09.11.11 — Cornered

Shadow Cornered by C. G. Jung

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

CORNERED, Puzzle by Kay Anderson / Edited by Will Shortz

In this Sunday crossword, ten answers round a corner for completion, sharing tail ends with a complete word. Even though the puzzle is divided in half by the black squares, along with the upper right and lower left also separated from the remainder, the solve is friendly, a sort of step-by-step down the stairs and/or up, however cornered.

• BRASSTACKS (1A. *Nitty-gritty, as of negotiations; 5D. Library area)
• STRAWHAT (6A. *Boater; 10D. Question from one in another room)
• GRASSHOPPER (14A. *Title figure in an Aesop fable; 18D. Ad-filled weekly)
• HUNCHOVER (58A. *Work on at a desk, say; 59D. Act like a protective mother)
• RIGHTANGLE (77A. *Bracket shape; 78D. Fishing line fiasco)
• MERLOTWINE (35D. *Ernest and Julio Gallo product; 69A. Bale binder)
• GOINGRATE (57D. *Usual amount to pay; 86A. Log holder)
• JUMPINGROPE (95D. *Part of a boxer’s training; 131A. Really feel for?)
• CIRCUSTENT (107D. *It’s pitched for a large audience; 134A. Artery opener)
• PASSWORD (117D. *Common secret; 133A. Stellate : star :: xiphoid : ___ )

Other — ANATOLIA (38D. Asia Minor), DEWY-EYED, ENERVATE, HERE WE GO, HIPSTERS, JOHN GALT, LET SLIDE, OLD LATIN, OVERSEER, PAN GRAVY, PARADIGM, POP STARS, RETRIEVE, RIPPED IT, ROSE AGAIN, ROSTERED, STAMBERG, SKETCH OUT, TALLADEGA (124A. Alabama speedway locale), WATER DROP (118A. The dot on the “i“ in the Culligan logo).

Seven-letter — AVERAGE, EASEFUL, FORAGER, HEWED TO, MERIDIA, MORONIC, ONE HOUR, OWING TO, SARA LEE, SERENER, SKIPPED, SPHERIC, STROPHE, TIE GAME, TROUPER, UNITARD.

Six — ART LAB, EELERS, INGRAM, PARENT, RAGTOP, SAD DAY, SAME AS, SAVE AS, STAINS, STAYER, THINGS.

Five — ACELA, ADAPT, ALEPH, CAIRO (126A. 2011 revolution locale), CETUS (41D. The Whale constellation), CROOK, DATED, DINAH, DC TEN, EPSOM, IODIC acid, KEIRA, LYDIA (104A. Ancient kingdom in Asia Minor), NENES, NEVIL, NUTSO, OTERO, RABAT, RENIN (47D. Enzyme regulating blood fluid and pressure), SAGER, SALTS, SIT ON, SLAWS, SNITS, STAVE, STEAM, STIES, THEUN, L’shanah TOVAH!, TROTH, UPPER.

Short stuff — ABEE, ALIT, ALP, ATE, BRAS, COE, CRAP, DAW, GEE, GHI, GTO, IMA, MEW, NBC, NEB, NINE, ONAT, OREN, PAP, PHEW, PORT, PRY, RACK, RIPE, ROTC, SITE, SOL and SOP, SPEW, SRA, TED and TEM, TOD, TWA, “Il était UNE fois …”, UNTO, WISP, Y’ALL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 11. Sponge (up); 19. Royal African capital; 20. Something plighted; 21. Co. once owned by Howard Hughes; 22. “L’shanah ___!” (Rosh Hashana greeting); 23. Amtrak train; 24. Emulated the phoenix; 26. New Mexico county; 27. Roughly plan; 29. Effects; 31. Losing casino roll; 32. Not included; 34. James ___, duettist on the 1982 #1 hit “Baby, Come to Me”; 36. It might be French, Swiss or Italian; 37. Insipid writing; 40. Globular; 42. Fight (off); 43. “Well, that’s odd”; 44. Go ___ great length; 46. More placid; 48. Boss; 50. Corporate owner; 52. Passé; 54. Term of address in Dixie; 55. Susan of NPR; 60. Shot up; 64. Death, in Dresden; 65. Thief; 67. Take no action regarding; 70. Settled down; 72. Grunts may come out of them; 74. Author Shute of “On the Beach”; 76. Throw out; 79. Mini-tantrums; 81. Barrio babies; 83. Eavesdrop, maybe; 84. Exactly like; 88. What Chesapeake dogs are trained to do; 90. Golden rule word; 92. Leader of Abraham?; 94. Time of lament; 95. Ayn Rand protagonist; 99. “I have been half in love with ___ Death”: “Ode to a Nightingale”; 102. Locus; 103. “Il etait ___ fois …” (French fairy-tale starter); 106. Incredibly stupid; 106. Newsman Baxter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show; 109. Kitten’s cry; 110. Fishermen with pots; 112. Onetime weight-loss drug; 114. Exclamation after a workout; 116. Convertible; 127. Crazy; 128. Britney Spears’s “___ Salve 4 U”; 129. More judicious; 130. Stimulant; 132. Ia. Neighbor. — DOWN: 1. Some intimates; 2. Billiards need; 3. Have ___ in one’s bonnet; 4. See 87-Down; 6. Poetic stanza; 7. Many a vaudevillian; 8. Listed; 9. Polished off; 11. Bad marks; 12. Because of; 13. Roast go-with; 14. The “it” in the lyric “turn it on, wind it up, blow it out”; 15. Campus drillers; 16. C; 17. Frozen food brand; 25. 4 on a phone; 28. Cool sorts; 30. Computer option for a document; 33. Singer Washington; 37. Regulars on VH1; 39. Model; 45. Pro ___; 49. Cabbage dishes; 51. Original “Wagon Train” network; 53. Classic McDonnell Douglas aircraft; 56. Goes bad; 61. Hit one out of the park, say; 62. Sap; 63. Innocent; 66. Actress Knightley; 68. “The ___ Tailors,” Dorothy L. Sayers mystery; 71. N.Y.C. landmark; 73. Trite; 75. Ignore, in a way; 80. Tick off; 82. Monterrey Mrs.; 85. One with endurance; 87. With 4-Down, MgSO4.7H20; 89. Fingers, for short; 91. Source of many English words that come to us via French; 93. “Strap yourselves in, kids …”; 96. Time it takes to develop a set of photos, maybe; 97. Scrupulously followed, as the party line; 98. No-win situation?; 100. One living off the land, maybe; 101. One-piece garment; 105. Where kids get creative in school; 111. Fifth of eight; 113. Learn to get along; 115. Bit of smoke; 119. Smelly; 20. Israeli conductor Daniel; 121. After-dinner drink; 123. Iowa college; 125. Margery of rhyme.