Sunday, November 25, 2012
A LITTLE EXTRA, Puzzle by Jeff Chen / Edited by Will Shortz
A note accompanies this clever Sunday crossword: Fourteen symmetrically placed answers in this puzzle are each missing a part … which can be found elsewhere in the grid.
In order, with the missing X added, across and then down:
X FACTOR (46A. Je nais sais quoi)
PROFESSOR X (58A. Four-time role for Patrick Stewart)
X CHROMOSOME (60A. Almost every man in the world has one)
GENERATION X (65A. Followers of a boom?)
X-ACTO KNIFE (72A. More precise alternative to scissors)
APOLLO X (88A. Lunar mission commanded by Thomas P. Stafford)
LEO X (4D. Excommunicator of Martin Luther)
MALCOLM X (7D. 1992 Denzel Washington title role)
PLANET X (13D. Quest of the astronomer Percival Lowell)
GAS-X (15D. Beano competitor)
X-RAY SPEX (91D. Novelty glasses)
X RATING (94D. G’s opposite)
X-MEN (112D. Comic book mutants)
XBOX (114D Wii alternative)
Other — CALLIGRAPHY (10D. Script writer‘s study?), DISREPAIR, END OF AN ERA, ENEMY LINES (111A. A spy will often cross them), EUROPEAN, GANYMEDE (80A. Largest moon in the solar system), HAVE AT IT, HITS BOTTOM, IGLESIAS, ITALIAN ICE, LEGALISTIC, MISSHAPEN, NOT ABOVE, OBEISANT, ONION ROLLS, PETE ROSE, POPEMOBILE (113A. Widely used term declared “undignified“ by John Paul II), T MINUS ZERO (3D. Liftoff point), YOSEMITE SAM (63D. Mustachioed cartoon character).
Mid-size — ABSCAM, AMOURS, Eddie ARCARO, ENTICE, EZEKIEL, HAZERS, HORATIO (53A. To whom it is said “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark“), LIANAS, NABBED, NYALAS (67D. South African antelopes), ORDAINS, RECENT, REEK OF, REGALIA, SABLES, SAUCER, TIMBALE (87A. One of a pair of drums).
Five-letter — AGHAS, ANISE (17D. Ouzo herb), BENIN, EAT IT, EGEST, EMILY, EXERT, HAYED, IONIA, ISLET, KEMAL (75D. Turkey‘s Atatürk), LOCOS, MAINE, NOLTE, PARES, POACH, PROSE, PUREE, RAN UP, SECTS, SIT AT, SPANS, STEPS, TITLE, TOMEI, TRIPE, T-TOPS, VALOR.
Short stuff — ABEL and ABES, ADS, AMID, AZUR, CORP, DAM, DAVE, EINS, ENL, ETES and EYES, EVEN, FILE, FOTO, GAIT, GARP, GLOM, GOA, HEEP, HEM, LAS, LEI, LOY, MAA, MAGI, MOLE, NAG, “What NEXT?”, NOTA, NUN, OISE, OVIS, PIN, PRO, RAP and RIP, REA and REM, RENI and RENO, RNA, ROE and ROI, SAUR, SEES SET, SLIP, SOR, SRAS, SST, STAR, SUM, TAT, TIC (52D. One of the X‘s in X-X-X), YEA.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. It might appear on a spine; 6. In the thick of; 10. The “C” of FDIC: Abbr.; 14. Muslim moguls; 19. “The Wrestler” actress; 20. Trio on camels; 21. The brother in “Am I my brother’s keeper?”; 22. Monosyllabic state; 23. Bialys; 25. Fussy about rules 27. Wrestling achievement; 28. Cup holder; 29. Rain forest flora; 30. Contrail source, once: Abbr.; 31. Jurassic suffix;33. Novel writing, e.g.; 34. Key in a chain, maybe; 35. Two of them make a sawbuck; 36. Having everything one needs; 38. Victoria’s Secret purchase; 39. Walk, e.g.; 40. Whiz; 41. Tormentors of a sort; 44. Goat’s cry; 45. Carrier letters?; 49. His tomb is a pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Jews; 51. Occupy, as a booth; 54. Danish, e.g.; 56. Grave letters; 57. Big Red Machine hustler; 62. Myrna of “Cheaper by the Dozen”; 64. Indeed; 81. Bottom line, maybe; 83. “you try!”; 84. Decrees; 85. Neighbor of Niger; 89. Ad ___; 90. Frat.’s counterpart; 92. Cousins of honey badgers; 93. Morgan le ___ (Arthurian sorceress); 94. “The Labors of Hercules” painter Guido; 95. Marquee name; 97. Kauaian ring; 98. Mmes. of España; 100. Wipe out, in surfing lingo; 101. Converted into bundles for a loft; 103. Thwarter of HAL; 106. Spank but good; 107. Allure; 108. 1970s-’80s F.B.I. sting; 110. Xanthippe, e.g.; 115. Liquefy; 116. Part of N.B.; 117. Squared up; 118. Nutcases; 119. Centuries, e.g.; 120. Grab, with “onto; 122. Wield, as influence. — DOWN: 1. Features of some sports cars; 2. Area conquered by Alexander the Great; 5. German one; 6. Dangerous liaisons, often; 8. Spanish churches; 9. Sorry state; 11. Like a good butler; 12. King’s things; 14. Athos, Porthos and Aramis, e.g.; 16. Reaches a nadir; 18 Quakers and Shakers; 24. Snoop Lion’s genre; 26. Muscle below a delt; 32. Smell like; 35. Triple Crown jockey Eddie; 37. Rubbish; 40. Cuts back on; 41. Dickens schemer; 42. Shade of bleu; 43. Dates; 46. Pic; 47. Seine tributary; 48. Sushi bar topping; 50. Part of U.N.L.V.; 53. Hesitate in speech; 55. Nick of “Cape Fear”; 57. Hunt in the wrong place?; 59. Révolution target; 61. Actor Stephen; 65. Fictional writer in a John Irving best seller; 66. Historical transition point; 68. Simon & Garfunkel’s “For ___, Whenever I May Find Her”; 69. City near Virginia City; 70. YouTube video lead-ins; 71. Hebrew N; 73. Bit of ink, slangily; 74. Sheep’s genus; 76. Caught; 77. Summer cooler; 78. Clichéd prison contraband item; 79. Verb with “vous”; 80. Indian tourist haven; 82. Malformed; 85. Pamper, say; 86. Willing to consider; 89. Vitamin A; 96. Fresh; 98. Measures; 99. Accumulated; 100. Print option: Abbr.; 102. Part of a horse’s pedigree; 104. Knight’s attribute; 105. Discharge; 107. Observes; 109. Plant, maybe.
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