12.30.12 — Plus Ten

 

Sunday, December 30, 2012

 

PLUS TEN, Puzzle by Steve Savoy / Edited by Will Shortz

Ten familiar phrases changed to odd new phrases with the addition of IO (10) within the phrase constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:

CLASSIFIED ADIOS (22A. Sign-off for Spanish spies?)
WINE AND IODINE (34A. Two bottled liquids kept in a cabinet?)
DIORAMA QUEEN (47A. Champion model maker at the county fair?)
WILD CARDIO (65A. Wacky exercise regimen?)
PACK RATIOS (68A. 20 cigarettes per unit and 10 units per carton, e.g.?)
STUDIO MUFFIN (82A. Green room breakfast item?)
STUMP ORATORIO (93A. Musical composition about a lumberjack’s seat?)
CURIO RENT EVENTS (113A. Try-before-you-buy opportunities at knickknack stores?)
OFF THE CHARIOTS (15D. Like Ben-Hur and company when not racing?)
COOLIO CUSTOMER (46D. “Gangsta’s Paradise” buyer?)

 

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Working hours; 7. Bit of a trickle; 11. Rental car add-on; 14. Series of rounds; 18. Unlikely to surprise; 19. Megan of “Will & Grace”; 21. High; 24. Wee; 25. Suffix with human; 26. Peyton Manning’s former teammates; 27. Chuck of NBC News; 28. Grub around; 29. Zero-calorie cooler; 31. Parched; 32. Scale; 33. Hosen material; 37. Language that is mostly monosyllabic; 39. Lifeguard’s skill, for short; 40. Suffix with direct; 41. Some red spots; 44. Early education; 53. Know-___; 54. Drain cleaner, chemically; 55. Early seventh-century year; 56. Singer Falana and others; 57. Ellipsoidal; 59. Handel’s “___ e Leandro”; 60. At full speed; 62. Blather; 63. Movies often with shootouts; 71. World capital that’s home to Zog I Boulevard; 72. Volatile stuff; 74. Lions’ din; 75. “Well, looky there!”; 76. Sweet-talked, maybe; 77. Have one’s cake and eat ___; 79. Hoppy pub quaff; 80. Covering; 81. Forbes competitor; 82. Green room breakfast items?; 86. Onetime high fliers; 87. God holding a thunderbolt; 89 Expert finish?; 90. From ___ Z; 91. Tiny chastisement; 99. Home territories; 100. Division of biology; 105. Paperback publisher since 1941; 106. Siege weapon; 108. Swore; 109. Wally of cookie fame; 110. Stunner; 111. Its employees might have jumper cables: Abbr.; 112. Shortstop Garciaparra; 116. Golfer Norman and others; 117. Fabricates; 118. Part of an applause-o-meter; 119. Brontë heroine; 120. Sonny; 121. El ___; 122. Analyzes, in a way. — DOWN: 1. Straighten out; 2. Some baton wielders; 3. Like stocks; 4. Modern communications, for short; 5. Purse item; 6. “Silas Marner” author; 7. Mendeleev who created the periodic table; 8. Regrets; 9. Timeworn; 10. Heavy-duty protection; 11. Went smoothly; 12. Go laboriously; 13. The “S” of OS: Abbr.; 14. Eponymous Italian city; 16. Handy; 17. Jazz pianist McCoy ___; 20. Prettify; 221. Pope Agatho’s successor; 23. Whizzed; 28. Fix the coloring of, say; 30. Cymric; 31. Petal pusher?; 32. Dragged (on); 3. A.T.M. maker; 36. Alternatives to chips, say; 38. One out?; 42. Poor; 43. One having a little lamb; 44. Over; 45. Figaro in “The Barber of Seville,” e.g.; 48. Empathetic response; 49. “Time, the devourer of all things” writer; 50. Skewed to one side; 51. It juts into the Persian Gulf; 52. Less; 58. Examine carefully; 60. Insts. Of learning; 61. Capone henchman; 63. Elusive African animal; 64. Unmitigated; 66. Dr. ___; 67. “I’m ___ you!”; 69. Do; 70. Pacifiers; 73. Grilled cheese sandwich go-with; 76. “Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News” musical, with The”; 77. Logical start?; 78. ___ a limb; 80. Invite to the penthouse suite, say; 83. Retiring; 84. Mail letters; 85. Pro; 88. Hold stuff; 92. Goes without nourishment; 94. Detox patients; 95. Gunner’s tool; 96. Skirt; 97. “Just watch me!”; 98. Hops dryer; 100. Bantu language; 101. One way to deny something; 102. Equilibria; 103. Skin disorder; 104. White shade; 107. Singer ___ Marie; 109. Glow; 110. Morse dashes; 113. Mil. Team leader; 114. Panasonic competitor; 115. Certain util. workers.