1923 Ford Model T in the 1955 film “The Night of the Hunter” with Lillian Gish
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
CAR TALK, Puzzle by Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming
Edited by Will Shortz
Automobile terms with clues that change their meaning constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:
CRUISE CONTROL (23A. What Katie Holmes lost in divorce court?)
REAR BUMPER (28A. Commuter on a crowded bus, e.g.?)
HEAD LIGHT (55. Epiphany?)
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (69A. What “Send” triggers?)
CRANK CASE (80A. Legal proceeding over a meth bust?)
TURN SIGNAL (110A. Smell of sour milk?)
HOOD ORNAMENTS (118A. Bling-bling?)
Shelley Winters as the widow Harper dumped in the river
in her Model-T Ford in The Night of the Hunter
Other — ADRIANO, ALERTED, ASININE, BACK PAY, BIGGEST, CENSORS, DEMAREST, EPISTLE, ERRATIC, IN SPIRIT, LACTOSE, NIGHTIES, ON SCREEN, PILINGS, REUPPED, TSETSES (96D. Ones reliant on the local blood supply).
Six-letter — ADESTE, ADWARE, AGORAS, A LISTS, ATTIRE, BARACK, BELONG, BIDENS, CARPET, ELVIRA, E-NOTES, ENURED, GIZMOS, GOOGLE (124A. Company with a 2004 I.P.O.), HOMAGE, INTACT, MEDICI, NAUSEA, OGRESS, ONAGER, OSIERS, POT PIE, RAYONS, SECRET, SELENA, SENSES, SPRING, TEHEES, THE GAP, YO DUDE.
Five — ANEMO, BAG IT, CLIPS, CRAGS, DELIS, DENSE, EDGAR, EVITA, GAYER, GOTTA, HEATH, HEROD, IONIC, KEELS, KNACK, LAMES, MODEL (31D. Word before A or T), NINER, OLLAS, PELEG, PENNS, SALAD, SAMOA, STEAD, TAMER, TEVYE, TRIBE, YAHOO (106D. Company with a 1996 I.P.O.).
Short stuff — ACE, AIDE, ALD, ASI and ASIA, ATAN, BERM, CAGE, CARL, CHIA, COO, CREE, CTS, DEV, DOES, ECK, ECRU, EDEL, EDGE, EIRE, ELEE, EMTS, ENT, EON, ERE, GAR, GRRS, HONE, IBAR, INA, INRE, IST, KIP, LEOS, LIE, MEN, MOE, MSG, MUDD, NAES, NAPE, NET, OAR, OBIT, OBOL, POS, RNS, SEEN, SION, SUR, TAG and TAZ, THOM, TOT, WEIR.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. First name in the White House; 7. Old Navy’s owner; 13. Dandy; 16. Like one battery terminal: Abbr.; 19. Start of a seasonal song; 20. Tribute; 21. Source of some intolerance; 25. Unsteady; 26. Money of Laos; 27. Shoots in the foot; 30. Huck Finn’s father; 31 Knicks venue, for short; 32. Throw in the towel; 33. “Sing of the old ___ and the ancient ways”: Yeats; 34. Prefix with -meter; 36. Some modern memos; 40. 1946 Best Supporting Actor nominee William; 43. Bro’s greeting; 45. Beam of support; 46. Leon who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Henry James; 47. Actor Patel of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”; 48. Dealy-bobs; 51. Digit in military lingo; 59. Some August newborns; 62. Slaw, e.g.; 64. Strep treater, for short; 65. Preschooler; 86. “Dreaming of You” singer; 68. Sholem Aleichem protagonist; 74. Family; 76. Giggles; 76. Noise in a nest; 77. They tend IVs; 78. Judea’s ___ the Great; 79. Home for a 123-Across; 83. Hero makers; 85. Programming behind computer pop-ups; 88. “___ second”; 89. 1950s coup site; 92. Gen. Robt. ___; 93. Thickly cover; 97. With one’s heart, if nothing else; 101. Vice-presidential family; 103. TV excerpts; 104. Spot for a farm laborer’s sunburn; 105. More lighthearted; 107. Theologian Johann; 109. Potentially slanderous remark; 113. English king ___ the Peaceful; 116. Suffix with balloon or cartoon; 117. Harebrained; 122. Bleepers; 123. Wild equine of 79-Across; 125. Word before sale or after sales; 126. ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak; 127. Feared folklore figure; 128. Picks up. — DOWN: 1. Wrongful discharge award; 2. One-named Brazilian soccer star; 3. Extended one’s stint; 4. “___ said …”; 5. Price abbr.; 6. Bases for boats; 7. ___ McAn shoes; 8. Practice, as skills; 9. 911 V.I.P.’s; 10. Elongated swimmer; 11. Ancient assembly sites; 12. Genesis man who lived 239 years; 13. Tipped off; 14. Dual-___; 15. Shade akin to almond; 16. Round entrée; 17. Weavers’ willows; 18. Diary tidbit; 22. Circus employee; 24. Lock up; 29. Iago, to Othello; 32. Side of a road; 35. California’s Harvey ___ College; 37. Some sleepwear; 38. Life after death?; 39. Looney Tunes toon, informally; 41. Restroom sign; 42. Preferred groups; 44. “The Lady’s Got Potential” musical; 49. Unglazed ceramic jars; 50. Comprehended; 52. Scottish turndowns; 53. Mozart’s Donna ___; 54. Synthetic fabrics; 55. ___ bar; 56. Accustomed (to); 57. Coat and tie, e.g.; 58. “We ___ Get Out of This Place”; 60. Viewed remotely?; 61. About 90% of its land is owned communally; 63. Like dunderheads; 66. Lieu; 67. Odist’s “before”; 70. One-sixth of a drachma; 71. Borgia enemy; 72. ___ Pet; 73. Greek architectural style; 80. Northern Plains people; 81. Facility; 82. Lenny’s friend on “The Simpsons”; 84. Spanish direction; 86. Dam that aids in fish-catching; 87. Local council member: Abbr.; 90. Number-one; 91. ___ all-time high; 94. Pier group?; 96. Pauline work; 97. Whole; 98. Dramamine user’s fear; 99. Oasis, often; 100. ___ Landing (part of Philadelphia); 101. Fit in; 102. One of the Lennons; 108. Rock-climbing challenges; 111. Capital of the Swiss canton of Valais; 112. About; 113. Nose out; 114. Effectuates; 115. Toy warnings?; 119. Itd fits in a lock; 120. Skiing gold medalist Tommy; 121. Almost forever.
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