12.02.12 — LO and Behold...

 

  

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

 

 

LO AND BEHOLD!, Puzzle by Steven E. Atwood
Edited by Will Shortz

 
In this Sunday crossword, ten otherwise common phrases are changed with the addition of LO and given question-marked clues to justify the result:
 
THE LOX FACTOR (23A. Consideration in choosing a deli?)
LOIN JOKE (28A. Part of a butcher’s stand-up routine?)
CLASSIFIED LOAD (35A. Laundry basket of just colors or just whites?)
FAVORITE SOLON (48A. Wise lawmaker most likely to be re-elected?)
SLALOM DANCING (61A. Artistic expression on the slopes?)
SLOWING VOTERS (67A. Causing Election Day delays?)

GLOAMING TABLE (84A. Chart indicating the progression of darkness after sunset?)
DIRECTOR’S CLOUT (93A. Power in Hollywood?)
BLOB GUNS (103A. Paintball weapons?)
FLOAT TUESDAY (113A. When there might be a two-for-one special on ice cream drinks?)
 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. 1. [It’s gone]; 5. A pop group might have one on Facebook; 12. Pouch; 15. 64 or 1,000; 19. Head of a family; 20. Woodcutter of legend; 21. Rings; 26. Baby pig, e.g.; 27. Name part meaning “from”; 29. Camouflage; 30. Sharpness; 31. French wave; 32. Pallid; 41. ___-Pei (dog breed); 42. Reqmt. for certain graduate studies; 44. Get an ___ effort; 45. Actress Sommer; 51. Miniature; 52. Protestant denom; 53. Anthony Eden, Earl of ___; 54. Red-berried tree; 55. French spouse; 58. Rock’s ___ Fighters; 59. Seeks, as office; 64. Levels; 66. Thrust upward; 73. Car category; 77. Skin growth; 78. Negatives; 79. Time ___; 80. Mideast capital; 81. Dallas player, for short; 82. Jungle critter; 87. Disturb; 88. Sched. Listing; 91. Eve precedes; 92. Boy: Lat.; 98. “Don’t be ___”; 99. Caught in ___; 100. Thick skin; 101. Prop for Mr. Monopoly or Mr. Peanut; 107. Voluminous ref.; 108. Comes by; 112. Salsa specification; 116. Beat in a price war; 117. Props for Mr. Monopoly and Mr. Peanut; 118. Make; 119. Building support; 120. Some printers; 121. Curse; 122. Mil. awards. — DOWN: 1. Loan figs.; 2. Nuuanu Pali Lookout locale; 3. Grp. That has held summit meetings in Caracas and Riyadh; 4. Paul Bunyan, e.g.; 5. Used a FedEx Office service; 6. Actress Woodward; 7. Actress Vardalos; 8. Source of northern exposure?; 9. Belarus neighbor; 10. Old minelayers; 11. Critic Clive; 12. Quarantine; 13. Composer Salieri; 14. 1957 #1 R&B hit for Chuck Willis; 15. Or or nor: Abbr.; 16. “Let ___ good unto all men”: Galatians 6:10; 17. Suffice; 18. Salinger girl; 22. Like superhighways; 24. Actress Lena; 30. Counter orders; 32. To the same extent; 33. SeaWorld attraction; 34. Offshore bank, e.g., for tax purposes; 35. Normandy campaign city; 36 Writer Fleming; 37. Writer Wallace; 38. 11^th-century king of Denmark; 39. City on the Little Cuyahoga; 40. Clear, in a way; 42. Italian port on the Tyrrhenian Sea; 43. Attic’s purpose; 47 Sport involving paddles; 48. Olive ___; 49. Grazing area; 50. “Wise” one; 51. Patronized, as a restaurant; 55. Fr. Title; 56. Unyielding; 57. Lunatics’ outbursts; 60. Denver-to-Albuquerque dir.; 61. ___ Paulo; 62. Quaker cereal; 63. Contents of jewel cases; 65. Ones going through channels?; 67. Fencing unit?; 68. “Vive ___!”; 69. Kind of personality; 70. Up to, briefly; 71. Brian of ambient music; 72. Big maker of 65-Down; 74. Permeate; 75. Jewelry chain; 76. Turn inside out; 80. Separate out; 83. Braves’ div.; 84. High-performance cars; 85. Bond girl Adams; 86. Given enough to be happy; 88. Out around midday, say; 89. Emphasize; 90. Some car radio buttons; 94. B-baller; 95. Small rented farms, in Britain; 96. Keep out of sight; 97. High, in a way; 98. Pay for a hand; 101. Terra ___; 102. “Aristotle Contemplating ___ of Homes”; 103. Certain bra specification; 104. Legal scholar Guinier; 105. Quaintly antique; 106. German quaff; 109. Actress Lupino and others; 110. Undercover agent; 111. Bits and pieces, e.g.: Abbr.; 114. “That’s it!”; 115. Roofing material.