11.04.12 — Frankly Speaking

 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

 

FRANKLY SPEAKING, Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Edited by Will Shortz

Ten words in French and/or English, along with clues to justify a change in the meaning of common phrases due to the duality, constitute the interrelated group of this sluggish Sunday crossword:

• MERE MORTALS (25A. Marseille mothers who are not goddesses?)
• TRAINING BRAS (40A. Working on one’s biceps and triceps in Toulon?)
• YELLOW FIN (59A. Cowardly end in Cannes?)
• ONE OF OURS (80A. Bordeaux bear cub?)
• INTERNET CHAT (94A. Online feline in Lyon?)
• OFFICE TEMPS (113A. Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble?)
• ROMAN GLADIATOR (3D. Prizefighter in a Parisian novel?)
• THE ARTIST (5D. Expert at brewing oolong in Orleans)
• PAIN MANAGEMENT (54D. Overseeing of a Bayonne bakery?)
• CRIME PAYS (82D. French-speaking country where illegal activity runs rampant?)

That’s right, Mère/mother; bras/arm; fin/end; ours/bear; chat/cat; temps/time; roman/novel; the/tea; pain/bread; pays/country.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. One to take a complaint to: Abbr.; 4. It can get the blood flowing; 9. Like calves at a rodeo; 16. Crush, e.g.; 19. Some soft words; 20. Lost deliberately; 21. Wave receiver; 22. Card game with stakes; 23. Subject of three Oliver Stone films, informally; 24. Fixed-term agreement; 27. Half-court game?; 29. Sailing; 31. Barber’s challenge; 32. Hawaiian coffees; 33. Back-to-school purchase; 35. Sense; 37. Hot ___; 38. “Easy”; 43. On the up and up; 44. Soldier under Braxton Bragg, for short; 45. Female suffix; 46. Org. with badges; 48. Country whose name means “he that strives with God”; 50. [That’s awful!]; 52 Quality that produces taste; 57. Stinging insect; 62. Innocent one; 63. Issue (from); 64. Tiara component; 65. It may contain traces of lead; 66. Tony winner Schreiber; 67. Less refined; 69. Like an infant’s fingers, typically; 71. Matisse masterpiece; 73. Actress Bosworth; 74. Pathetic group; 76. The limbo, once; 78. Turkey’s third-largest city; 79. John Maynard Keynes’s alma mater; 82. Indians’ shoes; 83. “Phooey!”; 85. Fiji competitor; 86. Cosa ___; 88. Nevada county; 89. Spy, at times; 91. With 98-Down, “Mad Money” host; 92. First capital of Alaska; 100. Who said “I owe the public nothing”; 103. Dead ringers?; 104. ___ Inn; 106. Home of Gannon Univ.; 107. Short-tailed weasel; 108. Crib side part; 110. First college frat to charter a chapter in all 50 states; 112. Environmental portmanteau; 116. Certain work of subway art; 118. Word with salad or roll; 119. Mauna ___ Observatory; 120. Surround with shrubbery; 121. Rocks for Jocks, most likely; 122. Eleanor Roosevelt ___ Roosevelt 123. Take a wrong turn; 124. “What’s it gonna be”; 125. What to wear; 126. Healy who created the Three Stooges. — DOWN: 1. QB Donovan; 2. Net guard; 4. The Rams, on sports tickers; 5. Expert at brewing oolong in Orleans?; 5 Q.E.D. part; 7. Mysterious Scottish figure, informally; 8. Many an “iCarly” fan; 9. Hasty flight; 10. Weakness; 11. Layers of clouds; 12 On TV, say; 13. “Got a Hold ___” (1984 top 10 hit); 14. “Lux” composer Brian; 15. Lost time?; 16. Two-dimensional; 17. “De-e-eluxe!”; 18. Entourages; 26. Indiana Jones venue; 28. ___ fixe; 30. Comic Dave; 34. Ramjets, e.g., 36. Populous area; 37. Country music channel; 39. Paper size: Abbr.; 41. Some foam toys; 42 Area close to home; 44. Put on the job again; 46. Large fern; 47. Toothed; 49. 58-Down 29-Across; 50. “Star Trek” villains; 51. Not present at; 53. Flaming; 55 Issue for Michelle Obama; 56. R in a car; 58. Go-ahead; 60. Showed, as a seat; 61. Org. for big shots?; 64. Family nickname; 68. That, to Tomas; 70. Tucson school, briefly; 72. Eye surgeon’s instrument; 76. Was concerned (with); 77. Cretin; 81. QB legend nicknamed the Golden Arm”; 84. Elastic; 87. It’s more than a pinch: Abbr.; 90. Interview seg.; 91. What a photocopier light may indicate; 93. “American Idol” winner Allen; 94. Relief for plantar fascitis; 95. Against; 96. Outside of walking distance, say; 97. Actor Morales; 98. See 91-Across; 99. Millinery item; 100. Operating system between Puma and Panther; 101. Most distant point; 102. Rode hard; 105. Nickel-and-___; 108. E.P.. issuances: Abbr.; 109. Kind of brick; 111. The language Gaidhlig; 114. Shoe width; 115, ___-Seal (leather protector); 117. ___ Palmas, Span.