06.19.11 — Well-Preserved

Sunday, June 19, 2011 — Father’s Day

SAY WHAT?!, Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will Shortz

Odd-ball definitions posing as clues for ten answers constitutes the interrelated group of this silly but very satisfying Sunday crossword.

• SHUT UP SHOP (23A. “I’ve heard enough, retail outlet!”)
• AMEN CORNER (25A. “I agree completely, dog-eared bit of paper!”)
• FREEZE FRAME (28A. “Stop right where you are, picture holder!”)
• LOOK OUT MOUNTAIN (44A. “You’re in danger, tall hill!”)
• SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS (54A. “The chair doesn’t recognize you, steakhouse and chophouse!”)
• DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING (76A. (“I’d be miserable without you, tapestry!”)
• FAREWELL ADDRESS (85A. “Goodbye, place I used to live!”)
• CARRY ON BAGS (104A. “Just keep doing what you’re doing, suitcases!”)
• ROGER BACON (110A. “I read you loud and clear, breakfast meat!”)
• SORRY SIGHT (112A. “It was all my fault, gun attachment!”)

Other — AMERICA (68A. Explorer Richard Byrd‘s plane), AUSSIE, FEMORAL (85d. Situated at the thigh), FREE REIN, GAUTAMA (99A. Another name for Buddha), MANDALAY (16D. Kipling poem about Burns), MARSDEN (18D. James of “X-Men“ films), MASSON, NAVARONE (80D. Fictional island in two Alistair MacLean novels), OSIRIS, PRESAGES (81D. Augurs), RISING, “Mr. ROBOTO“ (1983 Styx hit), SCONCE, SHTETL, SITCOMES, SNUFFED and STUFFS, SEWARD, TWEENS.

Five-letter — ACHES, AMIGO, AMORE, ANGLE, ANTSY, ARROW, ASHEN, ASSET, ARROW, AWGEE, BAAED, BOGEY, CASED, CODES, EMBED, EMCEE, EMERY, ERNIE, EWERS, FATED, FOLEY, GIANT, ISLES, ISUZU, LONGS, MAHER, MAMAS, MUSES, NEMEA, OCEAN, ORATE (103. Speak for everyone in the room), PRONG, SINCE, SLATE, SLYLY, TASER (48D. Acronymic weapon), TRINI, TRUTV, USAIR, USHER, WAILS, WASPS, WATER (21A. Something well-preserved?), WEDGE, WOMEN, WOOER.

Short stuff — ABLE, ACID, ADS, AGEE, AMFM, ANEW, ASHE, ASP, ASTA and ASTO, ATOZ, AYN, BRIO, BTW, BUR and FUR, CAAN and CAN, CAGY, CARE and CERA, DENY, EARN, EIN, END, ERE and EVE, FARO, GENE, ISM, ITEM, LAIT, LEE, LESS, LET, MELS, MOST, NOAH, NOPE, NPR, OGLE and OGRE, OHOH, OILY, ORC, OSLO, PEN and PEZ, PREP, RARA avis, RUDE, SCAT, SHOD, SOW, STU, TELL, THUD, UKES.

"A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station." ~ Bill Cosby

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Nursery sounds; 6. Bates’s “Misery” co-star; 10. Compadre; 15. Having more than one band; 19. Weapon, e.g., in military-speak; 26. Regarding; 27. What you might get by moving a head?; 30. “One if by land, two if by sea” and others; 31. Extinguished, with “out”; 33. Spots before you eyes?; 34. Alaska Purchase negotiator; 35. Symbol of royalty in old Egypt; 38. Skunk, e.g.; 38. Big-screen canine; 40. Jeans brand; 41. The majority; 49. Surname in a Poe tale; 51. Check out; 52. Like racehorses; 53 Objectivist Rand; 59. Before, to Byron; 60. Scorecard blemish; 61. Lift provider; 62. Vessels with spouts; 65. Light TV fare; 67. Sticky seedcase; 70. Writing surface; 71. Make nonsensical notes?; 73. Roast V.I.P.; 75. Work in the field; 80. D.C.-based news source; 82. Australia’s Lake ___ National Park; 83. See 93-Across; 84. Inasmuch as; 89. Philip with a 1975 best seller on C.I.A. secrets; 90. Sistine Chapel ceiling figure; 91. Like many sunscreens; 92. Cessation; 93. Is 83-Across; 95. Big name in California wine; 97. Endorser’s need; 109. One of the Bobbsey twins; 114. Over again; 115. Pop singer Lopez; 116. Addition to café; 117. Keys in a chain; 118. Amount that’s settled for; 119. Caddie’s offering; 120. “This looks like trouble!”; 121. Manicurist’s aid. — DOWN: 1. Some nest builders; 2. Lacking color; 3. Diesel engine manufacturer; 4. Rented out; 5. Packs; 6. Checked out before robbing; 7. Athlete who wrote “Off the Court”; 8. Complete; 9. “You’re mistaken”; 10. Certificate on a wall, maybe; 11. “___ Pearl” (Jackson 5 hit); 12. Gossip subject; 13. One that’s passed along; 14. Brute of fantasy; 15. Sign symbol; 17. Lack of constraints; 24. Lay the groundwork; 26. Great body; 29. Old West gambling game; 32. Inevitable; 34. “Rugrats” father; 36. ___ artist (film crew member); 37. Soprano pineapple and others, briefly; 38. Con ___ (tenderly); 39. Something that shouldn’t be flat; 41. Patrons of the arts; 42. Green-skinned god; 43. Old Jewish community; 44. Pines; 45. “Puss in Boots” figure; 46. Former carrier name; 47. Land heavily; 55. 19^th Amendment beneficiaries; 56. Cable network with the motto “Not reality. Actuality.”; 57. Panhellenic Games site; 58. Elementary school grads, typically; 63. Ascendant; 64. Torch bearer; 66. Key group; 67. Objected to a shearing, possibly; 68. Pines; 69. “Shucks!: 71. With deviousness; 72. Michael of “Juno”; 73. Lodge; 74. Diner of 1970s-’80s TV; 77. Giveaway at the poker table; 78. Make; 79. Not just big; 86. Bearer of a dozen roses, maybe; 87. A. in Arnstadt; 88. Turn down; 93. Showing deviousness; 94. Person of Perth; 96. Nurses old grudges, say; 97. Runcible spoon feature; 98. Banks known as Mr. Cub; 99. Wayne’s pal in “Wayne’s World”; 100. Fish; 101. TV host with “New Rules”; 102. Unable to relax; 104. Serious attention; 105. Lemon juice, e.g.; 106. Home of Hallvard’s ruined cathedral; 107. Life saver?; 108. Vivacity; 111. “Incidentally,” in chat rooms; 113. Philosophy suffix.