04.14.13 — Chocolate

 

 

La Galería del Chocolate en Mar del Plata, Argentina

 

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

 

“MY TREAT“, Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski

Edited by Will Shortz

 

CHOCOLATE DROP (69D. Kiss alternative … or a hint to the starts of 3-, 5-, 10-, 14-, 26-, 64- and 68-Down) along with those seven entries constitutes the interrelated group of this sweet Sunday crossword:

 

• HOT FOR TEACHER (3D. 1984 “educational” Van Halen song)
• BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY (5D. 1998 Grammy-nominated song by the Verve)
• BELGIAN CONGO (10D. Setting of Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Poisonwood Bible”)
• DARK SHADOWS (1D. 2012 film starring Johnny Depp as a bloodsucker)
• SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (26D. Classic novel subtitled “Adventures in a Desert Island,” with “The”)
• WHITE SANGRIA (64D. Light, fruity alcoholic drink)
• MILK THISTLE (68D. Flowering plant used to treat liver ailments)

 

Other — BEE TAYLOR (113A. Aunt of 1960s TV), BIRTH RATE (37A. It’s high in West Africa), GABRIELI (34A. Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni), LOOSE ROCK (25A. Mountain-climbing hazard), OPEN SEAS (103A. Where cruisers cruise), YOU BETTER (100A. Response to “I promise I will”).

 

 

All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!

Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

 

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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.

Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Parrot; 5. Jumping-on-a-mattress sound; 10. What hist. and econ. Majors get; 13. Pelé’s given name; 18. Jesus, for one; 19. Some navels; 21. It starts every March in N.Y.C.; 22. New Age pianist; 23. “Bummer!”; 24. One paying a flat rate; 27. Actress Lorna; 28. Contracted agreement; 29. No longer fit in; 31. “Kitchy-___!”; 32. Lead-in to meter; 33. 2012 film title character who was computer-generated; 35. Provoke; 40. Some rechargeable; 41. Worldly figurer?; 43. Odor-___; 44. Naval flier; 47. Reach, as new heights; 48. Sufficient, in “Macbeth”; 49. Other-worldly?; 50. Govt. agent; 51. Surveillance org.; 53. Join, in a way; 55. Lasagna cheese; 58. “Love Me, I’m a Liberal” singer; 62. Party org.; 63. “The Matrix” hero; 64. Lb. and oz.; 65. Linguist Chomsky; 66. “Say that again?”; 67. Chicago mayor Emanuel; 69. Sitting area?; 71. Broadway title role for Audrey Hepburn; 72. TriBeCa neighbor; 73. “The ___ Love” (R.E.M. hit); 74. “Of course, señor!”; 75. ___ Balls (bygone snack cakes); 77. Sevilla cheer; 79. Topper; 80. Blackbird; 81. Archer’s wood source; 83. Panther figurine material; 84. 51-Across forerunner; 85. Carrier to Amsterdam; 87. More spine-tingling; 89. OPEC nation currency; 91. Circus tent; 94. Burns in the kitchen, maybe; 95. Pontiac’s tribe; 98. “I know the answer!”; 99. Writer Santha Rama ___; 100. Response to “I promise I will”; 102. Words of denial; 107. Free; 108. Pkg. insert; 109. Phone pad letters; 110. Pushy types?; 111. Dutch painter Vermeer; 112. Collection of Norse tales; 115. Knitter’s stash; 117. Dry as a bone; 118. “The pleasure ___ mine”; 119. Fragrant necklace; 120. Estevez of Hollywood; 121. Rice-A-___; 122. Apartment rental sign; 123. Benefits agcy.; 124. “They are,” in Spanish class; 125. Org. for some good drivers. — DOWN: 1. Ring site; 2. Lady Bird Johnson’s real first name; 4. Bump; 6. New York native; 7. Quaint stopovers; 8. Actress Long; 9. Paganini’s birthplace; 11. Idolizes; 12. It can have three or four legs; 13. Lump of coal, to Frosty; 15. Buttinsky; 16. Like many basketball drills; 17. No-good end?; 20. Theater keepsake; 30. “How sad”; 33. Discombobulated; 34. NTV’s early fan base; 36. Vintage vehicle; 38. A VHF channel; 39. Ready, with “up”; 42. “The Black Cat” writer; 45. Collate; 46. Medical suffix; 51. Flat storage site; 52. Daft; 56. French 101 pronoun; 57. Attach; 60. Good laughs; 61. Points on a bus route; 70. Waco-to-Austin dir.; 75. Vial fluids; 76. Actor ___ Patrick Harris; 78. Got off the stage; 82. Step aside, judicially; 83. Approximately; 86. John, to Elton John; 88. Breyers competitor; 90. “The Good Wife” fig.; 91. Kind of voyage?; 92. “With any luck!”; 93. Stopped playing games; 96. Making, as one’s way; 97. Place of peace and simplicity; 99. Makes over; 101. Muse of astronomy; 104. Plays tug of war; 105. Scot’s language; 106. “I’ll answer your questions”; 111. Spurn, as a lover; 112. Monroe of the N.B.A.; 113. Comedy routine; 114. ___-rock; 116. “___ for Evidence”.