06.10.12 — Getting Around

Sunday, June 10, 2012

GETTING AROUND, Puzzle by Xan Vongsathorn / Edited by Will Shortz

GO IN CIRCLES (115A. *Be repetitive … or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do?), along with the starred clues constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword.  The words of the puzzle that are shown in circles are variously "wrapped, inner, inside, contained, inside, ringed, internal , bubbled" within circles, and  finally, GO "is in" circles.

GIFT WRAPPED (23A. *Ready for the present?) INNERTUBE (25A. *Makeshift swing)
INSIDE FASTBALL (47A. *Brushback pitch)
SELF-CONTAINED (51A. *All-in-one)
NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (66A. *Animal that gives birth to identical quadruplets)
RINGED PLANETS (86A. *Saturn and others)
BUBBLED UP (113A. *Surfaced, in a way)

Other — ACTED ON, AIR WARS, HAIR GEL, LAWSUIT, LIKE LIKE, MR ROBOTO (6D. Styx song with some Japanese lyrics), OPPOSES, SEND-OFF, VACATED, VANESSA.

Six-letter — AAA MAP, ANSELM, EGOIST, EYEFUL, IRON-ON, KARATE, MALAGA, MERLIN, NA NA NA, NOONER, OBERON, ONE TON, PT BOAT, SECEDE, SIFTED, WOO HOO.

Five-letter — ADLAI, AGAPE, “AGNES of God“, AIOLI, ANGER, ANITA, ASSET, A TEST, BEAST, BEEFS, BLINI, CASIO, ENDED, ENTER, EXPOS, GRIST, LASSO, LIVEN, LLANO, MACRO, MEETS, NAIAD, Afrique NOIRE, OFTEN, “You’re ONE TO talk!”, RIPEN, SABER-toothed, SHEEP, SOFIA, SUEDE, TENON, WAVES, ZAPPA.

Short stuff — ABCS, ABES and ADES and AGES, ALBA, ALG, ANTI, APEX, APIA, ASH, AS IF, ATOM, Have an AX TO grind, BEAR, BEG, BELA, BIN, CAW, CLUE, CONN, DEKE, DELI, DENY, ELSE, ERIE, FEED, GAEA, IDS and ITS, LEW, LODE, LOEW, LOIS, LULU, MAC, MAMA, MGM Grand, NGO, NYE, OCHS, ODE, OKS, OLLY, OPE and OPEC, OPT, OVAL, OWIE, POLO, PRE-K, PSA and PSI, RBI, RAE and RAG, REAR, REMY Martin Cognac, ROSA, RSVP, SITS, SLUM, SSN, SUNG, TWAS, UFOS, VOX populi, ZEAL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Benedictine monk who founded Scholasticism; 7. Fire; 11. Initial request?; 15. One of three in Toyota’s logo; 19. Lunchtime errand; 21. What a koala really isn’t; 22. Horseplay?; 27. Pennsylvania city or county; 28. Blocks; 30. Hockey feint; 31. Call from a crow’s nest; 32. Sit on it; 33. Chimera, e.g.; 34. They’re seen but not recognized; 36. Bit of fallout; 39. Grievances; 40. Ring around the collar?; 43. Vessel commanded by J.F.K.; 53. Lot to take in; 54. Soulful Baker; 55. “Yeah, right”; 56. Bub; 59. Pickup capacity, maybe; 61. Bit to split; 64. Wife of Uranus; 72. Don’t fess up to; 73. Kind of counter; 74. “Excalibur” role; 75. Protest singer Phil; 79. Comical Charlotte; 80. South Pacific capital; 82. Silent goodbyes; 84. Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson; 93. Heated patch; 94. Broken off; 95. Maker of watches and calculators; 96. Signs off on; 97. Unlock, poetically; 98. “Jabberwocky” started; 99. Slack-jawed; 102. Title acquired the moment someone is born?; 106. 7x - 6 = 2x2 subj.; 108. Five-spots; 110. Salon supply; 112. Curbside buys; 118. Lipstick print, maybe; 119. Co-worker of Clark; 120. Alternatively; 121. It’s got chops; 122. Like some praises; 123. Start to matter?; 124. Keeps the nest warm; 125. Narcissus, e.g. — DOWN: 1. Get riled up; 3. World capital that’s also a girl’s name; 4. Embark (on); 5. “Ben-Hur” novelist Wallace; 7. Frank with the album “Sheik Yerbouti”; 8. Nationals, before they were Nationals; 9. Big blast, informally; 10. Rock band composition?; 11. Diamond stat; 12. Party for departing parties; 13. Redgrave of “Atonement”; 14. Nursery school, briefly; 15. Decide (to); 16. Deign; 17. Duke of ___ (noble Spanish title since 1472); 18. Big name in cinemas; 24. Tiptop; 26. Lots and plots; 29. Hush Puppies material; 35. Oats, e.g.; 38. Cleared out; 39. Recycling holder; 41. Gentrification target, maybe; 42. Nonsense word repeated before “oxen free”; 43. Antidrug ad, e.g., briefly; 44. Half a dovetail joint; 45. Shrovetide pancakes; 46. Repeatedly; 48. Greek water nymph; 49. Searched (through); 50. Be a union buster?; 52. Repeating part of “Hey Jude”; 57. TripTik, e.g.; 60. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” fairy king; 62. Uplifting piece; 63. Spanish wine; 65. High conflicts; 67. TV scientist Bill; 68. Gain maturity; 69. Grassy plain; 70. Add spring to, with “up”; 75. Boo-boo; 76. Mass. Neighbor; 77. Cookout item; 78. Ones you can count on?; 81. Fingers; 83. Job application fig.; 85. No walk in the park; 86. Parks with no intention of moving; 87. Dander; 88. South Vietnam’s first president ___ Dinh Diem; 89. Have a crush on, in middle school lingo; 91. Responded to, as a tip; 92. Something to try; 96. Grp. That includes Ecuador and Venezuela; 99. Garlicky sauce; 100. Meal; 102. Certain lens; 103. First name in 1960s diplomacy; 104. Shakes hands with, maybe; 105. Plus; 106. Kindergarten stuff; 107. Wower; 109. Banjo master Fleck; 111. Gains maturity; 114. Command to a dog; 115. 23^rd in a series; 117. Sponge alternative.