30-Across, Small African antelopes, ORIBIS
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Sunday, April 5, 2013
Crunch Time, Crossword by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz
MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT and SUN in single squares constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:
- LE[MON]ADE STANDS and AL[MON]DINE (23A. Early entrepreneurial efforts; 3D. How trout may be prepared: Var.)
- STA[TUE] OF DAVID and VIR[TUE] S (28A. Florentine attraction; 12D. Good qualities)
- STE [WED]ED PRUNES and BO[WED] OUT (42A. Food to go?; 31D. Withdrew)
- BUDAPES[T HU]NGARY and GREEN [THU]MB (69A. Birthplace of Harry Houdini; 36D. Nursery gift?)
- BETTY [FRI]EDAN and A[FRI]CA (93A. Big name in feminism; 88D. Isak Dinesen novel setting)
- CATCHE[S A T]RAIN and U [S AT]LAS (110A. Just makes the 7:47, perhaps; 106D. 50-page book, maybe?)
- GOE[S UN]DER COVER and ETAT [S UN]IS (118A. Does spy work; 94D. ___ d‘Amérique)
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Fancy footwear; 6. Turning point at the station?; 12. Remote control abbr.; 15. Banned apple spray; 19. American Dance Theater founder; 20. Planets and notes in the musical scale; 21. Agitated; 25. Argued against; 26. California’s old Fort ___; 27. Turn (off); 30. Small African antelopes; 33. When repeated, an engine sound; 35. Feudal laborer; 36. Serpent’s tail?; 37. Running with scissors and others; 38. Show-offs; 40. Kind of tax; 45. Santa’s landing spot; 48. Not so important; 49. Court hearing; 50. Persevered; 52. Obama’s birthplace; 55. Traditional; 59. Priest, in an Ogden Nash poem; 63. Spanish precious metal; 65. Writer Gordimer; 67. Syrup source; 68. Johannesburg-born golf champion; 73. “Survivor” construction; 74. On the fence; 76. Jerks; 77. Jobs in technology; 79. Doubters; 81. “Friends” co-star; 84 River to the North Sea; 85. Whenever; 87. Not give ___; 89. Defense grp. That disbanded in 1977; 92. Something said before grace?; 99. Sign of stress; 101. Ogre, to a kid; 103. Arab League headquarters; 104. German : Strasse :: French : ___; 105. Designer Gernreich; 108. Carson’s predecessor; 109. Blue Ribbons and others; 114. Toledo tidbit; 116. Subject of the 1998 biography “King of the World”; 117. Cute; 122. George W. Bush acquisition of 2008; 123. Homes up high; 124. Developed; 125. G.I. rations; 126. That, in Tijuana; 127. Makes an assertion; 128. Hunt for water, say. — 1. Old gunfight locales; 2. French pantomime character; 4. After-dinner order; 5. Barrett of Pink Floyd; 6. “Oh my!”; 7. Start to give trouble to; 8. It needs a signature; 9. Fire; 10. Augments; 11. “Hey!”; 13. Situation after a leadoff single; 14. Charge for bloodwork, say; 15. Boy or girl lead-in; 16. Neigthbor of a Belarussian; 17. Corroded; 18. Alberta’s third-largest city, named after an animal; 24. Soccer header?; 29. Noted taleteller; 31. Withdrew; 32. Old Cosby show; 34. Some successful plays, for short; 38. Pitch; 41. Grinning symbols; 42. Championship; 44. Vintage wheels; 46. Native Nebraskan; 47. Crush competitor; 50. Deli offerings; 51. Okla. or Oreg., once; 52. Certain tournaments; 53. Perfectly fine; 54. Precipitousness; 56. What makes you you?; 57. Pool activity; 58. “Well, well!”; 60. Word before and after “to,” in a religious phrase; 61. Purple shade; 62. More suitable; 64. Touches; 66. Hydroxyl compound; 70. 20th-century novelist whose first name is an anagram of 66-Down; 71. Part of a trap; 72. Fed. Property overseer; 75. Flurry; 78. Universal recipient designation; 80. ___ Canals; 82. “Great” kid-lit detective; 83. You might have a good one after a breakup; 86. Nile Valley region; 89. Cutting comments; 90. World’s leading exporter of bananas; 91. Nail polish remover component; 93. Eagles’ org.; 95. Harangues; 96. Renounce; 97. Naïve; 98. “Fuhgeddaboutdit!”; 100. High pitch; 102. Sleep problem, to Brits; 106. 50-page book, maybe?; 107. ___ blank (had no idea); 109. What’s expected; 111. Sportscaster Collinsworth; 112. Chinese dynasty during the time of Christ; 113. Certain supermarkets; 115. Durango dinero; 119. Suffix with trick; 120. Ungentlemanly sort; 121. Spanish precious metal.
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