02.17.13 — Mark My Words

 

 

Punctuation, by Jim Rohan, Lower Darnley, flickr.com

 

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

 

MARK MY WORDS, Puzzle by Ian Livengood

and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class

Edited by Will Shortz

In this solemn Sunday’s crossword, five squares work as punctuation marks across and letters down:

• C.S.I.: NY and COLONEL MUSTARD (12A. Gotham police procedural; 15D. One of the usual suspects?)
• THE IN-CROWD and BALDERDASH (45A. Cool people; 6D. Twiddle)
• "RACHEL, RACHEL" and WING COMMANDER (57A. 1968 movie directed by Paul Newman; 47D. Rank below group captain)
• "FROST/NIXON" and SLASHER FILM (94A. Tony-nominated play made into an Oscar-nominated movie; 95D. “Halloween,” e.g.)
• DR. DRE and EDWARDIAN PERIOD (126A. Co-founder of Death Row Records; 72D. Early 20^th century, in British history)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Summation symbol in math; 6. Baseball team’s leading hitter; 18. “Your ___ …”; 19. Body of water on the Uzbek border; 21. Post-1968 tennis; 22. Silly; 23. Magic once; 24. Rear guard?; 25. CVS competitor; 27. What a faker may put on; 28. Gotham-bound luggage letters; 30. Estuary, e.g.; 31. Like a walk in the part; 32. Group with the monster 1994 album “Monster”; 34. Like the dish kimchi; 36. Followers of 1-Acrosses; 38. “Aida” figure; 41. Preserve, as fodder; 43. It’s good for what ails you; 48. Sugar suffix; 49. What a raised hand may signal; 50. Nuts; 51. Show tune with the lyric “Here am I, your special island”; 53. Cosine reciprocal; 55. 1960s-’70s drama set in San Francisco; 58. Allow; 60. Egg choice; 61. Go up against; 62. Heart; 64. Bitmap image; 65. Thor’s domain; 70. Forerun; 74. Chaney of “Of Mice and Men”; 75. Beast that killed Adonis; 76. Way off; 80. Actor Quinn; 81. “Heavens to Betsy!”; 84. What many op art designs appear to do; 86. Fictional Indiana town where “Parks and Recreation” is set; 88. Upside-down container; 90. Space effect, for short; 91. Word from Hamlet while holding a skull; 92. Pince-___; 97. Paper size: Abbr.; 98. Dance in ¾ time; 100. China and environs; 101. It might come out in the wash; 103 Lacking scruples; 105. B&O and others; 106. Silent interval; 110. 1945 Pacific battle site, informally; 111. Catch; 112. Abe; 114. Relatively inexpensive wrap; 116. Had a senior moment; 119. Work from a folder; 122. Island SW of Majorca; 123. Some paneling; 124. Old North State native; 125. Piece of the past; 127. Some ocean debris; 128. Pastime for Barack Obama at Camp David. — DOWN: 1. English division; 2. Coastal Anatolian region; 3. Barbecue annoyances; 4. Miss at the movies?; 5. Region; 7. Tax law subj.; 8. Big do; 9. There’s no escaping this; 10. Request that one attend; 11. Certain joint; 12. Apple core, briefly; 13. Unruffled; 14. Prefix with red; 16. Org. with an eagle in its logo; 17. Piehole; 20. “Blue in the Night” composer Harold; 21. Certain sultan’s subjects; 26. Country with a supreme leader; 29. Petroleum distillate; 33. Source of the line “What’s done is done”; 35. Ginger feature; 37. Drunkard; 39. Angry cat’s sound; 40. 1/24 of un giorno; 42. “___ Miz”; 44. Better suited; 45. Careered; 46. Split part of a reindeer; 49. Car radio button; 50. Top; 52. ‘90s-’00s Britcom; 54. Month after Av; 56. Microsoft Surface competitor; 57. Uncertain; 59. Tom Cruise’s character in “Mission: Impossible”; 63. Hägar’s wife in the funnies; 66. Round up; 67. ___ Laënnec, inventor of the stethoscope; 68. Pursue; 69. Certain bid, informally; 70. Kind of court or cross;71. Bridge dividing the San Marco and San Polo districts; 72. Early 20^th century, in British history; 73. Pink-slips; 76. Answer man?; 77. Old West casino game; 78. Oceans; 79. Pump option: Abbr.; 82. Itch cause; 83. It brightens up a performance; 85. Yom Kippur War weaponry; 87. Record producer Brian; 89. Gray shade; 93. Twisty-horned creatures; 96. Opportunity creator; 98. Go-between; 99. Sci-fi staple; 102. Partner of operated; 104. Blazing; 107. Submit an online return; 108. “___ Q” (Creedence Clearwater Revival hit); 109. Plot; 113. Dundee denials; 115. Cocktails with crème de cassis; 116. Letters on briefs; 117. Celtic water deity; 118. Poet’s “before”; 120. Post-1858 rule; 121. “Give___ break!”.