02.12.12 — Additional Reading

Sunday, February 12, 2012

ADDITIONAL READING, Puzzle by Kurt Mueller

Edited by Will Shortz

Eight squares containing the word BOOK is the main feature of this Sunday crossword:

• DELIVER THE GOOD [BOOK]S (21A. Send over some Bibles?) with RE[BOOK] (10D. Engage again for a gig)
• PLAY[BOOK] FOR A FOOL (33A. Dolt’s football game plans?) with OVER-[BOOK]ED (17D. Like some flights)
• FACE[BOOK] REALITY (54A. The truth about a popular internet community?) with [BOOK] IN (57D. Sign the register)
• [BOOK]MARK MY WORDS (80A. Egotistical author’s request to a reader?) with LOG [BOOK] (61D. Ship’s record)
• DONKEYS YEAR[BOOK]S (100A. Annual publications for burros?) with [BOOK]SHELF (103D. Volume holder)
• FULL METAL [BOOK] JACKET (117A. Dust cover made of 100% aluminum, perhaps?) with [BOOK] UP (119D. Fill completely, in a way)
• APPLE PIE ORDER [BOOK] (13D. Aid for record-keeping at Mrs. Smith’s?) with [BOOK]ER T. (big name in 1960s music)
• MEET ONE’S [BOOK] MAKER (47D. Get together with your bet taker?) with [BOOK]WORM (98A. Avid reader)

Other — AISLES, AGUILERA (46D. Christina of pop), AWESOME, BAD COP, BON AMI, CHIRAC, CATER TO, CLONES, DONNISH (93A. Professorial), EDESSA (76D. Macedonian city with Greek and Roman ruins), EMERIL, HALSTON, HELLAS (95D. Homer‘s home), HITTER, INANER, LA LA LA, LA LAKER, LES MIZ, M AND MS, OLDSTERS, ONE-A-DAY, OUTSELL, POSTAL, RED FIR (99D. Western evergreen), RUCKUS, SAMENESS, SEA-TAC (104D. Washington airport), TIDIEST, TYPE SIZE, UNTIES, YELL TO.

Five-letter — ABODE, ABUSE, AZERA, CRAVE, DACHA, EDIFY, Put an END TO, ESTOP, I PASS, IT’S ON, IVEYS, “ C’est LA VIE“, MELEE, MY SIN, NASAL, OILER, OMBRE, OPTIC, QUELL, READS, RERAN, ROGER, SAKIS, SKEET, SNITS, SOLAR, STUDY, TABAC (97D. Supply at a French smoke shop).

Short stuff — ALOE, AMA, A POP, APE and ARE, ASH, Sea of AZOV, BEL, CAM, CGI, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Le COQ d’Or”, DET, EEN, ELEA (108A. Whence Zeno), ELO and JLO, ELS and ETO, EVE and EYE, FIEF, GAME, HARI, IDEM, “Believe IT OR Not“, ISTS, JEAN, JDS, KIND, KOKO, LANA, LEK and LEW, LONE, LPGA, MENO forte, NAMU (66D. Film whale), NOR, OBOE, OGEE, OPE and OPS, ORZO, PERI, REN, SANT, SEEN, SEIS, SER and SERE, SFC, STAY, STR, TEN and TMEN, ULA and ULNA, UNE, YVES, ZOOS (8D. Where the wild things are?).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Handsome, as Henri; 4. Lucky end?; 7. Hyundai sedan; 12. Mata ___ (spy); 16. G.P.’s group; 17. Some nerve; 19. They’re all the same; 20. Each; 24. Tour org.; 25. Really want; 26. Largest, as a sum; 27. Things that may have to be cleared; 29. Mark Messier, for 12 years; 30. Actress Gilpin of “Frasier”; 31. Graybeards; 38. Bar, legally; 39. Cinco follower; 40. Drum set set; 42. Huffs; 45. Word affixed to web or handy; 48. Police investigator: Abbr.; 49. Comet rival; 51. Ogle; 52. Curved molding; 59. Reveal, in poetry; 60. Put down; 63. Sea of ___ (arm of the Black Sea); 64. Stimpy’s pal; 65. “The gloves are off!”; 67. Jack’s inferior; 68. Albanian money; 70. Decodes; 72. Singer/actress with a simultaneous #1 album and #1 film, familiarly; 73. Warden’s charge; 75. Fracas; 77. Rathskeller vessel; 79. Velvet finish?; 84. Tiny bits of pasta; 85. Live; 86. Frees; 87. Ike’s W.W. II command; 90. Like certain passages; 96. Start of some Italian church names; 105. Monotony; 109. Mistreatment; 110. Cut down to size; 111. Best in business; 115. Russian retreat; 116. “The Mikado” baritone; 121. As previously mentioned, in bibliographies; 122. Comparatively stupid; 123 Room in Clue; 124. Diminutive suffix; 125. Gobi-like; 126. Showed over; 127. Black ___ (some military activities); 128. Platoon V.I.P. — DOWN: 1. Half of an interrogation team; 2. “There’s a Chef in My Soup!” writer; 3. Chorus syllables; 4. Lug; 5. Orch. Section; 6. Successful swinger; 7. Shampoo ingredient; 8. Where the wild things are?; 9. Put an ___; 11. Father-and-son rulers of Syria; 12. One-named fashion designer; 14. “Copy that”; 15. Bridge declaration; 18. Sarkozy’s predecessor; 19. Film special effects, briefly; 22. Actresses Dana and Judith; 23. Enlighten; 28. Believers; 30. Mail-related; 32. 1987 Broadway sensation, colloquially; 34. Landed estate; 35. Old Spanish card game; 36. The duck in Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”; 37. Superboy’s sweetie; 41. Magic, once; 43. It’s measured in points; 44. Spotted; 46. Christina of pop; 53. Some trains; 55. Pamper; 56. Cain raiser; 58. Part of Y.S.L.; 68. Writer Wallace; 69. Jeff Lynne’s band, for short; 71. Start of a Vol. I heading; 72. ___ Kennedy Smith (sister of J.F.K.); 74. They come from Mars; 75. Classic fragrance sold in France as Mon Péché; 78. Opposite of “and”; 81. Type; 82. ___ forte (less loud, in music); 83. Judge’s order; 88. Dosage frequency, frequently; 91. “Gnarly, man!”; 92. Star or wolf preceder; 94. Shooting match; 101. Hail in a loud voice; 102. Brouhaha; 105. Sushi bar servings: Var.; 106. Dwelling; 107. Like some energy; 112. Bone under a watch; 113. Govt. gangbusters; 114. To be, to Benicio; 118. One, in Orléans; 120. Law degs.