Adding the letter D (or the sound or whatever) to common phrases to produce uncommon ones constitutes the interrelated group of this amusing Sunday crossword:
- WEED SHALL OVERCOME (23A. Slogan for medical marijuana activists?)
- THE SHOD OF IRAN 36A. Persians who protect their feet?)
- RIGHT OF WADE (50A. Entitlement to cross the stream first?)
- NO MORE MISTER NICE GUIDE (69A. “If you can’t behave on this tour, I swear you’ll be sorry!”?)
- CHEESE TRADE (88A. Big part of the dairy business?)
- WANDERING JUDE (104A. Lost subject of a hit Beatles song?)
- WHOLE NUDE BALLGAME (115A. (Clothing-free version of the national pastime?)
Other — BROADEST, DIARIES (91D. Accounts with keys?), EASED IN, ENNOBLE, HAD LUNCH, IDIOTIC, INNINGS, IN SALES, KIM JONG UN, MCENROE, MORSE CODE, ODWALLA (90D. Big maker of smoothies and energy bars), PALE ALE, PORSCHE, ROCK OPERA, SEMINOLES (81D. People with reservations in Florida), SKIP ROPE, SPAWNER, TREADED, VARICOSE.
Mid-size — AMEN RA, ANTSY, ARIEL, ARIOSO, ARTURO Toscanini, ATILT, C W POST, DID IT, DUE TO, EGRET, ELEVEN, Cary ELWES, EPEES, ERIE PA, ESSENE, GARÇON (1A. One waiting in France), Jason GIAMBI, GO WITH, HAWAII, I KNEW, IMPELS, IN ROME, IT’S ME, LIMPED, LONERS, OBLADI, Lefty O’DOUL, OLD AGE, OMBRE, O’MEARA, PERMIT, PIDGIN, Josh RADNOR, REBAR, REDBUD, REEKED, REISER, “SEE IF I care!”, SLOSH, SOLAR, SPIEL, STERNE, ST PETE, TO LET, T TOPS, WHEEL.
Short stuff — ABLY, AEON, AKA, ALPH, ANI Di Franco, ASS, BAM, CAD and CAP, CEES and CEOS, CHOU, COL, DINO, DOA, DRAM, DRS, ELA, ELLE, ERE, “ESO Beso“, EUSE, FLAM, GDP, HUH, IBM, INK, IPAD, ISLE, JEER (49A. Big twit?), KID A, KISS, LAI, LEG, LIN and LIT, LPS, MAV, MEA and MES, MOLE, MPS, NAH, NEBR, NSA, ODIC, OGLE, OMOO, “… there OR BE square“, ORS, PEA and PEN and PUN (85A. The title of this puzzle, e.g.), RAHM Emanuel, RARA avis, RBIS, REEL, Nicolas ROEG, SES, SIC and SIT, SKIN, TAD, UPN, WEE, WSJ.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 7. “Who’s there?” response; 12. Hank Aaron led the N.L. in them four times; 16. British pols; 19. Mark who won the 1998 Masters; 20. Alternative energy option; 22. Maximum; 26. Portuguese “she”; 27. Tattoos, slangily; 28. More than a quarter of academic circles?; 29. Alias; 30. “No surprise to me”; 32. Like unworn tires; 46. Took a break around one, say; 42. Was halting; 43. Plant, of a sort; 44. Author; 46. Not straight; 48. “___ Beso” (Paul Anka hit); 54. Conductor Toscanini; 56. Singer Di Franco; 57. Start of a “White Album” title; 58. Pod-based entity; 63. Mixologist’s measure; 65. My ___, Vietnam; 66. It was published four years before “Moby-Dick”; 68. “Snowy” bird; 75. Forerunner of euchre; 76. Smack; 77. ___ culpa; 78. State for which a Springsteen album is named: Abbr.; 79. Hunt’s co-star on “Mad About You”; 81. Error indicator; 82. Largest campus of Long Island Univ.; 86. One + one?; 90. Like much of Pindar’s work; 93. [Smack!]; 94. Revolver; 95. Tragic E.R. status; 96. Cartoon pet of note; 97. Melodic; 98. Play double Dutch, say; 108. Working as a store clerk; 109. Disney princess; 110. Part of a newspaper: Abbr.; 111. Jobs creation; 113. Obs, e.g.; 114. Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer; 122. Dark meat piece; 123. Feminine suffix; 124. Pitch; 125. Simplified language form; 126. Pompous person; 127. “I’ll have what ___ having”; 128. Itching; 129. City near Clearwater, informally. — DOWN: 1. Chaperon; 2. Supreme Egyptian god; 3. Offended the nose; 4. “Dog”; 5. Choice words?; 6. “I don’t think so”; 7. Part of a chain, maybe; 8. Studio sign; 9. Trudge through wet snow, say; 10. Dallas pro baller; 11. “We’ll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart”: Hamlet; 12. “Tommy,” e.g.; 13. Most inclusive; 14. It has many servers; 16. Famously temperamental court figure; 17. Stout alternative; 19. Salmon, at times; 24. Powered in either of two ways; 25. Chicago mayor Emanuel; 31. World leader beginning December 2011; 33. “Kubla Khan” river; 34. On account of; 35. Make magnificent; 37. French “she”; 38. Take a load off; 39. Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty; 41. Obama’s birthplace; 46. Whit; 47. Hardly sharp; 50. Josh of “How I Met Your Mother”; 51. Where to conform, per an expression; 52. Jason who’s a five-time baseball All-Star; 53. Deception; 54. Ages and Ages; 55. Director Nicolas; 58. Car in “Gone in 60 Seconds”; 60. City down the lake from Buffalo, N.Y.; 61. Oklahoma state tree; 62. “Tristram Shandu” novelist; 64. Something you might tap in; 67. Mayo, e.g.; 70. Projectionist’s unit; 71. Scrape; 72. Drives; 72..Big suits; 74. Entered slowly 80. Steel support for concrete; 83. Minute; 84. Some Camaro roofs; 87. Swoillen, as veins; 88. Dynasty for Confucius; 92. Extra ones might be dramatic; 94. News Corp. paper; 98. Look like a creep?; 100. Grammy-winning Radiohead album of 2000; 101. Prime years for rocking?; 102. Consent form; 103. Dead Sea Scrolls writer; 105. Cary of “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”’; 106. Made whoopee; 107. Some blades; 112. With a sure hand; 116. “You mean … what?”; 117. Surveillance org.; 118. “Star Trek: Voyager” airer; 119. D.J.’s purchases; 120. Tanked; 121. Economic stat.
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