03.10.13 — H2O

 

Sunday, March 10, 2013

 

CONDENSATION, Puzzle by Finn Vigeland / Edited by Will Shortz

 

H2O in seven squares, reading as WATER across and HHO down, is the main feature of this fresh Sunday crossword:

 

• [WATER]GATE SCANDAL (7A. Subject of big 1970s headlines) along with WIT[HHO]LD (1D. Refuse to hand over)
• ETHEL[WATER]S (35A. The second African-American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Oscar) with MOUT[H HO]LE (16D. Ski-mask feature
• CARBONATED[WATER] (50A. Seltzer) with ELEVENT[H HO]UR (14D. Last possible moment
• ON THE [WATER]FRONT (67A. Best Picture inspired by a Pulitzer-winning series of newspaper articles) with BAT[HHO]USE (51D. Where people are always changing?)
• FRESH[WATER] PEARL (85A. Necklace decoration that’s not from the sea) with HIG[H HO]PES (68D. What an optimist has)
• BREAK[WATER]S (102A. Coastal structures countering erosion) with HEIG[H HO] (80D. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” song)
• BATTLE OF [WATER]LOO (109A. Historic event on June 18, 1815) with FRENC[H HO]RNS (84D. Prominent features of the theme from “Star Wars” )

 

Other — AIRBRUSHED (112A. Like many Playboy Playmate photos), AQUATICS (87D. Swimming, diving, etc.), CATCH FIRE (83A. Ignite), HOLY SEE (43A. Papal court), MACHINE GUN (25A. Prop in many an action film), PHOTOSHOP (4D. Software for touch-up artists), ROADSTER (8D. MG, e.g.), SAFE HARBOR (73D. Sanctuary), TRIPTYCHS (53A. Many altar paintings of the Middle Ages), WASP (1A. Direct descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, e.g.).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 5. Way up a mountain; 9. Dutch flower; 14. Humorist Bombeck; 18. Sun Valley locale; 20. Tony of the Dallas Cowboys; 21. Lancaster County folk; 22. Kings of ___ (Use Somebody” band); 23. Claw; 24. Puccini piece; 30. Elliptical; 31. Adriatic resort; 32. Western nickname; 33. Exchange; 37. Completes at the request of; 39. Old TV’s ___ Club; 40. Hero of a Hindu epic; 42. Zip; 45. Ape; 46. ___ Bo; 47. Enjoy; 56. Long-distance letters; 57. Onetime art glass manufacturer; 61. Rock subgenre; 62. Not loco; 63. Some college dorm rooms; 65. Pickle juice; 66. Bud; 71. Sporty cars; 72. In other words; 75. Book after II Timothy; 76. Sitcom diner; 78. Quipster;79. Femme fatale of cartoons; 82. Director Van Sant; 88. Pressed upon; 89. 20-20, e.g.; 91. Places to eat a late breakfast, maybe; 92. Nitpick; 95. Sound at a checkup; 96. Means of inheritance; 97. Unilever soap brand; 98. Auto shop offerings; 104. Tale written in runes, perhaps; 106. Unconvincing reason, informally; 107. ___ Island; 108. Pong maker; 117. Certain nest eggs, for short; 118. Actress Eleniak; 119. Greek War goddess; 120 SeaWorld resident; 121. Irish county; 122. Up to; 123. Snookums; 124. Leaves used in Mediterranean cuisine; 125. Chop ___; 126. Hens and vixens. — DOWN: 2. Slowly; 3. ___ niçoise; 5. Gothic window ornamentation; 6. Cleansing agent; 7. Bygone Ugandan tyrant; 9. Marvin Gaye’s record label; 10. Actress Thurman; 11. D.M.V. issue; 12. Relative of -esque; 13. Symbol of the golden ratio; 15. Robes, scepters and such; 16. Ski mask feature; 17. Queen ___ lace; 19. 20/20; 26. Japanese drama; 28. Adaptable aircraft, for short; 29. Cobbler’s tool; 34. HP product; 35. Gives off; 36. “Be quiet,” on scores; 38. Line of defense?; 39. Pasta primavera ingredients; 41. Doc grp.; 44. Marge who owned the Cincinnati Reds; 45. Recurring ideas; 47. Intervene; 48. Fleet; 49. N.Y.U. athlete; 52. One coming out; 54. N.B.A. star Ming; 55. “AC360” channel; 58. Nabob; 59. Unabridged; 60. Like matryoshka dolls; 63. Frame jobs; 64. Horn o Africa resident; 68. What an optimist has; 69. Kind of income; 70. Antique restorer’s “touch,” in brief; 74. Old Dungeons & Dragons co.; 77. Coach Don with two Super Bowl victories; 81. Word on either side of “to”; 83. Pivotal point; 86. Cupcake; 89. Open-faced sandwich topped with a fancy spread; 90. “Amen to that!”; 93. It’s clear; 94. Dolt; 97. N.Y.C. airport; 99. Early stone tool; 100. First-year; 101. Toasts; 102. Responded sheepishly?; 103. Wine aperitif; 105. Former “American Idol” judge; 106. Irish county; 110. Drop ___; 111. Coup de ___ (gunshot: Fr.); 113. Kind of connection from a mobile device to a PC; 114. Doo-wop syllable; 115. Suffers from; 116. U.K. record co.

 

03.09.13 — The Saturday Crossword

 

Etruscan Mural ~ Head of a Lyre-Player,

Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, 480 B.C.

 

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

 

Puzzle by David Steinberg and Barry C. Silk

Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. “8mm” star, 1999, NICOLAS CAGE; 12. “Applesauce!”, BAH; 15. It hasa Snapshot Tool command, ADOBE READER; 16. Irish ALE; 17. His 1978 album “Excitable Boy” went platinum, WARREN ZEVON; 18. Marathoner Pippig, UTA; 19. Mrs. Gorbachev, RAISA; 20. Bicycle support, informally, SISSY BAR; 22. 1956 Santos rookie, PELE; 23. Groupie’s trait, ZEAL; 25. Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters, ALIT; 26. Jane BYRNE, who was Chicago’s first female mayor; 28. Title science teacher of an old sitcom, MR PEEPERS; 31. Mud, JOE; 3. Place for locks and pins, MAT; 34. MALA fide; 35. Gets in a lather, SUDSES; 37. Won’t allow, VETOES; 41. Mrs. Grundy type, PRIG; 43. Far East capital, YEN; 44. Kind of root in math, NTH; 45. Milk producer, DAIRY FARM; 49. Circus Maximus stars?, ASTRA; 51. Soviet attack sub, ALFA; 52. Gardener’s purchase, LOAM; 54. Bait thrown overboard, CHUM; 55. Wine-tasting accessory, SPITTOON; 58. Pair in an average-sized orchestra, OBOES; 60. Get an edge on?, HEM; 61. One stoked to provide warmth, WOOD FURNACE; 64. A simpler one may be recalled, ERA; 65. Black-and-white, say, INTERRACIAL; 66. Typical house on “Hoarders”, STY; 67. Flashlight alternatives, GAS LANTERNS.

 

Down — 1. Sticks nix, NAW; 2. “Go ahead and try!”, I DARE YOU; 3. Orange relative, CORAL RED; 4. Inner Party member in “1984”, OBRIEN; 5. Sake brewery byproduct, LEES; 6. Star with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, ARNAZ; 7. Informal remarks?, SEZ; 8. Image on a denarius, CAESAR; 9. Sominex alternative, ADVIL PM; 10. Storms, e.g. GEOS; 11. Cousins of kites, ERNS; 12. Bagatelle, BAUBLE; 13. Pioneering microcomputer, ALTAIR; 14. Rakes often break them, HEARTS; 21. Shrilly talk to, YAP AT; 22. Many tykes’ lunches, PBJS; 24. Potential throat clearer, briefly, EMT; 27. Filing aid, EMERY; 29. Hangover?, EAVE; 30. Justice ELENA Kagan; 33. “Highly doubtful”, AS IF; 36. Baltic Sea swimmer, SPRAT; 38. Live, maybe, ON THE AIR; 39. Ancient dweller in the Po Valley, ETRUSCAN; 40. Comforter go-with, SHAM; 42. Lugs, GALOOTS; 43 First name on the 1954 album “Mambo!”, YMA; 45. Five of them represent a zero, DASHES; 46. The “A” of A&M Records, ALPERT; 47. Polite cut-in, IF I MAY; 48. Chaucer’s “Merciless Beauty,” e.g., RONDEL; 50. Its contents are often wicked, SCONCE; 53. Be a blessed person, per Matthew 5:4; MOURN; 56. Skinny-ninny, TWIG; 57. Princess OONA in Donald Duck cartoons; 59. Certain pack member, BRAT; 62. Abbey title, FRA; 63. They have high stations, ELS.

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03.08.13 — The Friday Crossword

 

Lady Gaga, The Fame Ball Tour

 

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Friday, March 8, 2013

 

Puzzle by Paula Gamache / Edited by Will Shortz

 

Across — 1. Terminal cases, BAGGAGE; 8. Something to do experiments in, LAB COAT; 15. One of the Big Three in credit reports, EQUIFAX; 16. Eradicate, ABOLISH; 17. Baking session, SUNBATH; 18. Old West German moniker, DER ALTE; 19. Goal of a 17-Across, TAN; 20. Off the rack, READY-TO-WEAR; 22. Jewish rite, BRIS; 24. Tramp, SLOG; 25. SADIE Hawkins Day; 26. Bald Mountain’s range, UINTA; 28. Often-affected outburst, EGAD; 30. Time to go, TURN; 31. Navigator who named Natal, DA GAMA; 33. Nice things to be massaged, EGOS; 35. Adoption option, PET; 36. “The Whiffenpoof Song” ending, BAA BAA BAA; 39. Slush-pile pile: Abbr., MSS; 42. SALT cellar; 43. Imitated a wound-up toy, YIPPED; 47. Schlemiel’s cry, OOPS; 49. Providers of football game, SODS; 51. Title woman in a J. P. Donleavy novel, LEILA; 52. Big name in water filtration, BRITA; 54. Charge, GO AT; 56. Shot after a break?, X-RAY; 57. Bar glasses?, BEER GOGGLES; 60. Goal, AIM; 61. Recreating, maybe, ON LEAVE; 62. It smells on a bug, ANTENNA; 64. More dear, STEEPER; 65. Sponge, MOOCHER; 66. Advanced photocopier features, SORTERS; 67. Synchronized, IN PHASE.

 

Down — 1. One of a tight pair, BEST BUB; 2. Some zoo attractions, AQUARIA; 3. Really going after with “for”, GUNNING; 4. It was ceded to Brit. In the Treaty of Ultrecht, GIB; 5. Way off, AFAR; 6. Racetrack array, GATES; 7. Don’t hold your breath, EXHALE; 8. Star of 2009’s Fame Ball Tour, LADY GAGA; 9. Assist with a job, ABET; 10. Parts of the Big Apple, BOROS; 11. Try to scratch, CLAW AT; 12. Greasy, perhaps, OILED UP; 13. Subject of the 2009 biography “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, ASTAIRE; 14. What “they say our love won’t pay,” in “I Got You Babe”, THE RENT; 21. Ruthless, DOG EAT DOG; 23. Try, STAB; 27. Latin trio member, AMAS; 29. Behave with respect to, DO BY; 32. Small cells, AAAS; 34. Take the junk out?, SAIL; 37. Post masters?, BLOGGERS; 38. There’s nothing above it, APEX; 39. Icing supervisor?, MOB BOSS; 40. Kia model, SORENTO; 41. One going over telemarketing lines, SPIELER; 44. Ruthless sort, PIRANHA; 45. Eatery seen in a “Manhattan scene, ELAINES; 46. Light fright?, DAYMARE; 48. Part of many a grid, STREET; 50. Torpedo layer, SALAMI; 53. Yawning, AGAPE; 55. Construction piece with a mate, TENON, 58. See 59-Down, OVER; 59. With 58-Down, drop by, STOP; 63. Command level: Abbr., ECH.

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03.07.13 — The Hot Corner

 

William Julius "Judy" Johnson (October 26, 1899 – June 15, 1989) was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball. He played for the Hilldale Club, Homestead Grays, and Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1921 to 1936. Considered one of the greatest third basemen in the Negro leagues, he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.

 

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

 

Puzzle by Jim Page / Edited by Will Shortz

HOT CORNER (35A. Third base, in baseball lingo … or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle), along with eight answers (imagining the addition of HOT) down and across in the corners of the crossword, constitutes the main feature of this Thursday crossword.

POTATO (1A. Difficult political situation)
PEPPER (7A. Chili)
TAMALE (63A. Real good-looker)
DOGGED (64A. Showed off)
POCKET (1D. Snacks in the frozen food aisle)
RODDER (12D. Lover of souped-up engines)
TICKET (43D. It’s hard to score)
MUSTARD (42D. Spicy pretzel dip)

 

Other — A AVERAGES (32A. What honor students often have), ALUMNAE, CHATTEL, Dan DECARLO, ELITISM, EL NINOS, ENSTEEL, KAISERS (56A. Crusty rolls), LUNGING, OPEN ERA, OPHELIA, PRENAME, SEMINAR, SLIVOVITZ(20A. Plum brandy), STAMINA, TATIANA, TEA LEAVES (37A. Means of divination), TEARING, UP-TREND.

 

Mid-size — ANTED, “ … A TEN O’clock scholar”, E-CASH, E-ZINE, IT IS SO, ORECK, PARER, SISTA Monica Parker, TE AMO, TERNS, TETES, TIRANE (24A. European capital that‘s majority Muslim).

 

Short stuff — “… to skin A CAT”, Jai ALAI, ANT and ANTI, CITI Field, DUH, ECT, Electric EEL, ELAM, ELI, ENID, ESL, GERE, GMT, GRES, HISS, IGER, “Dies IRAE“, MIG, MOR, NUS, OLAS, OSHA, PEP, “Riddle me, riddle me REE“, SAGS, SKIL, SULU, TAL, “Did I do THAT?”, TINO Martinez.

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 13. Tennis world since 1968; 15. Dan who drew “Archie”; 16. Movable property; 17. Good news on the economy; 18. Plop preceder; 19. Digital dough; 21. So-called “Wheat Capital of Oklahoma”; 22. One “coming” in a Three Dog Night hit; 23. Big maker of power tools; 26. Ex-Yankee Martinez; 28. Eisner’s successor at Disney; 30. Western Sahara neighbor: Abbr.; 31. Slumps; 32. What honor students often have; 39. Shem’s eldest son; 43. 1960 chess champ; 44. Debate position; 45. George Takei TV and film role; 46. Formal “yes”; 52. Fraternity letters; 54. Slate, for one; 55. Frequent abbr. in BBC announcements; 59. Marathoner’s asset; 61. Gird; 62. Study group. — DOWN: 2. “Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind” speaker; 3. Making the rent?; 4. Army ___; 5. Heads overseas?; 6. Hoover rival; 7. Energy; 8. Outer: Prefix; 9. Certain kitchen knife; 10. John is a common one; 11 Current events?; 15. “Well, yeah!”; 24. Beach sights; 27. Workplace watchdog, in brief; 29. “The Hoax” star, 2006; 34. Advanced deg. Tests; 36. Spanish waves; 37. James Bond’s lover in “From Russia With Love”; 38. Undemocratic tendency; 40. Thrusting suddenly; 41. Barnard grads, e.g.; 47. Blues vocalist ___ Monica Parker; 49. Kettle sound; 50. Put up; 51. Latin lover’s words; 54. Subj. for recent arrivals, maybe; 60. Red fighter.
 

03.06.13 — OOO

 

Land of Ooo, Adventure Time by Pendleton Ward

 

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

 

Puzzle by Richard Chisholm / Edited by Will Shortz

OOO contained within four entries is the main feature of this Wednesday crossword — HASNOOOMPH (18A. Lacks pizzazz), TOOONESIDED (26A. Overly partisan), ZOOOCCUPANT (47A. Animal on display) and IGLOOOWNER (61A. Inuit, maybe).

 

Other — ABACUS (6A. Ancestor of a calculator), BISTROS (52A. Casual eateries), BLEW OFF (40A. Failed to show up for, informally), CARROT (49D. Stick’s partner, in an idiom), CHEERS (48D. “Bottoms up!”), ERECTED, GO HOME, I DO TOO, OH WELL, PAPA DOC (20A. Former Haitian leader Duvalier), TAKES IT (37A. Doesn’t fight back), THREADS, ZERO IN on (Focus).

"The Last Watch of Hero" by Frederic Leighton, depicting Hero anxiously waiting for Leander during the storm.

 

Five-letter — BOOLA, CORFU (16A. Ionian Sea vacation isle), DINKS, ELFIN, ETUDE, Téa LEONI, LT GEN, NO-FAT, OAKEN, OZAWA (27D. 2000s Vienna State Opera conductor), OZARK Mountains, STONE (50D. Soup ingredient in an old folk story), SWISH, TALIA Shire, TOTED, WOOED.

 

Short stuff — AERO, AFAR, ALFA, ARIZ, BEN, BILL, BOS, CHAD and SHAD, DAD and DAN, DEB and DEL, DICE, DOS, DOZE, ELLA Fitzgerald, ERIC Ambler, EWES, FLAP, GABS, HERO (63A. Leander‘s love), HUHS, “I GET Around“, IMUS, IRMA Rombauer, MOST, NEO, OBOE, ORES, RAFT, REAP, SENT, SET, SFPD, SID Caesar, SLOG, SOLO, SWAM and SWAP, TAO, TARA, TERI Hatcher, WED.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Whitewater craft; 5. Chews the fat; 9. “Nothing but net” sound; 14. She sang with Duke and Dizzy; 15. Instrument called “an ill wind that nobody blows good”; 17. Out there; 22. Clothing, slangily; 23. Radio host who often wears cowboy hats; 25. Got hitched; 31. “Uncle” on a food package; 35. Sen. Biden represented it: Abbr.; 36. Jam session feature; 42. A lot of a flock; 43. “Major ___” of 1990s TV; 45. Shire of “Rocky”; 46. Roseanne’s husband on “Roseanne”; 50. Filming site; 51. Roe source; 56. Put up; 64 Téa of “Spanglish”; 65. Prefix with plane, to a Brit; 66. Calif. Neighbor; 67. Three-star rank: Abbr.; 68. Amount between some and all; 69. High roller’s pair. — DOWN: 1. Realize, as profit; 2. Sporty auto, for short; 3. Try to get airborne, maybe; 4. Setting in a Mitchell novel; 5. “Get lost!”; 7. Fenway nine, on scoreboards; 8. E-mail folder heading; 9. Ruined a shutout; 10. Tried to win; 11. Rombauer of cookery; 12. “Bullitt” law enforcement org.; 13. Confused responses; 19. Words said with a shrug; 21. Light tennis shots that fall just over the net; 24. Caesar of old TV; 26. Brought along on a hike, say; 20. Like some heavy buckets; 29. Assaying samples; 30. Cotillion V.I.P.; 31. Yalie’s cheer word; 32. Like Keebler workers; 33. Low-call yogurt descriptor; 36. One-for-one transaction; 38. “Same with me!”; 39. Confucian principle; 41. Chopin piece; 44. Built-in feature of the Apple II; 47. Focus (on); 52. Legislature’s consideration; 53. The Beach Boys “___ Around”; 54. Walk wearily; 55. Did laps, say; 57. Landlocked African land; 58. Hatcher who played Lois Lane; 59. Spy novelist Ambler; 60. Go out for a short time?; 62. Prefix with natal.
 

03.05.13 — Where It's At

 

Vesuvius in Eruption from Portici by Joseph Wright of Derby, circa 1776

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

 

Puzzle by Gareth Bain / Edited by Will Shortz

WHERE IT’S AT (62A. Happening place … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across?), LATTER MATE (18A. Second of two spouses?), HATCHING POST (23A. Nest?), BAT PART (39A. Wing or fang?) and PATCH PERFECT (51A. Like a good quilt maker?) constitute the interrelated group of this very likeable Tuesday crossword — read litter mate, hitching post, bit part and pitch perfect.

 

Other — APPAREL (44D. Clothes), CULKIN (5D. “Home Alone” child star), HEN and OVARIES (27A. Egg producer; 28A. Egg producers), KITSCHY (4D. Tastelessly artistic), POMPEII (48A. City destroyed by Mount Vesuvius), Mark RUFFALO of “The Kids Are All Right”, SUMATRA (10D. Home to many orangutans), TEETER (50D. Show instability).

Satyr with pipe and a pipe case (Attic red-figure plate, 520–500 BC, from Vulci, Etruria)

Five-letter — ALOHA, ATLAS, CALVE, CARAT, CURSE, ELBOW, Standard ERROR, FOYER, HASTY, MATCH, MATTE, OATES, PLATE, POLAR, RETAG, SATYR (32A. Mythological debauchee), STOIC (35D. Follower of Zeno), TWEEN, USAIN Bolt, “USE IT or lose …”.

 

Short stuff — A BIT, ABLE, A CUP, AGRA, Jai ALAI, ALE and APE, ANAT, ARGO (33D. Oscar-winning film set in Iran), AWED, BOER, CHAS, DUAL, Life of EASE, ERA, ERIE, ETE, EURO, EXES, FLAW, HERB Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, ICER, IMF, KIA, KITE, LEIA, “LOVE is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies“, MACK, ORE, OWEN, OVER, Monte ROSA, SAKE and SALE, SIT, SOAP, SPAR, TAO and TAU, TEAR, TERM, THRU, TORT, UNIX.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Big truck maker; 5. Blasphemous cry; 10. Alcohol typically drunk warm; 16. Operating system since 1969; 20. Addams who created “The Addams Family”; 21. Seoul-based automaker; 22. One of the “She’s Gone” singers; 35. Red-tag event; 37. Repeated lyric in “Java Jive”; 38. Valuable stuff in a vein; 42. The “E in B.C.E.; 43. Pearl Mosque home; 45. Paul Kruger of Krugerrand fame, e.g.; 46. Standard ___ (statistician’s calculation); 50. Cross shape; 57. Book often stored horizontally; 60. Tavern favorite; 61. Scratch in a diamond, e.g.; 65. Skilled; 66. Certain Iroquoian; 67. Not glossy; 68. “___ is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies”: Aristotle; 69. Like some people’s citizenships; 70. Entrance hall; 71. Wilson of “Meet the Parents”. — DOWN: 1. Success story for Cupid; 2. Island greeting; 3. Gemologist’s weight; 6. Lightning Bolt?; 7. Mark down, say, at a store; 8. Obedience school command; 9. St.-Tropez season; 11. Veterinarian’s subj.; 12. Diamond in the sky?; 13. The Gabor sisters had many; 19. Monte ___ (one of the Alps); 25. Like one of two extremes; 26. Partner of “done with”; 29. Champagne bucket; 30. Continental currency; 31. Boom or gaff; 32. “Days,” for one; 34. President’s four years, e.g.; 36. Big hairy one; 40. Somewhat; 41. It might be seen out of the corner of one’s eye; 53. Part of a cafeteria stack; 54. Pasta shape; 55. Gave birth, as a whale; 56. 12-year-old, e.g.; 57. Dumbstruck; 58. Via, quickly; 59. “Star Wars” princess; 63. Global lending org.; 64. Eastern “way”.
 

03.04.13 — Rho Fare

 

 

King Tut Sarcophagus

 

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Monday, March 4, 2013

 

Puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will Shortz

 
RHO (35D. Greek letter that sounds like the end of 16-, 22-, 36-, 47- or 58-Across), along with ROW, RO, RAOH, ROUGH and REAU at the ends of SCOTT TUROW (16A. Legal thriller author who wrote “Presumed Innocent“), CONQUERING HERO (22A. Illustrious warrior returning from battle), EGYPIAN PHARAOH (36A. King Tut, e.g.), CALE YARBOROUGH (47A. Four-time Daytona 500 winner) and NEWS BUREAU (58A. Journalists’ office) constitutes the interrelated group of this sweet Monday crossword.
 
Other — ARENA and GYMNASIUM (29D, 48D. Sporting venue), ERIC the Red, Vincent van GOGH, IMAN, LOUIS Armstrong, NED, Little NELL, MAGI, OARS (26A. Rowing implements), OMEGA (20A. End of the Greek Alphabet), OSLO and SOLO, T-MEN and U S MARSHALL, URSULA Andress and BOND James BOND.
 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. ___-Saxon; 6. Chicago winter clock setting: Abbr.; 13. Big name in plastic wrap; 14. Performance for one; 15. Norway’s capital; 18. One-named supermodel from Somalia; 19. “___ see now!” (“Aha!”); 21. Thyroid, for instance; 25. Diner coffee container; 27. Visitors to baby Jesus; 3. Fake; 33. Laugh syllable; 40. Skirt line; 41. Increase; 42.Nevada city on the Humboldt River; 43. “Little” Dickens girl; 45. Bovine mouthful; 54. Cover all the ___; 55. Wanders; 56. “No seating” letters on Broadway; 57. ___ the Red (Viking explorer); 60. Talk up; 61. Finales; 62. Armstrong of jazz; 63. Something for the needy; 64. When the sun is out; 65. Enough. — DOWN: 1. Part of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.; 2. Cantina chip; 3. Body part often pulled in sports; 5. Traveling, as a band; 6. Small Welsh dog; 7. M.I.T. business school name; 8. AAA offering; 9. Water heater; 10. Law officer wearing a star; 11. Grassy expanse in the Southwest; 12. Name said before and after James; 14. One in court; 17. Some Feds; 21. West African nation; 23. One-liner; 24. Artist Vincent van ___; 27. “Whatever”; 28. Ripen; 30. Fleeting craze; 31. “The Lord of the Rings” tree creature; 32. Wall St. debut; 34. Just fine; 37. Accounts of Scheherazade; 38. Sit ___ by; 39. Make over; 44. Picks via ballot; 45. Hair parter; 46. Andress of “Dr. No; 47. Yule song; 49. Rambunctious; 50. Low-voiced chorus member; 51. Deplete; 52. Quest in a Monty Python movie; 53. Monopoly purchase before a hotel; 54. Old VHS rival; 58. Homer’s neighbor on “The Simpsons”; 59. CD-___.
 

03.03.13 — Praise for Prose

 

Sunday, March 3, 2013

 

SEVEN BLURBS FOR SEVEN BIOGRAPHIES

Puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson

Edited by Will Shortz

 

Seven clues consisting of imaginary blurbs for seven answers of imaginary biographies, each answer a standard phrase with the second and fourth word switched to achieve the “biography” title, constitutes the interrelated group of this friendly Sunday crossword:

 

• THE COOKING OF JOY (22A. “It’s worth it just for Ms. Behar’s famous lasagna recipe”)
• THE DESTRUCTION OF EVE (35A. An insightful look at how playing Miss Brooks took its toll on Ms. Arden”)
• THE SPADES OF JACK (48A. “You don’t have to be a gardener to dig this book about Kerouac’s tools”)
• THE TIME OF NICK (58A. “Finally, we learn how one Jonas brother defined an entire generation”)
• THE RIGHTS OF BILL (73A. “Clinton’s a well-known southpaw, so this expose on his other-handed punches is an eye-opener”)
• THE DARKNESS OF PRINCE (87A. “Required reading for all “Purple Rain” fans who think their idol is too goody-goody”)
• THE WARFARE OF ART (103A. “A gripping narrative about one folk singer’s violent turn against Paul Simon”)

Other — ATAHUALPA (71D. Last Incan emperor), BLISTERPACK (63D. Plastic coating for some pills), CORD OF WOOD (15D. Winter supply usually stored outside), EASY DOES IT (66D. “Nice and slow”), O PIONEERS (16D. Start of Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy), PASSIVATE (17D. Give an anticorrosive coating), RIVERBOAT (72D. Casino that’s partly underwater?), TEETOTALERS (3D. Dry ones).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Insect pupa sold as fish food; 7. Doesn’t get the memo, maybe; 15. Make do; 19. Show instability; 20. Offering with potato chips; 21. Amount owed by an insurance policy holder; 24. Crop up; 25. Cleverness; 26. TV’s Peter and literature’s Ben; 27. Walk through; 28. Mathematician Paul; 29. Bolivian bears; 31. Born as; 32. British actress Diana; 33. “Start already!”; 39. Spanish beaches; 41. Cole Porter title woman; 42. Slickers and galoshes; 43. Conger catcher; 44. Captain Hook’s alma mater; 46. Engine attachment; 47. Crumbs; 52. Long time follower?; 53. Sight at a supermarket or golf course; 54. Pack number; 55. Indisposed; 56. Relief; 57. Anesthesiologists’ locales, for short; 63. Jaguar rival; 66. Frozen dessert name; 67. It could pave the way; 68. Second most populous continent: Abbr.; 69. On the safe side; 70. Legal helpers, briefly; 78. “Really?”; 79. Writer ___ Hubbard; 80. Many an aria; 81. Notable flop; 82. Chicago lakefront attraction; 84. Family head; 86. Nasty ones; 91. Night lights; 92. Very often; 93. Take the lion’s share of; 94. Duffer’s hazard; 97. Drives a getaway car, maybe; 98. British submachine gun; 99. Reach rival; 101. Duffer’s org.; 102. Like some calls; 106. It beats ace-high; 107. Open quality; 108. “___ Restaurant”; 109. Bulb unit; 110. Northeast nickname; 111. Political symbol. — DOWN: 1. When many bars close; 2. Fruity sodas; 3. Dry ones; 4. Abbr. sometimes seen twice in a row; 5. Trivial Pursuit category: Abbr.; 6. French press remnants; 7. Des ___; 8. Lodges; 9. Certain frat boy; 10. Completely remove; 11. Put teeth into; 12. Fine-tune; 13. Christian name?; 14. Bond, for one; 18. Check out; 21. Cigarette purchase; 23. Reflex test site; 28. Start of an elimination process; 30. Reserved to the maximum extent; 32. Some bathroom crystals; 33. “___ you mother”; 34. Like tweets, by necessity; 36. “Tombstone” role; 37. Some fight finishes, for short; 38. ___-Z (classic car); 39. Retailer for Rover; 40. Composer of the “Gold and Silver” waltz; 44. Falco of “Nurse Jackie”; 45. Be all thumbs as a writer?; 46. Word with pay or page; 49. Pale; 50. Food Network host Guy; 51. Former “Idol” judge; 52. An ending to beat; 56. Prefix with phobia; 58. Receiving stats; 59. Calif.-to-Fla. Hwy.; 60. Blemish; 61. N.B.A. part: Abbr.; 62. In that case; 63. Plastic casing for some pills; 64. Donnybrook; 65. Fargo’s partner; 66. “Nice and slow”; 69. Take aboard a spaceship, maybe; 70. One of a nautical trio; 73. Long expeditions; 74. Butt (in); 75. Sexologist’s subject; 76. Clop maker; 77. “Charlotte’s Web” girl; 79. Old Italian dough; 83. Two-___ (extended TV episode); 84. Author with a fan site called “Into the Wardrobe”; 85. Unvoiced; 86. It may get squandered in a game; 88. Diner; 89. “Wheel of Fortune” category; 90. Din; 95. Match; 96. Stooge; 98. Actor LaBeouf; 99. Spirit ___ Louis; 100. String tie; 102. Avian call; 103. File extension; 104. Mens ___; 105 End: Fr.

 

03.02.13 — Toxicodendron Diversilobum, et cetera

 

Toxicodendron diversilobum

 

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

 

Puzzle by Barry C. Silk / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. White-whiskered sort, OLD GEEZER; 10. Symbol of Einstein’s gravitational constant, KAPPA; 15. Eager, RARIN’ TO GO; 16. Tons, A LOAD; 17. Time of one’s life, CHILDHOOD; 18. Youngest of five famous brothers, ZEPPO; 19. Ernst associate, ARP; 20. Things worth waiting for?, TIPS; 21. What head shots are used in, SOCCER; 22. People pick pockets in it, POOL; 23. Eddie’s partner in musical comedy, FLO; 24. Burial option, URN; 25. Cut out for it, ABLE; 28. Intentionally flooded field, PADDY; 30. Short order?, BLT; 31. One working with magnetite, IRON MINER; 33. Minor, legally, PETIT; 35. “Ha! Good one!”, DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH; 37. “Bummer”, AW GEE; 38. Word below a signature on a bill, TREASURER; 39. Zero, in 21-Across, NIL; 40. They often have good rhythm, POEMS; 41. Mr. T’s real last name, TERO; 42. Julia Child worked for it during W.W. II: Abbr., OSS; 43. Lav, CAN; 44. Escalator pioneer, OTIS; 46. Fox on Fox, MULDER; 48. Blast alternative?, DRAT; 49. Traffic court letters, DWI; 52. Facilitators of cultural growth, AGARS; 53. Toxicodendron diversilobum, POISON OAK; 55. Yogi Bear co-creator, HANNA; 56. Off-roading option; 57. Fire, ARDOR; 58. Grocery product with green leaves in its logo, SALADA TEA.

 

Down — 1. 400-pound calf, perhaps, ORCA; 2. Player of a big scaredy-cat?, LAHR; 3. No Mr. Personality, DRIP; 4. Drug czar GIL Kerlikowske; 5. Put an END TO; 6. Where the Blue Nile rises, ETHIOPIA; 7. Jellyfish and krill, ZOOPLANKTON; 8. Some are fragile, EGOS; 9. Bygone means of corporal punishment, ROD; 10. Buzz generator, KAZOO; 11. “I’ll Be Around” songwriter ALEC Wilder; 12. TV Guide crossword focus, POP CULTURE; 13. Something that shouldn’t scare you, PAPER TIGER; 14. Garnish, ADORN; 21. Arch, SLY; 22. Marker maker, PENTEL; 23. It features a statue of a Scottie next to his master, FDR MEMORIAL; 25. Title slave of the stage, AIDA; 26. First cut on the album “Sticky Fingers”, BROWN SUGAR; 27. Home of the Ducks of baseball’s Atlantic League, LONG ISLAND; 29. Handle on farm equipment?, DEERE; 30. Humdingers, BEAUTS; 32. Fr. Address, MME; 33. Texting counterpart of “TY”, PLS; 34. Snow-THRO (winter blower brand); 36. Orwellian superstate, EASTASIA; 40. One of nine numbers on a card, PAR; 42. Clarkson College locale, OMAHA; 43. Alpo alternative, CESAR; 45. “I TOLD you!”; 47. 1958 spy novel set in Jamaica, DR NO; 48. “Cannery Row” brothel owner, DORA; 49. “Get busy!”, DO IT; 50. Boat trailer?, WAKE; 51. Pottery Barn competitor, IKEA; 53. 54-Down tally: Abbr., PTS; 54. See 53-Down: Abbr., NBA

 

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03.01.13 — Friday Rap-Up

 

 

Stonehenge, Salisbury, England, ca. 1895

Photochrom print by Photoglob Zürich

 

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Friday, March 1, 2013
 

Puzzle by Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber

Edited by Will Shortz

 

Across — 1. Game with the figures “soldier’s bed” and “fish in a dish”, CAT’S CRADLE; 11. Real-estate mogul IGOR Olenicoff; 15. Superpower with which Clark Kent shaves himself, HEAT VISION; 16. Boulevardier’s accessory, CANE; 17. Waffling, IRRESOLUTE; 18. Fangom Forest denizens, ENTS; 19. Source of the line “Hope springs eternal …”, POPE; 20 Larder lineup, JARS; 21. It moves along via a series of belts, FIGHT; 22. Greg Evans comic strip, LUANN: 24. Dental patient, often, RINSER; 25. Daughter of Zeus and Leda, HELEN; 28. Drum that might accompany a fife, TABOR; 30. First carrier to offer regular in-flight movies, 1961, TWA; 31. Garment made of Gore-Tex, maybe, ANORAK; 33. They’re no longer tender in a typical trattoria, LIRE; 34. Yellowfin, on some menus, AHI; 35. Tangles with, in the country, RASSLES; 37. Classic Chrysler, LEBARON; 39. Lead characters in “Mork & Mindy”?; 40. Impart, LEND; 42. Coaching concern, MORALE; 43. Tillis or Tormé, MEL; 44. Place to moor, INLET; 46. Full of adrenaline, informally, AMPED; 47. West Point newcomers, PLEBES; 49. Aids in marketing?, CARTS; 51. O. Henry is known for one, AWARD; 52. Baccarat cousin, FARO; 53. Estrangement, RIFT; 57. Zip, NADA; 58. 1971 film with the tagline “You don’t assign him to murder cases. You just turn him loose.”, DIRTY HARRY; 60. Like shellfish, TREF; 61. Regime change catalyst, PALACE COUP; 62. Hard worker, SERF; 63. Site near an outdoor recording session in “Help!”, STONEHENGE.

 

Down — 1.Pot item, CHIP; 2. Prefix with -stat, AERO; 3. Pool protector, TARP; 4. Six-time Lombardi Trophy winners, STEELERS; 5. Rx chain, CVS; 6. Spanish wine, RIOJA; 7. Leaning, ASLANT; 8. Like the snowy owl, DIURNAL; 9. Very much, LOTS; 10. Shanghai-to-Tokyo dir., ENE; 11. Block during a blizzard, ICE IN; 12. Genre that glorifies gunplay, GANGSTA RAP; 13. Mostly, ON THE WHOLE; 14. Checked, RESTRAINED; 21. Emergency oil rig visitor, FIRE BOAT; 23. Out of one’s league?, UNALLIED; 24. “Whitman Cantata” composer, ROREM; 25. Part of an iconic Eden outfit, HAREM PANTS; 26. Durable kitchen items, ENAMELWARE; 27. Low-priced item, maybe, LOSS LEADER; 29. Cartoonist BIL Keane; 32. Ululates, KEENS; 36. TV show that has spawned many movies, briefly, SNL; 38. Cold war concern, ARMS RACE; 41. Yvonne DECARLO of “The Munsters”; 45. Striped identifier, TARTAN; 48. 48 Zach BRAFF, “Garden State” actor/director; 50. Early automaker Frederick Henry ROYCE; 52. Direction from on high, FIAT; 54. Weights, colloquially, IRON; 55. “Hullabaloo” dance, FRUG; 56. Bang out, TYPE; 58. Fielding feats, for short, DPS; 59. When repeated, a sneaky laugh, HEH.

 

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