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Sunday, October 2, 2011
MASQUERADE, Puzzle by Eric Berlin / Edited by Will Shortz
A note accompanies today’s crossword: Ten famous people are attending a costume party in this crossword. After the grid is filled, change the two circled letters [the newsprint edition has shaded letters] in each theme answer to "unmask" a celebrity.
Ray Charles, Greg Norman, Bob Dylan, Anne Rice, Eli Manning, Alex Trebek, Joe Torre, Lou Rawls, Don Cheadle and Tina Louise are disguised in this clever crossword as RANCH AXLES (23. Rods on a cowboy‘s truck), GREEN ORGAN (25. Environmentally sound keyboard), BOND PLAN (42. 007 strategy), INNER ACE (44. High card up one‘s sleeve), SLIM AWNING (66. Narrow overhang), ALERT REBEL (68. Government resister standing ready), JOLT OGRE (85. Shock a fairy-tale monster), LOUD OWLS (89. Nocturnal birds liable to keep people awake), CONCH LADEL (109. Soup spoon designed for shellfish) and FINAL GUISE (111. Last costume at a costume party).
Other — MALLARDS (7D. Green-headed water birds), ORESTEIA (12D. Trilogy that includes “Agamemnon“), POTATOES (107A. Fries, e.g.), REMINDER (81. Note to self), ROTO-TILL (27A. Prepare the soil for planting, perhaps), 83D. “SOMEONE‘S in the kitchen with Dinah“ (old song lyric), UNCOUNTED (104A. Like invalid ballots), VERSATILE (28A. Multicapable).
Seven-letter — ALGEBRA, APPLETS, AVENUES, EARLIER, EYE EXAM, HOME ICE, LACUNAE, LANOLIN, LEXICON, LILTING, MEANT IT, NUT TREE, OIL SEED, OSMOSED, OPOSSUM (92D. Smallish marsupial), POLENTA, SALUTED, SENATOR, STARCHY, TEDDIES, TOO MUCH, TRANCES, VACATES, WANT ADS.
Six — ALARMS, ANTLER, ARCTIC, DIESEL, FERRER, PROUST (98D. “The Prisoner“ author), SLAM ON, UNBENT, USER ID, WRINGS.
Five — AFOUL, AREEL, ASSAM, ASSET, BUENA, CALLA, ELENA, ELM ST, ESSEN, EVENS, FERRY, FOSSE, FREDO, GUARE (100D. “A Free Man of Color“ playwright), I CARE, IN BOX, LIBRA, LIENS, MACAU, MASSE, MCLII, MR MOM, NERVE, OMNES, OVULE, PALME, PRIMA, RUERS, SALEM, SARAN, SMELL, SOTTO Voce, SPIRO, TEA AMO, US ONE, UVEAS.
Short stuff — ABES, ADE, ALOE, ALTO, AMMO, ANGE, ANON, ATTN, AUBE, CHIC, CIA, EASY, EELY, EMP, ETAT, ETS, FFF, FONT, FOR, GEM, GIN, HOG and HOI, IN LA, IRAE, ISR, JAM, LENT, Fannie MAE, MCS, MTG, OLA and OLAF, ON OR about, ORB, POPE, RAPT, SCUM, SOLS, STA and STAR, SUN and SYN, RIC, TEL, TEMP, Lean-TOS, URL, VIP, YON, YULE.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Tierra en el agua; 5. Horror movie locale, in brief; 10. Run ___ of; 15. “Whoa! Calm down!”; 19. Be featured (in); 20. Words on a Spanish valentine; 21. Temerity; 22. Choir part; 27. Prepare the soil for planting, perhaps; 29. DLXXVI doubled; 30. Lily type; 32. Foreign visitors?; 33. Only nonsentient zodiac symbol; 36. In style; 37. Voting to pass; 38. Empathetic words; 40. Password preceder, generally; 41. Example, for instance: Abbr.; 46. Baltimore daily, with “the”; 48. French river or department; 49. Smartphone supplements; 53. Property claims; 55. Some sexy nightwear; 60. Clingy wrap; 61. Ties up; 63. Memo abbr.; 65. “To Live and Die ___”; 70. It might be in a belt; 71. More than attentive; 72. Immature egg; 73. East Coast rte.; 74. Was sincere; 76. Strong point; 78. It often involves a Snellen chart; 82. All, in old-time stage directions; 84. Modern address; 91. Take most of; 94. Burglar discouragers; 96. Billiards shot; 98. “Pastorals” poet; 99. Former Portuguese colony in China; 100. Certain game-ending cry; 101. Industrial hub of Germany; 103. 1983 domestic comedy; 104. Like invalid ballots; 113. Requiem hymn word; 114. Visibly stunned; 115. Michael and Sonny’s brother in “The Godfather”; 116. Cleaner target; 117. Five-spots; 118. Transport, as across a river; 119. 1999 Broadway revue; 120. Seasonal worker, say. — DOWN: 1. U.N. member since ‘49; 2. Like some newly laundered shirts; 3. Ointment base; 4. Bitterly cold; 5. Californie, e.g.; 6. Collection of specialized words; 8. What wavy lines may indicate in a comic strip; 10. Celestial being, in France; 11. Actor Jose; 13. Eye layers; 14. Carnival follower; 15. When the events in flashbacks took place; 16. Field with unknowns; 17. RR stop; 18. “___ knight doth sit too melancholy”: “Pericles”; 24. Part of “the many,” in Greek; 26. Canola, for one; 28. Clears out of, as a hotel room; 29. Hosts, briefly; 31. Cheerful and spirited, as a voice; 34. Singer Ocasek; 35. Fruit drink; 37. It might have serifs; 39. Before long; 40. Straight; 42. ___ Vista (Disney video distributor); 43. Boiled cornmeal; 45. Cashew, for one; 46. Hit hard, as brakes; 49. Northeastern Indian state; 50. ___ d’Or (film award); 51. Italian “first”; 52. Many a “Damn Yankees” role; 54. Mutely showed respect; 56. Truck fuel; 57. Paper collector; 58. Kagan of the Supreme Court; 59. “The Crucible” locale; 62. Pooh-bah; 64. Business card abbr.; 67. Gets the water out of; 68. Many Monopoly spaces; 69. They might atone; 72. Moved like water into plant roots; 76. Very, very funny; 77. Short answers?; 79. Festive time; 85. Bad situation; 86. Suffix with Cray-; 87. Unfilled spaces; 88. Mesmerized states; 90. Newspaper section that competes with Craigslist; 91. Hockey team’s advantage; 93. Prize; 96. Elk’s weapon; 98. “The Prisoner” author; 102 Veep Agnew; 103. Part of a business sched.; 105. Count ___ (Lemony Snicket villain); 106. Snakelike; 108. Palliative plant; 109. Org. in “Burn After Reading”; 110. Round body; 111. Opposite of ppp. On scores; 112. Hirohito’s title: Abbr.
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