Sunday, October 14, 2012
MEDIA START-UPS, Puzzle by Todd Gross / Edited by Will Shortz
Seven common phrases with the same initials of popular television channels constitutes the interrelated group of this breezy Sunday crossword titled Media Start-Ups:
TLC — TENDER LOVING CARE (23A. Special attention)
NBC — NOT BY CHOICE (28A. Against one’s will)
AMC — ALL MY CHILDREN (44A. Soap discontinued in 2011)
PBS — PEARLS BEFORE SWINE (63A. Comic strip with the characters Rat and Pig)
TBS — TOTAL BODY SCAN (80A. M.R.I., maybe)
TNT — TELL NO TALES (104A. What dead men are said to do)
CBS — CAROL BURNETT SHOW (109A. With “The,” former sketch comedy program on CBS … fittingly enough)
Other — ABERRANCE, ADMONISHMENT, COLORIST, DESPICABLE ME (60D. 2010 movie with a plot to steal the moon), FALSE NAME, HOUSE CAT (34A. Lapful, maybe), IN ARREARS, NED ROREM (4D. “Our Town“ opera composer), RUSHES IN, SLEEPIER, Ted SORENSEN, STEARNS, STROLLER, TABLESPOON, TAPE DECK, WHIRLPOOLS.
Mid-size — ALTMAN (87D. “Nashville“ director), ARABIAN, À TERRE (6D. On the ground, in ballet), BATHTUB, COLLIE, GHETTO, DONNAS, HINTED, LEIBER, LISBON, MINCES, NEED TO, OLE OLE, PAST DUE, POORLY, RELOSE, ROOFLET, SO RARE (61A. 1937 hit with the lyric “You‘re like the fragrance of blossoms fair“), SPEEDY, TIC TAC, TRAITS, USED CAR, WILSON (89D. Presidential middle name or last name).
Five-letter — AMISS, ANNAL, ANWAR Sadat, ASANA, ASSAD, ATLAS, ATTIC (1D. Top of a ladder, maybe), COALS, EERIE, ELROY, GAOLS, HI HAT, “I’M ON A roll!”, LANAI, LEECH, NANAS, NEWSY, NOTES, ON ICE, ONLAY, SAHEL, “SEE NO Evil“, SEPIA, SERIO, SISSY, SOREN Kierkegaard, TEENS, TENET, THORO, “ULEE’S Gold“, WHIRS, YWCAS.
Short stuff — ABC, ABLE, AGR, ALES, ARI, ASST, ATMS, ATOM, BABU (38D. Hindu title of respect), BASE, BEA and BEE and BEEN and BEEP, BOLT, CHAR, CTA, DRIP, ELSE, ENNA, ERN, FRIT (106A. Glassmaking material), GLEE, GONE, HENS, “Dies IRAE“, LARY, LUND, MANE and MAZE, MDSE, MEH, NAE, NEAR, NONE, OILS, OKLA, ORE and OREL, RED, Pine-SOL, SOVS, TAEL and TALL, UNO, URAL, UZI, WAIN, WALD.
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="EN">Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Yoga posture; 6. Mideast strongman; 11. Men’s suit specification; 15. Bread dispensers; 19. Common belief; 20. Complete, in informal writing; 22. Slow leak; 26. Lioness’s lack; 27. Behind; 30. Salon worker; 31. Island west of Maui; 32. Didn’t come right out and say; 33. Word with Army or ant; 34. Lapful, maybe; 37. Tantrum, colloquially; 38. General headquarters?; 41. Farm wagon; 42. Some baby sitters; 50. Speakeasy’s distilling locale; 54. Buzzer; 55. Buzzes; 56. Repeated phrase in “Hot Hot Hot”; 58. Ikea store, to some; 59. Something with a Blue Book value; 62. Brown ink; 67. A little off; 69. Not well; 70. Behind; 73. Low-battery signal; 74. Dog with “rough” and “smooth” breeds; 75. British pens; 77. Southwest terminal?; 78. “The Gates” artist; 83. Old-fashioned boiler input; “Have you ___ good?”; 86. Tex. Neighbor; 87. Egypt’s Sadat; 90. What a pusher may push in a park; 94. Cabinet dept. since 1889; 96. Stroller’s partner in songwriting; 98. Like some coincidences; 99 Enters hurriedly; 106. You may go under it at a hotel; 107. Stock: Abbr.; 110. Bit of science; 111. Farm fowl; 112. Chilled; 113. Some up-and-comers; 114. Teetotaler’s amount; 115. Or follower; 116. Some classwork; 117. Relative of a crown. — DOWN: 2. “___ Evil” (Mia Farrow film); 3. Chronicle; 6. Volume of the world; 7. Pet that doesn’t need much brushing, say; 8. Old Brit. Coins; 9. Son in “The Royal Tenenbaums”; 10. Italian ladies; 11. Itty-bitty breath mint; 12. Omani or Yemeni; 13. Three-time All-Star pitcher Frank; 14. Hanger-on; 15. Warning; 16. Blue eyes and blond hair; 17. Takes baby steps; 18. Alka-Seltzer ad character; 24. Frist’s successor as Senate majority leader; 25. Outta here; 29. Percussionist’s setup; 31. Home of the oldest school in Sweden, founded in 1085; 35. Palm products; 36. Recipe unit; 39. Round in Britain, maybe; 40. More likely to crash?; 41. Boating hazards; 43. “Uh-uh, laddie”; 45. Blue Triangle grps.; 46. Not burn completely; 47. It might extend above a side door; 48. The youngest Jetson; 49. Only a day away, say; 51. Cassette player; 52. “Pulp Fiction” weapon; 53. Benaderet of “The Beverly Hillbillies”; 57. Cinnabar, e.g.; 61. Prefix with comedy; 62. Wuss; 65. Split in a hurry; 68. Forest, in Germany; 67. Epitome of simplicity; 68. “Whatever”; 71. River through Orsk; 72. Central Sicilian province; 74. Windy City commuters’ inits.; 75. Lottery winner’s feeling; 76. Departure from the norm; 79. Philosopher Kierkegaard; 81. Competent; 82. Ted who wrote “The Kennedy Legacy”; 84. T.S. Eliot’s middle name; 87. “Nashville” director; 88. Must; 89. Presidential middle name or last name; 91. Take off again, as pounds; 92. Dodger Hershiser; 95. Vasco da Gama’s departure point; 94. #2: Abr.; 95. Low-rent district; 97. Pharmaceutical giant that makes Boniva; 101. African region including Khartoum and Timbuktu; 102. “___ roll!” (bettor’s cry); 103. Full of the latest; 105. Asian gold bar measure; 109. Game with Wild Draw 4 cards.
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