WEATHER REPORT, Puzzle by Finn Vigeland / Edited by Will Shortz
IT’S RAINING CATS AND DOGS (68-Across - Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle’s circled letters), along with breed names of cats and dogs in circled letters constitutes the interrelated group of this sunless Sunday crossword, e.g., POODLE, PERSIAN, MANX, BOXER, CALICO and BEAGLE found within six descending answers:
PHONOGRAPH NEEDLE (13D. It’s lowered to hear music)
ANTIPERSPIRANT (29D. You probably raise your arm for this)
MASON-DIXON LINE (31D. It’s north of the South)
BRONX BOMBERS (34D. Big Apple team)
CABLE SITCOMS (39D. Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts)
BREAKING THE RULES (41D. Cheating)
Other — ADAMITES (10D. Nudists), CASTLE IN SPAIN (22A. Dream setting), COLD CASE (1A. DNA testing might reopen one), DEUS EX MACHINA (114A. Artificial plot device), DRY ERASE (123A. Like some boards), EARMARKS (120A. Some bills have them), EMOTICON (30A. : D, e.g.), FATIGUES (85D. Battle wear), NOMINATE (100A. Propose), OPERATOR (19A. Person who’s a zero?). PHASER and ZAPS (13A. “Star Trek“ weapon; 9A. Uses a 13-Across on).
Seven-letter — EPITHET, FINAGLE, HARTLEY, LIMEADE, MIRACLE (111A. Subject of a Vatican investigation), PHALANX (21A. Troop group), PREACHY, SORBETS, STOMATA (23D. Leaf pores), TRAM CAR.
Six — ADMIRE, ALBEDO (15D. Light reflection ratio), ALUMNI, DELMAR, DWEEBS, “By GEORGE!”, GOOBER, HONEYS (121A. Dolls), I’M LATE (93D. White Rabbit’s cry), LAUPER, LEGREE, LOAFER, MESMER, NORDIC, OLD BAG, SAINTE (28A. Thérèse de Lisieux, for one), SENSEI and SENSOR, SO I SEE, TORE AT, URBANE.
Five — ABODE, AIRER, AGREE, Kofi ANNAN, CLIME, ENDED, GESTS, GROPE, H-BEAM, KARMA, MADAM, NASTY, SAFES, TEE UP, XYLEM (763D. Plant tissue), ZIP IT (9D. “Shut your trap!”).
Short stuff — ABCS, ACME, ALT, ARM, ATC, “Lemme AT ‘EM“, AXES, CALI, COCA, COS and COSY, DOO, DR T, EBON, EDY, EEG, EGO, ENT, ERN, FAD, FAIR, GAD, GARY, GET, HAR, HEN, HERB, ICE, IDEE, “I GET it”, IMS, INIT, INKS, IPO, I TEN and I TRY, KIM, LEST, LGA, LIRA, LIV, MATE, MEET, MEH (111D. “I can‘t get excited about it“), MELD, MOE, MPAA, NAE, NON, NYPD, OPAL, ORS, OTIS, PEI and PET (103D. Doll), PHIL, PREY, PSI, REI, RIN, RTES, RXS, SAE, SRI, TAE and TAU, TEND, TIM, TKOD, TORT, VASE, WED, WNET.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 20. What will the French think of next?; 24. After-dinner choices; 25. PC key; 26. Some online communications, for short; 27. QB Tebow; 33. Battle-ax; 37. Grp. That coordinates E.T.A. and E.T.D.; 40. Letter-shaped girder; 42. Basis of a lawsuit; 44. Slip-on; 46. Places for rings, maybe; 48. Humble response to praise; 50. Organ repair sites, briefly; 51. Polished; 52. ___ B. Driftwood (“A Night at the Opera” role); 53. Org. that may assess violence levels; 54. PBS flagship station; 55. Part of a pinochle round; 56. Former U.N. secretary general Kofi ___; 58. Get ready to drive; 59. X, y and z; 60. Scot’s not; 61 Ousted from the ring, for short; 62. TV station, e.g.; 64. Cicely or tarragon; 72. Major artery through San Antonio; 74. Hunted; 75. TV tavern keeper; 76. Bud; 78. Feel (for); 80. The Mediterranean has a warm one; 82. Shade of a swan’s bill in a Keats poem; 83. Kindergarten stuff; 84. Gravitate; 85. Not cheating; 86. Many wonks; 88. Scat syllable; 89. One of the Everly Brothers; 90. Fate; 91. Fictional Simon; 92. Estee; 94. Rolling ___ (rich); 96. Kaput; 98. Overseas Mr.; 99. Austrian physician who lent his name to an English word ending in “-ize”; 102. “True Colors” singer, 1986; 104. Roam; 105. Letters on some N.Y.C. luggage; 108. Actress Tyler; 114. Artificial plot device; 118. “The Conqueror,” e.g.; 119. “___ it” (“Understood”); 122. Brit’s teapot cover. — DOWN: 1. Chewed stimulant; 2. Precious girl’s name?; 3. In the event that; 4. 2000 title role for Richard Gere; 5. LL Cool J’s “Going Back to ___”; 7. “That is quite clear”; 8. Directional suffix; 11. Nascar Hall of Fame architect; 12. Part of a security system; 14. Taft’s partner in a 1947 act; 16. R.S.V.P. facilitator: Abbr.; 17. Tolkien creature; 18. Pharmacies fill them, in brief; 21. Fourth letter after 49-Down; 23. Leaf pores; 32. Stock page listings: Abbr.; 35. Side (with); 36. Heroic deeds; 37. ___ Hall (site on many a campus); 38. Attacked; 40. Nest maker; 45. Angry Birds, e.g.; 47. Manipulate to one’s advantage; 49. Fourth letter before 21-Down; 53. Track ___; 54. Prison unit; 57. Security Council veto; 58. Mine transport; 61. ___ kwon do; 63. Put away; 65. Big name in frozen desserts; 67. 72-Across and others: Abbr.; 68. “Cagney & Lacey” org.; 69. Bazooka, e.g.; 70. Yokel; 71. Martial arts master; 76. Lady; 77. Villa, e.g.; 79. Portuguese king; 81. Tart drink; 82. Doc’s reading; 87. Bond; 89. Tediously didactic; 90. North Korean leader or his father; 95. Certain skiing competition; 97. California beach town with a racetrack; 101. Vicious; 106. Player of golf; 107. Climax; 108. The euro replaced it; 109. Signs; 110. One with a neck and a lip; 112. Bit of investors’ news for short; 113. ___ Tin Tin; 115. I, to Tiberius; 116. Struck; 117. Laugh syllable.
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