08.07.11 — Up to No GOOD!

 

 

Leda and the Swan, a 16th century copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo (National Gallery, London)

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

GOOD TO GO, Puzzle by Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan

Edited by Will Shortz

No GOOD in seven answers constitutes the interrelated group of this very good Sunday crossword:

• LET THE TIMES ROLL (23A. Start-press order for a New York daily?)
• HOUSEKEEPING SEAL (39A. Flippered animal that runs a maid service?)
• SHIP LOLLIPOP (48A. Request for candy from a kid at camp?)
• YOU’RE A MAN CHARLIE BROWN (68A. Congratulatory phrase at a “Peanuts” bar mitzvah?)
• NO NEWS IS NEWS (88A. Jaded comment from a constantly updated person?)
• THE ERA OF FEELINGS (98A. 1970s, to a schmaltzy wedding band?)
• I’M INTO SOMETHING (120A. Amnesiac’s vague recollection of having a hobby?)

Other — APTERAL (44D. Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple), ARIGATO (94D. Japanese “Thanks”), AROUSES, AWEATHER, COSTANZA, DAS BOOT (93A. 1983 German-language hit film), DETERGE , EASTER egg and FABERGE egg, GABFEST, GETS A GRIP, LEG RESTS, ON THE GO, SLOVENE (45D. Ljubljana resident), UKRAINE (61D. It’s NW of Georgia).

Six-letter — AGENDA, A GO GO, ANSARA, ARSENE (26A. Sleuth Lupin), A TON OF, BONSAI, CUSACK, DESCRY, DULLEA (78A. Keir of “2001: A Space Odyssey“), ENSLER, EVITES, Denmark’s FAEROE islands, HETERO, IGUANA, LIT OUT, OREAL, MILIEU, MUESLI (24D. Swiss mix), O’CASEY, OREIDA, OR ELSE, PORTAL, RENOIR, RUFFLE, SAFEST, SHEESH (6D. “I can‘t believe it!”), TOWNIE, TRAITS, TRIVET (98D. Stand on short feet).

Five — AKRON, “Sounds like A PLAN!”, BOWER, ERECT, ETHNO, FATAL, HEIRS, INSERT, LATTS, LEHAR (109D. “Zigeunerliebe“ composer), OMEGA, ONSET, PARAS, RATED, REAPS, TEN AM, TORSO, UPTON, VELMA (118A. “Scooby-Doo” girl).

Short stuff — ABO and AGO, ADOS, AFR, ALAN, ALFA, ALLE, AS A result, DIA and DEO, DNA, DUAL, EGAD, ELBE and ELLE, ELHI, ELS, EMIN, ENOW, ESS, EVES, EWER, FARO, FEM, GAME, ILS and ITS, IUD, LALA, LOG, LPS, MANN, MCS, MIMI, MNEM, MOE, MR T, NAN, NIE and NNE, OAHU, OCD, OFT, ONE A, ONZE, OPUS, OWL, PORC, RAD and RDA, SAG, SFO, SMA and SMU, SRI, STE, SWAN (84D. Zeus’ disguise when fathering Helen of Troy), TET, ULA and ULLA, UTE, VIA, WAL, WINS, YADA, YELL, “YER out!”.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Airplane amenities; 9. “The Dublin Trilogy” dramatist; 15. Kind of attraction; 20. Windward; 21. Fashion frill; 23. Add-on meaning “galore”; 25. Shaded shelter; 27. Suffix with form; 28. Dresden’s river; 30. St. Pete-to-Savannah dir.; 31. Flaps; 32. Make out; 35. Big name in potatoes; 37. Explorer’s writing; 43. Legal assistants; 46. Mart start; 47. Sparks; 52. Nutritional abbr.; 53. Like the yin side: Abbr.; 56. Author Sinclair; 57. Start; 59. Dewlapped creature; 62. When to call, in some ads; 64. “Rocky III” co-star; 65. Gnarly; 67. Ohio university; 75. Western Indian; 76. High lines; 77. Romeo’s predecessor?; 80. End of a Greek run; 82. Ones gathered for a reading, maybe; 86. One of the Bobbsey twins; 96. Part of some itineraries?; 97. Leisurely time to arrive at the office; 106. Musee d’Orsay artist; 106. Things determined by 104-Across; 107. Everybody, to Erich; 110. “___ me” (phone comment); 111. Match part; 114. Genevieve, for one: Abbr.; 125. Construct; 126. Environment; 127. TV character who worked for Steinbrenner; 128. Six-pack holder?; 129. Certain newspaper advertisement; 130. Washed. — DOWN: 1. Substitute for forgotten words in a song; 2. Pour thing?; 3. Stops panicking; 4. Valued; 5. Prefix with -centric; 7. Holiday celebrated with banh chung cakes; 8. Asian title that’s an anagram of an English one; 9. Unsettling last words; 10. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan; 11. Home to about 15% of the world’s population: Abbr.; 12. W. Coast air hub; 13. Fashion magazine; 14. “2, 4, 6, 8 - Who do we appreciate?,” e.g.; 16. Back; 17. College-area local; 18. What a chair should cover?; 19. Cosmetics brand with the classic slogan “Because I’m worth it”; 29. Often-trimmed tree; 32. Designed for two; 33. Takes in; 36. Serpentine shape; 37. “Beatles ’65” and others; 38. Hanauma Bay locale; 40. Antipollution mascot Woodsy ___; 41. AOL’s Web site, e.g.; 42. Birth control option, briefly; 49. Ready to be called; 50. French meat; 51. Active; 53. Casino offering; 54. Poetic “plenty”; 55. Singer Aimee; 58. Muffs; 60. What a pajama party often is; 63. Sch. That plays Texas A&M; 64. Memory: Prefix; 66. Calendario unit; 68. When tripled, et cetera; 69. Musical number; 70. “The Producers” character who sings “When You Got It, Flaunt It”, 71. Mucho; 72. Actor Rickman; 73. K-12; 70. “Broken Arrow” co-star Michael; 81. Type in; 83. Portrayal; 8487. Blood-typing system; 89. Modern party planning aids; 90. Sports column; 91. Go south, as sales; 92. Scot’s “wee”; 93. In excelsis ___; 95. Frequent, in verse; 99. Straight; 100. Eve who wrote “The Vagina Monologues”; 102. Beat it; 103. Best in crash-test ratings; 108. Order to a barista; 112. “La Boheme” soprano; 113. Key of Brahm’s Symphony No. 4: Abbr.; 116. Eleven, to Heloise; 117. Edwardian expletive; 119. Ones putting on a show, for short; 121. They: Fr.; 122. German rejection; 123. Cause of some repetitive behavior, in brief; 124. A Stooge.