11.18.13 — Star Turns

Ringo Starr by Randal Huiskens 

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Puzzle by Edgar Fontaine / Edited by Will Shortz

In this solid Monday crossword, four sets of well-known people combine the possessive form of a person’s last name with an object, resulting in the name of a different well-known person, well, sort of... :

GREGORY’S PECK (20A. Part of a bushel belong to Dick?)
HARRISON’S FORD (34A. Car belong to Rex?)
ARTHUR’S MILLER (41A. Lite beer belonging to Bea?)
SHARON’S STONE (55A. Rock belonging to Ariel?)

Other — AMOUR-PROPRE (26D. Self-esteem, as the French would have it), Israel’s Abba EBAN, EYE PIT (48A. Facial socket), GOMER Pyle and OPIE Taylor of Mayberry, IONIAN Sea, body of water south of Italy, LON Chaney who played the hunchback of Notre Dame, Actress Sophia LOREN, OBERON (2D. King of the fairies, in Shakespeare), OSAMA bin Laden, Milo O'SHEA of "The Verdict, PARENTHETIC (3D. Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation), Artist ROY Lichtenstein, New York's RUDY Giuliani, Drummer Ringo STARR, TERRIER (5D. Wirehaired dog).

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11.17.13 — Meditations — the Acrostic

Statue of young Marcus Aurelius from a private collection housed in the San Antonio Museum of Art

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Acrostic, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This Sunday’s thoughtful acrostic draws a quotation from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

Meditations... is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is not clear that he ever intended the writings to be published, so the title Meditations is but one of several commonly assigned to the collection. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs. ~ Wikipedia

The quotation:  IF SOMEONE IS ABLE TO SHOW ME THAT WHAT I THINK OR DO IS NOT RIGHT, I WILL HAPPILY CHANGE, FOR I SEEK THE TRUTH, BY WHIH NO ONE WAS EVER TRULY HARMED.  IT IS THE PERSON WHO CONTINUES IN HIS SELF DECEPTION… WHO IS HARMED.

The author’s name and the title of the work:  MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS

The defined words:

A. Prankish shenanigans, MISCHIEF
B. Available for callers (2 wds.), AT HOME
C. Go back to the start, in a way, REWIND
D. Sigmund Freud’s Jofi, for one (2 wds.), CHOW CHOW
E. Far from sacred; outrageous, UNHOLY
F. Sessions with models or actors, SHOOTS
G. “Cry ‘Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war” speaker, ANTONY
H. The way for Sisyphus, mainly, UPHILL
I. What should be fixed by Opening Day, ROSTER
J. Concern of those who are willing?, ESTATE
K. Setup in a photographer’s studio, LIGHTING
L. Apply by authority, IMPOSE
M. Withdraw approval of, as an online post, UNLIKE
N. Gear for a winter quadraphonic, SNOWSHOES
O. Put into an irritable mood, MIFFED
P. Reply from one who’s noncommittal, EITHER
Q. Ursa Major formation, DIPPER
R. Hold up, hamper, cramp, INHIBIT
S. Setting for Melville’s “Omoo”, TAHITI
T. When a circle’s circumference is 2πr, ALWAYS
U. What Mariposa lily petals come in, THREES
V. Beyond motive, what a district attorney hopes to prove, INTENT
W. Subject to bumping?, OVERBOOK
X. “Isn’t that so?” in another tongue (2 wds.), "NICHT WAHR?”
Y. Target for a green retrofit, SHOWERHEAD

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11.17.13 — Vowel Play

A sun dial in Meran featuring an AEIOU inscription, with Latin words.

A.E.I.O.U., was a symbolic device utilized by the Habsburg emperors. Emperor Frederick III (1415–93), who had a fondness for mythical formulae, habitually signed buildings and objects with the acronym. ~ Wikipedia 

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Vowel Play, Puzzle by Julian Lim / Edited by Will Shortz

Eight answers contain shuffled vowel strings (A, E, I, O and U, but no Y) in this pleasant-enough Sunday crossword:

CHATEAU OILS (23A. Paintings of French estates?)
ROUE AIRLINES (28A. Carrier for Casanovas?)
UNDERSEA OUIJA (52A. Aid for a submarine séance?)
MAUI OENOPHILE (82A. Hawaiian wine lover?)
ADIEU OARSMAN (103A. Last words from a coxswain?)
PRAGUE AIOLI (112A. Garlicky sauce in central Europe?)
BAHAI OEUVRE (36D. All the writings of a Persian faith?)
LEIA OUTCOME (40D. “Happily ever after” with Han Solo?)

Other — DON’T PANIC (111A. “Stay cool!“), ESSAY (121A. Swift composition), there’s your Y; FIND PEACE (66A. Achieve nirvana), MEDIA BIAS (25A. Spin, of a sort), MINNIE (62D. Toon with a polka-dot hair bow); POST-GAME (59A. When scores are settled?), SANDBARS (75A. Navigation hazards), THE SOPRANOS (38D. Hit show with many hits).

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11.16.13 — Zap!

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Puzzle by David Steinberg / Edited by Will Shortz

Nothing to say about this joyless Saturday crossword.

Across — 1. Air protection program?, APPLECARE; 10. Italian alternative, RANCH; 15. Tight squeeze for a couple?, DOUBLE BED; 16. Where Union Pacific is headquartered, OMAHA; 17. 1992 chart-topper that mentions “my little turn on the catwalk”, I’M TOO SEXY; 18. Tar, MATEY; 19. 65-Across’s title: Abbr., DET; 20. Evian competitor, NAYA; 21. Gun shows?, OATERS; 22. A or O, but not B, ALER; 24. First name in fashion, RALPH; 26. One going for the big bucks, DOE; 27. SOROS Fund Management (investment company); 29. Strike-monitoring org., NLRB; 30. Contact on Facebook, POKE; 31. Time reversal?, STET; 33. Tore to shreds, SAVAGED; 35. Diehard sort, ZEALOT; 38. Dangerous things to go on, BINGES; 39. Long, slender glass for drinking beer, ALEYARD; 41. River to the North Sea, TYNE; 42. Lowly one, PEON; 43. Quarterly magazine published by Boeing, AERO; 45. Norwegian Romanticist, GRIEG; 49. Anti, CON; 50. Sch. In Madison, N.J., DREW U; 52. ANNA Gunn, “Breaking Bad” co-star; 53. Killing it, ON FIRE; 56. Make a touchdown, LAND; 58. Star opening?, TRI; 59. Turning blue, maybe, MOLDY; 60. Prevent a crash, say, FORCE QUIT; 62. Triumphant cry, I RULE; 63. “Buy high and sell low,” e.g., BAD ADVICE; 64. Baselines?, X-AXES; 65. Case worker, INSPECTOR.

Down — 1. Springblade producer, ADIDAS; 2. Marmalade fruit, POMELO; 3. Green piece, PUTTER; 4. Wall Street initis., LBO; 5. ELON Musk, co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal; 6. Millan who’s known as “the Dog Whisperer”, CESAR; 7. Temporarily inactive, ABEYANT; 8. REXALL Place (Edmonton Oilers’ arena); 9. Frozen food aisle eponym, EDY; 10. See 11-Down, ROMA; 11. She loves, in 10-Down, AMAT; 12. “G-Funk Classics” rapper, NATE DOGG; 13. Iroquoian tongue, CHEROKEE; 14. Provincials, HAYSEEDS; 21. “Holy smokes!”, OH BABY; 23. Long Island Rail Road station, ROSLYN; 25. Old phone trio, PRS; 28. Spartan gathering place, STOA; 30. Bakery/café chain, PANERA; 32. Schwab rival, E-TRADE; 34. VING Rhames of “Mission: Impossible”; 35. Pioneering underground publication of the 1960s, ZAP COMIX; 36. Early tragedienne ELEONORA Duse; 37. 1990s sci-fi series, AEON FLUX; 40. Alternative to die, DER; 41. In the direction of, TOWARDS; 44. Make further advances?, RELOAN; 46. Sense, INTUIT; 47. Italian P.M. ENRICO Letta; 48. Boot covering, GAITER; 51. Open, in a way, UNCAP; 54. Kind of threat, IDLE; 55. Certain spirits, RYES; 57. Frankie Avalon’s “DE DE Dinah”; 60. Org. with a top 10 list, FBI; 61. Shopper’s choice, QVC.

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11.15.13 — Stone

The Lia Fáil at Tara and the moon during eclipse, 3/3/07

© Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com 

The Lia Fáil is a stone at the Inauguration Mound on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, which served as the coronation stone for the High Kings of Ireland.  All of the kings of Ireland were crowned on the stone up until about AD 500.

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Puzzle by David Woolf / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Their drinks are not on the house, CASH BARS; 9. Rough limestone regions with sinkholes and caverns, KARSTS; 15. Novel title character , OSCAR WAO; 16. Hawaii’s Forbidden Isle, NIIHAU; 17. “… period!”, NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS; 19. One buzzing off?, GNAT; 20. Three Stooges display, IDIOCY; 21. Some lab leaders, for short, TAS; 22. Like most hall-of-fame inductees: Abbr., RET; 23. Gave belts or socks, STRUCK; 24. Swamp, MIRE; 25. Female friends, to Francisco, AMIGAS; 27. Early-millennium year, MII; 28. Jet black, ONYX; 29. Some are soft-shell, TACOS; 30. Spread out, OPENED; 32. He cast the Killing Curse on Dumbledore, SNAPE; 33. What the Flying Wallendas refuse to use, NET; 34. Powerful Hindu deities, DEVAS; 38. That same number of, AS MANY; 40. Diner’s words of thanks, GRACE; 41. Unlucky accidents, old-style, HAPS; 44. Co. led by Baryshnikov in 1980s, ABT; 45. It broke up in the age of dinosaurs, PANGEA; 46. Not procrastinating, ON IT; 47. Midday assignation in slang, NOONER; 49. Stink, ADO; 50. Olive OYL; 51. More pointed, ACUTER; 52. Give an underhanded hand?, ABET; 53. Assertion more likely to be correct in 8-Down is given, THE TRUTH WILL OUT; 56. Decision makers, COURTS; 57. Axis, e.g., ALLIANCE; 58. “Fingers crossed”, HOPE SO; 59. Whose eyes Puck squeezes magical juice on, LYSANDER.

Down — 1. “Well done!”, CONGRATS; 2. With no dissenters, AS ONE MAN; 3. Common result of a slipped disk, SCIATICA; 4. Foil feature, HAFT; 5. Realty ad abbr., BRS; 6. Lies ahead, AWAITS; 7. What a vacay provides, R AND R; 8. What an interrogator might administer, SODIUM PENTOTHAL; 9. Bring home, as a run, KNOCK IN; 10. Light as a feather, AIRY; 11. One in a cage, RIB; 12. Confined, SHUT IN; 13. Vast historical region controlled b the Mongols, TATARY; 14. Kingdom next to Kent, SUSSEX; 18. See 24-Down, SOCIETY; 23. They aid responses, in brief, SASES; 24. With 18-Down, life today, MODERN; 26. Transcend, GO PAST; 30. Speaking of repeatedly, to a Brit, ON A BOUT; 31. 1984 award for Elmore Leonard, EDGAR; 35. Drifting type, VAGABOND; 36. Good hand holding in Omaha Hi-Lo, ACE DEUCE; 37. It has the densest fur of any animal, SEA OTTER; 39. Alpine skier Julia who won Olympic gold in 2006, MANCUSO; 41. Still-produced stuff, HOOTCH; 42. Slangy segue, ANYHOO; 43. Awful accident, PILE-UP; 45. Hazards, PERILS; 48. Afresh, NEWLY; 51. Film and theater, ARTS; 52. Actor Rickman who played 32-Across, ALAN; 54. Low numero, TRE; 55. LIA Fáil (Irish coronation stone).

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11.14.13 — Clueless

Komodo dragons have long, forked tongues that they use to help smell and taste.

Livescience, Photo Credit: Sergey Uryadnikov 

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Puzzle by Tom McCoy / Edited by Will Shortz

Four self-clueless answers are featured in this Thursday crossword:

PRONOUNCEABLE (20A. Like 20-Across)
UNHYPHENATED (28A. Like 28-Across)
TWELVE LETTER (43A. Like 43-Across)
PENTASYLLABIC (52A. Like 52-Across)

Other — BEMOANS (5D. Laments), INTERPLAY (33D. Reciprocal action and reaction), KOMODO (25A. Island that’s home to the world’s largest lizard), QUESTING (37D. Knight’s activity), SNEAKERS (9D. Jordans, e.g.), TELL-ALL (42D. Extremely juicy), VIDEO TAPE (11D. Outmoded rental).

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11.13.13 — Composition

"Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink" by Piet Mondrian, 1913

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Puzzle by Jean O’Conor / Edited by Will Shortz

PESTO (61A. What you get when you blend the results of this puzzle’s recipe instructions), along with those instructions, constitutes the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword:

MINCE GARLIC (17A. Recipe instruction #1)
GRATE PARMESAN (22A. Recipe instruction #2)
CHOP BASIL LEAVES (33A. Recipe instruction #3)
CRUSH PINE NUTS (45A. Recipe instruction #4)
ADD OLIVE OIL (53A. Recipe instruction #5)

Other — LINGERIE (19A. Slips and such), OBVIATES (50A. Renders unnecessary), O’LEARYS (25A. Owners of an infamous cow), OVERSTATE (30D. Fudge, say), Painter PIET Mondarin, REBIRTH (42A. Renaissance, literally), SPONGE BOB (3D. Squarish TV toon), SHRIEK and WAIL (14A. Cry of fear or hilarity; 27A. Banshee’s cry).

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11.12.13 — 2D

Roberto Durán Samaniego is a retired Panamanian professional boxer, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" ("Hands of Stone") during his career. ~ Wikipedia

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Puzzle by Mike Doran / Edited by Will Shortz

IN 2D (67A. Lacking depth … or like 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- and 58-Across?), along with the five two-word phrases beginning with the letter D constitutes the main feature of this dandy Tuesday crossword:

DRAFT DODGER (17A. 1960s dissident)
DIRTY DANCING (23A. 1987 movie with the hit “Hungry Eyes”)
DEMOLITION DERBY (37A. Smash-hit entertainment?)
DUNKIN’ DONUTS (48A. Like some schoolbook folders)
DOUBLE DUTCH (58A. Jump-rope style)

Other — DURÁN (44A. Boxer Roberto with “hands of stone”), DYED (36D. Like orange hair), HERMIT CRAB (11D. Creature that adopts a seashell), NAMED NAMES (29D. Acted the fink).

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11.11.13 — Hope

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;

Man never Is, but always To be blest:

The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,

Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

~ Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will Shortz

HOPE / SPRINGS / ETERNAL and ALEXANDER POPE (56A. Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across) constitutes the main feature of this perfect Monday crossword — HOPE THAT HELPS (20A. Friendly comment after providing information), SPRINGS OPEN (34A. Goes “pop!” as a jack-in-the-box) and ETERNAL CITY (42A. Rome’s nickname, with “the”).

Other — CRÉPE PAPER (3D. Party streamer material), FLIP BOOK (10D. Simple means of animation), OXBOW (50D. U-shaped bend in a river), PABLO (25A. Cellist Casals), PROCLAIM (39D. Declare loudly), SPIKE JONES (29D. Quirky bandleader with the City Slickers).

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11.10.13 — Bye-Lines

Sunday, November 10, 2013

“Bye-lines” — Puzzle by Alan Olschwang / Edited by Will Shortz

HI-YO SILVER AWAY (23A. The Lone Ranger), THE BALCONY IS CLOSED (47A. Roger Ebert), TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS (64A. Porky Pig), SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE (79A. George Burns) and …AND MAY GOD BLESS (109A. Red Skelton) constitute the interrelated group of this swell Sunday crossword.  For more of the same, HERE.

A few more words…

Other — AERATING (34A. Infusing with a soda maker), ALBERTA (103A. Home of Banff National Park), ARIANE (2D. Massenet opera based on Greek myth), ASPERSES (14D. Defames), BAD TRIP (98A. Something you want to come down from quickly), EMINEM (112A. Record of the Year Grammy nominee for “Lose Yourself”), IDI AMIN (50D. Oscar-winning Forest Whitaker role), INCENSE (18D. Holy smoke), IN UTERO (21A. 1993 5x platinum Nirvana album), IPOD NANO (81D. Apple product), MAGENTA (113A. Primary pigment for printers), OGLALA (74D. Black Hills native), SABENA (1A. Former Belgian national airline), SAVANT (22A. Wise guy), SURF CITY (9D. Nickname for Huntington Beach, Calif.), TANKING (17D. Going down in the rankings, say), TIE RODS (116A. Auto steering system components), TOLTEC (56D. Ancient Mexican), ULALUME (84D. Poem that ends “This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir”), YES IT’S ME (80D. Possible answer to “Is that you?”).

“… tomorrow is another day!”

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11.09.13 — Cassiopeia's Crossword

The king of Ethiopia Cepheus and the queen Cassiopeia thank Perseus for freeing their daughter Andromeda, La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard, Louvre

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Puzzle by Michael Ashley / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Made a seat-of-the-pants error?, BUTT DIALED; 11. “Your mama wears army boots,” e.g., GIBE; 15. Rioting, ON A RAMPAGE; 16. Popular pizza place, informally, UNOS; 17. Washington, D.C., has a famous one, TIDAL BASIN; 18. Greets enthusiastically, in a way, MOBS; 19. One working in an corner in an office?, STAPLER; 20. Eastern Woodlands native, SAC; 22. Noted eavesdropper, for short, NSA; 23. Covenants, PACTS; 25. Splendiferous, LOVELY; 27. Bar supply, ICE; 30. SIMI Valley; 31. Sulky, IN A PET; 32. Tandoori-baked fare, NANS; 34. “Yes” to an invitation, LET’S; 36. One way to stand, ASIDE; 37. They may result when you run into people, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS; 40. Hognose snake, ADDER; 41. Of two minds, TORN; 42. SCUT work; 43. Lender, legally speaking, DEBTEE; 45. Lo MEIN; 47. 50% nonunion?, ENS; 48. “Gunsmoke” setting, SALOON; 49. Marina sight, SLOOP; 51. Classic Northwest brew ski, OLY; 52. Charlie’s land, NAM; 54. Like a tennis match without a break?, ON SERVE; 58. Like many a gen., RET’D; 60. Mother of Andromeda, CASSIOPEIA; 62. “Iliad” locale, TROY; 63. Settles in, say, TAKES A SEAT; 64. Job application info, for short, SSNS; 65. Nootropics, more familiarly, SMART PILLS.

Down — 1. Internet prowlers, BOTS; 2. Hand or foot, UNIT; 3. Cry frequently made with jazz hands, TA DA; 4. Georg von TRAPP; 5. Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named, DALLAS; 6. Ninny, IMBECILE; 7. Best Picture of 1960, with “The”, APARTMENT; 8. LAS Palmas; 9. Breastplate of Athena, EGIS; 10. “The High One”, DENALI; 11. Where a canine sits?, GUM; 12. Whole, IN ONE PIECE; 13. Winter Olympics sight, BOBSLED RUN; 14. They use blue books, ESSAY TESTS; 21. TV show headed by a former writer for “S.N.L.”, CONAN; 24. “Mom” and “Mama’s Family”, SITCOMS; 26. Poetic expanses, VASTS; 27. Grumpy, IN BAD SORTS; 28. They use Blue Books, CAR DEALERS; 29. “The Wishing-Chair” series creator, ENID BLYTON; 33. Manage, SEE TO; 35. Whiner, of a sort, SORE LOSER; 38. Kind of compressor, FREON; 39. Yankee, once, UNIONIST; 44. Passes, ENACTS; 46. “Uh-uh!”, NO SOAP; 50. #2 pop, PEPSI; 53. Title with an apostrophe, MA’AM; 55. Appear stunned, REEL; 56. Apothecary item, VIAL; 57. Din-din, EATS; 59. Prefix with peptic, DYS; 61. 2 Tone influence, SKA.

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11.08.13 — Try to See It My Way

Meerkat family standing on home,meerkat.org 

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. African city of 4+ million whose name means, literally, “haven of peace”, DAR ES SALAAM; 12. Seeing things, CONTACT LENSES; 14. “Why such a fuss?”, WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL; 16. Start of a Jewish holiday?, ROSH; 17. Put one’s two cents in?, ANTE; 18. Arizona’s Agua FRIA River; 19. Not natural for, ALIEN TO; 21. Like Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 6 or 22, IN F; 24. Tilting figure: Abbr., KNT; 25. PEDRO Ximénez (dessert sherry); 26. Manipulative health care worker, OSTEOPATH; 29. Smash letters, SRO; 30. Destroy, informally, NUKE; 32. Range ridges, ARETES; 33. Classified, TOP SECRET; 35. Eatery where the Tony was born, SARDI’S; 38. Pitch, TOSS; 39. Juan’s “Hey!”, OYE; 42. Perseveres, PRESSES ON; 44. Some Deco pieces, ERTÉS  46. Lead film festival characters?, EFS; 47. Rhineland Campaign’s arena: Abbr., ETO; 48. Frito-Lay snack, CHEETOS; 50. NATE Silver of fivethirtyeight.com; 52. California city near Fullerton, BREA; 54. Author TAMA Janowitz; 55. Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles  hit, TRY TO SEE IT MY WAY; 59. One-hit wonder, FLASH-IN-THE-PAN; 60. Events for some antiquers, ESTATE SALES.

Ottawa chief Pontiac

Down — 1. Demonstration exhortation, DO AS I DO; 2. A bee might light on it,  ANTHER; 3. Some N.F.L.’ers,  RTS; 4. Irritate,  EAT AT; 5. Dopes, SCHNOOKS; 6. Restoration notation, STET; 7. Even though,  ALBEIT; 8. Polynesian island chain?, LEI; 9. ANG Lee with an Oscar; 10. Home row sequence, ASDF; 11. Kalahari Desert dweller, MEERKAT; 12. Irritability, CHOLER; 13. Femme canonisée, SAINTE; 14. Deli menu subheading, WRAPS; 15. Foundation for some roofing, LATHS; 20. Silence, NO NOISE; 22. Verges on, NEARS; 23. Anticipate, FORESEE; 27. Mind, SEE TO; 28. Irritable state, PET; 31. Election surprise, UPSET; 33. What some bombs result in, in brief, TDS; 34. Fanciful notions, CONCEITS; 35. Dead, SPENT; 36. Pair of boxers?, ARF ARF; 37. Give a makeover, RESTYLE; 38. Pontiac and others, OTTAWAS; 40. “Star Trek” extra, YEOMAN; 41. It’s definitely not the short answer, ESSAY; 43. “That’s that”, SO BE IT; 45. Fix a key problem?, RETYPE; 49. Kind of Yoga, HATHA; 51. Important info for people with connections, ETAS; 53. RENÉ Clément with two Oscar-winning films; 56. Düsseldorf direction, OST; 57. La la lead-in, SHA; 58. MEL Allen of play-by-play.

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