Marisa Tomei in "My Cousin Vinny"
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Sunday, May15, 2011
Well, if you’ve seen the film of “My Cousin Vinny” this crossword may make sense, but even familiarity with the movie may not help in the solution — VINNY (75D. Film cousin whose accent this puzzle spoofs) and TOMEI (59A. Marisa who played 75-Down’s girlfriend) are helpful. The film is highly entertaining, and if you have seen the film, well, maybe the puzzle will be too.
Vinny : It is possible that the two yutes...
Judge : ...Ah, the two what? Uh... uh, what was that word?
Vinny : Uh... what word?
Judge : Two what?
Vinny : What?
Judge : Uh... did you say 'yutes'?
Vinny : Yeah, two yutes.
Judge : What is a yute? [beat]
Vinny Gambini: Oh, excuse me, your honor...[exaggerated] Two YOUTHS.
In any event, "-TH" sounds are changed to "-T" sounds in familiar phrases.
- SWEET BIRD OF UTE (24A. Salt Lake City athlete’s dear hawk mascot?)
- DEBT IN VENICE (27A. Possible result of a costly Italian vacation?)
- BAT ROOM HUMOR (55A. Jokes in a campy 1960s TV locale?)
- LIKE PULLING TEAT (64A. Akin to milking a cow?)
- CROSS ONE’S PAT (78A. Bless butter with a gesture?)
- YOU AND ME BOAT (108A. Vessel for just the two of us?)
- WELT MANAGEMENT (113A. Role of a boxer’s physician?)
- BERT CONTROL (4D. What Ernie may wish he had vis-à-vis his roommate?)
- TABLE OR BOOT (68D. Non-choice for restaurant seating?)
Other — GO INSIDE (29A. Leave the outdoors), SCROOGES (106A. Misers), ONE INCH (26D. Margin size, maybe), ASSESSES (6D. Evaluates), AYN RAND (39D. "The Fountainhead" author), SCRANTON (86D. Setting for “The Office”).
Mid-size — ACHING, ADAGIO, ALIENEE, ALLENS, ALL NEW, AROMAS, BRIGADE, BUSTLE, CORONAS, ENTIRE, EVONNE, LABILE, LA RAMS, MAIL CAR, MUESLIX, NEAR TO, NEOCON, OBERON (54A. Shakespearean fairy king), OREIDA, PIECES, PROLIX, REEVES, RIP SAWS, SHAMAN, STARDOM, TAUNTS, TRUEST.
Five-letter — ACELA, ANGER, ARLES, ARUBA, ASMAD and ASWAN, ATARI, BREED, BUBBE, CODAS, CREES, ELENA, HOSED, LOUIS (14D. Automaker Chevrolet) NADIA, NEWEL, ODING, ORGAN, OUT-DO, RAVEN, ROYAL, STENT, SYRIA, TABOR, TAHOE.
Short stuff — AAA, ABEL, ABS, ACTS, AGRO, ALAI, ALER, ALIE and ARIE, ALOP, AMIE, ANNE, ANON, ANTA, ARAL, ARID, ARON and AROO, ASTO, BAND, BLAB, BRAY, DEN, DIMS, DRIP, ENNE, ERR, ESO, EYE, GEN , GLEE, G-MEN, GTO, ICKY, IN ON, IOTA, KAOS, KIND, LAWN, LAY, MEH, MIA, NAB, NASA, NBC, NEWT, OAHU, OATS, OLGA, ONCE, OPIE, OTRA, PAD, POUR, RAT. RYES. SARI, SLOB (13A. Barney Gumble of "The Simpsons," e.g.), SNIP, SNO, SOD, SONE, SOUR, SPFS, STAN, TEN and TENT, TERN, ULEE, VEAL.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: Jewish grandma; 6. Crooked; 10. “Laugh-in” airer; 13. Barney Gumble of “The Simpsons,” e.g.; 17. Woody and Steve; 19. Attire for an INDIAN BRIDE; 20. Suffix with buck; 22. Rain cats and dogs; 23. Close by; 30. First Nations group; 31. Place for Wii play, say; 32. Frank writing in a diary; 33. Turf; 34. Sierra Nevada lake; 37. Comparable to a March hare; 39. Slowly, on scores; 41. Elvis ___ Presley; 42. Hit show with New Directions singers; 43. Some whiskeys; 44. Gymnastics great Comaneci; 48. Flurry of activity; 50. Tribal healer; 53. In pain; 54. Shakespearean fairy king; 58. Hazardous household gas; 62. Kyrgyzstan range; 63. ___-Caps; 69. Car safety feature, for short; 72. Singer India.___; 73. Musical endings; 74. Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___; 82. Apt to fluctuate; 83. Bullying words; 84. Former SoCal N.F.L. team; 87. Never-before-seen; 88. Damascene’s homeland; 69. Saharan; 91. Gross; 93. Equivalent of -trix; 94. Wordy; 96. Video game pioneer; 98. What we may be?; 99. Like some baseball teams; 102 Leak sound; 103. Slip up; 104. “A momentary madness,” per Horace; 106. Misers; 115. Tennis’s Goolagong; 116. Yank or Ray; 117. Politico Gingrch; 118. Concerning; 119. Many a Bush military adviser; 120. Org. in a big race of years past; 121. That, in a bodega; 122. Saxophonist Getz; 123. Surgical tube. — DOWN: 1. Word after string or rubber; 2. Peter Fonda title role; 3. Tattle; 5. Complete; 6. Evaluates; 7. It may be manicured; 8. Frozen tater b rand; 9. Like quilts; 10. Catch; 11. Quartermaster’s group; 12. Alternatives to Dos Equis; 13. UV blockage nos.; 15. Surpass; 16. Shetland, e.g.; 18. Loudness unit; 21. Taking way too many meds; 25. X; 28. Calf product; 34. Small drum; 35. One of the Leeward Antilles; 36. Scammed; 38. Interjection of distinterest; 40. Home of Punchbowl Crater; 42. See 51-Down: Abbr.; 43. Teller; 45. Darkens; 46. Hip to; 47. Soil: Prefix; 49. Actress Anderson; 51. First name alphabetically in 42-Down; 52. Train part where sorting was once done; 53. Gallic gal pal; 56. One of Chekhov’s “three sisters”; 57. Feel one’s ___ (be confident); 59. Cousin of a gull; 60. Mayberry boy; 61 Kellogg’s cereal; 65. Villainous group in “Get Smart”; 66. Minute bit; 67. Asia’s ___ Sea; 69. New Testament book; 70 Donkey’s cry; 71. Go bad; 76. Justice Kagan; 77. Stairway post; 79. Short cut; 80. Fame; 81. Tablet; 82. Was supine; 86. War stat; 86. Setting for “The Office”; 89. Property recipient, in law; 90. They cut wood with the grain; 92. Humane; 95. Pipe holder; 96. Restaurant lures; 97. Most faithful; 98. Actor Keanu; 99. City on the Nile; 100. Fleet Amtrak train; 101. “Bedroom at ___” (classic painting); 103. Image on the back of a $1 bill; 105. Feds; 107. Other: Sp.; 109. Architectural pier; 110. Formerly; 111 Soon, poetically; 112. Big top, e.g.; 114. G.M. debut of 1964.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: Jewish grandma; 6. Crooked; 10. “Laugh-in” airer; 13. Barney Gumble of “The Simpsons,” e.g.; 17. Woody and Steve; 19. Attire for an INDIAN BRIDE; 20. Suffix with buck; 22. Rain cats and dogs; 23. Close by; 30. First Nations group; 31. Place for Wii play, say; 32. Frank writing in a diary; 33. Turf; 34. Sierra Nevada lake; 37. Comparable to a March hare; 39. Slowly, on scores; 41. Elvis ___ Presley; 42. Hit show with New Directions singers; 43. Some whiskeys; 44. Gymnastics great Comaneci; 48. Flurry of activity; 50. Tribal healer; 53. In pain; 54. Shakespearean fairy king; 58. Hazardous household gas; 62. Kyrgyzstan range; 63. ___-Caps; 69. Car safety feature, for short; 72. Singer India.___; 73. Musical endings; 74. Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___; 82. Apt to fluctuate; 83. Bullying words; 84. Former SoCal N.F.L. team; 87. Never-before-seen; 88. Damascene’s homeland; 69. Saharan; 91. Gross; 93. Equivalent of -trix; 94. Wordy; 96. Video game pioneer; 98. What we may be?; 99. Like some baseball teams; 102 Leak sound; 103. Slip up; 104. “A momentary madness,” per Horace; 106. Misers; 115. Tennis’s Goolagong; 116. Yank or Ray; 117. Politico Gingrch; 118. Concerning; 119. Many a Bush military adviser; 120. Org. in a big race of years past; 121. That, in a bodega; 122. Saxophonist Getz; 123. Surgical tube. — DOWN: 1. Word after string or rubber; 2. Peter Fonda title role; 3. Tattle; 5. Complete; 6. Evaluates; 7. It may be manicured; 8. Frozen tater b rand; 9. Like quilts; 10. Catch; 11. Quartermaster’s group; 12. Alternatives to Dos Equis; 13. UV blockage nos.; 15. Surpass; 16. Shetland, e.g.; 18. Loudness unit; 21. Taking way too many meds; 25. X; 28. Calf product; 34. Small drum; 35. One of the Leeward Antilles; 36. Scammed; 38. Interjection of distinterest; 40. Home of Punchbowl Crater; 42. See 51-Down: Abbr.; 43. Teller; 45. Darkens; 46. Hip to; 47. Soil: Prefix; 49. Actress Anderson; 51. First name alphabetically in 42-Down; 52. Train part where sorting was once done; 53. Gallic gal pal; 56. One of Chekhov’s “three sisters”; 57. Feel one’s ___ (be confident); 59. Cousin of a gull; 60. Mayberry boy; 61 Kellogg’s cereal; 65. Villainous group in “Get Smart”; 66. Minute bit; 67. Asia’s ___ Sea; 69. New Testament book; 70 Donkey’s cry; 71. Go bad; 76. Justice Kagan; 77. Stairway post; 79. Short cut; 80. Fame; 81. Tablet; 82. Was supine; 86. War stat; 86. Setting for “The Office”; 89. Property recipient, in law; 90. They cut wood with the grain; 92. Humane; 95. Pipe holder; 96. Restaurant lures; 97. Most faithful; 98. Actor Keanu; 99. City on the Nile; 100. Fleet Amtrak train; 101. “Bedroom at ___” (classic painting); 103. Image on the back of a $1 bill; 105. Feds; 107. Other: Sp.; 109. Architectural pier; 110. Formerly; 111 Soon, poetically; 112. Big top, e.g.; 114. G.M. debut of 1964.
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