01.06.13 — ENVY

 

 

Sunday, January 6, 2013

 

PUZZLE ENVY, Puzzle by Dan Feyer and Andrea Carla Michaels

Edited by Will Shortz

Nine two-word phrases with the initials N. V. (ergo, envy), constitute the interrelated group of this plodding Sunday crossword:

NIGHT VISION (23A. What some goggles provide)
NORTH VIETNAMESE (36A. Onetime enemy)
NAPA VALLEY (65A. Wine taster’s destination)
NO VACANCY (70A. Bad sign for a traveler?)
NOW VOYAGERS (74A. 1942 Bette Davis film)
NORFOLK VIRGINIA (99A. Home of the world’s largest naval base)
NIA VARDALOS (118A. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” writer and star)
NUMERICAL VALUE (16D. 3.14159..., for pi)
NATIONAL VELVET (47D. Hit 1944 film starring a 12-year old actress)

Other — ATTACHES (4D. Lawyers’ cases, maybe), DAGMAR and DONOVAN (3D. Blond bombshell of ‘50s TV), 49D. One-named pop singer), IGUANA (54A. Greenish creature), KNEE PANTS (32A. Old lad’s wear), LORD MAYOR (109A. Head of London), MALTESE (91A. Breed of cat or dog), PILCROW (53D. Paragraph symbol), PLAXICO Burress, SENESCES (85D. Grows old), SKYFALL (95D. James Bond’s childhood home), STERLING (15D. Unblemished), “Les TROYENS” (Berlioz opera based on the “Aeneid”).

————————

 

 

 

 

Click on image to enlarge,

or Right click and select “Open Link in New Window".

 

Puzzle available on the internet at

THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Pop; 4. Court statistic; 11. Kid’s game with a ball; 16. A Bobbsey twin; 19. Constellation near Scorpius; 20. Start to make a living from something; 21. W.W. II marine threat; 22. Israeli weapon; 25. 10,000,000 ergs; 26. U.S.A. neighbor; 27. Represent at a costume party; 28. ___ minute; 29. It may be tightly coiled; 30. “Let us part, ___ the season of passion forget us”: Yeats; 31. Designer Mizrahi; 34. Like pulp fiction; 38. Reggae’s ___ Kamoze; 39. Exposed; 40. Kazakhstan, once: Abbr.; 41. Shot blocker; 45. Mrs. Mitt Romney; 48. Place for runners; 50. Far-out experience; 55. Diagonal; 57. Wastage; 60. Bit of negativity?; 62. Flubbed; 63. Squeeze for dough; 68. Beetles, briefly; 69. Slick; 71. Land of Zion?; 73. “That’s ___-brainer”; 76. Go downhill, in a way; 78. Department store department; 80. Fix one’s eyes; 81. Chip away at; 83. Hornswoggle; 84. Huzzahs; 86. Singer/songwriter Laura; 87. Make, as one’s way; 90. Northern California’s ___ River; 93. Baseball “twin killings,” for short; 96. Chicago’s county; 98. Alternative to a bus; 107. “Done, O.K.?!”; 110. Seemingly forever; 111. NetZero competitor; 112. Ladderlike in arrangement; 114. Sports org. of the early 2000s; 115. Until now; 116. Statehouse resident, informally; 117. Solitaire unit; 120. Purpose; 121. Quarter back?; 122. Pastoral poem; 123. Mich. Neighbor; 124. Stroke; 125. Slammin’ Sammy; 126. Prop up; 127. Miss identification? — DOWN: 1. 1978 Bob Fosse Broadway revue; 5. Yukon and Tahoe, for short; 6. Mumbai title; 7. Moonstruck; 8. Downsized uprights; 10. Heir, maybe, but not an heiress; 11. Immature; 12. Cancels; 13. One at a sidebar; 14. Moolah; 15. Unblemished; 17. Baku resident; 18. Gave the thumbs-down; 24. Qualifiers; 29. “Just like that!”; 32. Ralph in the Baseball Hall of Fame; 33. Cameo, for one; 35. Remove from a mailing list; 37. Where springboks graze; 42. One of Mozart’s?; 43. Subtitle of “Star Wars Episode IV”; 44. Cat’s dogs?; 45. ‘60s prez; 46. Late ‘60s and early ‘70s, politically; 51. Wreak havoc on; 52. More ridiculous; 56. Fifth tone; 58. Mouth-watering; 59. Vet, at times; 61. West Coast beer, familiarly; 64. Rembrandt van ___; 66. Here in Juárez; 67. Brynner of “Taras Bulba”; 70. Its capital is Yellowknife: Abbr.; 72. Smidgen; 73. Choices of time; 75. Ending with psych-; 76. Sir abroad; 77. Gibson of “The Beaver”; 79. “Norwegian Wood” strings; 82. To say, in Spanish; 87. Kardashian spouse Lamar ___; 89. Well-intentioned activist; 92. Supersize, say; 94. The N.F.L.’s ___ Burress; 95. James Bond’s childhood home; 97. Somewhat, informally; 100. “Bee-you-tiful!”; 101. Like “Knocked Up” and “The Hangover”; 102. Subj. of the 2008 biography “Traitor to His Class”; 103. Some Swedish models; 104. Kevin of “Weeds”; 105. Cantillate; 106. Carol starter; 107. Advice to a base runner; 108. Provide a place to stay; 113. Scott of “Hawaii Five-O”; 115. “How ___!”; 118. It’s S. of S. Dak.; 119. 15%-er: Abbr.