09.09.12 — Jobs

 

 

Sunday, September 9, 2012

 

CIRCLING THE JOB LISTINGS, Puzzle by Kevin G. Der

Edited by Will Shortz

A round of unassociated occupations (BASEBALL PLAYER, ARCHAEOLOGIST, ON-LINE MARKETER, METAL WORKER, LIBRARY PAGE, CARDIAC SURGEON, PIRATE CAPTAIN and CONCERT PIANIST) connected via clueing constitutes the interrelated group of this monumentally tedious Sunday crossword.

 

The clues for the group: 23A. … and 33-Across: must wear gloves in the field”; 33A. … and 50-Across: “experienced in conducting surveys for sites”; 50A. … and 62-Across: “may be tasked with generating impressions”; 62A. … and 69-Across: “excellent filing skills required”; 69A. … and 86-Across: “focused on improving circulation”; 86A. … and 96-Across: “willing to open chests and work on vessels”; 96A. … and 112-Across: “strong, disciplined hands a must”; 112A. … and 23-Across: “should be comfortable sitting on the bench”.

 

Other — DESIGN FLAW (3D. Cause of a product recall, perhaps), GALILEE (20A. Nazareth‘s locale), LOVE KNOT (85D. Decorative Valentine‘s Day gift), NEON LAMP (12D. It might say “ATM Here“), OLD SCORES (89A. Settled things), ONE OF A KIND (74D. Incomparable), SAGE TEA (118A. Herbalist‘s drink).

Dance at Bougival, 1883, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Six-letter — ARMLET, AVANTI, BOBFLY, CLEAVE, EL ROPO, GLYPHS, JULIUS (39A. Groucho’s real name), LOGJAM (24D. Legislative holdup), MY LADY, NEWTON, NUANCE, ODORED, O-RINGS, POLICE, RBI MAN, RENOIR (43D. “Dance at Bougival” painter), SESTET, STALIN, STREET, STRINGY, TONSIL, TUNE TO.

 

Five-letter — AGHAS, ALERO, ARMET (99D. Medieval helmet), CAFES, CENTS, CIRRI, CLARK, CRESS, CYCLE, ECOLE, END IT, FROSH, FUNNY, IMBUE, KERRI, LAMAS, LIARS paradox, NILLA, NOD AT, OPENS, PORTS (96D. Dessert wines), PRO-AM, PYLON, RAINS, RAMEN (80D. Japanese bowlful), RENDS, RISKY, SALSA, SEE YA, SIDES, TORIUI, UINTA, URALS, WRONG.

 

Short stuff — ACNE, ALBA, ANNA, APIA and ARIA, ARCS, ARI, ASTI (108D. Dessert wine), ATE, AT IT, BACK, BIND, BOYS, CALC, CEL, CLIO (65A. Mythical figure represented in Vermeer‘s “The Art of Painting“), CRY, DATA, EDIE, ELD, ERE and ERLE, ETA and EVA, FLOE, HAW (59A. Shout from a field), HOLD, I-BAR, ICE T, IDOL, IGOR, ILL, INCA, KAA, LETO, LOBS, LOY, Fannie MAE, NALA, NAN, NIA and NINA, OER, OGLE, OHIO, OMAR, OOPS, ORCA, PAH, PUCE, RACE, RAP, RED, RIFT, RINK, SOBA (1D. Japanese bowlful), STAY, SUMO, SUPE, TIER, YEAR.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Elvis’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” e.g.; 6. Scuba tank parts; 12. Famous lawmaker?; 18. Big fairy; 22. Cheap cigar, in slang; 25. Causing a stink, maybe; Mrs. ___ (“Entourage role); 27. Penguin’s spot, maybe; 28. Aviator’s guide; 30. Jazz’s Simone; 31. Solzhenitsyn novel setting; 37. Peculiar; 41. “Hogwash!”; 42. Friends’ feud; 43. Of greatest interest to a bibliophile, maybe; 44. Space traveler?; 53. Control; 54. Potsdam attendee; 55. Actress Myrna; 56. Viracocha worshiper; 58. “Finnegans Wake” wife; 60. Highballs?; 68. Bet on; 73. Integral course, informally; 74. Elided preposition; 77. “Desperate Housewives” role; 78. Ring toss activity?; 79. Whoop; 81. Careful writer’s concern; 83. One down in the mouth; 91. Jewelry item; 92. Remain true; 93. Mendes of Hollywood; 94. Abbey Road, e.g.; 95. Wi-Fi connection spots; 102. Dance with a “casino” style; 104. “Rubáiyát” poet; 105. Walsh with three golds in beach volleyball; 106. Tenant’s contact, casually; 107. Rescuer of Mowgli in “The Jungle Book”; 110. Cleanup hitter, say; 117. Find, as a station; 119. 1972 Jack Lemmon comedy; 120. Sonnet part; 121. Chivalrous greeting; 122. Break up. — DOWN: 2. Skyscraper support; 3. Cause of a product recall, perhaps; 4. “Fore; 5. Fishing line attachment; 6. Perform a body scan on?; 7. Punishment on the knuckles; 8. Awesome, in slang; 9. Actress Vardalos; 10. Some ancient carvings; 11. “Peace!”; 12. It might say “ATM Here”; 13. Antiquity, once; 14. Worth no points, say; 15. Shinto temple entrance; 16. Bids one club, say; 17. Silently greet; 19. Pride Lands queen; 21. First name in mysteries; 24. Legislative holdup; 29. Fumble follower; 32. “___ then …” (on-air sign-off); 33. Bygone sedan; 34. Like some investments; 35. Cherubic; 36. What the French once called “la Belle Riviere”; 37. Many pledges; 38. Utah’s ___ National Forest; 40. Mount Narodnaya’s locale; 44. What “.99” may represent; 45. School bully?; 46. Co-explorer of 1804; 47. It can be smoothed over; 48. Cause of some teen angst; 49. Oenophile’s specification; 51. Nabisco brand; 52. Seating area; 57. Troubadour’s love song; 61. Word before and after “will be”; 63. Brown shade; 64. Become part of history; 65. Peppery herb; 66. Dharma teachers; 67. Borodin’s “Prince ___”; 69. Goddess pursued by Hera; 70. Superstar; 71. Sticky situation; 72. Purplish shade; 73. Four seasons, e.g.; 74. Incomparable; 75. Where enfants learn; 76. Divides; 79. Mars atmosphere features; 82. Turkish leaders; 84. Player of TV’s Det. Tutuola; 87. Pollster’s need; 88. Arranges a blind date for; 90. Easter egg roll, say; 94. Like Shylock; 95. Divide; 97. Saturate; 98. Boons for farmers; 100. Typical golf shots; 101. Golf event; 103. Pacific capital; 106. Lab order; 109. Causing trouble; 111. Took in; 113. “Pinocchio” keepsake; 114. Letter that’s an anagram of 111-Down; 115. Something you might turn on; 116. Tikka masala go-with.


 

09.08.12 — In Tahiti

 

Idyll in Tahiti, 1901, Paul Gauguin

 

The "kihee whihenee," or petticoat, is a mere breadth of white cotton, or calico; loosely enveloping the person, from the waist to the feet. Fastened simply by a single tuck, or by twisting the upper corners together, this garment frequently becomes disordered; thus affording an opportunity of being coquettishly adjusted. ~ Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas, Chapter XLVII, How They Dress in Tahiti, 1847, Herman Melville

 

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

 

Puzzle by Byron Walden / Edited by Will Shortz

This tough and teasing Saturday crossword literally begs for a vacation in Tahiti!

Across — 1. One of the housewives on “Desperate Housewives”, GABY; 5. Spelled, STOOD IN FOR; 15. Book with the chapter “How They Dress in Tahiti”, OMOO; 16. Emulated Anne Frank, KEPT A DIARY; 17. Take one’s lumps?, TONG; 18. Black piecrust component, OREO COOKIE; 19. Conditioner’s cousin, CREAM RINSE; 21. Mockingbird prey, BEES; 22. Timon of Athens, e.g., HERMIT; 23. Trattoria order, PENNE; 24. President who won 97.6% of the vote in 2007, ASSAD;25. Cameo voicer on Weird Al Yank Vic’s “I Lost on Jeopardy”, PARDO; 29. Took off the table?, ATE; 30. Crime lab tool, TWEEZERS; 32. George III descriptor, MAD; 33. “O thou pale ORB that silent shines”: Burns; 36. Second, INSTANT; 37. Player who followed in Player’s footsteps, ELS; 38. Measure of thanks?, MIL; 39. People who need to find a john?, VICE COPS; 41. Coin introduced by Louis IX, ECU; 42. Word from on high, EDICT; 43. Ones taking off?, APERS; 47. Home of the Rugby League’s Rhinos, LEEDS; 49. Quarter, BILLET; 50. Pursuit of Pan, ECHO; 51. Sensor in a CD player, PHOTO DIODE; 55. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doo-wop group from Baltimore, THE ORIOLES; 57. Backsplash piece, TILE; 58. Volunteer, TENNESSEAN; 59. Milked, USED; 60. Obama and Clinton, for example, EX-SENATORS; 61. Baseball throws, PEGS.

Turquoise mask. Mixtec-Aztec. 1400–1521.

Down — 1. GOTCHA journalism; 2. Title shared by works of Ovid and D. H. Lawrence, AMORES; 3. Faux pas, BONERS; 4. Roll in a locker, YOGA MAT; 5. Sporty hybrid, SKORT; 6. Polo of “Little Fockers”, TERI; 7. Dentist’s request, OPEN; 8. Little Thief’s people, OTOS; 9. Relative of a carp, DACE; 10. Mating call?, I DO; 11. Tantalus’ daughter, NIOBE; 12. It may be assumed, FAKE NAME; 13. Partner of Connecticut and Vermont, ORIENTAL; 14. Starters in some fields, RYE SEEDS; 20. Labor group, MIDWIVES; 23. Like some envelopes, POSTPAID; 25. “Home Alone” co-star, PESCI; 26. Texcoco denizen, AZTEC; 27. Turn another color, say, REACT; 28. Character inspired by Fu Manchu, DR NO; 31. So-called “Wheat Capital of the United States”, ENID; 33. Frittata, e.g., OMELETTE; 34. General Mills offering, RICE CHEX; 35. University of Delaware athletes, BLUE HENS; 40. Separate, SPLIT UP; 44. Nancy Drew’s aunt, ELOISE; 45. Cincinnati baseball of old, REDLEG; 46. Stable assets, STEEDS; 48. Family name in an 1869 romance, DOONE; 49. Smee and others, BOS’NS; 51. Knights’ Square site, PISA; 52. Myriad, HOST; 53. Imperial offering, OLEO; 54. Jag, TEAR; 56. REN Faire (re-enactors event, informally).

 

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09.07.12 — Horse Sense

 

 

Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform

 

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Friday, September 7, 2012

 

Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith / Edited by Will Shortz

Five fifteen-letter entries are the main feature of this staid but sensible Friday crossword:

I NEED A VOLUNTEER (30A. Statement resulting in hand-raising)
LEAST RESISTANCE (36A. Minimal conflict)
LET THERE BE LIGHT (37A. First commandment?)
CUTS ONE’S TEETH ON (4D. Learns by doing)
LOW-COST AIRLINES (11D. Options for reduced fare)

Other — AMUSED BY, AREA CODES, BENTLEY and STUTZ (25D. Speed Six maker; 17A. Onetime 25-Down rival), CATHERINE (51D. “Great” 18^th-century ruler), COLD SWEAT, William DEMAREST, DIET PLATE, EASTSIDER, EZIO PINZA, NAME NAMES, PAD THAI (23D. Dish garnished with crushed peanuts),TEEN ANGEL (57A. #1 hit song that asks Are you somewhere up above?”).

 

Mid-size — ABODES, In A DEAD heat, ALECS, ALIBI, AMAZE, ASHES, ASLOPE, AT SEA, BY LUCK, CACHÉ, EQUAL, ESTES, EVERT, FACET, FAKE IT, KATIE, KNEES, LECHE, LOTUS, NOSES, ON ICE, TEASE, TOQUE, URICH.

 

Short stuff — AMAT, CASE and DACE, DENS, DING, DOZY, EAT, ECH, EELS, ENG, EPA, ETAS, “I’LL see“, IRAN and IRON, NEE, OLA, ONEZ, PCS, RET, RIN, SEZ, TAD, ZEAL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “The Black Stallion” hero and others; 6. Option for reduced fare; 15. Pillbox relative; 16. New York City has six; 18. Potential result of fear; 19. Info about touchdowns; 20. Many man caves; 21. Detective work; 22. On the decline?; 24. Quarters; 26. Sing in court; 38. Bowery boy, say; 39. Bluff; 42. Fortuitously; 46. Member of a loving trio; 47. On the way out?; 50. Azadi Stadium setting; 54. Sure to be won; 56. Lana Turner’s “Mr. Imperium” costar, 1951; 568. Bebe’s nourishment; 58. Ruins. — DOWN: 1. Thrown; 2. 1990s Senate majority leader and family; 3. Like a joule and a watt-second, e.g.; 5. Informal states?; 6. Bait fish for pike angling; 7. Unbending; 8. Fish caught in pots; 9. Skosh; 10. They get booted; 13. Mimic Mae West; 14. Simon of opera; 20. William of “My Three Sons”; 24. Getting a charge out of; 27. Winner of seven French Opens; 28. What some counters count; 29. Out; 31. Genealogy word; 32. Refuel, in a way; 33. Like Elvis Costello, but not Elvis Presley: Abbr.; 34. Command level: Abbr.; 35. Like some sgts.; 39. Jeweler’s creation; 40. Elicit eye-popping; 41. She went to Haiti, in a Cole Porter song; 43. Player of TV detective Spenser; 44. Auxiliary memory for fast retrieval; 45. Pants parts; 47. “Time’s up” sound; 48. Dix et un; 49. Fire; 52. Org. whose seal has a flower; 53. Currency unit taken out of circulation in 1953; 54. Pay extension?

 

09.06.12 — ¿Por qué?

 

 

Moby-Dick swam swiftly round and round the wrecked crew.

 

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

 

Puzzle by Ben Pall / Edited by Will Shortz

¿Por qué? (this crossword’s built-in descriptive at 44-Across) is likely many a solver’s response to this clumsy Thursday puzzle’s electronic version — JOINT, SPLIT, UNION and BREAK are doubled up side-by-side to produce the following:

• PIZZA JOINT and ROTARY JOINT — the doubled JOINT resulting in the downs of RAJJAS, EBOON, ABIIT, MINNX and SETTA
• SPLIT SECOND and SPLIT HAIRS — ESSSE, GPPAS, OLLES, TIINA and ARTTSY
• CIVIL UNION and TRADE UNION — BUUNTS, ENNSUES, LIIEN, LOOCK, ANNT
• BREAK APART and BREAK DANCE — IBBM, BARRI, AMEEN, DABS AAT, BEAKKS

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Other — ABBIE Hoffman, ACTED, ADANO, Aránzazu “ARANTXA” Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario, AVANT, Lew AYRES, BABES, BELLA, EGO TRIP, ELITE, ESSAY, EZRA POUND (16D. Poet who made radio broadcasts in support of Mussolini), GOES MAD, GORES, HIRES, I AM SAM, INSECT, INTEL, LEISURE, MARCO, MINTS, ONSET, PHISH, REAMS, Camille Saint-SAËNS, SO TO SPEAK, STUNK, VAPOR.

 

 

Short stuff — ABED, AERO, AHAB (1D. Fictional character who says “I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer“), AH SO, “My life is A LIE!“, “AM I wrong?“, APES, ASHE, BEN, BID, CINE, DST, EEN, EST, GIZA, KNEE, OAHU, “¿POR qué?”, RUSE, SOS, “The TEEN Commandments“, VEG, WOOL.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Didn’t wait to make the decision; 6. Be a couch potato, say; 9. Bawls out; 14. Brings on; 17. Hoffman who co-founded the Yppies; 18. Culturally ahead of the times; 19. Italian hangout; 21. What a raised hand may signify; 22. There’s one between the ulna and the radius; 23. Free; 26. Tennis’s Sánchez Vicario; 27. Minor hits?; 28. Goons; 29. Succeeds; 31. Long-distance call?; 32. Creator of U.P.C.’s; 36. Home security measure; 37. It was created by two volcanoes; 39. Italian city associated with the real-life Saint Nicholas; 42. “I agree 100%”; 43. Fire ___; 45. Uses a powder puff on, say; 47. Facetious words of enlightenment; 48. Sources of some tweets; 49. Hardly an instance of modesty; 53. Finally cracks; 55. Blink of an eye; 57. Print producer; 59. Nitpicked; 60. Town in a Hersey novel; 62. Composer Camille Saint-___; 63. Cap site; 64. ___ Island, Fla.; 65. College application need; 66. Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum ___”; 67. Pentium source. — 2. Domestic relationship; 3. Protection for a mechanic, say; 4. Opposite o mom; 5. What Ariz. And Hawaii are the only two states not to have; 6. Clouds, e.g.; 7. Choice; 8. Suburb of Cairo; 9. Indian nobles; 10. Jet; 11. Somewhat; 12. Flirt; 13. ___ high standard; 20. Actor Lew; 22. Setup for a surprise party; 24. Six-footer?; 25. Performed pitifully; 27. “Twilight” girl; 28. Queens’s ___ Stadium; 30. As it might be said; 32. 2001 Sean Penn film; 33. Splinter; 34. Routine with a one-handed freeze, say; 35. Diner giveaways; 38. Houston ice hockey pro; 39. Hotties; 44. Pursue some e-mail chicanery; 46. Sacked out; 47. Like craft shops, typically; 49. Actual, after “in”; 50. Info on college applications; 51. Some stadium cries; 52. Editor Brown; 53. Impales; 54. Dawn; 56. Jean Renoir’s field; 58. Some winter wear; 61. Writer Brown.

 

09.05.12 — Fever

  

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

 

Puzzle by Paula Gamache / Edited by Will Shortz

 

An alphabetical run of the vowel sounds A, E, I, O, U within BEI, BIE, BUY, BEAU, BOO, found in BEIGE PAINT (18A. Unflashy coat), BIEBER FEVER (23A. Phenomenon evidenced in the 2011 film subtitled “Never Say Never”), BUYER’S REMORSE (36A. “Sorry I paid for that” feeling), BEAU BRIDGES (50A. Actor in “The Fabulous Baker Boys”) and BOOT LICKER (56A. Toady), constitutes the interrelated group of this hot little Wednesday crossword.

 

Other — AD LIBS, AIDING, BANYAN (24D. Tree with aerial roots), Pierre BONNARD, EMINEM, MA BARKER (5D. Crime family head), MEAN IT, MESMER, MIRRORED, NL EAST, ONASSIS, RESIST, RHEUMY, ST MARK, SURGED, SWEDEN, UGARTE, Y-SHAPE.

 

Five — Shake like A LEAF, ALLOW, Carne ASADA, BIERE (52D. Stella Artois, par exemple), MASTS, MERLE Travis, “ON HIS Blindness”, SHERE Hite, SLIME, TILED, URKEL, VOTED.

 

Short stuff — ABEL, AFRO, AMEX, “ARMA virumque cano”, ASH, AUS, BAS-relief, BOOK, CHI, DAD, DEMI, DUI, EAT, EMU, ESTS, HBO, HORA, IDLE, INN, IPAD, LAIN, LMN, MA’AM, MINE, OAKS, OFT-times, ORE, PARA, PUMA, RIOS, SERE, SES, SRI, STOP, TOG, URNS, USE, UTEP, UTNE Reader, X IN.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Visa/MC alternative; 5. Threesome on a clipper; 10. Laid off; 14. Half at the start?; 15. Tolerate; 16. Company with a cat in its logo; 17. Been in bed (with); 20. Where to find a keeper; 21. What to call a lady; 22. Many a Cub Scout den leader; 26. Outback runner; 29. Eponym of a Venetian basilica; 30. Artistotle who named his yacht Christina after his daughter; 32. Div. for the Mets; 40. Circle dance; 41. Giving a leg up; 42. French artist Pierre; 45. Watery-eyed; 49. Permits; 53. French possessive; 54. Amazonas and others; 55. It covered Pompeii; 60. “___ Viroqua cano” (first words of the “Aeneid”); 61. “Hair” do; 62. Sex researcher Hite; 63. Lone Star State sch.; 64. Flight level; 65. Like many a Mediterranean roof; 66. Dry as dust. — DOWN: 1. Extemporizes; 2. Speak with conviction; 3. Artist with the #1 albums “Relapse” (2009) and “Recovery” (2010); 4. Check alternative?; 7. Viciously denigrate; 8. Dress (up); 9. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” setting; 10. Kindle Fire competitor; 11. It makes MADD mad; 12. Three after K; 13. Put away; 19. Prefix with normal; 21. Country music’s Travis; 24. Tree with aerial roots; 25. Went for a ticket, in a way; 26 Figs. That aren’t final; 27. Possible response to “Whose is this?”; 28. Purpose; 31. Increased suddenly; 33. Carne ___ (Mexican dish); 34. Indian honorific; 36. It can be read on a 10-Down; 37. Samovars; 38. Reflected; 39. Milton’s “___ Blindness”; 40. “Boardwalk Empire” airer; 43. Son of Eve; 44. Face down temptation; 46. Lorre’s role in “Casablanca”; 47. Hypnotist whose name inspired a verb; 48. What a necklace with a pendant has; 51. “Family Matters” neighbor; 53. “I’ve had enough!”; 58. Gold in them thar hills?; 59. Trib’s home; 60. Neighbor of Ger.

 

09.04.12 — Twenty-Seven



A 1998 false-color near-infrared image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS camera. Uranus has 27 known natural satellites. The names for these satellites are chosen from characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

 

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

 

Puzzle by Barry Franklin and Sara Kaplan / Edited by Will Shortz

TWENTY-SEVEN (62A. Age at which Jim Morrison, Jim Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse died), PERFECT CUBE (17A. 62-Across to a mathematician), MOONS OF URANUS (23A. 62-Across to an astronomer), WORLD SERIES WINS (39A. 62-Across to a Yankees fan) and HEBREW LETTERS (50A. 62-Across to a student of Semitic languages) constitutes the interrelated group of this fine Tuesday crossword.

 

Other — AL GORE (31D. Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER), EARTHY, LABOUR, LIFE SAVER (36D. Candy item that comes in five basic flavors), MALAWI (22D. Nyasaland, now), NUREMBERG (3D. German city noted for trials), PANTS and SHOES (12D. Part of an outfit; 24D. Parts of an outfit), TWO-WAY.

 

Five-letter — ADIEU (11D. Closing bid?), ANGLO-Saxon, BLOOM, CYNICS, EAGER, ERNIE, FERAL, GRUFF, HI-HATS, Carol HEISS, HYENA, Kay KYSER, LEEDS, LEGGY, LIGHT, NECCO, ORFEO, POURS (13A. Serves a draft, e.g.), RHETT, SADIE, SET ON, SLEETY, STELA, TAKEN, VALUE.

 

Short stuff — ADA, AFT, ALOE, ANNO, ARE and ARM, CFO, COAL black, DYNE, EGO, ESTE, ETE, HRH, “IF IT ain‘t broke …”, JAB, JOWL, KIN, MEET, NEO, NIH, NOEL, “O’ER the land of the free …”, OLE and OLEA, ONT, REL, REVS, SEGA, SNAX, TAP (10A. Drafts may be served on it), TELE, TER, T-REX (69A. Extinct carnivore, familiarly), TSK, Metric UNIT, YALE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Latin word on a cornerstone; 15. Undomesticated; 18. Org. for fillers and drillers; 19. Kith’s companion; 20. Like some inclement weather; 21. Money V.I.P.; 22. What nonparallel lines do eventually; 26. Elbow; 28. Federal biomedical agcy.; 20. Family member: Abbr.; 30. Olive genus; 35. Usefulness; 42. Long-limbed; 43. Video game manufacturer; 45. Province on Hudson Bay: Abbr.; 47. Princely inits.; 49. Summer, in about one-sixth of Canada; 56. Elis’ school; 58. Drum kit components; 61. Sense of self; 64. Prefix with con; 65. Sexy woman in a Beatles song; 66. Inscribed pillar; 67. The law has a long one; 68. Bandleader Kay. — DOWN: 1. iPad users’ purchases; 2. “Joy to the World,” for one; 3. German city noted for trials; 4. Monteverdi opera hero; 5. Helm location in a sloop; 6. Candy wafer manufacturer; 7. Stern and brusque; 8. British party; 9. Cry to a torero; 10. Already occupied, as a seat; 14. Determined to accomplish; 18. Jaded ones; 25. Guns, as an engine; 26. Prominent Nixon feature; 27. Skin-care product ingredient; 34. Miner’s hat feature; 38. Sunrise direction in Spain; 40. Bit of force; 41. Ribald; 46. Like most roads; 48. Carol ___, five-time world figure-skating champion; 50. Striped scavenger; 51. Beaverlike; 52. Come to fruition; 53. Yorkshire city; 54. Banks or Els; 55. Love for Scarlett; 59. TV component; 60. Pretzels and chips, in adspeak; 62. “For shame!”; 63. Thrice, in prescriptions.

 

09.03.12 — Quite a Few

 

 

Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882

 

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Monday, September 3, 2012 — Labor Day

 

Puzzle by C. W. Stewart / Edited by Will Shortz

QUITE A FEW (59A. Many … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 34-, 40- and 46-Across), e.g., scores, lots, loads, heaps and barrels found in BOX SCORES (17A. Printed results of baseball games), PARKING LOTS (23A. Tailgate party places), WORKLOADS (34A. Sets of tasks, as at an office), JUNK HEAPS (40A. Old jalopies) and BEER BARRELS (46A. Big containers in a tavern) constitutes the interrelated group of this workmanlike Monday crossword.

 

Woman with a parasol, by Édouard Manet, 1881

 

Other — ANOINT, DEFEAT, HIBACHI and SUSHI (41D. Japanese grill; 64A. Japanese restaurant staple), LEECH and LICE (50D. Bloodsucker; 63A. Dog pests), PARASOL (9D. Light umbrella), RATTLY (45A. Sounding like a jalopy), SALTED, TEPEE and UTES (38A. Shelter for 37-Across; 37A. Beehive State tribe).

 

Five-letter — ALOHA, AVAIL, BATCH, BEBOP, BRIAN Williams, Burned to a CRISP, DO-RAG, DWELL, ELFIN, F-STOP, ISAAC Asimov, KIOSK, LUXOR (3D. Pyramid-shaped hotel in Vegas), OGRES, OTHER, PERMS, PHONY, PURSE, RIFLE, ROUTE, SEWED, STOKE, TENET, WEAVE.

 

Short stuff — ADDS, ADIN, ALI, BALE, DENY, DIBS, “To EACH his own“, ELUL, ELS, “ESAU Wood would saw wood“, ESPY, ETAL, EVIL, FATS, FUJI, GOO, INHD, INS and INV, IST, Spike LEE, MILE, “NOW’S the time”, OHO, OPP, ORTS, QED, RAFT, RIAL, RUE, SLED, SSS, STUN, TAE kwon do, TARO, TENS, TRIP.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bundle of cotton; 5. Sums; 9. Salon jobs, for short; 14. Jewish month after Av; 16. Be of use; 19. Sharpshooter’s weapon; 20. “Caught you red-handed!”; 21. Iranian money; 22. Like many potato chips and peanuts; 26. Suffix with final; 27. Sticky stuff; 31. Camera setting; 39. Stumble over the corner of a rug, say; 42. One full of baloney; 43. __ and outs; 44. Itemized bill: Abbr.; 45. Regret; 52. Loss; 56. Table scraps; 57. Filmmaker Spike; 58. Sci-fi’s Asimov; 61. Cookie trayful; 62. And others, briefly; 65. Reject, as an accusation; 66. How many TV programs are aired nowadays. — DOWN: 1. Jazz genre; 2. Hawaiian hello; 4. Chicago trains; 5. Bless, in a way; 6. Hip-hopper’s headgear; 7. Reside; 8. Snake sound; 10. Satanic; 11. Castaway’s makeshift vessel; 12. 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500; 13. Iditarod transport; 22. Stir up the fire; 24. Newsstand; 25. Fairy tale monsters; 28. Poi source; 29. Situation after deuce; 30. Catch sight of; 31. Japan’s tallest peak; 32. Use a Taser on; 33. Exchange for a twenty, maybe; 34. Snake (through); 35. Like an antonym: Abbr.; 38. None of the above; 38. Basic belief; 41. Japanese grill; 42. Prize money; 47. Way to go; 48. Newscaster Williams; 49. Pixielike; 51. Used needle and thread; 52. “That’s mine!”; 53. “___ Wood would saw wood” (part of an old tongue twister); 54. Suet and blubber; 66. Proof-ending letters; 69. Boxer called “The Greatest”.

 

09.02.12 — Pardon Ze Interruption

 

 

Scrub-Jay by Danny O'Driscoll 

 

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

 

PARDON ZE INTERRUPTION, Puzzle by Joel Fagliano 

Edited by Will Shortz

 

Nine common phases with the addition of the sound of Z (spelled sy, ze, zie, sy, sie, zy, sy, zee and z) constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Sunday crossword:

 

• CHOOSY TOY (23. Chihuahua that eats only the best dog food?), chew toy
• HOLDS SWAYZE (25. What Jennifer Grey does in “Dirty Dancing”?), holds sway
• ASIAN FLOOZIE (32. Promiscuous woman of the Far East?}, Asian flu
• SEIZE THE DAISY (52. Begin a game of “She loves me, she loves me not …“?), seize the day
• CAPITAL ONESIE (70. First-class piece of infant’s wear?), Capital One
• MOUNTAIN DOOZY (83. Everest?), Mountain Dew
• NOSY MAN’S LAND (106. Where busybodies live?), No man’s land 
• YAHTZEE CLUB (117. Group that regularly plays a classic dice game?), yacht club
• SCRUB JAY-Z (119 Drop a hip-hop star from the festival lineup?), scrub jay

 

Other — AFC EAST, AXOLOTL (3D. Mexican salamander), AZALEAS, COLBERT (12A. Comedian who was the only man on Maxim’s 2012 Hot 100 list o most beautiful women), EPEEIST, HEAVENLY, HOT SAUCE, IRON AGE, JOHNNIE Cochran, MANI PEDI, MORTICIA, MOUNTIES, NISSANS, ONTARIO, RED EYES and SAD EYES, SIMPLETON, SPROUTS, TAG SALES, TELECOM, TWEEZES.

 

Mid-size — AH YES, AIDES, ALGAE, AMOUNT, ARBOR Day, AROMAS, ATLAS, ATRIA, AUGHTS, BLAME, BLOCKS, CASSIO, CIVIC, CRAYON, CYCLES, DÉCOR, DOEST, EEYORE, ERES TU, ESTAS and ESTEE, HOPE SO, I DO TOO, IMPALE, ‘IOLANI Palace, JET LI, LAID ON, Taj MAHAL, MARACA, METRO, MODEM, MYERS, NEWSY, NOUNS, ONE CAR and ONE OUT, RAZORS, ROLL-ON, SAY SO, SET AT, SIGN UP, SMOOT, SMORES, SUMMA, TATAS, TRUE TO, TSE TSE, Richard YATES, ZEROS.

 

Short stuff — AGEE, ADO and ANO, AJAR and AJAX, AKIN, ALAN, ARE, “Hang on A SEC“, CIA, CUED, DEB, DESK, DRAW, EIN, ENL and ENO, ERRS, ESE, ETON, Max EUWE, EZRA, FADE, FOXX, HELM, HERO, JAM, KANT, LAWS, MESS, MIR, NIE, ODE and OPE, ORB, OTOE, OZS, PSAS, ROUT (104A. “Laugher”), Arundhati ROY, SAP, SEA and SEM, SHA, SITS, SPOT, STR, TAUS, TEDS, TEED, TEL Aviv, TINA, TAUS, WDS, WET, XXO, ZION.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Iliad” character; 5. Cracked a bit; 9. 1986 U.S.S.R. launch; 19. 2004 Best Actor winner for “Ray”; 20. Sir Galahad, e.g.; 21. Foofaraw; 22. Rhododendron relatives; 27. Photo blowup: Abbr.; 28. Position of authority; 29. Book of legends; 30. ___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930; 31. 2012, por ejemplo; 36. Lets a ground ball go through one’s legs, say; 37. Opposite of rises; 39. Multitude; 40. Announcement early in an inning, maybe; 42. Suffix with legal; 43. Sprint’s business; 47. Part of w.p.m.: Abbr.; 49. Like some kisses; 51. Fey of “30 Rock”; 60. Blissful; 63. Prefix with sexual; 64. Diploma word; 65. “The Addams Family” matriarch; 66. Salad bar bowlful; 68. Mark; 69. Unveil, in poems; 73. Word often shortened to one letter in text messages; 74. Anchor’s place; 76. Two-day trips, sometimes; 77. Bargain hunters’ destinations; 79. Form of Spanish “to be”; 81. Verb for thou; 82. Northern force; 86. Like many a forgetful actor; 88. Nietzsche’s “never”; 89. Pentathlete, at times; 93. M16 : Britain :: ___ : U.S.; 96. Rhythm band instrument; 101. Scepter go-with; 103. Start of a tournament … or the end of a match?; 106. Where busybodies live?; 11. Poetic praise; 112. Tank top?; 114. Ambience factor; 115. Midwest native; 116. At birth; 121 Lake at one end of the Welland Canal; 122. “Small Craft on a Milk Sea musician; 123. Related; 124. Pulitzer-winning James; 125. Pathfinders, e.g.; 126. Orch. Section; 127. Ad Council output, for short; 128. Child’s room, often. — 1. Patriots’ group; 2. Cochran who defended O.J.; 4. Losing tic-tac-toe line; 5. “Now I see”; 6. “Kiss of the Dragon” star; 7. They might make your mouth water; 8. Booker Prize winner Arundhati ___; 10. “Likewise”; 11 Spray alternative; 12. He said “My reputation Iago, my reputation!”; 13. Soda bottle meas.; 14. House work?; 15. Scapegoat’s onus; 16.”It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker; 17. Shower items, maybe; 18. African danger; 24. Doo-wop syllable; 26. Flabbergast; 33. Informative; 34 Scene-ending film technique; 35. 1930s world chess champion Max; 38. Attack; 41. “Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure”; 44. Palindromic auto model; 45. Like some garages; 46. Salon treatment, informally; 48. Fool; 50. Torque symbols; 53. Losers; 54. Ian Fleming’s alma mater; 55. Not cheating on; 56. Burrito topper; 57y. Spear; 58. Gooey treats; 59. “Revolutionary Road” novelist Richard; 60. “God willing”; 61. 1974 hit with a Spanish title; 62. Applied, as paint; 65. It may have a blinking light; 66. Authority 67. Register; 71. Ticked (off); 72. First name in cosmetics; 75. “The Metaphysics of Morals” author; 78. Gave a leg up; 80. Musical note part; 82. Powers player; 84. Moore who wrote “Watchmen”; 85. National park through which the Virgin River runs; 90. It started around 110 B.C.; 91. 1979 #1 hit for Robert John; 92. Plucks; 93. Wax cylinder; 94. Honolulu’s ___ Palace; 95. Period of George W. Bush’s presidency; 97. Events for those who know the ropes?; 99. Rinse and dry; 100. Come (to); 102. Town squares?; 105. Cheerios; 108. Fancy hotel features; 109. Rock and roll, e.g.; 110. Ball girl; 113. Book before Nehemiah; 118. Essen article; 119. Fool; 120. Basketball highlight, slangily.

 

09.01.12 — Execution

 

 

Mata Hari’s execution, October 15, 1917 

 

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

 

Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Some light fare, SMOOTH JAZZ; 11. Co. now known as Ally Financial, GMAC; 15. Toast maker’s start, HERE’S TO YOU; 16. “Streamers” playwright”, RABE; 17. Unlike conference games, INTRAMURAL; 18. Going AT IT; 19. Vision, Vichy, VUE; 20. Classic literary inits., RLS; 21. Midwestern twin city, URBANA; 23. Precarious positions, EDGES; 25. “The Gondoliers” girl, TESSA; 28. Poppin’ Lemonade is one of its flavors, HIC; 29. See 43-Across, ROAD; 30. Birthplace of Queen Sonja, OSLO; 31. Big rush, SPATE; 33. Where the Pawnee R. flows, KAN; 35. High, EUPHORIA; 37. Everywhere, ALL OVER CREATION; 41. “See ya, bro”, PEACE OUT; 42. What a hand-held- or hand-holding - may be, briefly, PDA; 43. With 29-Across, like many sales reps, ON THE; 44. Gains, NETS; 46. Lake from which the Blue Nile begins, TANA; 50. Motor oil letters, SAE; 51. Avoid, NOT DO; 53. Scientist for whom an element is named, NOBEL; 54. Slugabed’s state, TORPOR; 56. Like 3 a.m., say, WEE; 58. One on the Lee side?, REB; 59. Book of Mormon book, ALMA; 60. What you may have to enter to enter, ACCESS CODE; 64. Familia members, TIAS; 65. Almost due, NEAR AT HAND; 66. Commune SE of Palermo, ENNA; 67. Is no longer fazed by, GETS USED TO.

 

Down — 1. Have a cool response?, SHIVER; 2. Ricky Martin’s springboard to fame, MENUDO, here he is girls, performing "Hold Me", the Justin Bieber of the day; 3. Big name in taco kits, ORTEGA; 4. “Give O’ER the play” (line from “Hamlet”); 5. Old dynasty members, TSARS; 6. Kind of tag for a Web designer, HTML; 7. One-on-one combat, JOUSTS; 8. Robert Burns’s birth county, AYR; 9. Suffix with proto-, ZOA; 10. Victors of the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana, ZULUS; 11. Interest, informally, GRAB; 12 Dancer known for her execution, MATA HARI; 13. From the start, AB INITIO; 14. Air-breathing swimmer, CETACEAN; 22. 1980s Cosby co-star, RASHAD; 24. Subject of the musical “Mayor”, ED KOCH; 26. Like 24-Down, eight times, ELECTED; 27. Causing face-clenching, maybe, SOUR; 30. With 62-Down, old ball game, ONE O‘; 32. Certain pancake makeup, POTATO; 34. Big name in skin care, AVEENO; 36. Excites, with “up”, PEPS; 37. Party switcher, say, APOSTATE; 38. “Enemies, a Love Story” Oscar nominee, LENA OLIN; 39. Possible response to 41-Across, LATER MAN; 40. Squirt, RUNT; 45. Minarets, e.g.., TOWERS; 47. One way to study, ABROAD; 48. Thelonious Monk’s “Well You NEEDN’T;”; 49. Reflectivity measure, ALBEDO; 52. Malay for “person”, ORANG; 53. Places where talk is cheep?, NESTS; 55. Simon & Garfunkel’s “El Condor PASA”; 57. The “you” in “you will serve your brother”, ESAU; 61 Mercury’s core?, CEE; 62. See 30-Down, CAT; 63. Symbol of rebellion on many T-shirts, CHE.

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