Marlon Brando in the 1954 film of On The Waterfront
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
BACK TO THE START, Puzzle by Daniel A. Finan
Edited by Will Shortz
Eight wrap-around answers constitute the featured group of this tedious Sunday crossword:
PERSONALSHOP (23A. Aide for a V.I.P. customer)
TONIBRAX (25A. Multiple Grammy winner who was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars")
ANTIDEPRESS (23A, Aide for V.I.P. customer)
PLEASUREPRINCI (59A. Freudian concept)
PHYSICALGEOGRA (78A. Mountains, rivers, plains, etc.)
ARTICHOKEHE (99A. Fancy salad ingredient)
UNDERGRO (117A. London transportation)
ONTHEWATERFR (118A. Marlon Brando film)
ACHIEST and SORE, I AM A ROCK (61D. Song that starts “A winter’s day in a deep and dark December”), DECLAWED, EVERMORE, GABFESTS, INFLATES, LEAD UP TO, RELEASED, TROGLODYTES (37D. Cavemen), TWIST-TIE (124A. Fastener patented in 1939), WOUNDED KNEE (43D. South Dakota memorial site).
Seven-letter — AD SPACE, CRIPPLE, EMBRYOS, LIP READ, MCQUEEN (86A. “The Magnificent Seven“ co-star), NEAREST, OCTOPOD (26A. Paper nautilus, e.g.), PRAIRIE, PRATTLE, REBECCA (58D. Only Hitchcock film to win Best Picture), TREAD ON, WHEELIE (54A. It may be popped for fun), YANKEES, YODELER.
Six — ALBINO, ATONAL, COHIBA (66D. Premium Cuban cigar brand), DARKER, ENSLER, EXACTS, FRIARY, GEEZER, IRAQIS (68D. Nationals whose flag declares “God is great“), LA CASA, LEER AT, MALONE, MILEAU, ONSTAR (100D. General Motors subsidiary), SCOPED, SLEWED, STOMAS, SYPHON, VALETS, ZIRCON (44D. Modern December birthstone).
Five — AIRES (92A. Spanish winds), ANGST, ARTOO, “You missed A SPOT“, BIERS, BENET, DELTA, EAT IN, HI MOM, ISAAC, JONAH, KEGLER (57A. X X X lover?), LAPSE, LAMPS, LOOMS, LURED, NADER, NASAL, NODES, ON-OFF, PURER, RHODA, ROOTS, RUSSO-Japanese, STINT, VIDAL, YOWZA (42A. “Oh baby!”).
Short stuff — Make A MAD dash, AMOK, ANEW, ARTS, “Just A SEC!”, AVON, AXL Rose, BURT, CASH, CECE, CDLI, CFOS, DREI, EACH, EDUC, EES, ELON, ENE and ENS, ERE, EROO, FEZ, GET, HAIR, HIT, HON, LAG, LAZE, LENS, LIM, LIPO, MAJ, MART, “Tell ME NO lies“, MORN, NEA, Bar NONE, OID, Special OPS, PASO Robles, PERU, Syngman RHEE, SCOT, SEXT, “SEZ who?!”, SOIL, TRAS, TRY, URB, VHS, “Time WAS …”
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bulb holders; 6. Part of the name of many a Spanish restaurant; 12 Confabs; 20. Stern taking a bow (in two senses); 21. Demands (from); 22. Eternally; 27. Words mouthed to a TV camera; 29. Like the pen or pencil you might reach for; 30. P.T.A. interest; 32. One of two options at a fast food restaurant; 34. Sample; 40. W.C.; 46. Eve’s opposite; 47. Work assignment; 48. Gore in fiction; 50. Dirty; 51. Kind of switch; 56. Metro area; 57. X X X lover?; 62. Lie about; 63. The “L” of S.L.R.; 64. Trample; 65. Inverness native; 67. Funeral stands; 69. Run out; 73. Jimmie Rodgers or Tex Owens, musically; 76. Bun contents; 82. More sinister; 86. Blackjack decision; 87. Suffix with human; 89. Actor Hil of “Moneyball”; 90. Mind; 93. Distilled vis-à-vis tap; 95. Gospel singer Winana; 96. Like the “ng” sound; 101. Og. Making grants to museums; 103. Big faucet maker; 105. University in North Carolina; 106. Rear; 110. Genealogical study; 112. Articles aren’t found in it; 121. Set free; 122. “Cheers” bartender Sam; 123. Movie droid. — DOWN: 1. Alternative to dieting, informally; 3. Bartering locale; 4. ___ Robles, Calif. 5. Checked (out); 6. Antecede; 8. Bills; 9. Most 17-Down; 10. Plant pores; 12. Grok; 13. Sir Anthony Eden, 1st Earl o ___; 14. Pulitzer winner for “John Brown’s Body”; 15. Brother’s place; 16. Early life forms?; 17. See 9-Down; 18. Refrain syllables; 19. Send some pixxx?; 24. Network connections; 28. Environs; 31. Incapacitate; 33. Subject of the documentary “An Unreasonable Man”; 35. Helter-skelter; 38. Blows up; 39. Eve who wrote “The Vagina Monologues”; 41. Has parked; 45. White elephant, e.g.; 48. TiVo precursor; 49. “Eavesdrop” from across the room, say; 52. It’s felt on the head; 55. Poetic preposition; 60. Minnesota twins?; 65. Draw (off): Var.; 69. What echoes do; 70. Clear the atmosphere of; 71. Sod house locale; 74. In. or max.; 75. Sweets; 77. Capt.’s superior; 79. Drew in; 80. Old-timer; 81. Some M.I.T. grads; 83. Per; 94. Korea’s Syngman ___; 88. Like some housecats; 91. “Gone With the Wind” bad guys; 93. Yammer; 94. First TV show to debut at #1 in the Nielsen ratings; 97. Eye up and down; 99. Discordant; 102. Feeling pervading Brat Pack movies; 104. Towers; 108. Reynolds of “Boogie Nights”; 107. From the top; 108. Mid fifth-century year; 109. Hofbräuhaus crowd?; 111. Place after place; 113. Home of the Norte Chico civilization; 114. Part of 101-Across; 115. Corp. money types; 116. Switch attachment?; 118. Metered praise; 120. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.
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