04.29.13 — Food for Thought

 

Veronica Lake and a Chocolate Cake

 

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Monday, April 29, 2013

 

Puzzle by Carolyn W. Stewart / Edited by Will Shortz

 

Rhyming celebrities and food is the main feature of this Monday crossword treat:

SHEEN’S BEANS (17A. Actor Charlie’s favorite food?)
SWANK’S FRANKS (24A. Actress Hilary’s favorite food?)
LAKE’S CAKES (31A. Actress Veronica’s favorite food?)
PITT’S GRITS (45A. Actor Brad’s favorite food?)
MOORE’S S’MORES (50A. Actor Dudley’s favorite food?)
HAWN’S PRAWNS (63A. Actress Goldie’s favorite food?)

Other — BLESS ME (4D. “Well, I’ll be!“), I KID YOU NOT (29D. “No, seriously”), MANGO (53D. Tropical fruit), PSSTS and SSTS, RASCALS (46D. Scamps), SLIME and SLOP, WAGON TRAIN (11D. Pioneer’s convoy).

 

Mid-size — ABUTS, AGILE (14A. Like a limbo champion), ALEUT, AREAS, BEAKS, CABIN, CAPES, COBRA (6A. Snake that a snake charmer charms), EROSE, FASTS, GABBY, INIGO Jones, LANES, MAINE, OBOES, ORECK, ORSON Welles, PIN ON, RESHIP, SAW IN, TAP INTO, WAGES, WHISK broom.

 

Short stuff — AARE, AHA and AGHA, ANI and API, “I’ll take that as A NO“, ANTE, Going AT IT, AWES, BIER, BOSS, CATS, DRAB, ENT and EST, GASP, GIG, ION, KIT, LAVA, NEO, OGLE, OVI, PADS and PARS, PICK, RAID, RAN and RAP and REP, SORT, SPA, T-NUT, WEST, WWW, YEN, YORE.

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Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ~ W. C. Fields

 

 

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Talkative; 11. It follows “//” in a URL; 18. Neighborhoods; 16. “Got it!”; 19. Concert engagement; 20. Golf scorecard numbers; 21. Choose; 22. Jagged, as a leaf’s edge; 27. Lowlife; 30. Going ___ (fighting); 36. Dull-colored; 39. Prefix with duct; 40. Access, as a resource; 43. Cushions; 47. Days of long ago; 49. Freeway divisions; 56. Lies next to; 57. Bern’s river; 58. Meowers; 52. Charged particle; 66. Prefix with natal; 67. Architect Jones; 68. Native of the 49^th state; 69. Approx. figure; 70. Attach, as a corsage; 71. Attention getters. — DOWN: 1. [Oh, my stars!]; 2. Turkish title; 3. Funeral stand; 5. Japanese money; 6. Home in the woods; 7. Much-advertised vacuum cleaner; 8. Birds’ bills; 9. Sprinted; 10. State as fact; 13. Hourly workers’ pay; 18. Hot tub; 23. Speakeasy owner’s fear; 25. Direction in which the sun sets; 26. Goes on a hunger strike, say; 27. Spill (over); 28. Volcanic emission; 32. Items worn by Dracula and Superman; 33. Bee: Prefix; 34. Frontiersman Carson; 35. Treelike creature I n “The Lord of the Rings”; 37. Opening bet; 38. One who’s in charge; 41. Give the eye; 44. Arrange from A to Z, say; 48. Forward, as a package; 50. Augusta’s home; 51. Orchestra winds; 52. Admitted at the door; 54. Director Welles; 55. Member of the House, for short; 59. Bowls over; 60. Letter-shaped fastener; 61. Grounded trans-Atlantic fliers, for short; 64. Singer DiFranco; 65. Genre for Easy-E and Heavy D.

 

04.28.13 — The Eyes Have It

 

Sunday, April 28, 2013

 

Soft T’s, Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will Shortz

 

Seven familiar phrases where the "T" sound is changed to a "TH" sound (resulting in minimalist puns) constitutes the main feature of this unfriendly Sunday crossword:

 
CREATIVE WRITHING (23A. What faking a stomachache might entail?)
THE LEATHER OF THE L AW (30A. Gun belts, holsters and nightstick straps?)
GETS OFF LITHELY (45A. Dismounts like an expert gymnast?)
LATHE BLOOMERS (66A. Women’s pants with pictures of wood shop tools?)
BATHE AND SWITCH (86A. Become a new person by washing up?)
A SCYTHE FOR SORE EYES (95A. Unpopular ophthalmologist’s implement?) 
NO LAUGHING MATHER (108A. What the giggling supporter of the Salem witch trials was told?)

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Coating on some facial tissues; 9. Typical Busby Berkeley film; 16. They’re often wasted; 20. Drove fast; 21. Athena turned her into a spider; 22. Riverbank basker, informally; 25. At any point; 26. “Blueberries for ___” (children’s book); 27. With 91-Across, 1976 album with a palindromic title); 28. Fluoride, for one; 29. Ship that sailed “the ocean blue”; 38. In advance; 41. Contend; 42. Loan-insuring org.; 43. Architectural designer Maya; 44. QB with a statue at Sun Life Stadium; 50. Promise; 53. They go places; 54. “___ Andy’s Ballyhoo” (“Show Boat” song); 56. Move briskly; 57. Engaged in battle; 61. Group with a Grand Lodge; 62. Bach’s “___, meine Freude”; 63. Contraction in a patriotic song; 64. Actress Wright of “Mrs. Miniver”; 65. Growth ring?; 70. Word before pole or jump; 71. Sci-fi author ___ del Rey; 73. Take to sleep with, say; 74. Good at scheming; 75. Four-legged newborn; 76. Drained of color; 77. Time for TV debuts; 79. City near Turin; 80. Author/media observer Michael; 81. They don’t face the street; 84. 1992 Olympic tennis gold medalist; 90. “I’ve got something to say”; 91. See 27-Across; 92. Pres. Advisory grp.; 93. Buddy; 94. Men in lineup; 101. What a fist might represent; a 102. Wall St. event; 103. Sound of frustration; 104. It had a hub at J.F.K.; 107. Founding member of OPEC; 115. Defender of the West; 116. It keeps things moving; 117. Squad leader; 118. Make mouse holes, maybe; 1198. Retiree’s accumulation; 120. Arsenic ___ (ratsbane). — DOWN: 1. Elementary school group?; 2. Pasternak heroine; 3. Pitcher Hershiser; 4. Disco ___; 5. Hound doc; 6. Certain Ivy Leaguer; 7. Rise up. 8. One-name singing star with the surname Adkins; 9. Render imperfect; 10. Central Swiss canton; 11. “Gymnopédies” composer; 12. Blood of the Greek gods; 13. Trouser fabric; 14. ___ Taylor; 15. Journey segment; 16. All-too-public spat; 17. First name in aviation; 18. Painted thing, sometimes; 19. Lacking meat; 24. Use a flying shuttle; 30. Common chords; 31. Rush-hour din; 32. Grandson of Adam and Eve; 33. Moon larger than Mercury; 34. Physiology Nobelist Walter Rudolf ___; 35. E equivalent; 36. Watery; 37. Cooks up; 38. Sidewalk café sight; 39. New releases?; 40. Bizarre; 45. Grind; 46. Bone: Prefix; 47. Plows leave them; 48. Back again; 49. Catch; 51. “Law & Order: SVU” actor; 55. Historic multistory dwellings; 58. Like ghost towns; 59. Show polite interest in, say; 60. They were big in the ’50s; 62. Place for tips; 63. Seasoned; 64. Seriously annoy; 66. Willing to let things slide; 67. In the hold, say; 68. Gymnast Gaylord; 69. “Essays of ___”; 72. “Music in the Key of Love” composer; 75. Forces (upon); 77. One standing around the house maybe; 78. Mention parenthetically; 79. Bygone Chevy van; 80. Form letters; 82. Recipe amount; 83. Saucy fare; 85. Be in the game; 86. Comportment; 87. Late finisher; 88. Many a Bach composition; 89. Long little doggie; 94. Thomas who wrote “Little Big Man”; 96. “ … see what I mean?”; 97. Cabinet members?; 98. Some MoMA works; 99. Maze answer; 100. Bond villain ___ Stavro Blofeld; 104. Cuisine with curry; 105. Proceed; 106. Funny Johnson; 108. “Little Birds” author; 109. Possible lunch hour; 110. Massive memory unit, informally; 111. Miss America she’s not; 112. Noninvasive med. Procedure; 113. In former days; 114. Cowpoke moniker.


 

04.27.13 — CAPITAL U

 

 

Frame from the 1992 film of Unforgiven

 

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

 

Puzzle by Chris A. McLaughlin / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — Stopped living the high life?, SOBERED UP; 10. One paid to get shot, MODEL; 15. Legendary lutist, ALAN-A- DALE; 16. TV host ALEXA Chung; 17. Asia Minor, e.g., PENINSULA; 18. Dumps, JILTS; 19. Trail rider’s accessory, SADDLE BAG; 20. Public, OVERT; 21. Draft pick, ALE; 22. One highly unlikely to react, RARE GAS; 24. Geneses, ONSETS; 28. Character in “Unforgiven”, CAPITAL U; 29. French verse, POEME; 30. 2011 All-Star pitcher KEVIN Correia; 31. Flow controller, TAP; 32. He was born “all over like an hairy garment”, ESAU; 33. See 28-Down, GREEN; 34. Trail rider’s concoction, GORP; 35. Gov. Cuomo’s purview, NYS; 36. “Bless ‘EM ALL” (1941 hit song); 37. Slow march, maybe, DIRGE; 38. Player in a pocket, IPOD NANO; 40. Holy smoker?, CENSER; 41. Title character singing in the “Tea for Two” duet, NANETTE; 42. Not be a wallflower, MIX; 43. Scrape, GRATE; 44. 0-0, POINTLESS; 50. “Allahu AKBAR” (Iraqi flag phrase); 51. Drill command involving a rifle, ORDER ARMS; 52. Whoopi’s first leading film role, CELIE; 53. One who doesn’t click in a clique, ODD MAN OUT; 54. Graph revelation, possibly, TREND; 55. Nonrevolutionaries, LOYALISTS.

 

Down — 1. Easy marks, SAPS; 2. Olive genus, OLEA; 3. Ring, RAND; 4. Old-time actress ENID Bennett; 5. Went long, RAN LATE; 6. Ill-fated line of the 1950s, EDSELS; 7. Beefy Provençal stew, DAUBE; 8. “The Producers” sex kitten, ULLA; 9. Landscaping alternative to sand, PEA GRAVEL; 10. Study principally, MAJOR IN; 11. Biblically named Michigan college, OLIVET; 12. They don’t do it all themselves, DELEGATORS; 13. Monster, EXTRA LARGE; 14. Common religious artwork, LAST SUPPER; 23. “Scratch thee but with A PIN …”: Shak.; 24 Bill starter, OPENING ACT; 25. Snoop, NOSY PARKER; 26. Like unsurprising temperatures, SEASONABLE; 27. Source of 13-Down eggs, EMU; 28. With 33-Across, “The Voice” vocal coach, CEE LO; 30. Ed whose entire 18-season career was with the Mets, KRANEPOOL; 33. Common B-school requirement, GMAT; 34. Spirit in a sling, GIN; 36. In the log, say, ENTERED; 37. Right-handed, DEXTRAL; 39. Hold up, DETAIN; 40. Its patrons are usually kept in the dark, CINEMA; 42. Blouse with a sailor collar, MIDDY; 45. Great Seal word, ORDO; 46. Legal scholar LANI Guinier; 47. Symbol of love, EROS; 48. Sanitization target, SMUT; 49. Former faves of jet-setters, SSTS.

 

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04.26.13 — In a Jar by the Door

 

 

The Beatles at the grave of Eleanor Rigby,

collaged with Eleanor Rigby by Muirart

 

"Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" refers to putting on a public face, wearing a mask to hide sorrows.

 

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Friday, April 26, 2013

 

Puzzle by Michael Ashley / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Onetime co-host of “The View”, STAR JONES; 10. Seen-it-all, BLASÉ; 15. Did some undercover work, WORE A WIRE; 16. Like opals, MILKY; 17. “Archie Bunker’s Place” actress, ANNE MEARA; 18. No-handed skateboarding trick, OLLIE; 19. Cash in Cambodia, RIELS; 20. Some cornbreads, ASH CAKES; 22. Base fare, MESS; 23. Creole, e.g., PATOIS; 25. When repeated, response to “Who wants dessert?”, I DO; 26. AARP focus: Abbr., SRS; 27. PCBs, e.g., TOXINS; 28. Zoom IN ON; 29. Kind of column, DORIC; 30. “Forever Your Girl” singer, 1989, ABDUL; 31. Lawsuits, ACTIONS; 34. Royal personage, MAJESTY; 36. Arizona player, for short, DBACK; 37. Poke, JAB AT; 38. One of the Jetsons, JANE; 39.Viagra maker, PFIZER; 41. Kind of animation, CEL; 44. Potato chip brand, UTZ; 45. Blasted, DARNED; 46. It might be spun around a campfire, TALE; 47. Major education supporter, STATE TAX; 49. Some Spanish dates: Abbr., SRTAS; 50. Purport, TENOR; 51. “The Book of Eli” actress, MILA KUNIS; 54. Rigel’s constellation, ORION; 55. 1985 Dennis Quaid sci-fi-film, ENEMY MINE; 56. “RYAN’S Hope”; 57. “Band” leader of the 1960s, SGT PEPPER.

 

Lila Lee

 

Down — 1. A lot, SWARMS; 2. More stylish, TONIER; 3. Marshal Dillon portrayer, ARNESS; 4. Cinephiles’ collectibles, REELS; 5. Printer malfunctions, JAMS; 6. Not be square with, OWE; Actress NIA Peeples; 8. Unpredictable, ERRATIC; 9. TV set?, SEASON; 10. Quad standouts, BMOCS; 11. LILA Lee of silent films; 12. What it often takes, it’s said, ALL KINDS; 13. Hit a lazy pop-up, say, SKIED OUT; 14. Dossier stamp, EYES ONLY; 21. Greetings, HIS; 23. YouTube no-no, PORN; 24. 1940’s AXIS Pact; 27. Bamboozled, TOOK; 28. “Su-u-ure”, I BET; 29. Make mincemeat of, say, DICE; 30. “Wearing the face that she keeps in A JAR by the door” (Beatles lyric); 31. Professional claims examiner, ADJUSTOR; 32. Many a toy powerer, C BATTERY; 33. Land on the Indian Ocean, TANZANIA; 34. Feature on some place mats, MAZE; 35. Not up, ABED; 37. Cursing, JINXING; 39. Way to stand, PAT; 40. Purchase at an optician’s, FRAMES; 41. Mint family plant, CATNIP; 42. Lady of Arthurian legend, ELAINE; 43. Inferior, LESSER; 45. Hollywood father and daughter, DERNS; 46. Supersede, TRUMP; 48. Bugs, e.g., TOON; 49. SKYE terrier; 52. Do-over, of a sort, LET; 53. Electrical unit, AMP.

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04.25.13 — Magician's Phrase

 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

 

Puzzle by Jeffrey Wechsler / Edited by Will Shortz

PRESTO CHANGE-O (50A. Magician’s phrase … or a hint to part of 18-, 25-, 34- and 41-Across), WHAT’S OPERA DOC (18A. Classic cartoon in which “Kill de wabbit” is sung to a Wagner tune), H ROSS PEROT (25A. Onetime presidential candidate on the Forbes 400 list), AIRPORT SECURITY (34A. Travel hassle) and LOBSTER POT (41A. Trap in Penobscot Bay) constitute the interrelated group of this clever Thursday crossword.

 

Other — France : château :: Spain : CASTILLO; COSMOS (1A. It has everything), CRAB APPLE (31D. Small sour fruit); FENCE RAIL (10D. Product of Abe Lincoln’s wood splitting) ; LUANA Patten; OCCASION (16A. Birthday, e.g.); ONE-HORSE PLOWS (14D. Primitive farming equipment) ; SAUNTERS (60A. Doesn’t rush, say); WHO CARES (58A. “So what?”).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 7. Troublemaker, perhaps; 15. Individually; 17. Put on; 20. Dried out; 21. Haw’s partner; 22. Hosp. adjunct; 29. Yukon XL maker, for short; 32. Compote ingredient; 32. Child actress Patten of “Song of the South”; 38. Spills the beans; 39. Checkup; 40. Fleur-de-___; 44. What’s that to José?; 45. Terra warmer; 48. Hanukkah largesse; 56. Springer on African grasslands; 59. Best way to defuse a bomb; 61. Brunch dish; 62. Seizes. — DOWN: 1. Squirrel’s nuts, maybe; 2. Whgen said three times, frequent line on “The Odd Couple”; 3. Condition; 4. Be errant, say; 3. Diverse grouping; 6. Haute cuisine by no means; 7. Ladies; 8. ___ Touch; 9. ___-Japanese War; 11. Put away; 12. ___ Talks, offerers of “ideas worth spreading”; 13. Intimidates; 19. High-___; 23. Hall of fame; 34. Some court orders; 25. “I’m with ___” (T-shirt phrase); 26. Possible prey of a 37-Down; 27. Desirable, as a job; 28. Lux.’s place; 29. Exterior house feature; 30. Director Forman; 31. Small sour fruit; 32 Guarded place; 35. It has lots of pledges; 36. Prefix with biology; 37. Possible predator of a 26-Down; 42. Some collegiate output; 43. Crazy talk; 45. Annoying buzzers; 47. Wetland denizen; 48. Body scans?; 49. Pitch; 51. Intensify, with “up”; 52. 25-Down, en françois; 53. Something placed in the mouth of a pitcher?; 54. Time; 55. Some minor eruptions; 56. Org. meting out justice at The Hague; 57. Chip, maybe.

 

04.24.13 — Tennis Anyone?

 

Lawn tennis in the U.S., 1887,

 a selection from the pictorial collections

of the Library of Congres, Washington, D.C.

 

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

 

Puzzle by Clive Probert / Edited by Will Shortz

A tennis game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis — scores from zero to three points are described as "love", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively. 
 
LOVE BOATS (18A. Some cruise ships, informally), FIFTEEN MEN (23A. Start of a song with the cry “Yo-ho-ho”), THIRTYSOMETHING (34A. Ken Olin series about baby boomers), FORTY-NINER (50A. One who hoped things would pan out?) and GAME'S OVER (57A. “You lose!”) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Summit conference goal; 5. Word before tight or loose; 9. Asian national suffix; 13. At full speed; 15. Bow-toting deity; 16. Jared of “Mr. Nobody”; 17. ___ diem; 20. Repetitive French greeting; 22. Put aside for later; 25. Möbius strip’s lack; 27. Gather, logically; 28. Dessert menu phrase; 30. Russian city, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics; 33. Nameless, briefly; 40. Activision’s guitar ___; 41. ___ Motors (electric car company); 42. State where bolo ties are common; 45. Live; 49. Lake Michigan borderer: Abbr.; 53. Dull tapping sound; 55. Food critics, often; 57. “You lose!”; 59. Place to play or fight; 60. Like fine whiskeys; 61. Painter Magritte; 62. Second-stringers; 63. Monocle part; 64. LAX postings; 65. Willy Wonka’s creator. — DOWN: 1. Spotted rodent; 2. Tourist town of Salerno; 3. Comedian with the 1972 album “Class Clown”; 4. Beginning in basketball; 5. Berry of “Die Another Day”; 6. “___ for the Misbegotten”; 7. Election mo.; 8. Fairy-tale escapee from a witch; 9. One whose work is not picking up?; 10. “Spanglish” actress; 11. Serve, as a maid would a lady; 12. KenKen entries: Abbr.; 14. Lease like a 9-Down; 19. Eric of “Troy”; 21. Sports atist Neiman; 24. Injuries severely; 26. China’s ___ Xiaoping; 29. ___-jongg; 31. Astronomical red giant; 32. Weed whacker; 34. Midwinter event, often; 35. Ethnic background; 36. Partiers at a holley; 37. “Frasier” role; 38. Nicholas Gage memoir; 39. Airport queue unit; 43. “Just the Two ___”; 44. “Enough already!”; 46. Hardened (to); 47i.Sister (and occasional rival) of Venus; 48. Mariana ___ (world’s deepest ocean point); 51. “Lovergirl” singer ___ Marie; 52. Belgian city sometimes mispronounced as “wipers”; 54. Sommeliers’ suggestions; 56. Witty Mort; 57. Guy’s partner; 58. Rookie’s mentor, maybe.

 

04.23.13 — The Four Seasons

 

The Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

1660-1664, Nicolas Poussin

 

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

 

Puzzle by Severin T. Nelson / Edited by Will Shortz

SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN and WINTER, all clued as “One of the four seasons”, along with POUSSIN (32A. Nicolas, who painted “The Four Seasons”) and VIVALDI 48A. Antonio who composed “The Four Seasons”) constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Tuesday crossword.

 

Other — GRANTOR (30A. Many a benevolent organization), INERTIA (40A. Tendency to remain unchanged), LARUSSA (51A. Longtime Cardinals manager Tony), MIDEAST (10D. Home of many early civilizations), ONE HORSE (6D. Insignificant, in a way), REHEARSE (21A. Go over), RETRIAL (21D. Possible result of a hung jury), SAW TO IT (45D. Assured something’s completion), TELECAST (41D. Put on the air), TENTACLE (59A. It might have many suckers), UP A TREE (33D. Like some cats in need of rescue).

 

Mid-size — AROSE, DAKOTA (3D. Territory divided into two states), GATES (7D. Bill who co-owns the Four Seasons hotel company), ELAINE, ELIHU, ENDUES, GETTY, JASONS, NOTRE Dame, ODESA, ORATOR, PTERO, SHADOW (53D. It’s seen on a sundial), SIERRA, STEREO, TRISTE, VALLI (57D. Frankie of the Four Seasons).

 

Short stuff — ALI, ANA, ANEW, ANON, ASP, AURA, AYE, BANE, BOG, EAT, EAVE, ENNE, ERG, ETÉ (12D. One of the four seasons, in France), IAT and ITA and ITE and ITO, JEW, LAO, LODE, LSD, MSU, NET, NEVE, NON, NOVA, ODIN, OON, OSSE, PRAY, PROM, RAKE, REN and RES, RIRE, RNA, SAN, SAWN, SODA, UPS, URDU, USER, YUL Brynner.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Some call it “pop”; 5. Marsh; 14. Say grace, e.g.; 15. Santa ___ winds; 16. Sad, in Paris; 17. Croupier’s tool; 18. Butterfly catcher; 19. Provides with a quality; 20. Midori on the ice; 25. Bone: Prefix; 26. Saintly glow; 30. Many a benevolent organization; 34. “When out on the lawn there ___ such a clatter …”; 36. Wing: Prefix; 37. Prefix with proliferation; 43. Stimpy’s TV pal; 44. City south of Kyiv; 46. Los Angeles’s ___ Museum; 55. Freshly; 56. Overhang; 56. Yale who endowed Yale; 62. “Dig in!”; 63. Actors Bateman and Statham; 66. Dweller along the Mekong; 67. Language of Pakistan; 68. Friend of Jerry and George on TV; 69. Something you might trip on; 70. High school’s crowing event?; 72. Ore suffix; 73. Cut, as logs. — DOWN: 23. Keynote speaker, e.g.; 4. Sailor’s yes; 5. ___ of one’s existence; 6. Insignificant, in a way; 8. Two-channel; 9. Vases; 11. The Spartans of the N.C.A.A.; 13. ___ ipsa loquitur; 22. Egyptian snake; 24. Genetic material; 27. Addict; 28. Laugh, in Lille; 29. Soon; 31. Suffix with ball; 35. Work unit; 37. Long-running PBS science series; 38. Father of Thor; 39. Actress Campbell; 42. Call ___ day; 47. Brynner of Broadway; 49. Not so smart; 50. “Am ___ risk?”; 52. S, in a phonetic alphabet; 60. Feminine suffix; 61. Prospector’s strike; 63. Jesus, for one; 64. “Aladdin” prince; 65. ___ Simeon, Calif.; 67. Co. with brown trucks.

 

04.22.13 — The Monday Crossword

The Earth Day Flag, the latest proposal of John McConnell for a flag of Earth

 

Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year. The April 22 date was designated as International Mother Earth Day by a consensus resolution adopted by the United Nations in 2009. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year. ~ Wikipedia

 

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Monday, April 22, 2013 — Earth Day

 

Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will Shortz

BAT, BET, BIT, BOT and BUT, found at the ends of BASEBALL BAT (18A. Louisville Slugger), OFF-TRACK BET (24A. Wager that’s not made at the site of the race), CENTER BIT (37A. Hole-positioning gadget), INTERNET BOT (56A. Automated Web program) and ANYTHING BUT (62A. By no means), constitute the interrelated group of this perfect little Monday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. 1200 on a monument; 4. ___ the Red; 8. Born first; 14. Designation for some batteries and minor-leaguers; 15. The “M” in S.M.U.: Abbr.; 16. Subject to damages; 17. Basic education trio; 20. Apartment dweller’s agreement; 22. Small bed; 23. Write on stone, say; 28. Eisenhower, informally; 29. “Als!”; 30. “Take me ___ am”; 31 Architect Mies van ___ Rohe; 32. Once, in former times; 33. “I know what you’re thinking” ability, in brief; 35. Wails; 37. Hole-positioning gadget; 41. Menotti’s “___ and the Night Visitors”; 44. Fifth or Madison, in N.Y.C.; 45. Deal (with); 49. Computer grouping, for short; 55. Color; 53. Enters slowly; 55. Lyricist Gershwin; 56. Automated Web program; 58. Vitriol; 60. Dress (up); 61. Teatime biscuit; 62. By no means; 66. One of Gen. Lee’s force; 67. Outdid; 68. Seep; 69. Omaha’s home: Abbr.; 70. Vein’s counterpart;71. ___ and polish; 72. Before, to poets. — DOWN: 1. Philip ___, “The Big Sleep” sleuth; 2. Be fond of; 3. Wine containers; 4. Campfire remnants; 5. Actor Stephen; 6. “___ about time!”; 7. Chess declaration; 8. Thrills; 9. Rapper ___ Jon; 10. Racer Earnhardt; 11. Time when the water’s low; 12. Lose tautness; 13. Restraining ropes; 19. ___ Fet (“Star Wars” villain); 21. Do needlework; 25. “You said it, brother!”; 26. “___ la vie”; 27. Kind of torch at a luau; 34. Split ___ soup; 36. Yadda yadda yadda; 38. K-12, in education lingo; 39. Winnebago owner, briefly; 40. Noggin; 41. “Open sesame” sayer; 42. Seafarer; 43. Stock market expert; 46. “One of Us” singer Joan; 47. Daniel Boone, notably; 48. Ugandan site of a 1976 Israeli rescue; 51. In need of straightening up; 52. English Institution since 1440; 54. Six-line poem; 57. Certain frozen waffles; 59. Suffix with kitchen; 53. Old what’s-___-name; 64. Jazz style; 65. Israeli weapon.

 

04.21.13 — Life List — the Acrostic

 

 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

 

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This Sunday’s acrostic springs from nature as a reminder of Earth Day. The quotation is from Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile. 

 

Life List, was published in April 2009 by Bloomsbury USA and tells the true story of Phoebe Snetsinger, a housewife and cancer survivor from St. Louis who saw more bird species than anyone in history — an account of a woman’s obsession with bird-watching, its effect on her relationships with her husband and her four children, and the horrifying mishaps that she survived on each continent—until the last mishap. ~ Wikipedia

 

The quotation: THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE EQUATOR, THE BIRDIER IT GETS: … TINY … PANAMA, … JUST NORTH OF THE EQUATOR, HAS ALMOST A THOUSAND BIRD SPECIES, MORE THAN HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA; PERU … HAS A WHOPPING EIGHTEEN HUNDRED.

 

The author’s name and the title of the work: OLIVIA GENTILE, LIFE LIST

The defined words:

A. Group to which grasshoppers and crickets belong, ORTHOPTERA
B. Created an empty nest, say (2 wds.), LEFT HOME
C. Provide a good environment for developing, INCUBATE
D. Went the way of the passenger pigeon, VANISHED
E. High-albedo Antarctic feature (2 wds.), ICE SHEET
F. New Agey; Ayn Rand or Ronald Reagan, by birth, AQUARIAN
G. Forest in full foliage, GREENWOOD
H. Spanish grass sometimes woven into sandals, ESPARTO
I. Whippoorwill, for one, NIGHTJAR
J. Femur, THIGHBONE
K. Featherbrain, dodo, IGNORAMUS
L. Business traveler’s carry-on, LAPTOP
M. Sky father’s counterpart (2 wds.), EARTH MOTHER
N. Where fluffing and folding may be observed, LAUDERETTE
O. Line connecting points equal in temperature, ISOTHERM
P. Had a notion of; took a shine to, FANCIED
Q. Fungus hosted by a pant, ENDOPHYTE
R. Ammo banned for waterfowl hunting since 1991 (2 wds.), LEAD SHOT
S. Extinct marine giant, ICHTHYOSAUR
T. Use up heedlessly, SQUANDER
U. Easy riders down a stream; yams, cassavas etc, TUBERS

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The unedited quotation: By the late 1950s, a few birders were even going abroad, mainly to the tropics. The closer you get to the equator, the birdier it gets: the tiny country of Panama, which is just north of the equator, has almost a thousand bird species, more than have been recorded in all of North America; Peru, which is just south of the equator has a whopping eighteen hundred. ~ Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile

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04.21.13 — Front Flips

 

 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

 

Puzzle by Jonah Kagan / Edited by Will Shortz

 

The first word of nine across entries is the reverse of the first word of common phrases in this leisurely Sunday crossword:

 
EVIL FROM NEW YORK (24A. Tammany Hall corruption, e.g.?)
PEEK UNDER WRAPS (34A. Try to see what you’re getting for Christmas?)
PERP SCHOOL (45A. Academy for criminals?)
RATS TREK (51A. Journey from the nest to the kitchen, say?)
POT SECRET (64A. Hidden drug habit, maybe?)
GULP IT IN (76A. Drink greedily?)
DOOM SWINGS (81A. Playground apparatus of the Apocalypse?)
DIAL DOWN THE LAW (91A. Be a lenient judge)
REVILED THE GOODS (105A. Maligned merchandise?)
 

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