Paul Klee, Gradation, Red-Green (Vermilion), 1921,
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
GETTING IN SHAPE, Puzzle by Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz
Six answers clued as “See highlighted letters intersected by this answer” constitute the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword — OVAL OFFICE, SQUARE INCH, DIAMOND NECKLACE, ARTIFICIAL HEART, LOVE TRIANGLE and ARCTIC CIRCLE — along with the highlighted letters (circles on the internet, gray squares on the dead wood edition) spelling out OFFICE, INCH, NECKLACE, ARTIFICIAL, LOVE and ARCTIC in the shape mentioned in the answer.
Other — ABRIDGED (17D. Missing parts), AFRAID SO, AFRICANA (59D. Ashanti wood carvings), ALGERNON, COME QUICK, EIGHTEEN, FREE WILL, IT’S A CINCH, LAKE ERIE (34D. Site of a key battle in the War of 1812), LOIS LANE, MEALTIME, PACMAN and GAME OVER (13A. Well-known maze traveler; 116A. Message seen after 13-Across dies), RECORDER, TRUE FACT (20A. “I kid you not!”).
Battle of Lake Erie by William H. Powell, 1865
Mid-size— ACHEBE, ARMADA, AT WORK, BOREDOM (63D. Reason to doodle), CLUTCH, DOCILE, ELNINO, GUESSER, KEITEL, KNOWN AS, LENSES, LOUVRE, NL EAST, PALMER, PICK OFF, POLLOS, PROPEL, RACE CAR (85A. Palindromic vehicle), REDFORD, SETTERS, TENSION.
Five-letter — AIOLI, ARLES, ARULE, BIDEN, CIVIL, CODAS, DOGGY, ENERO, “ … ERE I saw Elba”, ESTEE, HURLS, ICING, KAPUT, MIATA, NEIGH, OFFER, ORNOT, PALIN, PECAN, REINK, RIFFS, SKEET, TIARA, TOKEN, TOMAS, TRACE, UNCUT (23A. Full length).
Short stuff— AAAS, ACHE and ACME, ADEN, AGEE and AGES, AIMS, AINT, ALB, ALUM, AMIE, AMOS, AOL, ARCH, Cézanne’s “Boy in A RED Vest”, ARLO, ASS, AVI, AWL, BEES, CEO, CHE, CIS, CUT, DEL, EAT, EDS, EEL, EONS, EREI, ESC, ETD, FAIL and FAIR, FCC, HRS, ICEE, IDEA, IGOR, ILK, IMAC, IMUS, IRR, KERN, LIS, LRON, MDI, MEH (67D. “I’m less than impressed”), MIA and MIR, NARC, NAST, NETS, NFL, NPR, OCTO and ORCA, OHNO, OWER, PEI, PNC, POOL, PTAS, REC, ROE and RUE, RUNE, SAL, SYST, TAIL, TDS, TEL, THUS and TOSH, VCRS, VEER, WISE.
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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Small amount; 6. Nab, as a base runner; 19. Slings; 20. “I kid you not!”; 22. “Things Fall Apart” author Chinua ___; 26. Game hunters; 28. Business card abbr.; 29. Friend of Fifi; 30. Fleur-de-___; 31. Frozen beverage brand; 32. One in debt; 34. Author ___ Hubbard; 35. Guess on a tarmac: Abbr.; 36. Geological feature on a Utah license plate; 38. Polite; 40. Some batteries; 41. Speak horsely?; ___ hall; 44. Tennis’s Berdych; 45. Type; 46. Golfer nicknamed “The King”; 47. Year Michelangelo began work on “David”; 48. As ___ (usually); 49. Charades participant, e.g.; 52. Newsroom workers, for short; 53. “Unfortunately, that’s the case”; 55. “Hurry!”; 57. Obedient; 58. Umpire’s ruling; “I ___ the day …”; 61. Priestly garment; 64. Folkie Guthrie; 65. Repeated musical phrases; 67. Mazda model; 69. Facility often closed in the winter; 71. Home state for 86-Across: Abbr.; 72. Soviet space station; 73. Zig or zag; 74. Home to the Venus de Milo; 76. “Easy as pie”; 80. Majority figure?; 82 Teans’ org.; 86. Cheney’s successor; 87. 82-Across stats; 88. Launch; 90. Jack or Jenny; 91. Beginning of an año; 92. Eggs in a sushi restaurant; 93. Freshen, as a stamp pad; 94. Isn’t wrong?; 96. Popular pie flavor; 97. Ends; 98. PC key; 99. 1977 thriller set at sea; 100. Comedy Central’s “___.O”; 101. Prefix with -gon; 103. Pointed tool; 104. “… ___ saw Elba”; 105. Co. that owns Moviefone; 106. Commonly called; 114. Child’s pet; 115. Phenomenon associated with the Southern Oscillation; 117. Setting for van Gogh’s “Café Terrace at Night”; 118. Phillies div.; 119. Drama has it; 120. Shooting sport. — DOWN: 1. So; 2. Character in “The Hobbit”; 4. Critical situation; 5. Cosmetician Lauder; 6. They have mtgs. In schools; 7. Not std.; 8. Share; 9. Harvey of “Reservoir Dogs”; 10. Two-for-one, e.g.; 11. Flunk; 12. Media watchdog org.; 13. “Going Rogue” author; 14. Rheumatism symptom; 15. 1969 film with an exclamation point in its title; 16. When the table is set; 17. Missing parts; 18. Realizes; 21. Jewel holder; 25. Book after Joel; 27. Cousin of an oboe; 33. Sassy; 35. Flotsam or Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid”; 36. Fleet; 37. He played the candidate in “The Candidate,” 1972; 39. “___ in the Morning”; 40. ‘10 or ‘11 person, now; 41. Buster; 42. Shop posting: Abbr.; 44. Follow; 45. Aviation pioneer Sikorsky; 46. Designer of the pyramid at the 74-Across; 51. It’s for the birds; 54. Garlicky mayonnaise; 55. “___ for Cookie” (“Sesame Street” song); 56. Totaled; 66. Apple debut of 1998; 68. Mouse in a classic Daniel Keyes book; 70. Contact ___; 73. RCA products; 75. “I didn’t mean to do that!”; 77. Quite a schlep; 78. “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria owner; 79. Thomas who lampooned Boss Tweed; 81. “You have no ___”; 82. “Tell Me More” network; 83. Age-old philosophical topic; 84. Fictional reporter; 86. Buzzers; 89. ___ Park, home for the Pittsburgh Pirates; 95. Bonus to something that’s already good; 96. Spanish chickens; 97. Active; 99. Doubting words; 100. Representative; 102. Musical symbols that resemble cross hairs; 103. Gulf of ___; 104. A very long time; 105. Top; 106. “Show Boat” composer; 107. Writer James; 108. The “S” of TBS: Abbr.; 110. Unaccounted for, briefly; 111. Take sides?; 112. Prefix with culture; 113. Boss of bosses.
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