In England, artist Francis Barraud (1856-1924) painted his brother's dog Nipper listening to the horn of an early phonograph during the winter of 1898. Victor Talking Machine Company began using the symbol in 1900, and Nipper joined the RCA family in 1929.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
HEARING DOUBLE, Puzzle by Matt Ginsberg / Edited by Will Shortz
In this Sunday crossword, twelve common phrases become uncommon with different spelling and meaning with the same pronunciation, e.g., homophone/heterograph:
WOOD YOU MINED (23A. Souvenir from the Petrified Forest?)
NEED THE DOE (29A. What randy bucks do?)
AYE OF KNUTE (31A. Agreement from the Gipper’s coach?)
MAID OF METTLE (42A. Plucky housekeeper?)
C’EST GOOD KNIGHT (56A. “Well done, Sir Lancelot,” in Franglais?)
KNOT FOR PROPHET (64A. Soothsayer’s shoelace problem?)
HALVE THE RITE (78A. Shorten a bar mitzvah by 50%?)
BYRD OF PRAY (93A. Polar explorer, after getting religion?)
LES IS MOORE (95A. Tagline for the biopic “Dudley” starring bandleader Brown?)
AISLE OF WHITE (101A. Where Macy’s keeps the wedding dresses?)
PROSE AND KHANS (3D. Book about the writing style of the Mongols?)
THREW THE REIGN (54D. Abdicated?)
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Food that jiggles; 6. “Along ___ spider …”; 11. Gone, but not forgotten; 15. Horizontal: Abbr.; 18. Ticked by; 20. First U.S. screen portrayer of Dr. Fu Manchu; 21. Dangerous outpouring; 22. Overly; 25. Priests, at times; 27. Two-fifths of ‘N Sync?; 28. Actor Edward James ___; 34. Luth. Or Presb.; 35. Force; 36. Crowning touch?; 37. What may is part of; 38. Tolkien trilogy, to fans; 39. Measure of purity; 40. Knobby; 45. Drama set at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ad agency; 47. Nautical direction; 48. Pasta suffix; 49. Inquirers; 50. Words before coming or made; 52 Inclined; 55. Some salmon; 59. Python in “The Jungle Book”; 60. Handel bars?; 61. Wings: Lat.; 62. Lightning ___; 70. Link up with; 72. Pleasure boats; 73. Affair of the heart; 74. Chucklehead; 75. ___ Jima; 76. Stage assistant;77. Outpourings; 83. Decorative pin; 85. Qatari bigwig: Var.; 86. Ones with a lot of pull?; 87. London can; 88. Alpine wind; 91. Literally, itself”; 92. Memo opener; 98. Out at the dentist’s?; 99. Freddy Krueger’s street; 100. Ten Commandments no-no; 105. Wimple wearer; 106. Home to the 90-Down, once; 107. Nasty look; 108. “___it!”; 109. Popular smartphone app; 110. Dog command; 111. Guitarist Duane and others; 112. Makes, as one’s way. — DOWN: 1. What one may break during exercise; 2. André and Mia’s adoptive daughter; 4. Iraq war hazard, briefly; 5. Small, low island; 6. Be at one (with); 7. Former San Francisco mayor; 8. Stately home; 9. K.C.-to-Chicago direction; 109. Postscript: Abbr.; 11. Former attorney general Gonzales; 12. Kind of salad; 13. Steve ___, 1980 Olympic track champion; 14. Stinging rebuke; 15. Was humbled; 16. Like the ring in an eclipse; 17. Leopard spot; 19. Scammed; 24. Bones next to humeri; 26. Tranquilizing; 30. Horatian piece; 32. Balcony cry; 33. Soundboard controls;38. Deliberately delude; 39. Alaska’s ___Peninsula; 41. Walk-___ (non-recruited athletes); 42. It may be rigged; 43. Sacha Baron Cohen persona; 44. Who wrote “A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise”; 45. Big truck maker; 46. Have ___ (bathe); 50. Willing recipients?; 51. Urgently; 52. Psychology pioneer Alfred; 53. Trick-taking card game; 56. Photoshop command; 57. Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack; 58. Funny Fields; 60. Just begun; 63. Freckles, e.g.; 65. Salad bar supply; 66. Castle component; 67. ___ to go; 68. Drop; 69. One of five Nicholases; 70. Start of a basketball game; 71. Words from Sgt. Friday; 74. U.K. mil. Decoration; 76. Feminist Germaine; 78. Raining hard?; 79. Totally jazzed; 80. Some scriptural passages; 81. 74-Down recipient, e.g.; 82. Fergie, for one; 83. Bygone bookstore chain; 84. Bull session?; 87. Inspector in Elizabeth George mysteries; 89. Obeyed a sentry, say; 90. See 106-Across; 92. “___ Only One” (Melissa Etheridge hit); 93. Cleared the dishes; 94. “Antigonae” composer Carl; 96. Miss America identifier; 97. Allay; 102. Neither Dem. Nor Rep.; 103. Knock over; 104. Charlemagne’s realm: Abbr.
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