03.11.12 — Titanic





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Sunday, March 11, 2012

100 YEARS AGO, Puzzle by Victor Fleming and John Dunn
Edited by Will Shortz

TITANIC (63-Across), A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (38D. 1955 Walter Lord book about 63-Across), GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS (3D. 2003 James Cameron documentary about the 63-Across), MAIDEN / VOYAGE (88D. With 13-Down, disastrous event for the 63-Across), SOUTHAMPTON (65D. Where the 63-Across’s 88-/13-Down began), NEW YORK CITY (5D. 63-Across’s destination on her 88-/13-Down), ENGLISH CHANNEL (96A. What the 63-Across crossed to begin her 88-/13-Down), JOHN JACOB ASTOR (27A. American millionaire lost with the 63-Across), UNSINKABLE / MOLLY BROWN (33A. With 88-Across, 1960 musical partly about the 63-Across, with “The”) and BERG (86A. Maritime danger) constitute the interrelated group of this classic Sunday crossword.

Other — ATHLETE, BRING IT, COASTAL (69A. Like tsunami-affected areas), COOLERS, ELECTOR, INHALED, IT’S A BOY, KEEPS IT UP, NURTURE, PRINT AD, REPEATS, RUN LATE, SCIATIC nerve, SNOW OWL, SWENSON, TAXIDERMY (48D. Work in wildlife preservation?).

Six-letter — ARCTIC (36D. Frigid), AWHILE, BURIAL, JAUNTS, LARSON, LESLIE, OF NOTE, PRIMPS, PUT OUT, SALONS, SASHAY, SCOTTS, SLOANE, SPURTS, SUCH AS, TIERRA, TO HEEL, THE MAP, TUNNEL, UNSOWN, WHERE’S, WINS AT.

Five-letter — ALUMS, ARE SO, AVERS, BASIL, BREST, ELGIN, FLUTE, FLY IN, OLDEN, OP ART, ORATE, OSLER, PABLO, RAISE (51A. Recover, as a sunken ship), SALAD and SALUD, STAHL, STATE, VAPOR, YENTA (25A. Quindunc).

Short stuff — ABO and ABS, ACL, AERO, ANNA, AWAG, BELA, BOCA, BPOE, CASE, CECE, CLUB, CNN, CRT, DECO, École DES arts, EENY, EGO, ERIC, ESSO, FAN, GLAD, HAG and HAT, HENS, HERA, HISS, ICC, IF HE, IONE, KIN, LANG, LDL, MARE, MOAB, NAH, NAPS, NATL, NICO, OAF, OPEN seas, OPTS, OTTO, OVA, PANT, PFCS, POHL, PORE, RAH, REAR, RED and REN and RET, RUTA, SASS, SDS, SENT (65A. Transmitted, as an S.O.S.), SIT, SNAP, SNL, SOD, STET, SYST, TAJ, THEM, TINO, TONS, USB, Generation XER.

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Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Hansel and Gretel” figurer; 4. Collection of sketches, for short; 10. Like most of the Swiss flag; 13. Kind of trail; 18. Gobbled down; 209. Provide for; 22. Give out one’s address?; 23. Northern bird; 26. Saunter with style; 29. Two-time All-Star Martinez; 30. Like a friendly dog’s tail; 31. Kind of trip; 32 Medical pioneer Sir William; 38. ___ blood-typing; 41. Fraternal org.; 42. Family; 44. Land in Central America; 45. [Like that!]; 46. Dolt; 47. Big name in lawn products; 50. Singer Winans; 52. Old PC screen; 53. Takes the crown in; 54. Plays, with “in”; 55. Cager Baylor; 56. Letter earner; 60. Collect dust; 61. Science fiction author Frederik; 62. Start of a children’s rhyme; 66. Wise off to; 67. Landscaper’s buy; 68. Monopoly token; 72. Nobelist poet Neruda; 73. Classic black-and-white film featuring gigantic irradiated ants; 75. Peeved; 77. Some tubes cary them; 78. Arrive by plane; 79. Prefix with plane; 80. Gushes; 81. Cartoon canine; 82. Detective’s assignment; 83. What scattered things are said to be all over; 85. “Don’t think so”; 86. Maritime danger; 87. Radical ‘60s org.; 91. Some reunion goers; 93. Summer cooler; 94. “___ Walked Into My Life” (“Mame” song); 95. Moon feature; 103. Does the hair just so; 106. Toast in Toledo; 107. College voter; 108. Birth announcement; 109. Washington, but not Adams; 110. Be behind schedule; 111. Clinks; 112. Bygone; 113. Bowflex target; 115. “Piers Morgan Tonight” airer”; 116. Collecting a pension: Abbr. — DOWN: 1. Unwelcome reception; 2. Title girl on “Introducing … The Beatles”; 4. Ferris’s girlfriend in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”; 6. “Bad” cholesterol, for short; 7. Not yet planted; 8. “For example … ?”; 9. “Give me your best shot!”; 10. Actress Lee of “Funny Face”; 11. Novelist Ambler; 12. 1920s-’30s style, informally; 14. Kindergarten comeback; 15. Big huff?; 16. Hall-of-Fame QB Graham; 17. Stern; 19. For some time; 21. Atlantic City casino, with “the”; 27. Short outings; 28. Banjoist Fleck; 32. Some modern museum designs; 34. One-named singer/actress associated with Warhol; 35. Continues; 36. Frigid; 37. Seaport in western France; 39. Spaghetti sauce seasoning; 52. It’s about 20 miles north of Lauderdale; 43. Actress Skye; 45. Permanent sites?; 47. “Benson” actress: 49. Put back, in a way; 51. Second go-rounds; 57. Comic actor Nielsen; 50. Cry with the shake of a pompom; 63. Close behind; 64. Spends some time out?; 66. Word with bar or fork; 67. “60 Minutes” correspondent; 69. Mrs. Dithers of “Blondie”; 70. Professes; 71. Director Fritz; 72. Some basic training grads; 74. Biblical kingdom where Moses died; 76. Mole’s work; 83. A lot; 84. Newspaper or magazine offering; 86. Early stage of a time capsule project; 89. Distinguished; 90. “___ the love?”; 92. “The Far Side” cartoonist; 93. Champagne holder; 96. Canadian station; 97. Like some parks: Abbr.; 98. Joyful; 99. Queen of myth; 100. Wood or iron; 101. Brooding types; 102. Frequently injured knee part: Abbr.; 104. Go (over); 105. Method: Abbr.; 108. 1887-1996 govt. watchdog.

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