11.11.12 — Bottoms Up!

 

Ian Somerhalder as the vampire Damon Salvatore

 in “The Vampire Diaries”

 

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Sunday, November 11, 2012 — Veterans Day

 

BOTTOMS UP!, Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz

Nine common phrases with the last word in each phrase reading upward to form an uncommon phrase constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Sunday crossword:

JUNK REWARD (3D. Cash for trash?)
HOT CROSS SNUB (4D. Angry slight?)
GIANT PETS (10D. Great Danes, e.g.?)
CUSTOM EDAM (14D. One-of-a-kind Dutch cheese?)
SATURDAY NIGHT EVIL (24D. Demon’s weekend plans?)
GO TO YOUR MOOR (60D. Catherine’s demand of Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights”?)
WHAT’S UP COD (67D. “How’s it going, fish?”?)
SAFETY NIP (75D. Celebratory swig after a football two-pointer?)
VAMPIRE TAB (70D. Dracula’s bar bill?)

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Coll. Student’s declaration; 4. Must; 9. Three-stripers: Abbr.; 13. Cut line; 17. Big score, maybe; 19. Leisure suit fabric; 20. Carved Polynesian talisman; 21. Shoe brand; 22. It ___ right”; 23. Pipe-fitting and others; 25. Lie-abed; 27. Not hoof it, maybe; 29. “Too Late the Phalarope” novelist; 31. He wrote “Words are loaded pistols”; 32. Subject to double jeopardy, say; 33. Animal in una casa; 34. “___ You (#1 Rolling Stones album); 36. Verdi opera; 38. Informal greeting; 39. H.S. support groups; 40. ‘70s TV production co.’ 43. Dirty Jobs” host Mike; 44. Candy man Russell; 46. Asian holidays; 47. Actress Gar; 48. Tusked animal; 49. Periodic function; 5. Villainous “Star Wars” title; 52. “Quo ___?”; 53. Bargain basement markings; 54. Casino machine; 55. Narrowly, after “by”; 56. Sonneteer’s Muse; 57. Tiny amount; 58. Subject explored in “The Crying Game”; 60. Little garden guardians; 61. Draft raisers; 62. ___ lark; 63. Jamboree attendee; 65. Bored employee’s quest; 68. Target for many a political ad; 70. Some execs; 73. One of Dumas’s Musketeers; 74. 2010 nnd 2011 L.P.G.A. Tour Player of the Year Yani ___; 76. San ___ (Italian seaport); 77. Auditioner’s hope; 78. Burns black; 79. Abrasive; 870. Neutrogena competitor; 81. Cartridges, e.g.; 82. Part of AARP: Abbr.; 83. Spouse’s sleeping place after a fight, maybe; 84. Really?”; 86. Wrangle; 87. Some Chi-town transportation; 88. Sizable garden; 89. Silas of the Continental Congress; 90. Bearish; 92. Like draft e-mails; 94. Stock market figs.; 95. Announcer of yore; 96. Doubled over, maybe; 98. “Capeesh?”; 100. Kahlúa and cream over ice; 103. Place that sells shells?; 105. Like about 7% of the U.S. electorate; 107. Bingo call; 108. Split bit; 109. Writer Wiesel; 110. Title gunfighter of a 1964 #1 hit; 111. Southern pronoun; 112. Battle of ___, 1796 Napoleon victory; 113. Guacomole and salsa; 114. Name on a college dorm, perhaps; 115. “Gee!” — DOWN: 1. Defense against a siege; 2. Pacific capital; 5. Assortment; 6. Sidewalk square, e.g.; 7. The fox in Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound; 8. Suggested résumé length; 9. Battle of Normandy site; 11. Sta. purchase; 12. Times out in Mexico?; 13. Politico Agnew; 15. Part of AARP: Abbr.; 16. Like a four-leaf clover; 18. Super Bowl XLIII champs; 26. “Curses!”; 28. Canaries locale: Abbr.; 30. Cracker Jack box bonus; 33. Hand; 35. “___ Ballet” (“A Chorus Line” song); 36. Revolutionary path; 37. Irish lullaby opener; 38. Kind of class; 41. Shopworn; 42. Sushi bar bowlfuls; 45. Piñata part; 46. Ancient siege site; 47. Gypsy’s aid; 51. United Nations chief from Ghana; 52. Concert hall, e.g.; 58. Throw for ___; 59. Ball coverings?; 61. Glacier site, maybe; 63. Sleek and graceful; 64. Head cases; 65. Mosaic material; 66. Lucy’s TV pal; 68. Vital fluids; 69. Haunted house sounds; 71. Hired spymaster; 72. Stash; 74. Briar part; 77. Random witness; 83. Odoriferous; 85. Drawn; 88. Caveat to a buyer; 89. Ward, to Beaver; 91. Josh; 93. One of the Judds; 95. Michael Crichton novel about diamond-hunting; 96. Right-leaning type: Abbr.; 97. Peacekeeping grp.; 99. Fruity drinks; 100. ___ Fein (Irish group); 101. Move, in Realtor lingo; 102. Just; 104. “Lawrence of Arabia” role; 106. Spanish uncle.