Red Cow & First Chinese Horse
Cave Painting — Lascaux Cave
Photograph N. Aujoulat (2003) © MCC-CNP
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
YOU’LL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT, Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz
Edited by Will Shortz
WHAT IS ART (67A. Classic question answered six times in this puzzle) and the six answers constitute the interrelated group of this somewhat enigmatic and vexatious Sunday crossword:
THE GREAT DEMOCRAT (24A. Answer to 67-Across, per John F. Kennedy)
BUT A VISION OF REALITY (32A. Answer to 67-Across, peer Yeats)
A REVOLT AGAINST FATE (49A. Answer to 67-Across, per Malraux)
SELFISH AND PEVERSE (88A. Answer to 67-Across, per Beethoven)
THE PROPER TASK OF LIFE (107A. Answer to 67-Across, per Nietzsche)
A JEALOUS MISTRESS (116A. Answer to 67-Across, per Emerson)
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Map symbol; 5. Tolstoy and O’Neill heroines; 10. Original state of the universe, in myth; 15. When Macbeth dies; 19. Baja vacation spot, familiarly; 20. Vessel opener; 21. Islamic denomination; 22. Expose; 23. Lying, maybe; 27. Spam, e.g.; 29. New Look designer; 30. Pull (in); 31. Real estate abbr.; 37. One of over 100 on a table; 38. River of Phoenix; 39. Go back over; 42. Accomplished; 43 [Shocking!]; 46. Water-into-wine site; 48. “Star Wars” biped; 55. Indignant reply; 58. Oranges and lemons; 59. Cry with a fist pump; 80. 1994 film based on an “S.N.L.” skit; 61. Porto-___ (capital of Benin); 64. Terrestrial opening?; 66. What’s nothing but problems?; 70. Camera shop item, informally; 74. Certain feed; 77. Rustbucket; 78. Stiff drink, maybe; 80. Fiver; 83. KNO3, in Britain; 85. End an engagement?; 92. “___ Said” (Neil Diamond hit); 93. Pop singer Brickell; 94. Cutty ___ (clipper ship); 95. Kerfuffle; 98. Particular sort; 102. Some, in Sevilla; 104. Moved along, as an old train; 111. See 111-Down; 113. On ___ with; 114. Property encumbrance; 115. Courses; 121. Besmirches; 122. Iona College athlete; 123. Defame; 124. Whoopi’s role in “The Color Purple”; 125. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James; 126. Office nos.; 127. Pulls in; 128. What darners darn; 129. Like many highlighter colors. — DOWN: 1. Crossed a picket line; 2. Mediterranean salad with bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes and parsley; 3. Gave a hand where one shouldn’t?; 4. Hillary, once; 5. Harsh; 6. Advanced degree?; 7. “___ say more?”; 8. Hospital procedure, for short; 9. Undiluted; 10. Davis’s domain: Abbr.; 11. Hardly a mansion; 12. Composer Previn; 13. Like most Bluetooth headsets; 14. As easy as pie, say; 15 As easy as ___; 16. Haul off; 17. Chairlift alternative; 18. Some November paraders, for short; 25. 1804 symphony that includes a funeral march; 26. “Get ___!”; 28. Notable mother of estranged brothers; 33. Barrel part; 34. Wane; 35. Barreled toward; 36. Not kosher; 40. ___ d’Ivoire; 41. Squeezes (out); 44. U.S.S.R. part: Abbr.; 45. Legislative assemblies; 47. NBC vis-à-vis “Meet the Press”; 49. Greek vowel; 50. Narrow inlet; 51. Fidelity; 52. Service call?; 53. Match part; 54. Dungeons & Dragons co.; 55. Director Wenders; 56. Greek vowel; 57. W.W. II transport: Abbr.; 62. Compete; 63. Traditional enemies of the Kiowa; 65. Like good water for snorkeling; 67. Beside; 68. Greek goddesses of the seasons; 69. Mimics; 71. Fancy tie; 72. Christiansen who founded Lego; 73. What a dispensary dispenses, for short; 75. Lead-in to -tard; 76. Slam; 78. Those not favored; 79. Hosp. areas; 80. “Yeah, right!”; 81. Bridges of note; 82. Nightmarish thoroughfare?; 84. Reach, with “at”; 86. Tellico Dam agcy.; 87. Pfizer competitor; 89. Menu heading; 90. Eat by candlelight, say; 91. Necklace makeup, maybe; 95. Roll; 96. Not challenge; 97. Certain Ukrainian; 99. Carillon sound; 100. Challenge; 101. Big shock; 103. Funny sort; 105. Sky light, for short?; 106. Wheat protein; 108. Two-time Olympic ice-skating medalist Brian; 109. Word on mail from Spain; 110. Angler’s line; 111. With 111-Across, do battle; 112. Prince in “Troilus and Cressida”; 117. Green and Gore; 118. “Golly gee!”; 119. Returns letters?; 120. German pronoun.
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