11. Pantry array; 12. Science fiction author A. E. van ___; 16. Ruler of the Aesir; 17. Isolated; 18. Had no play in crazy eights; 24. Retailer beginning in 1867; 30. Start of a German goodbye; 33. Haitian president Preval; 34. In the public eye; 38. Gemstone sources; 40. Zilch; 41. Spare; 42. Deadly 1966 hurricane; 44. Hoedown participants; 46. Enter; 46. Early Michael Jackson style; 47. Petty; 49. End of a ballade; 54. Something often thought of as impending; 55. Lab challenges; 58. Branching point; 57. Diploma holder; 66. S.A.S.E., e.g.; 67. Informal headwear; 70. Actress Lollobrigida; 71. Novelist Morrison; 72. Sport of a rakish; 73. Sends out; 74. San Francisco mayor Newsom; 78. Ready, in the kitchen; 79. U.S. Army E-6; 80. Naval lockup; 81. Bumpkin; 82. ___ secret; 83. Pulitzer playwright of 1953; 84. Heaps; 86. Science fiction prize; 89. Lots of moolah; 90. Switch lines, say?; 102. Meaning of the emoticon :-D; 104. Whom a thane attended; 107. Pushed, with “on”; 109. Broad style of cuisine; 110. From this time; 111. Pushed; 112. Actress Blanchett; 113. Much-repeated word in air traffic control; 114. Creepy look; 115. Vitamin bottle info, for short; 116. Mex. Miss; 118. Right turn ___; 121. Symbol of simplicity; 122. When doubled, a musical effect; 123 Prohibition, e.g.