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Sunday, December 9, 2012
LAST NAME FIRST, Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will Shortz
In this stiff Sunday crossword, names of individuals of some note are listed last name first and given clues to justify the result:
WELD TUESDAY (22A. Entry in a metalworker’s personal planner?)
COOK ROBIN (24A. Roast a red-breasted bird?)
LONDON JACK (28A. Pounds and pence?)
WILDER GENE (34A. What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents?)
FRENCH VICTOR (44A. Napoleon, e.g., prior to exile?)
BASS LANCE (54A. Fishing spear?)
RICH BUDDY (74A. Moocher’s most valuable acquaintance?)
PHOENIX RIVER (83A. The Salt, in Arizona?)
MONTANA JOE (90A. Coffee from Big Sky Country?)
SLICK GRACE (100A. Smarmy pre-prandial blessing?)
CUBAN MARK (107A. Official seal on a Havana cigar?)
NEWTON JUICE (108A. Beverage made by squeezing fruit-filled cookies?)
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Striped pet; 6. Befuddled; 11. Mr. ___ (old soft drink name); 15. Variety show overseers; 18. Antipasto tidbit; 19. Simulate; 20. Old photo’s tone; 21. Loop locale, informally; 26. Gall; 27. Like movies and bonds; 29. Exercised caution; 32. Copies from CD to PC; 33. Distresses; 37. Funnywoman Boosler; 40. Nose wrinkler; 42. They might night be on the charts; 43. Holds up; 48. Stuff; 49. Suffix with fatal; 52. W. Hemisphere alliance; 53. Soprano role in “Il Trovatore”; 56. Verizon forerunner; 57. Where many last names start with “O”; 58. Shirt front clip-on; 60. Like superfans; 61. Has a capacity of; 63. Timid swearword; 65. Bit of news; 68. Small sandwich; 69. “___ that”; 71. Undergo; 73. 1975 TV debut, briefly; 78. Tent texts to, in bygone days; 80. Hard water; 81. Meaning reverser; 82. Claim findings; 85. Forum wear; 86. ___ Cassidy, 1970s teen heartthrob; 87. High-flown poetry; 88. Furnace worker; 94. Coxswain’s teammates; 96. It’s suitable for framing; 96. Number one priority?; 104. California’s San ___ County; 106. Filmmaker Lee; 111. Partook of; 112. Wind chime location; 113. Lagoon encloser; 114. Benevolent Narnia denizen; 115. ___ judicata; 116. Oklahoma city; 117. Looked bad in comparison; 118. “The Christmas That Almost ___” (1966 holiday film). — DOWN: 1. Specifically; 2. Last Oldsmobile to be made; 3. Conniving sergeant of 1950s TV; 4. Hanes competitor; 5. Up to now; 6. Frightened, in dialect; 7. Proctor’s charge; 8. Debating choice; 9. “Holy cats!”; 10. More than none; 11. Low class; 12. Device with a click wheel; 13. Soweto uprising figure; 14. Stock holder; 15. Ed who wrote the 87th Precinct novels; 16. Chewing gum ingredient; 17. Goes under; 20. Checks (out); 23. It flows through Orsk; 25. “Love Train” group, with “the”; 28. Passenger ship; 30. Tae ___ do; 31. Venn diagram sets, usually; 32. Trade magazines?; 35. ___ law (acronymic 1970 measure); 36. Minor suit?; 37. Timeline divisions; 38. Plenty; 39. Early fratricide victim; 40. Sacred piece; 41. Click again, maybe; 44. Turn signal?; 45. “Have You seen ___” (1971 hit); 46. Word written across a bad check; 47. Central parts; 48. Certain female grouse; 49. Like biopsies; 50. Logical things to study?; 51. Busybody; 54. Try for a hit; 55. Minor-league classification; 59. Exhaust; 62. Cry from Homer; 64. Country’s Acuff or Clark; 66. Ankle-length; 67. Rest area; 70. Petroleum component; 72. Tick off; 75. Portable diversion; 76. Longing; 77. Honey; 79. “Girls” creator Dunham; 83. One called upon to talk?; 84. Suspicion; 85. “Vissi d’arte” opera; 86. Loud osculation’s; 88. Private action?; 89. Iroquois factions; 91. Source of irritation; 92. “Timeworn; 93. “Benny & ___”; (1993 rom-com); 94. Player’s trophy; 95. Lessened; 97. Barrelful at a hardware store 98. Like Cuzco’s builders; 99. Insurance seller; 101. Place to rest a guitar; 102. Fibbie; 103. Musician Shankar; 104. Carpal or tarsal starter; 105. Unable to pass muster, say; 108. Refresher; 109. Uppercut target; 110. G87 nation.
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