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Sunday, January 8, 2012
DOING WITHOUT, Puzzle by Tony Orbach / Edited by Will Shortz
Nine familiar phrases containing the word WITH become unfamiliar phrases without the WITH in this wry Sunday crossword.
DON’T PLAY MATCHES (24A. “Just do drills for now”?)
KEEP UP THE JONESES (30A. Disturb one’s neighbors at night?)
GREEN ENVY (54A. Duffer’s feeling toward a putting pro?)
DATE DESTINY (54A. Meeting one’s soul mate, perhaps?)
GET THE PROGRAM (67A. Successfully perform a download?)
SEALED A KISS (87A. Applied foil at the Hershey’s factory?)
I’M THE BAND (91A. One man’s declaration to an upset party planner?)
PASS FLYING COLORS (105A. Drive by the United Nations?)
I ONLY WANNA BE YOU (117A. Imposter’s excuse?)
Other — AEROSOL, AVOCADO, CABALLEROS (77D. Men of La Mancha), CERAMIC, CLARICE, COASTER, DULCINEA (47A. Don Quixote‘s love), EPICURE, HARNESS, IONIZE, LAKE POWELL (4D. Glen Canyon reservoir), PATTERNS, RAT TRAP, RENEWAL, REVERSE, SEERESS, SEMINAL, STAINED, STANDEE, STYLIZE, TEAR UP, UKULELE, ZEROES.
Five-letter — ACCRA, ALL IN, AMISH, AORTA, CADET, COLIN, COSMO, CREAM, DEREG, EARLE, EASY A, EAT ME, ELATE, ELUDE, EMDEN, EMILE, ESSES, FLAKE, GRUEL (109D. What Oliver asked for more of), HEAVE, HENCE, HINDI, IDEAL, I GAVE, IRENE, LATEN, MAHER, MANNA (82D. Food in Exodus), MULLS, NEIGH, ONSET, OSAKA, OWENS, QUOTA, RANEE, RENTE, SINUS, SLEDS, SPACE (27D. Go into la-la land, with “out“), STILT, STORK, TALKS, TOGAE, “I’ll have TO SEE“, ULNAR, ZONED (127A. Went into la-la land, with “out“).
Short stuff — ADS, AHA, ALY, ANTI, ARLO, ARN, APT, AQUA, AYES, BUM, CAM, DRIP, EACH, ECCE, EEK, EERY, ELI, END, ENCE, Conseil d’ ETAT, EVA, FEW, FRAT, GASP, GES, HOLI, ISP, ITE and ITER, JCT, KIN, LAW, LEO, MLLE, NICO, NIL, OHED, OIL, OLA, OLDE, ONE A, OPA, PHEN, RENA, ROT and ROTC, SALE, SEAS, SON, STOL, “Auld Lang SYNE“, TAM ‘O shanter, TARE, TILT, UTAH, WCS and WES, YEN and YES, ZAP and ZEE.
Five-letter — ACCRA, ALL IN, AMISH, AORTA, CADET, COLIN, COSMO, CREAM, DEREG, EARLE, EASY A, EAT ME, ELATE, ELUDE, EMDEN, EMILE, ESSES, FLAKE, GRUEL (109D. What Oliver asked for more of), HEAVE, HENCE, HINDI, IDEAL, I GAVE, IRENE, LATEN, MAHER, MANNA (82D. Food in Exodus), MULLS, NEIGH, ONSET, OSAKA, OWENS, QUOTA, RANEE, RENTE, SINUS, SLEDS, SPACE (27D. Go into la-la land, with “out“), STILT, STORK, TALKS, TOGAE, “I’ll have TO SEE“, ULNAR, ZONED (127A. Went into la-la land, with “out“).
Short stuff — ADS, AHA, ALY, ANTI, ARLO, ARN, APT, AQUA, AYES, BUM, CAM, DRIP, EACH, ECCE, EEK, EERY, ELI, END, ENCE, Conseil d’ ETAT, EVA, FEW, FRAT, GASP, GES, HOLI, ISP, ITE and ITER, JCT, KIN, LAW, LEO, MLLE, NICO, NIL, OHED, OIL, OLA, OLDE, ONE A, OPA, PHEN, RENA, ROT and ROTC, SALE, SEAS, SON, STOL, “Auld Lang SYNE“, TAM ‘O shanter, TARE, TILT, UTAH, WCS and WES, YEN and YES, ZAP and ZEE.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. A person can take big strides with this; 6. Hannibal’s foil in “The Silence of the Lambs”; 13. Museum piece; 20. Forum fashions; 21. Glade, e.g.; 22. Hue akin to olive; 23. ___-Itami International Airport; 26. Undo; 28. Back to Brooklyn?; 29. Slaughter; 37. Comic strip “___ and Janis”; 38. Inflation-fighting W.W. II org.; 39. A pop; 40. Former bill; 42. Handful; 44. Table saver; 56. Bogart’s “High Sierra” role; 57. Clive Cussler novel settings; 59. Weight allowance; 60. “Behold,” to Brutus; 61. Represent with a stick figure, say; 63. Words on a Wonderland cake; 65. Nonentities; 71. Who wrote “A true German can’t stand the French, / Yet willing he drinks their wines”; 75. Chamber exit; 76. One who discriminates?; 81. Naysayer; 82. Fr. title; 83.Fen-___ (former weight-loss drug); 86. Grow dark; 93. Sewing aids; 94. Rider on a crowded bus, maybe; 98. “I knew it!”; 97. Relations; 98. Shoppe modifier; 99. Foreign football score; 101. Blue shade; 113. Ponders; 115. Upton Sinclair novel on which “There Will Be Blood” is based; 116. Slum-clearing project, say; 124. “Me, Myself & ___”; 125. Tainted; 126. Part of some Tin Pan Alley music; 128. Take control of; 129. Original; 130. Twisty curves. — DOWN: 1. Bundle bearer; 3. Response to a pledge-drive request; 5. Get a bit misty; 6. Academy enrollee; 7. Constellation whose brightest star is Regulus; 8. Prince Valiant’s eldest; 9. Bunkum; 10. EarthLink, e.g., for short; 11. Actor Firth; 12. Thrill; 13. One may be overhead; 14. “Little” singer of the ’60s; 15. Coll. Elective; 16. Capital city on the Atlantic; 17. Pundit Bill; 18. Model; 19. Vodka drink, informally; 25. “Definitely!; 31. Strong cast; 32. 2010 Emma Stone comedy set in high school; 33. Highway sign abbr.; 34. Was audibly surprised, maybe; 35. Shake; 36. Holiday season event; 41. Loos; 42. Animal house, say; 43. Creepy: Var.; 45. Start; 46. Hovel; 47. Removal of restrictions, informally; 48. Path of Caesar; 49. One-named singer for the Velvet Underground; 50. Suffix with depend; 51. They might have it; 52. Some appliances; 53. Nag’s call; 58. Tarot user, maybe; 62. New York’s Tappan ___ Bridge; 64. Flat: Abbr.; 65. Kill quickly; 65. “South Pacific” hero; 68. Diplomatic efforts; 69. Hindu spring festival; 70. French income; 71. Exclaim breathlessly; 72. Ready for service; 74. Sports contest; 78. 4-Down locale; 79. Actress Sofer; 80. Goal; 84. Language from which “bungalow” and “jungle” come; 85. Saxony seaport; 88. Bad response upon first seeing one’s new haircut; 89. Insomnia cause; 90. Adaptable aircraft; 92. From now on; 95. Khan man?; 100. Take charge?; 101. Drivers of some slow-moving vehicles; 102. Allotment; 103. Kind of nerve; 104. One way to go, betting-wise; 105. Word after an ampersand, maybe; 17. Body cavity; 108. Eccentric; 110. Berlin Olympics star; 111. Rajah’s partner; 112. Malamutes’ burdens; 118. Musician Montgomery; 119. Things that may be 65-Downed; 120. Cadge; 121. Inventor Whitney; 122. Itch; 123. Motor finish?
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