02.19.12 — Core O' Nations




Amboseli National Park, Kenya

————————

Sunday, February 19, 2012

CORE O’ NATIONS, Puzzle by James F. C. Burns
Edited by Will Shortz

Eight nations are contained within ordinary answers in this pleasant Sunday crossword:

A HUG AND A KISS (21A. Show of affection)
GARDEN MARKET (102A. Place for produce stands)
INFORMAL TALKS (15D. Unofficial discussions)
TAKES PAINS (30D. Makes an extra effort)
CATCH IN A LIE (26D. Trip up, perhaps)
SUNKEN YACHT (44D. Sea salvager’s quest, maybe)
AS PER USUAL (46D. Like always)
FAIR AND SQUARE (50D. On the level)

Other — ACADEMY, CISCO KID, DEAR ABBY, ESCARGOT, GRACEFUL, HESITANT, IDIOTIC, MARIANAS (19A. Island group that includes Guam), MATILDA, MEERKAT (83D. African mongoose), OBERLIN, PRUNERS, SECTORS, SO HAVE I, STROLLERS, STUNTMAN (80A. Double, maybe), TREADLE, ZANIEST.

Six-letter — ARISTA, ARRIBA, BARTON, BE KIND, CORPSE, DENIES, ET ALIA, FABRIC, FORAGE, GABBER, GLEAMS, Real MADRID, NAUSEA, NO PETS, Lime RICKEY, SABLES, VACANT, WADDLE, WRAP UP.

Five — AFROS, ASSAY, BABEL, BANES, BARAK, BASIL, BEADS, DEBTS, DIECI, ERASE, GUCCI, HORDE, IRISH, KNOWN, LAGER, LOREN, MACAW, MAMAS, MASTS, MELEE (18A. Donnybrook), MONTY, OLIOS, ORALS, “Are you in OR OUT?”, PABLO, PASHA, PATEN, PINCH, PINTS, PIXIE, PONTI, RENTS, SLEWS, SPLAT, TAHOE, TERNS, TIMON (63D. The 82-Down in “The Lion King“), TWEEN, UMASS, YENTE, WALTZ.

Short stuff — ACID, AGAS, ALA, ANTE, ASU, BOTH, CKS, DALI, DAN, DRE and DREW, EARP, ECO, ESQS, HALO, HEH, IER, “Dies IRAE“, IRIS, KEEL, LAE, LEAP, LIRE, MAB, MALT, MATH, MIA, MGM, MUNI, NEAP, OBIS, OMG, ORE, OSE, PELT, RICE, ROC and ROT, RVER, SON, TBA, TEN and TES and TEST and TSE, TPKE, VANS, WAWA, YRS.

————————




Click on image to enlarge,
or Right click and select Open Link in New Window.

Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. How a bug might go on a windshield; 6. Opposite of neither; 10. College town SW of Cleveland; 17. Hunt; 23. Balletic; ; 24. Misery causes; 25. Ridiculous; 27. The first letter of “tsar,” in Cyrillic; 28. Sweet ending?; 29. Mobile camper, informally; 30. Long-migration seabirds; 31. Deep Western lake; 33. Tied; 34. Back to front?; 35. Kind of rock; 36. Eucharist plate; 37. Half of a 1960s pop group; 38. O. Henry bad guy who became a Hollywood TV hero; 41. Appropriate, in slang; 42. Part of the Confederacy: Abbr.; 43. The gold in them thar hills, say; 44. Like “vav” in the Hebrew alphabet; 45. Aussie “girl” famous for 55-Downing; 49. Fizzy dos; 51. Tax-free bond, briefly; 52. Like leprechauns; 54. Your, to Yves; 55 Summarize; 58. Pot builder; 57. Opposite of spring; 58. Ryder fleet; 59. Record label for Cee Lo and Whitney Houston; 60. Some payments: Abbr.; 61. Roseanne’s husband on “Roseanne”; 62. And others; 64. Former European money; 67. Attack with snowballs; 69. Not yet decided: Abbr.; 70. Public; 71. Middle parts of Japan?; 72. Home of the N.C.A.A.’s Minutemen; 73. Maximally wacky; 76. “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker; 77. One of two deliveries?; 78. Rap’s Dr. ___; 79. Bonaventures, e.g.; 85. Pesto ingredient; 87. The House of ___; 89. Baba ___ (Gilda Radner character); 89. Writer Umberto; 90. Titles for attys.; 91. Ottoman officer; 92. Noted tower locale; 93. Spring; 94. Pac-12 team, for short; 95. Shelley’s fairy queen; 96. Crafter’s pedal; 98. Throng; 99. Start for someone seeking advice; 104. It’s pushed in a park; 105. Some exams; 106. Sparkles; 107. Areas; 108. N.J. and Pa. each have a famous one; 109. Hall of fame. — DOWN: 1. “Me too”; 2. Tree trimmers; 3. Drink with foam on top; 4. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash, It’s ___”; 5. X; 6. Show sympathy, say; 7. Stews; 8. Check, as brakes; 9. Halting; 10. Text-speak gasp; 11. Red Cross founder Clara; 12. Remove; 13. Wedding staple; 14. New Guinea port; 16. Something gotten at an amusement park, maybe; 17. Draper’s supply; 20. Loads; 22. X, in Roma; 32. Little chuckle; 33. “Swans Reflecting Elephants,” e.g.; 36. Mischievous one; 37. SAT section; 39. Whodunit staple; 41. Servings of 3-Down; 45. One-named rapper with the 2008 hiut “Paper Planes”; 467. Turns down; 48. Appraise; 49. Mexican shout of elation; 51. Colorful bird; 53. Lets; 55. See 45-Across; 58. For immediate lease, say; 61. Lord’s Prayer word; 63. The 82-Down in “The Lion King”; 66. Hogwash; 67. Film producer Carlo; 74. Bearded flower; 76. Pricey hors d’oeuvre; 79. Julliard subj.; 80. Pricey furs; 81. Many a Justin Bieber fan; 83. It’s much thanked once a year; 84. Common co-op rule; 85. They can help worriers; 86. Strengths; 87. Gossip; 88. Ungainly gait; 91. San ___, suburb of San Francisco; 92. Israel’s Ehud; 93. Wife of 67-Down; 95. Barley product; 97. O.K. Corral hero; 98 Eclipse phenomenon; 100. Mythical bird; 101. Earth cycles: Abbr.; 103. 1991 book subtitled “When the Lion Roars.





No comments:

Post a Comment