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Sunday, February 27, 2011
V-2, Crossword by Peter A. Collins, edited by Will Shortz
The letter V takes center stage in this vibrant Sunday crossword with seven double-V answers, two V’s formed by black squares, two stand-alone single-box white squares containing the letter V and a little something else here or there.
VIETNAM VETS (27A. John McCain and John Kerry)
VINCE VAUGHN (73A. “Wedding Crashers” co-star, 2005)
VESTAL VIRGINS (107A. Keepers of the flame?)
VICE VERSA (4D. The other way around)
VINCA VINE (16D. Plant with purple flowers)
VILLAGE VOICE (59D. Weekly since 1955, with “The”)
VARICOSE VEIN (63D. Vessel seen just below the surface?)
Other — CO-ANCHORS (79A. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, once, on “S.N.L.“), ELEMENTS (18D. Gold and silver, but not bronze), ENAMELED (11D. Covered, as cookware), INNOCENT (17D. Name of 13 popes), IRONWOOD (9D. Tree with very hard timber), LOVED ONES (95A. Those near and dear), MT ARARAT (3D. Post-flood locale), PLATELET (67D. Clotting agent), RUNNERS-UP (80D. #2’s), STAND-INS (71D. Subs), TIDED OVER (78D. Satisfied, for a while at least), UNEARTHS (2D. Discovers), WHITENESS (98A. Quality of new-fallen snow).
Seven — CHARLES (42A. River crossed by the Longfellow Bridge) , CHIPS IN, CHIVIED (13A. Annoyed with persistent petty attacks), COSSACK, DROOLED, EDGED IN, ENTITLE, FATUOUS, FLY INTO, FRENCH’S, GO AHEAD, HUMVEES, MATTERS, NON-USER, OUT IN LA, RE-ENTER, SALVOES (12D. Some gunfire), SARCASM, SATANIC (43D. Infernal), SLIDE ON, SPANNED, TEACHER, TEL AVIV, TENDONS, TUITION (90D. What may help one live and learn?).
Mid-size — A FLAT, AGATES, ARENA, AT REST, AVATAR, BEAT IT, COSTS, DUNCAN, ELEVON (91A. Aircraft control surface), FEED ME, GARNER, HATED, ICEMAN, LIMAS, MCCABE, MESAS, MIXES, OGRES, RAIMI, REPOT, SEVENS, SLASH, SERIF (7D. Letter‘s end?), SKEINS, SLAVE, SOLES, SPENT, SSGTS, SUNNIS, THE FED, TONAL,WIRED (98D. Overly caffeinated).
Short stuff — ACE and AEC, CELL, COME, DAD and DADE, DENT, EDE and EDU, EEG, ELD, ELEV, ELLA, EONS, ESL, ESTS. ETH and HETH, EULE, EUR, FER, FIAT, FIVE (104. V), FLEW, FRI, GAS, GRR, March HARE, HUPS, INT, LAW, MRI and MRS, MTV, NAP, NEET, NOM, NSA, NTS and NTSB, OLAV, OSU, PVC, RACE and RAVE, REY, ROD, RUR, SHAG, SOB and SOV, SSE, TIVO, TREE, VAT, VIS, WET, XENA (10D. TV title character who said “I‘m not an Amazon“).
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Desert Storm transports; 8. Is sociable; 20. Qualify; 21. Contest site; 22. 1994 Red Hot Chili Peppers album); 23. Rabbi or mullah; 24. Like most Western music; 25. Went over completely; 30. Dog command; 31. Gig for a dejay; 33. Sped; 34. For-EV-er; 35. Steeplechase, e.g.; 36. Idle; 38. Emulated a hungry wolf; 40. Common rolls; 44. Clogs at the bottom?; 45. Arrive at by air; 46. Repair shop figs.; 47. British P.M. after Lloyd George; 49. Ward, to the Beaver; 50. Payday, often: Abbr.; 51. Crash-investigating org.; 52. Striped stones; 55. What Arf! Arf!” or Meow!” may mean; 57. “The Real World” airer; 60. 2009 hit film with subtitled scenes; 62. Earn; 63. Word on either side of “a”; 66. Contributes; 68. Transfer, as at a nursery; 70. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” figure; 72. Block component; 73. “Wedding Crashers” co-star, 2005; 76. Evolutionary chart; 77. Key of Chopin’s “Polonaise-Fantaisie”; 80. “Spider-Man” director; 81. “Get lost!”; 83. Ft. Collins setting; 84. Abbr. on a currency exchange board; 85. Toy company behind yo-yos; 86. Entered carefully; 88. Canyonlands National Park features; 90. Bands on the run?; 93. Good name for a surveyor?; 94. Some Muslims; 101. “___ Pieces” (Peter and Gordon hit); 102. Congolese river; 104. Nondemocratic rule; 105. Short answers?; 106. Kind of scan, for short; 107. Keepers of the flame?; 111. E.R. readout; 112. Old nuclear watchdog: Abbr.; 113. Dutch city ESE of Utrecht; 114. Toil; 115. The Beavers of the N.C.A.A.; 116. QB’s miscue; 117. Newcastle-to-London dir.; 118. Play that introduced the word “robot”; 119. Anathematic; 120. Break, of a sort; 121. Some Windows systems. — DOWN: 1. Eighth Hebrew letter; 5. Old verb ending; 6. About 16,900 ft., for 3-Down; 8. The situation; 13. Overhead ___; 14. Cadence syllables; 15. “Let’s make ___ true Daily Double”; 19. ___ City, Fla.; 28. Antiquity, poetically; 29. Demise; 32. Course for new U.S. arrivals; 35. King on un trono; 36. A-one service?; 37. Setting for part of 2005’s “Munich”; 39. Royal name in Norway; 40. Use for skating; 41. Break down; 45. Big name in mustard; 48. Sloppy, as a kiss; 50. Sword: Fr.; 53. ___-X; 54. “Oh, joy!,” e.g., typically; 55. Inane; 56. ___ Miller (Julie Christie title role with 57-Down); 57. Warren Beatty title role with 56-Down; 58. Group with a board of governors; 61. Type in again, as a password; 62. “After you”; 64. Hired gun, in gang slang; 65. Coils; 69. Plastic used in piping; 71. Subs; 74. Marcel Marceau, e.g.; 75. [This makes me mad!]; 82. Home recorder; 85. Repair shop job; 87. Teetotaler; 89. U.S.S.R. part: Abbr.; 92. Classic hair removal brand; 94. Catch some flies; 95. Some beans; 96. Meanies; 97. Hack; 99. Pooped; 100. Some NCOs; 103. “___ Enchanted” (2004 film); 108. U.R.L. ender; 109. Brewhouse fixture; 110. Code-breaking grp.
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