Sunday, March 17, 2013 — Saint Patrick’s Day
ANY PUN FOR TENNIS?, Puzzle by J. R. Leopold
Edited by Will Shortz
Nine puns on tennis are the main feature of this Sunday crossword:
NETWORKING EVENT (23A. Tennis clinic focusing on drop shot skills?)
SPIN DOCTOR (38A. Coaches who help you use your wrist in shots?)
COURT JESTERS (49A. Tennis players who clown around?)
BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS (67A. “For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side,” and others?)
FAULT FINDING (88A. Line judge’s mission?)
LOVE HANDLES (96A. “Nothing and “aught”?)
RETURN OF THE JEDI (116A. Luke Skywalker’s volley?)
ALLEY OOPS (17D. Mistakenly hitting into the doubles area during a singles match?)
SERVE TIME (78D. Start of a tennis game?)
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Polite response to “Thank you”; 98. Classic verse that begins “Ah, broken is the golden bowl!”; 15. Kafka or Liszt; 20. Written justification; 21. Part of a doubleheader; 22. Esther of “Good times”; 25. More competent; 25. Haunted house sound; 27. “It’s a Wonderful Life” cabdriver; 28. Meter reader?; 30. Architect Saarinen; 31. “Don’t get all worked up!”; 32. Young actor Smith; 33. Cutter; 34. Churchill, e.g.; 36. Pigs; 42. Ed.’s pile; 45. Spiny ___; 46. Fleece; 48. Chooses not to participate; 52. “One can only ___ much”; 53. BlackBerry, e.g., in brief; 54. Having freedom of tempo; 55. Illumination unit; 56. Year that “Shrek” and “A Beautiful Mind” came out; 58. Putter (along); 60. “The fix ___”; 61. “Haven’t the foggiest”; 64. Photo developing compound; 73. Allay; 74. Destroy; 76. In ___ form; 76. Source of the line “They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind”; 79. Part of R.R.: Abbr.; 81. “___ in cat”; 82. You might set one out for a cat; 84. Due follower; 85. Part of R.S.V.P.; 91. Commercial law firm specialty; 93. Canadian natives; 94. Mastery; 95. “Alexander’s Feast,” e.g.; 98. Part of R.S.V.P.; 100. Captain Hook’s alma mater; 101. Ready follower?; 102. Bit of voodoo; 104. Tech release of 2010; 108. Mex. Miss; 110. Of two minds; 112. Author of a 1719 literary sensation; 113. Transamerica Pyramid feature; 114. Planchette holder; 119. Hit single-player game of the 1980s; 120. Goes over the top, in a way; 121. Does again; 122. It fall s between 3760 and 3761 on the Jewish calendar; 123 Housekeeping; 124. Broad-minded. — DOWN: 1. Vice president John ___ Garner; 2. Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers comedy; 3. Public radio offerings; 4. Ever; 5. Swiped; 6. Cabinet dept.; 7. Pleasant; 8. Scottish landowners; 9. Modern kind of name; 10. Lightish blade; 11. Home of the Shoshone Mtns.; 12. It’s higher than an ace; 13. Celebrity; 14. Art Deco master; 15. Monk’s title; 16. Barbie’s last name; 18. Pirate, e.g., for short; 19. One goes after it; 24. Biloxi-to-Birmingham dir.; 29. Sporty car features; 32. Middle brother in a 2000s pop trio; 33. Jerk; 35. Epithet for Nadya Suleman; 37. Riga resident; 38. Spanish irregular verb; 39. Ski-___; 40. Like some awakenings; 41. Neither raise nor fold; 42. Sloppy fast-food sandwich; 43. “Semper Fidelis” composer; 44. ___ Bay, former U.S. base in the Philippines; 46. Eliza Doolittle, for one; 47. Subjected to voodoo; 50. Vex; 51. White Castle offerings; 52. Barely remembered days of old; 57. Zoo department; 57. Zoo department; 59. Batting champ John; 62. Turn-___; 63. Start to puncture?; 65. Kind; 66. Part of a requiem Mass; 68. Anchor-hoisting cry; 69. As expected; 70. “Singin’ in the Rain” composer ___ Herb Brown; 71. Way things are going; 72. Durable fabric; 76. Abbr. after a period; 77. Crumbly snack; 80. Either Zimbalist; 83. Con; 86. Praying figure; 87. “Top Gun” org.; 89. D.D.E. opponent; 90. Frankie Valli sang in it; 92. 1958 hit with the line “Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip”; 93. Jefferson’s vice president; 97. Response to “I bet you won’t”; 98. It can be gross; 99. Container on a counter, maybe; 102. Perfume; 103. Mysterious blip; 105. Michelangelo masterpiece; 106. Eve of old TV; 107. One who does not believe in miracles; 108. Not bad; 109. Destroy; 111. City near Provo; 112. Bit of residue; 113. Dry; 115. Mandela’s org.; 117. Three-time Tony winner Hagen; 118. Daughter of Loki.
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