Saturday, May 23, 2009 Puzzle by Dave Tuller, edited by Will Shortz ----------------- ONE MOMENT PLEASE (3D. Old company telephone line) and TOSSIN AND TURNIN (11D. 1961#1 hit for Bobby Lewis) ooze fifteen squares down left and right in today’s maze of obscure trivia adorned with clues of extravagant nebulosity. AT AN IMPASSE (22D. Stuck) and BLACK BEAUTY(9D. Classic novel with a chapter titled “My Breaking In”) are the other two double-digit entries -- think about the possibilities for an eleven-letter answer for “stuck” -- or the thousands of chapter titles catalogued (or not) in the ISBN. The word impasse may also refer to any situation in which no progress can be made.
So, onwards! Nine-letter entries are plentiful -- ABE VIGODA(16A. Sal Tessio’s portrayer in “The Godfather”); ANTIPASTO (12D. First Italian course?);CHIPPED IN (30D. Helped out); CRENELATE (30A. Furnish with battlements, as a castle;EXIT LANES (58A. Things that turn people off?); GESTATION (13D. An elephant has a long one);HONOR ROLL (14A. Academic goal, for some); IGUANODON (37A. Dinosaur with large thumb spikes); RACIALISM (31D. Bunker mentality?);SAMOA TIME (56A. Setting in Pago Pago);SPONGE BOB (1A. Squidward’s neighbor on Nickelodeon), which, along with The Simpsons, is a television cartoon of which I’ve never viewed a single episode;START ANEW (52A. What you might do after failing). Mid-size -- ATE INTO (34A. Corroded);COOLS IT (19A. Chills); ELECTRA (46A. Wife of Pylades);EMPTY OUT (40A. Drain);HANG TEN (33A. Approach the shore on board?); MANITOBA (25A. Home of Riding Mountain National Park);PETREL (48A. Antarctic dweller); ROMANO (18A. Parmesan alternative).Five-letter -- ANGUS (26D. MacGyver’s first name on “MacGyver”); ANKLE (22A. Thing you don’t want to twist); DIARY (51A. It’s often kept under lock and key); ELWES (45D. “The Cat’s Meow” actor, 2001); ICTUS (36A. Recurring metrical beat);ISSUE (55A. Give out); KASHI (32A. Language spoken in Assam, India); LUSTS (17A. Is concupiscent); OHIOU (29D. Athens sch.); POBOX (2D. Numbered rental); SEEME (44D. Words written on some test papers); SEPOY (42A. Indian employed as a British soldier); SHARE (1D. Market purchase); SHONE (15A. Did really well). Short stuff -- AMI, BOO, CRUX, EER, ERGO, ETAL, EXO, GPO, GRIN, ILE(28D. Terre dans l’eau),IPA, KENO, NMEX, NOT, NOVA, OLA and OLD, ONAT, PAL, PIPS, PROT, SHUL, SLOE, STAG, STYE, TATA, TAX and TAY, USE(43A. It may be fair).Or not! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated.Click on image to enlarge.Puzzle available on the internet atTHE NEW YORK TIMES -- Crossword Puzzles and Games
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Remaining clues -- Across: 10. Do before I do’s; 21. Skeletal opening?; 24. Pronunciation guide std.; 29. Go ___ some length; 39. Trey trio; 41. See 8-Down; 57. Its motto in Eng. is “it grows as it goes”. Down: 4. Cured and smoked salmon; 5. Use one’s zygomatic muscles; 6. It follows that; 7. Starting word; 8. With 41-Across, one you go way back with; 10. Holy Ark’s location; 23. Kidder’s cry; 27. Safety equipment; 32. Game played with a sack called a goose; 35. Scotland’s longest river; 38. Ltr. Center; 40. Ending with what, in verse; 42. Problem with a sebaceous gland; 47. Core; 48. Like Luther: Abbr.; 49. Name-dropper’s abbr.?; 50. Pre-takeoff cry?; 53. Good thing to be sheltered from; 54. End of many riddles.
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Remaining clues -- 21. Acad. Goal; 22. Within; 23. Scandalmonger’s love; 24. Goal-oriented superstar?; 45. Its sports teams are called the Phoenix; 46. Accolade for a great play; 48. Hubbard of science fiction; 50. Whipped up. Down: 5. Home of Parmenides; 6. Can; 7. Port Huron Statement grp.; 11. Consistently defeat, in slang; 27. World’s first carrier with a transpolar route; 36. Provider or wearer of some hand-me-downs; 50. Paw; 52. Like some electrical plugs; 54. Questionnaire check box option; 55. 100ths of a krona.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz
A wandering e in this Thursday crossword results in Barney Fife being a BARNEY FIEF(17A. Name of Lord Rubble’s feudal estate?); coal mine, COAL MIEN (26A. Air in a sooty shaft?); sneak peek, SNEAK PEKE(33A. Sly little dog?);Happy Feet, HAPPY FETE(46A. Celebration for a Disney dwarf?); snow cone, SNOW COEN(51A. Bamboozle a “Fargo” director?); and borderline, BORDER LIEN(65A. Property claim along the Rio Grande?). Fife fief, mine mien, peek peke, feet fete, coen cone, line lien…eeeeee!
Oh well... Other long entries -- CORN BREAD(3D. Hot dog coating at a county fair) and FIELD MICE(37D. Meadow voles). Seven-letter entries include INFIDEL(36D. Unbeliever),NEONATE(18D. Recent arrival),SIMILES(50A. Like words?) and TORN OUT(28A. Removed roughly).Six-letter -- AGREED(4A “Deal!”); ARCANA (69A. Alchemic knowledge);BOMBAY (49D. City visited in “Around the World in 80 Days”); CUBISM (57A. Picasso/Braque movement); DEFRAY (9D. Offset, as expenses); ONEUPS (27D. Betters); PUENTE (15A. Rio crosser); RESOLE (22A. Fix, as a pump); TECHIE (31D. Sysop, for one); YESMEN (72A. Toadies). Five -- CHASM (10D. Gorge); ENIAC (7D. Pioneer computer); ESSEN (13D. Ruhr industrial hub); SCOUR (41A. Carefully search); 11D. Choisy-LE-ROI (Paris suburb); LIFER (35A. One stuck in the can); NARCS (55D. Pusher pursuers); NURSE (52D. White-cap wearer); OBAMA (53D. “The Audacity of Hope” author); 44A. Charles RYDER, “Brideshead Revisited”; SCABS (51D. Union foes); UNCLE (12D. Pawnbroker, in slang); WILTS (54D. Slumps).Short stuff -- ABBA, ABC, ADD, AER, AMAT, ANNE, ANTS, APE, ARAL, BOW and BRO, BRAN, BSMT, CAT, CLUE, EDAM, ELUL, ELS, EMMA, ETE and ETTE, GUYS, HENS, KOA, MEAL, NITE, NYU, OBI, ONMY, ORE, RAN, REES and REFS, RENE, ROCS, RPI, SEAS, SSA, TSAR, UPS, WOK, and welcome back, YMA(47D. Sumac from Peru).------------------
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. 1970 hit for the Jackson 5; 10. What a loose thread might be; 14. Friendly term of address; 16. Nest egg protectors; 20. English princess; 21. Sender of monthly checks: Abbr.; 24. Present addition; 32. Big apple sch.; 40. Third in a Latin series; 43. Short evening?; 48. “The Mikado” wardrobe item; 56. Do sum work; 58. ___ Lingus; 61. Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as “handsome, clever and rich”; 64. It’s shrinking in Asia; 68. Realty ad abbr.; 70. Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical; 71. Wet septet; 73. P.G.A. Tour Rookie of the Year after Singh. Down: 1. “Money, Money, Money” band; 2. Muffin composition, maybe; 4. Mirror; 5. “___ and Dolls”; 6. Judges; 8. Beach time in Bordeaux; 23. Month before Tishri; 25. Convex cooker; 28. Romanov ruler; 29. “___ Own” (song from “Les Miz”); 30. DHL competitor; 38. Major conclusion?; 39. Roger of “Cheers”; 42.Sch. That’s about 150 mi. north of 32-Across; 45. Enormous birds of myth; 47. Sumac from Peru; 59. Cheese choice; 60. ___ Dubos, Pulitzer winner for “So Human an Animal”; 62. Seder, e.g.; 63. Creatures with tunnel vision?; 66. Prospector’s prize; 67. Fled.
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-----------------Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Puzzle by Ashish Vengsarkar, edited by Will Shortz
COLLEGE STATION (36A. Texas city … and a hint to the starts of 21-, 27, 45- and 56-Across) along with FRESHMAN SENATOR(21A. Barack Obama, 2005-08, e.g.);SOPHOMORE JINX(27A. Rookie’s superstition);JUNIOR PARTNER(45A. Subsidiary member of a firm);SENIOR DISCOUNTS(56A. Some restaurant and pharmacy lures) are the interrelated entries of this Wednesday 16-square wide crossword. APTITUDE TEST (18A. Entrance requirement, maybe) does well as an opener to the academic grouping, and THE IMMORTALS (63A. French Academy’s 40 members) is a closer of sorts.
Other entries of length include FOUR-IN-ONE(13D. Multipurpose, somehow);NO ONE ELSE(33D. Only you); PALOMINOS(12D. Gold-colored horses);SCOUT SIGN (32D. Half-salute).Six-letter entries -- ARMAND(1A. Actor Assante);ASSESS(69A. Gauge); BEAVER (15A. Oregonian);DRUM UP (6D. Solicit, as business);EVEN SO (7D. Still);LEER AT (66A. Ogle); 50D. San NICOLA, Christmas figure in Italy; OTITIS (47D. Ear inflammation);RBI MEN (48D. Ones who drive people home?); RETAME (11D. Bring back to domestication).Five-letter -- ABAFT(1D. Toward the stern); ATLAS (54D. World record?); EMBAR (7A. Imprison);INANE (65A. Vapid); MAMIE (25A. 1950s White House resident); REPRO (2D. Not an original); 3D. “Ahoy, MATEY!”; PSSTS (55D. Attention getters); SNARE (53D. Entrap); SOREN (68A. Philosopher Kierkegaard); STENT (51A. Blockage remover); VERSE (16A. Frost lines).Short stuff -- AIL and AOL AMI, ASSN, AVIS, BAI, BREE, CLX, DASH, DINE, DJS, DOO, EPA, ERR, ESSE, GAP, INE and INN, ISR, LUX, MGS, METS, MUS, NETH, NOT, OHNO, ORES, ORT, OWL, PFC, RAP and SAP, REAR, RNA, SOL, SNOW, TAJ, TASM, TEE, TOY, URN, USS, UTES.Graduation! It‘s that time of year!------------------
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Remaining clues -- Across: 12. Mil. Rank; 17. Netscape acquirer; 20. Meter-candle; 23. Part of Santa’s bagful; 24. ___ Enterprise; 32 Skier’s wish; 34. Archaeological find; 35. “Just kidding!”; 42. ___-wop; 43. Bum ___; 44. To be, to Brutus; 52. Actress ___ Ling of “The Crow”; 53. Fool; 62. Feel awful; 64. Classic British two-seaters; 67. Like Dvorak’s “Serenade for Strings”. Down: 4. Company with the stock symbol CAR; 5. Belg. neighbor; 8. Subway Series participant; 9. “Desperate Housewives” role; 10. Part of P.T.A.: Abbr.; 14. 160, to Caesar; 19. Place for a gauge, informally; 22. Persian for “crown”; 26. Bus. Card info; 27. Tijuana tanner; 28. Pooh pal; 29. High school dept.; 30. Little bit; 31. Messenger ___; 37. Make a clanger; 38. Clothing retailer since 1969; 39. Air monitor, for short; 40. Shirt to wear with shorts; 41. Mideast land: Abbr.; 42. CD players; 46. Days ___; 49. Australian island: Abbr.; 57. [Gasp!}; 58. Tail end; 59. Sup; 60. Tram loads; 61. Shoshone speakers; 62. Ennemi’s opposite.
-----------------Tuesday,
May 19 , 2009
Puzzle by Damon J. Gulczynski, edited by Will Shortz
COCKTAIL(19A. Tom Collins or Rob Roy) gives its’ tail to TAIL PIPE (24A. End of an exhaust system)which pipes a PIPE DREAM (32A. Unrealistic idea) to a DREAM TEAM(45A. 1992 U.S. Olympic hoopsters, with “the”) in a TEAM GAME (51A. Basketball or baseball) ending with a GAMECOCK(58A. Fighting rooster), in a round leading back to the top of the crossword.
What else? EPHEMERAL (33D. Short-lived) and FOOTPRINT(9D. Evidence washed away by the tide) work nicely together… So do ADULT(6D. X-rated) and HOTTIE (8D. Real babe). Also, ECARD(56D. Paperless birthday greeting),EMAIL(52D. Messages that may contain emoticons) with perhaps an electronic curse of EGADS(“Zounds!”).Other mid-size entries include ARMLET(25D. Decorate band); IMMESH (57A. Tangle in a net: Var.);RAHRAH (48D. Gung-ho); READERS (14D. Blogger’s audience); SELDOM (30D. Only now and then); TATARS (21A. Turkic people); YARDMEN (41D. Landscaper’s crew).
Five-letter -- AMIGA (53D. Old computer); ARDEN (68A. Elizabeth of cosmetics); 10D. China’s ZhouENLAI; EXULT (17A. Jump for joy); 14A. XM RADIO; REAVE (64A. Take forcibly, old-style);ROOKS (4D. Corner pieces, in chess); SCARP (11D. Bluff formed by a fault); SITON (35A. Hold back, as a news story); SLYLY (40A. In a foxy fashion); TENSE (12D. In need of a rubdown): TINGE (51D. Trace of color); YACHT (43A. Regatta entry).Short stuff -- ALAS, ALEC, AMAN, AVES, AYR, CABS, CROC, CZAR, DDE, DOSE, ELAL, EPIC, ERE, EURO, FEST, GIGA, HESS, KNEE, LES, MADE, MAXI, NAIR, NEMO, NOPE,OLAN, OMOO, ONCE, OPAL, OREO, REAR, RELO, ROBE, SLO, SNIP, SOD, TIL, TINA, TOES, TOLD, TRA, TUGS, UPSY, UTE, ZERO(2D. Total loser).That‘s all folks!-----------------
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Industry honcho; 5. “Do the ___!”; 9. Suffix with beer or fun; 13. Move, in Realtor lingo; 15. In the old days; 16. Lunchbox dessert item; 18. “The Good Earth” heroine; 23. Grass bought in rolls; 26. Beehive State athlete; 29. Guitar pioneer Paul; 31. Paddler’s target; 39. Salon sound; 42. “Uh-uh”; 47. Peseta’s replacement; 49. La-la lead-in; 55. Ike’s monogram; 63. Hair removal brand; 66. Tom Wolfe novel “___ in Full”; 67. Bigger than mega-; 69. After-beach wear; 70. Supersecure airline; 71. Name on toy fuel trucks; 7. Two caplets, say. Down: 1. Swamp menace, for short; 2. Total loser; 3. Guiness or Waugh; 5. Calf-length dress; 7. Up to, in ads; 20. Ratted (on); 22. “Sad to say …”; 26. “___ -daisy!”; 27. Fey of “30 Rock”; 28. Huge in scope; 34. Firth of Clyde town; 36. The “ten” in “hang ten”; 37. Stone for many Libras; 38. Nautilus skipper; 44. Harbor workhorses; 46. Showed up in time for; 59. Birds, collectively; 60. 1847 Melville work; 61. Some urban rides; 62. “Trick” body part; 65. Before, to a bard.
Monday, May 18, 2009 Puzzle by Billie Truitt, edited by Will Shortz Four two-word alliterative phrases utilizing CR (the symbol for Chromium) are the main feature of this Monday back-to-work crossword -- CRUMB CRUST(17A. Graham cracker pie shell);CREEPY CRAWLY (26A. Spider or worm);CREDIT CRUNCH (44A. Lending crisis);CRAB CREOLE (58A. Cajun seafood dish). The hard-C, double-K sound, sans the R, continues with the entries of CACTI (1D. Prickly plants) and KUKLA (61A. Friend of Fran and Ollie) -- poor soft C is left withICE (37A. Freezer cubes). Mid-size entries -- ART DECO (9D. Style of the 1920s and ‘30s); ATTACKS (41D. Blitzes); BANANA (52A. Fruit for a monkey); DECRIES (5D. Criticizes openly); DRAGON (45D. Fire-breathing beast);DWIGHT(21A. President who followed Harry); ENJOYS (31A. Delights in); ENRAGE (6D. Infuriate);FAJITA (10D. Tex-Mex treat);RAW ONION (55A. Common burger topper); SAUTES (42A. Pan-fries); TEMPERAS (20A. Poster paints); USABLE (46D. Functional).Five-letter -- ACRES (2D. Real estate units); ACTOR (43D. Cast member); BERRY (18D. Fruit on a bush); DEBRA (5A. Winger or Messing); ENTER (15A. Go inside); INEPT (51D. Bumbling); STEEP (64A. Exorbitant); PACER (27D. Harness racer), soft-C ICE‘s down partner in the crossword; POLOS (50D. Collared pullovers); RIOTS (49D. Mob scenes); SLUMP (3D. Batter’s dry spell). Short stuff -- ACLU, AGED, AGOG, AMIE, ATOM and ATOP, BARE, BEAT and PEAT, BTUS, BYTE, COT, CASH, DATA, DUH, EDEN, EMAG, EPIC, FEST, HUE, HUMP, IAN, ICE, INCH, ISP, JAGS, JANE and LANE, LION, LUTE, NEAP and NEAR, NODE, PSST, RAKE, REDO, RES, RIG, ROTH, RPI, RUT, SIGH, SOT, TEST, WARM, WHAT, YEAS. Hey, why not do the ICE CUBE C WALK on the way to work! Here’s how!
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. “___ or charge?”; 10. Suffix with song or slug; 14. Rights org.; 16. Parisian girlfriend; 19. Binges; 23. AOL or MSN: Abbr.; 24. 18-wheeler; 25. Exhausted; 34. Molecule part; 35. Tint; 36. Bog material; 37. Freezer cubes; 38. Spreadsheet contents; 39. Bond creator Fleming; 40. Lois of the Daily Planet; 47. ___ I.R.A. (savings plan for old age); 48. Tippler; 49. Engineering sch. In Troy, N.Y.; 57. All in a twitter; 60. Make over; 62. At the peak of; 63. Garden of ___; 65. “Hey, you!”. Down: 4. Camel feature; 7. A/C measures; 8. Hi-___ monitor; 11. Online ‘zine; 12. Sound of relief; 13. Try out; 22. Toasty; 25. Computer memory measure; 26. Foldaway bed; 28. One of the five W’s; 29. Minstrel’s instrument; 30. Votes opposite the nays; 31. The “Odyssey” or “Beowulf”; 32. Close by; 33. Tarzan’s love; 37. Ruler division; 38. “Well, that’s obvious!”; 40. Cowardly resident of Oz; 52. Like Mother Hubbard’s cupboard; 53. Ripened; 54. Bump on a branch; 55. Autumn tool; 56. Twice-a-month tide; 59. Dirt road feature.
TAKEAWAY CROSSWORD by Matt Ginsberg, edited by Will Shortz
A note is printed above the crossword puzzle reading “One letter of the alphabet has been removed from each clue every time it appears in the clue. If you remove this letter from the clue's answer, the remaining letters will themselves spell a word, which is to be entered in the grid. For example, the clue "Be a sni*ch" would suggest "Be a snitch" with a missing T, leading to the answer TATTLE, which, with the T's removed, would be entered in the grid as ALE. Every answer is a regular word or name except as indicated.”
Across: 1. Twink!*, GLAM (gleam); 5. Ou*look, VISA (vista); 9. “DanI*l Boon*” actor, DAMS (Ed Ames); 13. Gung-*o [Lat.], RARA (rah rah); 14. Sp*tted cats, CELTS (ocelots); 15. Male chauvini*t *ay, EXIT (sexist); 16. Playin* the slots, e.*., AMIN (gaming); 17. Mia*ure desser*s, ARLES (tartlets); 18. Admonis* [suffix], CIDE (chide); 19. *iding, as a sword, SEATING (sheathing); 21. Neither young nor ol*, MILEAGE (middle age); 18. 23. Diat*ibe deliver*e*s, ANTES (ranters); 25. *hief, SEALER (stealer); 26. Sergea*t of old TV, PRESTO (Preston); 29. Denta* devices, PATES (plates); 31. Still feelin* sleepy, ROY (groggy); 32. *over up, ONEAL (conceal); 34. Mentalist inspired by “Mandra*e the Magician”, RESIN (Kreskin); 38. Struc* with the foot, ICED (kicked); 40. Mail origi*ator, SEDER (sender); 42. Absolutely ama*e, DALE (dazzle); 43. *emoves pencil maq*ks, EASES (erases); 45. Big pi*kles?, RISES (crises); 47. Cat*’ warning*, HIE (hisses); 48. Apo*tle known a* “the Zealot”, TIMON (St. Simon); 50. Dise*se tr*nsmitted by cont*min*ted w*ter, CHOLER (cholera); 52. Italian po*t?, MASALA (Marsala); 55. Cerea* protein [Ger.], GUTEN (gluten); 57. P*blic sales, ACTIONS (auctions); 59. Im*roved one’s lot [hyph.],ROSE RED (prospered); 63. Can*ne restra*nt, CHAN (chain); 64. Sou*hwes* German ci*y, SUGAR (Stuttgart); 66. Rea*y to be ri**en, SALE (saddled); 67. Roun*e* up, HERE (herded); 68. Lessons fro* fables), ORALS (morals); 69. 1960* prote*t [2 wds.],ITIN (sit-in); 70. S*ut up, USED (hushed); 71. Places *o pick up chicks?, NESS (nests); 72. Likel* to rise, EAST (yeast).
Down: 1. Brib*, informally, GRAS (grease); 2. Bit of *ire, LAME (flame); 3. Asla*’s realm, ARIA (Narnia); 4. Lite*ally, “sac”ed utte*ances”, MANTAS (mantras); 5. Nothing speci*l, VERGE (average); 6. Opposite of *on’t, ILL (will); 7. M*nhole em*n*tion, STEM (steam); 8. The *eatles’ Paul McCartney, e.g., ASSIST (bassist); 9. Made smalle*,DECEASED (decreased); 10. *ost co*prehensive, AXIAL (maximal); 11. *mall amount, briefly, MIDGE (smidge); 12. Device that re*oves stalks fro* fruit, STEER (stemmer); 14. Chin*s* cuisine*, CANTONS (Cantonese); 20. *atchy *ony, INTO (pinto); 22. *oting booth feature, LEER (lever); 24. Big name in ba**s, SPADING (Spalding); 26. Pulit*er, e.g. [Fr.], PRIE (prize); 27. *egis*ative routine [Sp.], ROCA (roll call); 28. B*ontë family, EYES (Eyres); 30. Speaks gi**erish, ALES (babbles); 33. First mo*th, to Jua*, EERO (Enero); 35. Lesley of *60 Minu*es”, SAHL (Stahl); 36. Waiti*g o*e’s tur*, ILIE (in line); 37. Di*dainful expre**ion, NEER (sneer); 39. Left the Met*oline*, DETAINED (detrained); 41. Core cont*iners, RECTORS (reactors); 44. National park in sout*west Tennessee, SILO (Shiloh); 46. Turt*es and bu**ets have them, SHES (shells); 49. *mpos*ng house, MANSON (mansion); 51. Biase*, ONESIE (one-sided); 52. Qi*g Dy*asty people, MACHU (Manchu); 53. A**ow shoote*s, ACHES (archers); 54. O*erdo the diet, STARE (starve); 58. Street art, *aybe, URALS (murals); 58. Stron* *rowth, SURE (surge); 60. Not homo*eneous [Lat.], RATA (grata); 61. “Lo*e Me Tender” star, ELIS (Elvis); 62. B*rth cert., for one,DENT (ident.); 65. Rank*es, GAS (galls).
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Remaining clues -- Across: 1. Bob Jones Award org.; 5. “The straight path”; 10. ___ cloud; 13. Audacity; 18. Stations; 20. Girl’s name meaning “night” in Arabic; 27. Went scubaing; 29. NaOH; 30. Carter and Grant; 35. Is bound (to); 37. Sportage, for one; 41. Dr. Seuss’s “ ___ Ran the Zoo”; 53. Dove, for one; 54. Lotto variation; 60. Manche department capital; 68. Steinway & ___; 69. Target of core workouts; 70. Child’s cry of pain; 83. Stately; 88. Deli spread; 91. Dictionary info; 96. Letter after teth; 99. Appetite; 100. Band with the #1 album “Monster”; 110. Gin flavoring; 113. CN Tower’s home: Abbr.; 115. Emperor son of Vespasian; 124. New Year’s month, overseas; 125. Beast with twisted horns; 126. Whatchamacallit: Var.; 127 Early English playwright Thomas. Down: 1. Concert hall employee; 2. Backgammon playing piece; 3. Common dried decoration; 5. Quebec’s ___ de Montreal; 6. Symbol of regeneration; 7. Fat; 8. Naproxen, commercially; 10. Big Blue; 12. Not; 13. Little Rock-to-St. Louis dir.; 14. Author Ferber and others; 15. Stationery order; 16. Diversify; 17. “Slow Churned” brand; 19. Shia, e.g.; 24. Dull yellowish brown; 36. Quantum mechanics model; 38. Whiz-bang; 41. Judas’s question; 42. “La ___ due Regiment” (Donizetti opera); 43. “___ no importance” 44. Birth month for most Libras: Abbr.; 45. Be on the horizon; 46. The olden days; 47. Predecessor of Rabin; 49. Religious figure, to Pierre; 50. Here-there connector; 56. Squash; 59. Particle of a dwindling campfire; 62. Assent; 64. Typical; 71. Sentimentalist; 73. Topple; 74. Instant: Abbr.; 76. Typesetter’s choice: Abbr.; 77. Arnaz of 1950s TV; 78. The same to vous?; 79. Steamed pudding ingredient; 82. One could go up to 11 in “This Is Spinal Tap”; 84. Tennis call; 86. Nigerian-born singing star; 89. “Wahoo!”; 90. ___ Day; 95. Result; 100. Fix, as a skirt; 102. In concord (with); 103. Prepared, as frozen foods, maybe; 105. Lille girl: Abbr.; 106. ___-Turkish War, in which the first aerial bombs were used; 107. Saudi Arabian currency; 108. Fix; 100. Royal court members; 110. Heroin, slangily; 111. Actress Anderson; 112. Controls completely; 114. Home of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park; 116. Hospital fluids; 119. Genre of Fall Out Boy; 120. Supercool; 122. Harry Potter pal.
Saturday, May 16, 2009 Puzzle by Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz Having never watched a single episode of The Simpsons, my entire experience with same is from crossword puzzles -- I am sure this is due to the unusual names of the characters which are numerous and, of course, legitimate for use in crosswords due to the mainstream nature of the television program, especially the short and/or odd ones for general fill. Today, however, we get a long entry -- TERWILLIGER(20A. Sideshow Bob’s last name on “The Simpsons”). So I managed to read most of the Wikipedia entry to encounter the character of Mr. Terwilliger -- he’s described as an evil genius whose plans often involve murder and destruction -- unfortunately, that still doesn’t explain why everyone’s complexion is yellow! Does anyone know why? COFFEE BREAK is the other eleven-letter entry, followed by six nine-letter entries -- AS YOU WERE(15A. Captain’s command); BEEN THERE(61A. “I sympathize”), but no "done that";HARD EDGE(37D. Like a style of painting with sharply delineated forms);JAZZ HANDS(1A. Exuberant gesture with splayed fingers); NED BEATTY(56A. “Deliverance” actor);ORGAN STOP(59A. Something pulled out in church);STRONG BOX(17A. Safe).AMPHORAE (35D. Early containers) and CATSCANS(34D. Radiodensity indicators) span the ages side-by-side. PLATTE(44D. River facetiously described as “a mile wide at the mouth, but only six inches deep”) and NEBRASKA(7D. Location of the 44-Down) is today’s see-something-else-somewhere-else-in-the-puzzle combo. Fill-in-the-blankers are 22A. “Vous ETES ici” (French map indication); 28A. Corriere della SERA, Italy’s top-selling newspaper; 50A. OLDE-tyme; 21D. Foals : horses :: crias : LLAMAS; 27D. All TOLD. Question-mark clues are provided for LONG A(18A. Something gays and straights have in common?);SHE(47A. One going steady?);SEXIER(9D. Closer to 10?);RING TONE(12D. Bars for a cell?);LEARNERS(14D. Picker-uppers?); and 51A. Work stoppage?, which isn’t TAKE FIVE (36D. Rest) or DROWSES (8D. Suffers through a boring meeting, maybe)…Other people in the puzzle -- AMANDA(38A. Mrs. Wingfield in “The Glass Menagerie”);APACHE(31D. Extra in “Broken Arrow,” 1950); ARIEL (55A. Red-haired Disney princess); CARRERE (39D. “Wayne’s World” actress); EDITOR (45D. White, in fiction, or Brown, in real life); INGENUES (13D. Wide-eyed ones);KENT (53D. Frequent phone booth user); MAINER (32A. Longfellow or Millay, by birth); and two from the world of sports, MINOSO (29D. Baseball player known as Mr. White Sox) and SABAN(49D. Nick of college football who was twice A.P. Coach of the Year). No Apu or Lou or Stu, nor Kang or Krusty, Louie or Lenny, Moe or Mona, Snake or Snyder, nor Artie Ziff! This is what a CATALPA (34A. Tree with heart-shaped leaves) looks like. HARNESSgets clued today as aTack item. SUSANS (23D. Preakness flowers, familiarly) is topical as the Preakness is today. Rounding out the six-letter entries are ASTUTE(2D. Sharp);CHORDS (48A. They may be fingered);EASELS (24A. Studio props); HOBNOB (42D. Chat);JASPER(1D. Traditional March birthstone); RETYPE (46D. Enter again); ZYRTEC (3D. Antiallergy brand). Five-letter -- A-LINE (16A. Coat cut);AS PER (43A. In accordance with);AW GEE (6D. “You shouldn’t have”); CASIO (39A. Maker of the first electric compact calculator); CELLO (48D. Item with a peg box); NAVEL (58A. Central point); PALLS (10D. Shrouds); PERIL (10A. Snake in the grass); RECUT (26A. Like some gems and old movies);SEE TO (60A. Handle); SOAKS (30A. Registers, with “in”). Short stuff -- AIT (54D. Island in the Thames), ARIA (33D. “Votre toast,” for one); ASH (57D. Powdery evidence), CHAR, ELOI(11D. “My God,” in Aramaic);FEET (52D. “Dogs“),HUNT, MOUE, PUT(19A. Phrase),SHE(47A. One going steady?), "steady as she goes" goes well with "as you were";TNN(25A. Onetime Nascar outlet),TPKS and ZOO.Will Will never stop with The Simpsons?!
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So, onwards! Nine-letter entries are plentiful -- ABE VIGODA (16A. Sal Tessio’s portrayer in “The Godfather”); ANTIPASTO (12D. First Italian course?); CHIPPED IN (30D. Helped out); CRENELATE (30A. Furnish with battlements, as a castle; EXIT LANES (58A. Things that turn people off?); GESTATION (13D. An elephant has a long one); HONOR ROLL (14A. Academic goal, for some); IGUANODON (37A. Dinosaur with large thumb spikes); RACIALISM (31D. Bunker mentality?); SAMOA TIME (56A. Setting in Pago Pago); SPONGE BOB (1A. Squidward’s neighbor on Nickelodeon), which, along with The Simpsons, is a television cartoon of which I’ve never viewed a single episode; START ANEW (52A. What you might do after failing). Mid-size -- ATE INTO (34A. Corroded); COOLS IT (19A. Chills); ELECTRA (46A. Wife of Pylades); EMPTY OUT (40A. Drain); HANG TEN (33A. Approach the shore on board?); MANITOBA (25A. Home of Riding Mountain National Park); PETREL (48A. Antarctic dweller); ROMANO (18A. Parmesan alternative).
Five-letter -- ANGUS (26D. MacGyver’s first name on “MacGyver”); ANKLE (22A. Thing you don’t want to twist); DIARY (51A. It’s often kept under lock and key); ELWES (45D. “The Cat’s Meow” actor, 2001); ICTUS (36A. Recurring metrical beat); ISSUE (55A. Give out); KASHI (32A. Language spoken in Assam, India); LUSTS (17A. Is concupiscent); OHIOU (29D. Athens sch.); POBOX (2D. Numbered rental); SEEME (44D. Words written on some test papers); SEPOY (42A. Indian employed as a British soldier); SHARE (1D. Market purchase); SHONE (15A. Did really well). Short stuff -- AMI, BOO, CRUX, EER, ERGO, ETAL, EXO, GPO, GRIN, ILE (28D. Terre dans l’eau), IPA, KENO, NMEX, NOT, NOVA, OLA and OLD, ONAT, PAL, PIPS, PROT, SHUL, SLOE, STAG, STYE, TATA, TAX and TAY, USE (43A. It may be fair). Or not! ------------------ For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. 
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