07.31.11 — Separate Checks

View of Toledo, c 1597, El Greco

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

SEPARATE CHECKS, Puzzle by Pamela Klawitter

Edited by Will Shortz

Not sure how the title of this sly Sunday crossword properly defines the interrelated group, but the puzzle is fun and witty. Circled letters in sequence divided by a black square (or two) correspond to entries that define the divided words in the circles.

• DIVIDED HIGHWAY (27A. See circled letters in 76-/109 Down), e.g., HIGH and WAY.
• FALLEN APART (44A. … in 119-/120-Across), FALL and EN
• TORN ASUNDER (64A. … in 116-/117-Across), TO and RN
• BANANA SPLIT (88A. … in 39-/60-Down), BAN and ANA
• FRACTURED SKULL (103A. … in 17-/43-Down), SKU and LL
• CRACKED WINDOW (14D. … in 1-/4-Across), WIN and DOW
• BROKEN PROMISE (56D. … in 12-/35-Down), PRO and MISE

Other — ANATOLE (60D. France from France), ARM BONES, BEAR PIT, DEVELOP, DIRT BIKER, EL GRECO (87D. “View of Toledo“ artist), EMPOWERS, HOT ROLL, INANITY, IN PERIL, I REPEAT, RETOTAL, SALES ROOM (15D. Pitcher‘s place), SLOVENS, STAGGERS, TALK TO ME, TEN PINS, TOSS-UPS.

Six-letter — ACUMEN, AVOWED, BOATEL, BORGIA (95A. Enemy of a Medici), ERMINE, HARASS, LATE TO, LATINS, PICKER, SMIRKS, SNIVEL, TORIES.

Five — ADAPT, AFTRA, Buenos AIRES, ALDAS, AMEND, ATTYS, AWAIT, BEADS, BLESS, CAROL, CURIE, DOWNS, EAT AT, EBOLA, ENDER, GIGLI, GOT ON, HIDER, INUIT, I SING, Lake LEMAN, LIMES, LUNNS, MISER, MOTTO, NAÏVE, ODE TO, OF ALL, ORTON, PACER, PC LAB, Uncle REMUS, RHODA, SEVER, STEAL, STEVE, SUSAN, SWORD, TARSI, TESSA, VOTRE, WARDS.

Short stuff — ALOU, ANAS, ASA, AUF, AVES, BAN, BOAC, CSIS, DATE, DOLL (50A. Sweetheart), DOOR and DORA, DST, ENDE, ERA and ERG, ETTE, ETUI, EVIL, FLAB (44D. Inches for pinches), GEE, HEAT, HIGH, IDOL, ILRE, INOR, ION, KEY, LASS (49A. Sweetheart), LIE, LLDS, LSAT, NISI, OAK, ONA, OWED, PIS (47D. Some tails, for short), PRO, RAIL, RANK, RETD, RNAS, ROME, RUIN, SKU (17D. Merchandise ID), SNO, SSS, TIVO, UDON, WASH, WAY, WIKI, WIN, YORE.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. When repeated, advantageous to both sides; 4. 71 answers in this puzzle; 9. Get used to it; 14. Several CBS dramas; 18. “___ Story: A Journey of Hope” (Jenna Bush best seller); 20. Expect; 21. French toast piece?; 22. It might be pulled; 23. Pompeii, e.g.; 24. Bride in “The Gondoliers”; 25. What the Butler Saw” playwright, 1969; 26. Noted diamond family name; 30. Restless walker; 32. Title character in a 2009 Sandra Bullock crossword film; 33. “Well, I’ll be!”; 34. “Told ya so!” looks; 38. “Fear is pain rising from the anticipation of ___”: Aristotle; 39. Wampum, e.g.; 41. Endangered; 51. Part of a pack?; 52. Panamanians and Peruvians; 53. 1960 Olympics host; 54. Duel tool; 55. Radii, e.g.; 57. Cut; 58. Some drink garnishes; 59. Place for some animal baiting; 60. Sharpness; 62. Bit of physics; 63. Hostess’s ___ Balls; 67. Summer letters; 70. Enter, for one; 72. Give a hard time; 73. Check, as one’s numbers; 76. Huntee in a game; 79. Mounted; 80. Authorizes; 81. “Of thee” followers; 82. Michael Jordan, e.g.; 83. Conservative side; 85. Comparison’s middle; 86. T.S. of literature; 87. Neither more no less, in France; 90. Item in a restaurant basket; 92. Virus named for a river; 94. French CD holder; 97. Composition of many a cask; 98. Techie’s hangout; 102. It may have sand in it; 109. User-edited Web site; 110. Words on a sandwich board; 112. Emerson’s “___ Beauty”; 113. “The Neverending Story” writer; 114. Upper class?; 115. First woman to teach at the Sorbonne; 118. “Think” or “Think different”; 117. They’re stranded, briefly; 118. Times past; 119. Best ___; 120. Rear’s rear?; 121. Radiator sound. — DOWN: 1. Hospital wings; 2. Language akin to Kalaallisut; 3. Like Gomer Pyle; 4. See; 5. Had a balance; 6. Dry’s partner; 7. Not yet final, at law; 8. Leaves a crooked trail; 9. Owned up to; 10. ___ Marquez, Nickelodeon cartoon girl; 11. ___-at-law: Abbr.; 12. Master; 13. Game with a setter; 16. “___ out?” (poker query); 19. Cowardly sound; 28. Unfold; 29. Miami squad; 31. Dada figure; 38. Tightfisted sort; 37. Silliness; 39. Missing, as the start of a party; 39. The U.N.’s ___ Ki-moon; 40. Definitely not Felix Unger types; 42. “___ Pastore” (Mozart opera); 43. Honorary law degs.; 44. Inches for pinches; 46. Lake ___, Switzerland/France separator; 49. Add to, perhaps; 54. Brief word of caution; 57. Pulitzer-winning Sheehan; 61. “Do You Hear What I Hear?,” e.g.; 62. “In case you didn’t hear me …”; 65. 1970s TV spinoff; 65. Wrap for a queen; 68. Big bargain; 69. Ankle supports; 71. Piece of work?; 74. Even chances; 75. A perfect score on it is 180: Abbr.; 76. Daily weather datum; 77. Aoki of the World Golf Hall of Fame; 78. Off-road specialist; 79. 2003 Affleck/Lopez flick; 80. Century 21 competitor; 83. “I’m listening”; 84. ___ leash; 88. U.K. carrier, once; 89. Word with cherry or cotton; 91. Rush igniter; 93. Offshore accommodations; 98. Actors’ grp.; 99. Sally __ (teacakes); 100. Show-biz father and son; 101. Graceful word?; 102. Program coordinator?; 104. Vituperate; 105. Japanese noodle; 108. Part of AARP: Abbr.; 107. Small: Suffix; 103. Outlet; 109. Mode; 111. Strauss’s “Ariadnne ___ Naxos”.