01.26.14 — Over and Under

Under Your Spell, Alan Wake 2013

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

IT’S ALL RELATIVE, Puzzle by Daniel A. Finan

Edited by Will Shortz

In this irritating Sunday crossword, twelve vertical answers with cross-referenced clues appear in pairs assuming the implied words “under” or “over”:

[Under] A SPELL = BEWITCHED (3D. See 51-Down; 51D. 3-Down, relatively)
NO WAY JOSE = [Over] MY DEAD BODY (6D. See 73-Down; 73D. See 6-Down)
FEELING THE HEAT = [Under] THE GUN (12D. 93-Down, relatively; 93D. See 12-Down)
TALK TO YOU LATER = [Over] AND OUT (12D. 93-Down, relatively; 93D. See 12-Down)
SHELTERED = [Under] LOCK AND KEY (82D. 14-Down, relatively; 14D. See 82-Down)
EXCESSIVE = [Over] THE TOP (42D. 95-Down, relatively; 95D. See 42-Down)

Other — A LEG UP (117A. Some starting help); ANTONYM (119A. Love to hate?); BEHEADS (83A. Tops off?); DUMPED (121A. On the receiving end of a Dear John letter); KENNEDY (116A. Powell’s successor on the Supreme Court); LIBYANS (62A. “Back to the Future” villains); NEOGENE (40A. Period of the Cenozoic Era); OCCUPY (77A. Have troops in); SCATTER (25A. What players do at the start of a game of tag); SHERPA (21A. Summit planner); WARTHOG (92A. Source of ivory); WEASEL (24A. Untrustworthy sort); YOKUM (34A. Li‘l Abner‘s surname).

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