Sunday, April 1, 2012
OF COURSE!, Puzzle by Patrick Merrell / Edited by Will Shortz
I have no interest in golf.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (22A. Golf club repositioning?)
STROKE OF LUCK (40A. Hole in one?)
BYE BYE BIRDIE (49A. Comment after hitting a tee shot)
A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK (69A. Wedge shot from a worn-out practice range platform?)
PUTTER AROUND (90A. Use one club for all 18 holes?)
MISSING LINKS (101A. Course not listed in the guidebooks?)
BACKSEAT DRIVERS (122A. Woods stowed in the rear of a golf cart?)
FORE PLAY (14D. Duffer’s shots?)
CAST IRON (88D. Club thrown in disgust?)
“…if you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time." ~ Yogi Berra, on golf.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Drop; 5. Diagnostic test, of a sort; 9. Crosswise, when 18-Across; 14. ___ bean; 18. See 9-Across; 19. Augusta National Golf Club, for the Masters; 20. Class, abroad; 21. SST component; 25. “I bet I’ll know it”; 26. Botanical holder; 27. Stock price movement; 28. Yonder; 30. Cloths with repeating patterns; 32. When to get in, briefly; 34. Three-time Best Director in the 1930s; 37. Jennifer of tennis; 44. Take out ___ (get some assistance at a bank); 46. Stance; 47. According to; 48. Shoot two under; 53. Insect named for the Virgin Mary; 56. Multiuse W.W. II vessel; 56. Where tumblers can be found; 57. Brightest star in Orion; 60. “I do”; 61. Ex-Jet Boomer; 64. Pilfer; 66. Uniform: Prefix; 75. Equal; 76. Continental coins; 77. Disappearance of 7/2/1937; 79. Wait to play; 82. 100 kopecks; 84. Like 20% of Israel; 86. Start of an attention-getting call; 96. “That’s ___!”; 96. Topper; 99. Old-time actress Talbot or Naldi; 100. Words to the left of the White House flag on a $20 bill; 104. Ones on a circuit; 107. Untrue; 108. Robert Frost’s middle name; 109. “Now We Are Six” author; 111. Like some columns; 113. Spelling aid?; 115. Newly districted; 119. Fragment; 125. Action Man : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.; 126. Long Island airport site; 127. Legislative excess; 128. Any of seven Danish kings; 129. Revenuer; 130. Loses; 131. Sleighful; 132. Reagan and others. — DOWN: 1. There are 336 dimples on a typical golf ball, for instance; 2. 1970s Wimbledon victor over Connors; 3. Meager; 4. Terrestrial decapod; 5. Aussie chick; 6. “Chill!”; 7. Inits. In bowling lanes; 8. Swell; 9. Operating in either of two ways; 10. Carnival worker; 11. Suffix with Milan; 12. On the line; 13. Protection from bug bites; 15. Whichever; 16. Enthusiasm; 17. Whiz; 21. Attacked from the air; 23. Not fine; 24. Knocked; 29. Prefix with management; 31. ___ center; 33. Shirt; 35. Sport named for a British boarding school; 36. “I haven’t ___”; 37. TV option; 38. Milano of “Charmed”; 39. Like works of Kipling and Browning; 41. Light start?; 42. Director ___ C. Kenton; 45. They might help produce a blowout; 46. Annoy; 50. Secretive couple; 51. Pro ___; 52. Iroquois foes; 54. Cassim’s brother ina classic tale; 58. Investors’ news, briefly; 59. Come together; 62. “Caught you!”; 63. Military title?; 64. Pharynx afflictions; 65. One-word query; 67. Certain 35mm camera; 69. “Lo-o-ovely!”; 70. Second of 12: Abbr.; 71. Suffix with ear or arm; 72. Valued; 73. ___ Lake (one of New York’s Finger Lakes); 74. Swedish coins; 78. Lincoln in-laws; 79. Often-filtered material; 80. Shaw who wrote “Rich Man, Poor Man”; 91`. Location of many organs; 83. Org. with boats; 84. Lawyer: Abbr.; 85. Violate a peace treaty, maybe; 89. Installment; 91. Anonymous: Abbr.; 92. Herbal tea; 93. Early Wagner opera; 94. Quick survey; 97. Like a real-estate deal that doesn’t involve a mortgage; 98. Crusty one; 102. Oui’s opposite; 103. Object of curiosity on the first day of school; 105. Put on the line; 106. Some postal workers; 110. Novelize, e.g.; 112. University of Miami mascot; 114. Egyptian menaces; 115. Nephew of Caligula; 117. Country in a Thomas Moore poem; 118. Mil. Awards; 119. ___ Pepper; 120. That guy; 121. Hit Steely Dan album; 123. The Indians, on sports tickers; 124. As well.
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