07.08.12 — Make "THE" Change

Sunday, July 8, 2012

MAKE THE CHANGE, Puzzle by Joe Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz

Changing “the” to “de” in seven common phrases to produce uncommon phrases constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:

BLINDED BY DELIGHT (22A. So happy you can’t see straight?)
SWALLOW DEBATE (34A. Argument about a fork-tailed bird?)
PUT OFF DESCENT (50A. Circle above the airport?)
GOING THROUGH DEMOTIONS (70A. Making one’s way down the corporate ladder?)
TEACH TO DETEST (88A. Breed hatred in?)
QUEEN OF DENIAL (110A. Woman who’s the very best at saying no?)
LIVE TO TELL DETAIL (122A. Really enjoy giving specifics?)

Other — APP STORE, CRUISERS, ENACTING, GERONIMO (93D. Jump accompanier?), INCLINED, INIMICAL, JOE TORRE, LAUDABLE, ONLY ONCE, OVER-PAID.

Mid-size — ADOBES, AFRICA, ALQAEDA, COUPLES, DEALT IN, DETOUR, ENDOWS, ET ETC, FEIGNED, GO DEEP, INGLES, INSETS, LELAND, LIL JON, MOHAWK, OPEN IT, PARTON, PIROGI, SEEN AT, STREETS, THE BABE, TIRANE, TOE PICK.

Five-letter — ACT IV, ANGLO, BAYHS, DEBUT, DELON, DRATS, ETUDE, EVENT, FRAUS, IRREG, IT GUY, LYRES, OMENS, ON KEY, POOLS, RHONE, SHONE, SNIPE, SNORT, STUDY, TORSO, TSARS, UP FOR, US AIR.

Short stuff — ACAI, AND, ANNI, ASK, ATE, BIAS, BIT, BOI, CAB, CALM, CHET, COIL, CRAB, DECO, DEPP, DID, DPS, EASY, ELIS, ENOS, EPA, ESPN, ESSO, ETD, ETON, EVER, EZIO, FIRM, GATE, GLEE, GRR, HUAC, I BET, KIA, KYL, LEN and LET, LIE, LIME, LINC, LOGO, LOO, LSD, MTV, NRA, OD ON, OK OK, ORBS, ORGY, OR SO,PAM, PEI, PORE, ROD, SCOT, SELL, SEMI, SPAZ, STAG and STAY, ST LO, SYS, TDS, THY, TINE, TOGA, UGGS, VOTE, YMCA, YOU, YUP.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Hose shape; 5. Building blocks; 11. “The Office” woman; 14. QB feats; 17. Years in old Rome; 18. Capital city formerly behind the Iron Curtain; 19. Nephew of Cain; 21. “Let’s Get Lost” singer Baker; 25. Where to enter the theater, usually; 26. Where “It’s fun to stay” in a 1978 hit; 27. Gleamed; 28. Deserving praise; 30. “Sk8er___,” 2002 top 10 hit; 31. Acid; 36. Apt. 39. Spend the night; 40. Arizon a senator Jon; 41. It represents a 0 or 1; 42. Trendy antioxidant berry; 43. “Yeah, right”; 45. Org. full of big shots?; 47. Calpurnia’s dream in “Julius Caesar” and others; 49. Ear’s cry; 55. Manager with four world series titles; 57. Very clumsy person, in slang; 58. Subject of the 19^th, 24^th and 26^th Amendments; 62. Willing to do; 65. TWA competitor; 67. See 77-Across; 69. Optima maker; 76. [This ticks me off]; 77. With 67-Aqcross, “That’s not true!”; 78. Relative of a harrumph; 79. Not flat, say; 80. One of two for four; 82. Slalom obstacle; 85. Passing; 91. It’s seen on many roadside signs; 95. When the witches in “Macbeth” say “Double, double toil and trouble”; 98. “Sure thing”; 99. ___ beetle; 100. Eternally; 101. Canterbury can; 102. Org. trying to clear the air; 05. Ed Wood player in “Ed Wood”; 106. Squad cars; 114. Part of TBS: Abbr.; 115. Pal of Pooh; 116. Modern marketplace; 117. Like the verbs “come” and “go”: Abbr.; 119. “Baseball Tonight” broadcaster; 121. Bulldogs; 127. Art ___; 128. Alexander Graham Bell, by birth; 129. Get ready for a bomb, say; 130. Corona garnish; 131. Require (of); 132. “You point being …?”; 133. Some closeups; 134. Take too much of, briefly. — DOWN: It might be caught in the rain; 2. Unrepeated; 3. Hostile; 4. Nickname for the Philadelphia Eagles’ stadium, with “the”; 5. Downed; 6. Arranged, as the hair; 7. Partners of scepters; 8. Indiana political family; 9. Gives support to; 10. Spotted in the vicinity of; 11. Eastern Canadian prov.; 12. White, informally; 13. Hair line?; 14. Old Yankee nickname; 15. Given a hand; 16. Some are mean; 20. Home office site; 21. Curmudgeon; 23. Painter portrayed by Adrien Brody in “Midnight in Paris”; 24. Stanford of Stanford University; 29. Actor Alain; 30. Predilection; 32. Marsh bird; 33. It’s a first; 35. Zither cousins; 37. “Get Low” rapper; 38. Orange sign; 44. Organ holder; 46. Ancient royal symbol; 48. Network with an annual awaqrds shows; 51. German women; 52. Fake; 53. Not wavy, say; 54. Basso Pinza; 56. Hardly an exercise in restraint; 59. “I get you point. Jeez!”; 60. Pitchfork part; 61. Unhurried; 62. Fashionable boots; 63. Read carefully; 64. Like some offers; 66. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over the ___”; 68. David Cameron’s alma mater; 71. ___ party; 72. Red Scare grp.; 73. Mild oaths; 74. “I won’t bore you with the rest”; 765. What a Latino immigrant might learn; 81. Sam Cooke’s “That’s ___ Quit - I’m Movin’ On”; 83. “Know ___ enemy”; 84. Bit of music at a music conservatory; 86. Old Russian line; 87. One to consult for PC problems; 89. Birthday p arty, e.g.; 90. Words heard at a birthday party; 92. Like pro athletes, some say; 94. +/-; 95. War on terror target; 96. Combines; 97. Part of an ice skate; 103. Combines; 104. One of the five Olympic rings; 106. Filled turnovers; 107. “Steel Magnolias” actress; 109. “Hmm …”; 111. Petro-Canada competitor; 112. English country; 113. “Traffic Crossing ___ Bridge:” (pioneering 1888 film footage); 118. Hit Fox show; 120. W.W. II BATTLE CITY; 123. Airport approximation: Abbr.; 124. Word before rip or slip; 125. Infielder feats: Abbr.; 126. “Dancing With the Stars” judge Goodman.