04.09.13 — Go On Ahead!

 

Paul Strand, Bowler Hat

 

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

 

Puzzle by Steve Blais / Edited by Will Shortz

 

GO ON A HEAD (60A. “I’ll catch up!” … or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 37 and 48-Across do?), PRO BOWLER (17A. Merlin Olsen, 14 times), BOYZ ‘N THE HOOD (23A. 1991 John Singleton film), SHRINKING ICE CAP (37A. Global warning concern), SOAPBOX DERBY (48A. Annual 29-Down since 1934) constitute the interrelated group of this polite Tuesday crossword.

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But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
With ribbons and bibbons on every side,
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace
So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

Edward Lear, The Quangle Wangle’s Hat
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Key & Peele clowning people who leave labels and stickers on their hats…

 

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Steak cut; 6. Letters before an alias; 9. Tropical nuts; 14. Christmas seasons; 15. Hawaiian vacation souvenir; 16. “Stop!,” at sea; 19. Full of life; 20. Work unit; 21. McKellen of “X-Men”; 22. Military counterassault; 27. Aegean Sea island; 28. The hare, e.g., in “The Tortoise and the Hare”; 32. “Swan Lake” attire; 34. Part of a squeeze play; 36. ___ mode; 41. Peep from a sheep; 42. Items up one’s sleeve, maybe; 43. Mideast’s Gulf of ___; 44. Not in custody; 47. The “O” in P.L.O.: Abbr.; 54. Utilize, as one’s strengths; 57. Pindar offering; 58 “Don’t Bring Me Down” grp.; 59. Like Cheerios; 63. Give a name to; 54. It borders the Black Sea: Abbr.; 65. San Diego baseball; 66. How many winks are made; 67. Submissions to an ed.; 68. Ford failure of the late ‘50s. — DOWN: 1. Easygoing, personality wise; 2. Small donkey; 3. Science suffix; 4. S. Dak. Neighbor; 5. Paul Anka’s “___ Beso”; 5. Object of a haiji’s praise; 7. Nancy Drew creator Carolyn; 8. It’s all around you; 9. Ones creating a lot of buzz in the music industry?; 10. Exaggerate; 11. Like Z, alphabetically; 12. ___ Spumante; 13. Eye woe; 18. Comedians; 22. Georg of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; 24. Tubes on the dinner table; 25. Pluralizable word; 26. Puts out to dry, say; 29. Speed competition; 30. Rickman of the Harry Potter films; 31. Siesta; 32. The “id” in “id est”; 33. River through Kazakhstan; 34. Upper arm muscle, informally; 35. Feminine one in France?; 37. It doesn’t lend to Fortune 500 cos.; 38. Stevens’s replacement on the Supreme Court; 39. “Here’s my ___”; 40. Nose out; 45. Also; 46. Andy once of “60 Minutes”; 47. Pullers in pairs; 49. Bibliophile’s love; 50. Smells; 51. Oboes and others; 52. Proclaim vociferously; 53. Mountain song; 54. Kids connect them; 55. Method of shipping goods; 56. Courtroom fig.; 60. Something to chew on; 61. King Kong, e.g.; 62.Gave birth to.


 

04.08.13 — Open Sesame!

 

Ali Baba by Maxfield Parrish (1909)

 

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Monday, April 8, 2013

 

Puzzle by Janet R. Bender / Edited by Will Shortz

Five two-letter entries, first word beginning with O, second with S, constitute the interrelated group of this sunny beginning-of-the-week Monday crossword.

OPEN SESAME (17A. Words from Ali Baba)
OREGON STATE (25A. Beavers’ school)
OPERATING SYSTEM (37A. Windows or Unix)
ORIGINAL SIN (47A. What Jesus is said to have been born without)
OCEAN SPRAY (57A. Cranberry juice brand)

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In the mood for Turkish singer Can Bonomo 's "Ali Baba"?

 

 

 

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Former British colony in the South Pacific; 5. Wide; 10. Whip; 14. Melville novel; 15. British truck; 16. Puerto ___; 19. Aware of; 20. Assassinated; 21. Range from Peru to Chile; 22. Use a shovel; 28. Cabinet department since 1977; 30. Rumple, with “up”; 31. List that goes from Appetizers to Desserts; 32. Oscar winner Davis; 34. Physicians’ org.; 41. Ave. crossers; 42. Europe’s longest river; 43. Branching-out point; 44. Nickname of a three-time A.L.M.V.P.; 45. Like many a winter sweater; 52. “Wee” boy; 53. Outspoken; 54. Hammond ___, author of “The Wreck of the Mary Deare”; 56. Prepare for publication; 62. Descartes who wrote “Cogito, ergo sum”; 63. Burning; 64. Hairdo for any of the Jackson 5; 65. Clothing; 66. Photocopier need; 67. Twist, as polling results. — DOWN: 1. Egg ___ young; 2. Little devil; 3 Vice president Biden; 4. Charged particles; 5. Like tired eyes, maybe; 6. Comic O’Donnell; 7. Arboreal ape, informally; 8. Elbow’s place; 9. Go from blond to brunet, say; 10. Is the lead singer of; 11. Singer Ronstadt; 12. Eightsome; 13. “Silly” bird; 18. Walk, as through mud; 21. Analyze, as ore; 22. Test versions; 23. Clumsy; 24. Heredity carriers; 26. Alpha’s counterpart; 27. Some parochial school teachers; 29. Work by Karel Capek; 32. Funny Radner; 33. London is the cap.; 34. Coral formation; 35. Jason’s wife in mythology; 36. Change; 38. Singer Lavigne; 39. Animated character; 40. ___-Cat; 44. Playing marbles; 45. Unreturned tennis shot; 46. Washington bills; 47. Not concealed; 48. Event with barrel racing; 49. Sweetest part of a cake; 50. Pacifists’ protest demonstration; 51. Trap; 55. Places to get massages; 57. ___ ban; 58. Corp. money person; 59. D.C.’s ___ Stadium; 60. “___ you kidding me?”; 61. “Man, that hurts!”

 

04.07.13 — Fitting Rearrangements

 

 

The Great Fire of London in 1666 by Lieve Verschuler

 

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

 

Fitting Rearrangements, Crossword by Matt Ginsberg

Edited by Will Shortz

This very pleasant first Sunday of April crossword features six fairly-well-known subject/anagrams:

• DORMITORY (24A. College student’s place) with DIRTY ROOM (116A. Apt anagram for 24-Across)
• SNOOZE ALARMS (31A. Procrastinators’ enablers) with ALAS NO MORE Z’S (3D. Apt anagram for 31-Across)
• DEBIT CARD (42A. Visa offering) with BAD CREDIT (94A. Apt anagram for 42-Across)
• GEORGE BUSH (55A. “Decision Points” author) with HE BUGS GORE (30D. Apt anagram for 55-Across)
• ASTRONOMER (79A Galileo, for one) with MOON STARER (54D. Apt anagram for 79-Across)
• FIRE OF LONDON (103A. “Great” 1666 conflagration) with INFERNO OF OLD (63D. Apt anagram for 103-Across)

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Postal ID; 6. Memphis belle?; 10. Raspberry; 14. Kind of form; 18. Cobbler’s job; 20. So that one might; 22. Black shade; 23. Stevedore, at times; 25. Dial competitor; 26. British soccer powerhouse; 28. “Got it”; 29. Fish with a long neck; 34. Shark, maybe; 35. Beat at a Nathan’s hot dog contest, say; 36. Snake in “The Jungle Book”; 39. Salad bar items; 40. “Le ___ de Monte-Cristo”; 47. Of ___ (servicing); 48. Mayo containers?; 49. Turned; 50. “China Beach” actress Helgenberger; 52. Novelist who had two spouses simultaneously; 53. Abbr. on car sellers’ license plates; 54. N. African land; 58. Repeats; 61. Vague response to “When?”; 62. Marsh of detective fiction; 65. ___ City, Miss.; 66. Gecko’s gripper; 69. Turbulence; 71. Local bird life; 73. “Bye Bye Bye” band; 75. Onetime sunblock agent; 77. BB shooter; 79. Galileo, for one; 83. Electric ___; 84. Mishandle something, say; 85. One of the M’s of 3M: Abbr.; 88. Electric car; 89. Football misdirection; 91. Hipster’s pad; 92. Charioteer’s place; 96. Beat it; 97. Name on a museum plaque; 98. Memphis-to-Nashville dir.; 99. Opera character who sings “Largo al factotum”; 101. The ___ Show” (best selling album of 2002); 109. Birthday suit enthusiast; 112. Passage; 113. Video store penalty; 115. Medical suffix; 119. Designer Picasso, daughter of Pablo; 120. Coastal niche; 121. They’re on the left in Britain; 122. “South Pacific” protagonist and namesakes; 123. Former Israeli president Weizman; 124. Dustup; 125. Baffled; 126. 1978 Peace Prize recipient. — DOWN: 1. Cuba, por ejemplo; 2. Coupe’s couple; 4. Places to hole up after holdups; 5. Unvarying; 6. Grant, e.g.; 7. How things are generally stir-fried; 8. Backs, anatomically; 9. Munitions supplier; 10. Black shade; 11. Lover of Psyche; 12. To be in Paris?; 13. Buckingham Palace resident; 14. Alters to allow development, maybe; 15. Scotland’s “Granite City”; 16. English poet, who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelites; 17. Begins, as a journey; 19. Scratch the surface of, maybe; 21. Per ___; 27. Galena and cerussite; 32. Egyptian sun deity; 33. Reggae precursor; 37. Georgia neighbor; 38. Not much, as of paint; 40. Fleetwood or Eldorado, informally; 41. Checked out; 43. Ask for change; 44. “How can ___ sure?”; 45. Hometown of TV’s McCloud; 46. PC insert; 49. Alternative to “com”; 51. Banker’s concern; 56. Hot tar, e.g.; 57. Mata ___; 59. Good protein source; 60. 1984 title role for Emilio Estevez; 64. Offshore installation; 67. Sun; 68. Multiple-choice choices; 70. Order during an M.R.I.; 72. Croatian leader?; 74. Municipal facility: Abbr.; 76. U.S.A. part: Abbr.; 78. Alternative to white; 80. “Hurlyburly” writer David; 81. Tomorrow’s is tonight; 82. Like Mars; 85. Was congenial; 86. Completely; 87. Like the word “curiae” in “arricus curiae”; 90. Melodic phrase; 91. Legendary queen of the Britons immortalized by Shakespeare; 93. Teetotaler; 95. Cool, in slang; 96. Small chickens; 100. Lose it; 102. Heart; 104. Short pastoral piece; 105. Not built up; 106. Prefix with car; 107. Some Siouans; 108. Where Hercules slew the lion; 110. Minuteman’s location; 111. Stepped; 114. Big ___ (sports conference); 117. Moses Malone, on the 76ers; 118. N.M. setting.

 

04.07.13 — What Mad Pursuit — the Acrostic

 



Sunday, April 7, 2013

 

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

 

This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from What Mad Pursuit by Francis Crick.

 

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery is a book published in 1988 and written by Francis Crick, the English co-discoverer in 1953 of the structure of DNA, perhaps the greatest discovery ever made in molecular biology. In this book, Crick gives important insights into his work on the DNA structure, along with the Central Dogma of molecular biology and the genetic code, and his later work on neuroscience.

 

The main purpose of Crick's book is to describe some of his experiences before and during the "classical period" of molecular biology from the 1953 discovery of the DNA double helix to the 1966 elucidation of the genetic code. ~ Wikipedia

 

The quotation: WHEN THE RIGHT IDEA … CLICKS INTO PLACE ONE IMMEDIATELY SEES HOW MANY PREVIOUSLY PUZZLING FACTS ARE NEATLY EXPLAINED BY THE NEW HYPOTHESIS … ONE COULD KICK ONESELF FOR NOT HAVING THE IDEA EARLIER, IT NOW SEEMS TO OBVIOUS.

 

The author’s name and the title of the work: FRANCIS CRICK, WHAT MAD PURSUIT

 
The defined words:
 
A. “No gains without pains” writer of 1745, FRANKLIN
B. Orlando’s lover in “As You Like It”, ROSALIND
C. Instant of clear perception (2 wds.), AHA MOMENT
D. First European to win the N.B.A.’s M.V.P. award, NOWITZKI
E. Obsolescent news job, COPYBOY
F. Weather phenomenon sometimes known as a pogonip (2 wds.) ICE FOG
G. Not easy to discern in the murk, SHADOWY
H. Word just before a snap?, CHEESE
I. Key disclosure in a screenplay’s plot, REVEAL
J. Know without reason, INTUIT
K. What one in six may speak in, CHINESE
L. Malevolent water spirit of Scottish legend, KELPIE
M. Co-winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, WATSON
N. “Fatha” of modern jazz, HINES
O. Not too fast, as a movement, ANDANTE
P. Speculation, THEORY
Q. Unruffle the feathers of MOLLIFY
R. Like Byron after his Hellespont swim, AGUISH
S. Semi-filling liquid, DIESEL
T. Award for radio and TV merit, PEABODY
U. Fast and peppy (hyph.), UP-TEMPO
V. Album opening with “Taxman”, REVOLVER
W. Subtle power of cognizance (2 wds.), SIXTH SENSE
X. “The Battle of San Romano” painter, UCCELLO
Y. Breakthrough in brainwork, INSIGHT
Z. Do a plucky job?, TWEEZE

The full quotation: “It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog.” ― Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit

 

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04.06.13 — The Saturday Crossword

 

Crossword Puzzle by Ron Marlett 

 

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

 

Puzzle by Michael Wiesenberg / Edited by Will Shortz

Twelve eleven-letter entries constitute the main feature of this Saturday crossword:

DEPOSIT ONLY (1A. What many checks are for)
UTILITY POLE (15A. One holding the line)
BANANA CREAM (17A. Alternative to lemon chiffon)
DAILY MIRROR (49A. London tabloid)
OKSANA BAIUL (53. 1994 Olympic skating champion)
SILVER STATE (55A. Neighbor of the Gem of the Mountains)
OVERSTRUNG (12D. Very tense)
DILETTANTE (13D. Dabbler)
DRY ROASTED (14D. Like some nuts)
ICELANDERS (25D. Their anthem is “Lofsongur”)
DRILL PRESS (27D. It’s boring bits can be quite long)

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 12. Eyebrow-raising; 16. Man, to Marcus; 18. 1960s Greystoke portrayer; 19. Chelsea-to-Chinatown dir.; 20. Like some evidence in arson cases; 21. More likely to encounter; 23. Label for the Bee Gees; 24. Handles; 25. Rajiv’s mother; 28. Victor Herbert’s “naughty” girl; 29. Thomas called the Queen of Memphis Soul; 30. Long meals?; 31. Hall monitors, briefly; 32. Like Bush Sr., religiously; 33. Pod : whales :: knot : ___; 34. Land animals?; 35. Quick “ha ha”, 36. Apt to strike out; 37. Sidewalk scam; 35. A wide variety; 40. Went back and forth; 41. Notably high populace; 42. Joins; 43. He signed 5-Down in 1940; 44. Bark part; 45. Bitter, e.g.; 48. Chemical ending; 49. London tabloid; 52. Laugh, in Lille; 53. 1994 Olympic skating champion; 54. One of a pair of fraternal twins, maybe; 55. Neighbor of the Gem of the Mountains. — DOWN: 1. Nicknames; 2. Terminal projections, briefly; 3. Cabinetry option; 4. Motor additive?; 5. “Witchcraft” singer; 6. Minnesota county west of St. Louis; 7. Large lunar crater; 8. “Live at the ___” (Patsy Cline album); 9. Biblical boater, in Brest; 10. Colombian cowboys; 11. Mocha residents; 22. Punch choice; 23. Has something; 24. Having missed the bell, say; 25. Their anthem is “Lofsöngur”; 28. Liver and kidney; 30. Has over; 33. Japanese glaze; 34 Bikers’ mounts; 36. Finely tempered swords; 37. Game requiring many plug-ins?; 39. Nordic flyer; 40. Home to Liszt and Goethe; 42. American Revolution’s “Mad Anthony”; 44. Pomeranian, e.g.; 46. Yahoo; 47. First name in mystery; 50. 25-Down occupy one: Abbr.; 51. Landfill visitor.


 

04.05.13 — Friday at the Fall

 

Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. For two weeks in February, the setting sun striking the waterfall creates a deep orange glow that resembles Yosemite's historic "Firefall."

 

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Friday, April 5, 2013

 

Puzzle by Peter Wentz / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Begins, KICKS OFF; 9. Common sights in the Rockies, ASPENS; 15. Expiate, ATONE FOR; 16. Meaty Applebee’s morsel, RIBLET; 17. Half of an old comic film duo, PA KETTLE; 18. It includes picking the place, EXACTA; 19. Woody Guthrie and others, OKIES; 20. Adam Smith or Ethan Allen, DEIST; 22. The “needle” part of needle grass, AWN; 23. Scottish sprout, WEE LAD; 25. Item on a Christmas list, TOY; 26. Party person, for short, POL; 27. Horse show demonstrations, GAITS; 30. Desperate, DIRE; 31. Pop punk band with the 2002 triple-platinum album “The Young and the Hopeless”, GOOD CHARLOTTE; 35. Last song heard on Disneyland’s Splash Mountain, ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH; 36. Relatively important meeting?, FAMILY REUNION; 37. Top, ACME; 38. Take without credit, AUDIT; 39. Ball-bearing piece, TEE; 40. Field of three Nobel Prizes: Abbr., SCI; 42. Big game show prize, NEW CAR; 47. Pal 4 life, BFF; 48. People without a religious affiliation, in modern lingo, NONES; 51. RHODE Island; 52. Stops lying, ARISES; 54. Bug, VW BEETLE; 56. Like some operations, COVERT; 57. Prime, as bonds, AAA RATED; 58. Works in the kitchen, KNEADS; 59. Court luminaries, NBA STARS.

 

 

Down — 1. “Batman” comics sound, KAPOW; 2. “I TAKE your point”; 3. NPR’s COKIE Roberts; 4. Request at a palace, maybe, KNEEL; 5. Gives oneself something to aim for, SETS A GOAL; 6. Frequently, quaintly, OFT; 7. Dog-ear, e.g., FOLD; 8. Word on a bingo card, FREE; 9. Kindergarten comeback, ARE SO; 10. Babe Ruth mark broken by Roger Maris, SIXTY; 11. Kegler’s org., PBA; 12. Noted cliff in Yosemite Valley, EL CAPITAN; 13. Balance sheet figure, NET WORTH; 14. Frequent Jack Kirby comics collaborator, STAN LEE; 21. “Well, that one doesn’t work”, IT’S A DUD; 24. Pops, DADDY; 28. Relative of sleet, ICE RAIN; 29. Grp. Whose flag has 12 stars, THE EU; 30. Awarder of a thimble to Alice in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, DODO; 31. “Up top!”, GIMME FIVE; 32. Anthony’s XM Radio partner, OPIE; 33. Samurai who’s lost his lord, RONIN; 34. Laggards, LOITERERS; 35. “High School Musical” actor, ZAC EFRON; 36. Greasy part of pork, FATBACK; 40. Mortimer of old radio, SNERD; 41. Figure on a manufacturer’s balance sheet, COSTS; 43 Puffed WHEAT; 44. It’s baked in Italy, COTTA; 45. Pioneer in psychoanalysis, ADLER; 46. Exemplars of thinness, REEDS; 49. “EVAN Almighty” (2007 film); 50. Q-tip, e.g., SWAB; 53. Salt source, SEA; 55. Bit of barnyard onomatopoeia, BAA.

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04.04.13 — Large Print

The freshly painted Hollywood Sign is unveiled.

 

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

 

Puzzle by Corey Rubin / Edited by Will Shortz

LARGE PRINT appears in ten over-sized squares in this unusual but friendly Thursday crossword.

 

Of note — AFGHANS (31D. Soft blankets), DR ZHIVAGO (9D. Film character who says “I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it”), FEAR OF HEIGHTS (35A. It might prevent you from rising), HOEDOWN (37D. Fiddler’s event); LOCARNO (18D. Swiss resort city), NIRVANA (30A. Lama’s goal), ROOMIES (42A. Bert and Ernie, on “Sesame Street”), SMALLER (17A. Downsized), SETS OFF (56A. Triggers), STRAIGHTENS UP (7D. Gets ready for company, perhaps), TRUMP CARD (29D. Ace in the hole).

 

The crossword is accompanied in the on-line version with the note: “The newspaper version of this puzzle has one oversize square for each block of 4 circles. We recommend that you solve the PDF version ... but this electronic version is provided as well.”

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Really good time; 4. 2006’s “Ms. New Booty” and others; 8. Gather on a surface, in chemistry; 14. Hookah component; 15. Back muscle, in brief; 16. What may go for a buck?; 19. Pyramid-building people; 20. Impersonate; 22. 22. Board, informally; 23. Bars from the supermarket, for short?; 25. Garden Isle of the Pacific; 27. French pronoun; 28. Minor blowup; 32. Australia’s ___ Rock; 34. Seven-time Wimbledon champ; 40. Counterpart of jour; 41. Lead-in to phobia; 45. Expressed some surprise; 46. Response to a punch, perhaps; 47. Neighbor of Del.; 49. Atmospheric prefix; 50. ___ Wars (conflicts of the second and third centuries B.C.); 52. Rarely affected by hurricanes, say; 54. Like the opera “Wozzeck”; 59. “Your mother wears army boots,” e.g.; 60. Final: Abbr.; 61. Tribulation; 62. Currents; 63. Tiny splash; 64. “What’s ___?” — DOWN: 1. Director Van Sant; 2. Place for a tattoo; 3. Common stir-fry ingredient; 4. Literary inits.; 5. Supermodel Wek; 6. Hymn; 8. Old sports org. with the Virginia Squires; 10. ___ speak; 11. It’s often the first to be knocked over; 12. “Great taste since 1905” drink; 13. Petty officers, for short; 21. Convinced; 23. Letters on a B-52; 24. Poet laureate Henry James ___; 26. Mozart piece; 33. French silk; 36. Over, overseas; 38. I ___ Tenori; 39. Iraq’s ___ City; 42. Wireless network necessity; 43. Significant; 44. Fishhook attachment; 46. Some psychedelic decoration; 48. Part in some arrangements; 51. Aware of; 53. Org. for Nadal and Federer; 55. Sulu and Uhura on “Star Trek”: Abbr.; 57. One against another; 58. Not many.

04.03.13 — Play Ball!



The American Tobacco Company's line of baseball cards featured shortstop Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 to 1911. In 2007, the card shown here sold for $2.8 million.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Puzzle by Gary Cee / Edited by Will Shortz

Baseball terminology, e.g., SWING, HIT, RUN, SLIDE, SCORE, found in MOOD SWING (17A. Sign of bipolar disorder), TOP TEN HIT (26A. Tune in a D. J.’s rotation), CANNONBALL RUN (37A. 1981 Burt Reynolds movie, with “The“), LANDSLIDE (53A. Electoral college blowout) and FOURSCORE (62A. Start of a Lincoln address) constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

Other — ANOMALY (30D. Deviation from the norm), EGOMANIA (3D. Prima donna’s problem), MACKEREL (9D. Holy fish?), NONSENSE (38D. Gobbledygook), STELLAR (22D. First-rate), USED TO IT (40D. No longer bothered by something).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Call from the flock; 5. Jack of “Dragnet”; 9. Not accidental; 14. Tamboura player’s music; 155. Asia’s Trans ___ Range; 16. One of a keyboard quartet; 19. Minotaur’s island; 20. Brzezinski of MSNBC; 21. When car headlights get turned on; 23. ___ kwon do; 24. Place for a rim shot; 28. ___ Solo of “Star Wars”; 29. Cabinet department until 1947; 31. Radio’s “The Lone Ranger” and others; 32. Put-in-Bay’s lake; 34. Listing in a table alphabétique; 36. Badminton call; 42. One of the DiMaggios; 43. Part of many a dish’s name; 44. Key opening?; 46. Place for weapons; 50. Poet’s planet; 52. Time to revel; 55. El Misti’s range; 57. General on Chinese menus; 58. Leering sort; 59. Stick-to-it-iveness; 60. Nut with a cupule; 62. Start of a Lincoln address; 66. Ground crew gear; 67. Not fooled by; 68. Double-decker checker; 69. Lowlife; 70. Need a bath badly; 71. Like bachelor parties. — DOWN: 1. Mechanical “bandit” feature; 2. Little Red Book author; 4. Rock bottom; 5. Tot’s glassful; 6. “The Book of ___” (2010 film); 7. Monopoly railroad; 8. Kudos, in street slang; 10. Mess up; 11. Queen of Soul, familiarly; 12. Manx cat trait; 13. 140-characters-or-fewer messages; 18. Slant; 22. First-rate; 24. ___-wolf; 25. Undercover copy, perhaps; 26. Suffix with Jumbo or beta; 27. Dynamite component, briefly; 30. Deviation from the norm; 33. Put the kibosh on; 35. Deg, earned by just one U.S. president; 39. Bath gel ingredient; 41. Cathedral area; 45. “Right you are!”; 46. Places for priests; 47. Alfalfa or Buckwheat; 48. “Jersey Shoe” nickname; 49. Help by confirming an alibi, say; 51. Places for shots; 54. Predator ___; 56. Shaving mishaps; 59. Totally get, in slang; 61. Michael Stipe’s band; 63. Beehive State tribesman; 64. Genetic inits.; 65. Deviled ___.
 

04.02.13 — Pope Francis

 

Pope Francis processes into St Peter's Basilica

Easter evening, March 31 2013

 

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

 

Puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will Shortz

POPE FRANCIS (63A. Official elected March 13, 2013), PONTIFF (3D. 63-Across, e.g.), VATICAN (45D. Current home of 63-Across), ARGENTINA (37A. Original home of 63-Across) WHITE SMOKE (21A. Sign that 63-Across was elected), SWISS GUARD (57A. Protector of 63-Across) and BENEDICT XVI (17A. Predecessor of 63-Across) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

 



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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Weight loss surgeries, informally; 6. “Monster ___” (1962 #1 novelty hit); 10. Keyboard key; 13 Capri, per esempio; 14. Wee hour; 16. Old electrical unit 19. Cooking spray brand; 20. Opposite of endo-; 23. “Vive le ___!”; 24. Burlesque show prop; 25. Welcomed through the door; 26. Prefix with structure; 28. 44 Regular, e.g.; 33. Pianist Peter; 33. Rate card listings; 35 North Korea’s ___ Jong-un; 36. Stick in one’s ___; 40. A/C specs; 43. First or last digit of D.C.’s area code; 44. Gunned, as an engine; 48. “Egad!”; 49. Wraps (up); 51. Stiller’s partner in comedy; 52. Sierra ___; 54. Abduction destination in fanciful stories; 58. Preschooler; 61. Flat bread; 62. Chess champion Mikhail; 65. 12/31, e.g.; 68. Our, in Montreal; 67. “Later, bro!”; 68. Rose’s hue; 69. Chow; 70. Rush toward. — DOWN: 1. African republic colonized by freed American slaves; 2. Call in support of a motion; 4. Spread in the fridge; 5. Unfortunate; 6. Some java house orders; 7. One opposed; 8. Message one might not want the tabloids to see; 9. Own; 10. Authorize; 11. One-named pop star with the 2001 hit “Whenever Wherever”; 12. “You’ve gotta be joking ..”; 15. Fail to connect; 18. ___ Jima; 22. Room with a pool table, wet bar and TV, say; 24. Ring champ Max; 27. Whys; 29. “You’re preaching to the choir!”; 30. Unwanted spot, in slang; 31. Arab V.I.P.; 34. Police dept. members; 38. Lamb raiser; 39. Title fish in a Pixar film; 40. Add support to; 41. Stand-up routine in a stadium?; 42. Squeaky, say; 46. Racy stuff; 47. Spreadsheet figures; 50. Took out a board at Waikiki; 53. Channel with game highlights; 55. Prez with fireside chats; 58. Blunder; 59. ___ no good; 60. Commercial name suggesting sleekness; 61. French tire; 64. Filing month: Abbr.

 

04.01.13 — Fools

 

Ship of Fools, Hieronymus Bosch

 

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Monday, April 1, 2013 — April Fools’ Day

 

Puzzle by Gary J. Whitehead / Edited by Will Shortz

BOOB, CHEAT, CON, DUPE and DOPE, DUNDERHEAD, KID, LAUGHING STOCK, NINCOMPOOP, SCAM, TRICK, all clued as "Fool," constitute the interrelated group of this friendly April Fools’ Day Monday crossword.

 

Other — EAST ASIA, FORT LEE, INCISOR, IRON MASK (24A. Facial cover in a Dumas novel), NON-ROMAN, ON A LEASH, ONE RATE.

 

Mid-size — ACETIC acid, ALPES, AMEER, ARE SO, ASSES, Grand BAHAMA, Jack BENNY, CEDAR, CENTI, COVERT, DALAI Lama, DECCA, EARLAP, EKING, E-TRADE, LEGATO, MAMBA, NEONS, OBITS, SVELTE, TORCH and TROCHE.

 

Short stuff — ADIN, ALEC, ALVA, ANC, A-ONE, Just A TAD, BAD, CHOU En-lai, COD and NOD, DADA, EMUS, END, ESSO, EVEN, GAD about, GALA, GRIN, GRR, IOU, LET, LOBO, MEN, NEHI, NOP, OLE, OOOH, ORTH, OVA, RIND, SANK, SONO, SPYS, TGIF, Sotto VOCE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 9. Classic record label; 14. Sotto ___ (under one’s breath); 15. Mideast potentate: Var.; 16. The “A” in Thomas A. Edison; 17. Not odd; 20. Permit; 21. Area including China, Korea and Japan; 28. Many an Albrecht Dürer piece of art; 32. Having a fixed fee, as a calling plan; 36. Terminus; 41. New England catch; 42. Tooth next to a canine; 43. Death notices, informally; 46. New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge; 50. Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets; 55, Tethered; 58. Watchdogs warning; 62. Grand party; 63. Sound of delight; 64. Comic Jack of old radio and TV; 66. Just ___ (slightly); 67. Donkeys. — DOWN: 1. Gracefully slender; 2. Like C.I.A. operations; 3. ___ acid (vinegar component); 4. Fraternity members, e.g.; 5. 1910s-’20s art movement; 6. Relatives of ostriches;7. Prefix meaning one-hundredth; 8. Shingle wood; 9. “You ___ Beautiful”; 10. Grand __ (vacation island near Florida); 11. “Bravo!” to a torero; 12. Eggs in labs; 13. Misbehaving; 19. Watermelon covering; 21. Barely making, with “out”; 23. China’s ___ En-lai; 25. Actor Guinness; 26. Sent to the ocean floor; 29. Classic soda brand 30. :-) in an e-mail; 33. Nelson Mandela’s org.; 34. End-of-work-week cry; 35. “Happy Motoring” gas brand; 37. Timber wolf; 38. Score after deuce; 39. Caver’s light source, maybe; 40. Straight: Prefix; 44. Throat lozenge; 45. Pic of an unborn child; 47. Smoothly, in music; 48. Winter hat part; 49. Online investor’s site; 51 Venomous African snake; 52. Suisse peaks; 53. Ad lights; 56. Top-of-the-line; 57. 1974 Gould/Sutherland C.I.A. spoof; 59. Auction assent; 60. Note of indebtedness; 61. Queue before Q; 62. ___ about (wander).