The New York Times Crossword in Gothic

Thursday, March 14, 2013 — Pi Day

Puzzle by Mike Buckley / Edited by Will Shortz

CREATIVITY / IS THE RESIDUE OF / WASTED TIME(18A. Beginning of a quote by 3-/31-Down on which Stephen Colbert commented “I hope teenagers aren’t watching this right now”), a quotation from ALBERT EINSTEIN(3D and 31D),on his birthday, constitutes the main feature of this Thursday crossword.

Other — AGREED TO, INK SPOTS(33D. 1940s quartet with the #1 hit “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall,” with “the”),MEAT LOAF(11D. Player of Eddie in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”), PRIMROSE(9D. Flower from which an oil is derived),SCISSORS, SENORITA,TRI-COLOR.

Mid-size — CAMARO, DATED(36D. Went out with),DHOTI(30D. Indian attire), DROWSE, EARTHS (22A. Cerium and samarium are rare ones),ELIJAHWood,KNITS, LASSO, LAUREL, LIBRAS, OSSIEDavis, PLEAT, RHODO, SOCIAL, SPACED, SPINAL, STABS, SWEPT, TESLAS(47A Some electric cars), THERE, U-HAUL, USER ID, YENTL.

Short stuff — ABBE, AJAR, ASTA, BARI, CAPN, DST, ECU, ESSO, HOPI, MET, MIRASorvino, NERO, OILS, OLE, PILL, PRO, SAHL (51A. Comic who said “A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now”), SARA and SARI (55A. Indian attire),SAW(40D. Went out with),SHOD, SHUN, SHY, SLAP and SLAV, SLOE, SPA and SPAM, SUM, TEST, TRUE, T-TOP, URGE, YAR.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Bass technique; 5. Short; 8. ___ folder; 12. Hard-to-tolerate sort; 13. Allegheny plum, e.g.; 14. Prevail upon; 15. French cleric; 16. Superior of a bos’n; 17. Actress Sorvino; 21. Fulfilled; 23. Classic prize; 25. It starts in March: Abbr.; 26. It, in Italy; 29. Showy bloom, to flower enthusiasts; 30. Be half-asleep; 32. Terrier on the silver screen. 33. Middle of the quote; 37. 2009 “Star Trek” villain; 38. Vertebral; 39. Unties after a break; 41. Assay, say; 42. Old French coin; 45. Like some media; 49. Golf club V.I.P.; 50. End of the quote; 53. Works at the National Gallery; 56. Open a tad; 57. Roof with removable panels; 58. “… ___ the furious Bandersnatch!”: Carroll; 59. Italian port; 60. “___ Smile” (1976 top 5 hit); 61. ___ Miss; 62. Like plow horses. — DOWN: 1. L i k e t h i s; 2. Patient, cheerful sorts, it’s said; 3. See 18-Across; 4. Kilt feature; 5. John Paul II, for one; 6. Pueblo people; 7. 1983 title role for Barbra Streisand; 8. Tally; 9. Flower from which an oil is derived; 10. Accepted; 13. One of three choices in a kids’ game; 19. Consoling word that bears repeating?; 20. Quick to the helm; 24. Truck renter; 27 Went 4-0, say; 28. Actor Davis; 30. Indian attire; 31. See 18-Across; 34. Eligible one in El Salvador; 35. French flag; 42. Wood in Tolkien films; 43. Sporty Chevy; 44. Log-in need; 46. Stockholder on a ranch?; 48. Wild guesses; 52. Exact; 54. Day ___.

Icarus — Jazz (1947) is an artist's book of about one hundred prints based on paper cutouts by Henri Matisse. Matisse was in his seventies and in poor health when he began this project; he could no longer draw or paint easily with a pencil or brush. He used scissors to cut out simple forms from brightly colored paper painted to his specifications with gouache, then arranged them on another sheet of gouache-painted paper.~ Wikipedia

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Puzzle by Joe Krozel / Edited by Will Shortz

Eight fifteen-letter entries constitute the main feature of this friendly Friday crossword:

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME(15A. Doris Day film with the song “Ten Cents a Dance”)
AVERAGE AMERICAN (17A. Peoria resident’s representation)
STOOD ON ONE’S TOES (44A. Tried to reach higher)
CONNIVES AGAINST (46A. Secretly plots to harm)
GOVERNOR CLINTON(2D. 1991 entrant for the Democratic presidential nomination)
OVER ESTIMATIONS(3D. Unduly high appraisals)
RECAPITULATIONS (12D. Rundowns)
IMAGINATIVENESS (13D. What prosaic minds lack).

Other — ALCOVE, CELESTE, EGOTIST, ELASTIN, EVIL OMEN, GROANER(32D. “Does the name Quasimodo ring a bell?,” e.g.),INIMICAL, INSANER, INSTANTS, MATISSE(48A. “Jazz“ artist),MENISCI(31D. Crescent-shaped bodies),MULETAS(28A. Matadors red capes),NOT WITH, ON MERIT, PART II, PINE NUT, PUEBLO, SEGMENTS, TEN ONES,“The Man Who FellTO EARTH“.

Mid-size — AREAS, BID IN, BLOBS, FAMINE, FUNKS, GUNKY, HAITI, HALEY, HERDS, HOP IN, MANOR, MCMII, MINASGerais, OLMOS, RANDS, RATEL(40A. Honey badger).RESAT, RIOTS, SERINE, “TWO INthe bush …”.

Short stuff — ELAN, “I’MA Rocker”,LAGO, LIC, MAR, MONA, NAM, NEER, NIT, PAVE, SEGA and SERA and TERA, TREcorde.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. One looking out for #1; 8. Fair wa to be judged; 18. They often pass through needles; 19. Place for a butler; 20. Spanish body of water; 21. ___ corde (piano pedaling direction); 22. Rounded-up numbers?; 23. Driver’s invitation; 24. Flashes; 26. What a biblical black horseman symbolizes; 27. Opposed to; 29. People might leave them in tears; 30. Often-toasted seed; 31. Year “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was published; 32. Like many sluggish drains; 33. Govt. issuance; 35. Life; 36. Spheres; 37. Cobble, e.g.; 38. Small grouse; 39. Things in lava lamps; 41. Hostile; 43. Amino acid in proteins; 47. More mad. — DOWN: 1. Pliable protein; 4. Lead-in to flops; 5. Springsteen’s “___ Rocker”; 6. Divisions; 7. How David Bowie’s character fell, in a 1976 sci-fi film; 8. “Miami Vice” Emmy winner; 9. Aye’s opposite, in verse; 0. Scratch; 11. It’s not a good sign; 12. Rundowns; 14. Exchange for a Hamilton; 16. Politician Paul and others; 22. Big exporter of mangoes; 23. Comets’ head; 26. Blue states; 28. ___ Gerais (Brazilian state); 30. Some brick buildings; 31. Crescent-shaped bodies; 34. Big name in frozen pizza; 36. What a Pullman kitchen is built into; 37. Work after the first?; 39. Act to retain one’s property at auction; 40. Convened anew; 42. “First name” in the Louvre; 43. Zaxxon maker; 46. ‘60s service site.

Artist's portrayal of Morse sending the first telegraph message.

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sends the telegraph message "What hath God wrought?" from the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to the B & O Railroad Depot in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Puzzle by Julian Lim / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Increases the intensity,STEPS IT UP; 10. High-hatter’s wear,TOQUE; 15. Totally plugged-in,WELL AWARE; 16. Bury, INURN; 17. Sheepskin source,ALMA MATER;18. Spirit, in Stuttgart,GEIST;19. Maximum, nonstandard,MOSTEST;20. Sprites are similar to them,FRESCAS; 22. :, at times,IS TO; 23. "The Ground Beneath HER Feet” (U2 song); 25. Go a long way, TREK; 26. Rapper with the 202 #1 hit “Always on Time”, J A RULE; 28. 1972 treaty subjects, briefly, ABMS; 31. Like many ventilation systems, DUCTED; 35. Dress-to-impress attire,BEST SUIT; 37. Singer CarmenMCRAE; 38. Fukuda’s predecessor as Japan’s P.M.,ABE; 39. Italian game akin to pétanque, BOCCI; 40. Football Hall-of-Famer who became a Minnesota Supreme Court justice,ALAN PAGE; 42. Thirst,HANKER; 43. Genre for 37-Across; 44. Ice cream or pizza follower,PARLOR;46. Won’t shut up,YAKS; 48. Comment while putting something away,YUM;49. Yuri’s beloved, in literature, LARA; 53. More prone to bellyaches, WHINIER; 56. Growled at, say,MENACED; 58. Welcomes to one’s house,HAD IN; 59. One may be represented by stars,EXPLETIVE; 61. Plagued,ATEAT;62. Became fair,CLEARED UP; 63. Shakespeare’s Ross, e.g.,THANE; 64. Gift for a TV buff,DVD BOX SET.

Down — Studier of sutras, SWAMI; 2. Final aim, to a philosopher,TELOS; 3. Title site of six films: Abbr.,ELM ST; 4. He wrote “No human thing is of serious importance”,PLATO; 5. Old story intro?,SAME;6. Gull’s cry,I WAS HAD; 7. Rip up,TATTER; 8. Strict follower?, URE;9. Stamp feature, in philately lingo,PERF; 10. Fierce sort,TIGER; 11. What a 64-Across may comprise,ONE SEASON;12. What a day trader tries to turn,QUICK BUCK; 13. Supervillain from Krypton,URSA; 14. M.D.’s with tiny flashlights,ENTS;21. Travel plans: Abbr.,RTES; 24. Like 49-Down,RUBBERY; 26. Major mode of transportation?,JEEP;27. Pace of “Pushing Daisies”,LEE; 29. Many sit on pads,MICE; 30. Start moving,STIR; 31. Baroque “key of glory”: Abbr., D MAJ; 32. Carol Burnett’s 17-Across,UCLA; 33. It’s unlikely to work,CRAZY IDEA; 34. Like Jane Goodall’s study site,TANZANIAN; 36. Means of reaching a peak level?,T BAR; 38. “Lord,” in Turkish, AGA; 41. View from a pew,APSE; 42. Where one may have personal reactions,HOME LAB;45. Put up with,LUMPED; 47. Role for both Burton and Amos in a 1977 miniseries,KINTE; 49. Stuff in a swim cap,LATEX;50. They’re not basic things, ACIDS; 51. Noël Coward’s “Sigh No More,” e.g.,REVUE;52. Ace,ADEPT;53. With 54-Down, start of a historic telegraph message,WHAT; 54. See 53-Down, HATH; 55. Invoice abbr., RECD; 57. Tutee of Seneca, NERO; 60. Year in Claudius’s reign,XLV.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013 — Saint Patrick’s Day

ANY PUN FOR TENNIS?, Puzzle by J. R. Leopold

Edited by Will Shortz

Nine puns on tennis are the main feature of this Sunday crossword:

NETWORKING EVENT (23A. Tennis clinic focusing on drop shot skills?)
SPIN DOCTOR(38A. Coaches who help you use your wrist in shots?)
COURT JESTERS (49A. Tennis players who clown around?)
BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS (67A. “For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side,” and others?)
FAULT FINDING (88A. Line judge’s mission?)
LOVE HANDLES (96A. “Nothing and “aught”?)
RETURN OF THE JEDI(116A. Luke Skywalker’s volley?)
ALLEY OOPS (17D. Mistakenly hitting into the doubles area during a singles match?)
SERVE TIME(78D. Start of a tennis game?)

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Polite response to “Thank you”; 98. Classic verse that begins “Ah, broken is the golden bowl!”; 15. Kafka or Liszt; 20. Written justification; 21. Part of a doubleheader; 22. Esther of “Good times”; 25. More competent; 25. Haunted house sound; 27. “It’s a Wonderful Life” cabdriver; 28. Meter reader?; 30. Architect Saarinen; 31. “Don’t get all worked up!”; 32. Young actor Smith; 33. Cutter; 34. Churchill, e.g.; 36. Pigs; 42. Ed.’s pile; 45. Spiny ___; 46. Fleece; 48. Chooses not to participate; 52. “One can only ___ much”; 53. BlackBerry, e.g., in brief; 54. Having freedom of tempo; 55. Illumination unit; 56. Year that “Shrek” and “A Beautiful Mind” came out; 58. Putter (along); 60. “The fix ___”; 61. “Haven’t the foggiest”; 64. Photo developing compound; 73. Allay; 74. Destroy; 76. In ___ form; 76. Source of the line “They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind”; 79. Part of R.R.: Abbr.; 81. “___ in cat”; 82. You might set one out for a cat; 84. Due follower; 85. Part of R.S.V.P.; 91. Commercial law firm specialty; 93. Canadian natives; 94. Mastery; 95. “Alexander’s Feast,” e.g.; 98. Part of R.S.V.P.; 100. Captain Hook’s alma mater; 101. Ready follower?; 102. Bit of voodoo; 104. Tech release of 2010; 108. Mex. Miss; 110. Of two minds; 112. Author of a 1719 literary sensation; 113. Transamerica Pyramid feature; 114. Planchette holder; 119. Hit single-player game of the 1980s; 120. Goes over the top, in a way; 121. Does again; 122. It fall s between 3760 and 3761 on the Jewish calendar; 123 Housekeeping; 124. Broad-minded. — DOWN: 1. Vice president John ___ Garner; 2. Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers comedy; 3. Public radio offerings; 4. Ever; 5. Swiped; 6. Cabinet dept.; 7. Pleasant; 8. Scottish landowners; 9. Modern kind of name; 10. Lightish blade; 11. Home of the Shoshone Mtns.; 12. It’s higher than an ace; 13. Celebrity; 14. Art Deco master; 15. Monk’s title; 16. Barbie’s last name; 18. Pirate, e.g., for short; 19. One goes after it; 24. Biloxi-to-Birmingham dir.; 29. Sporty car features; 32. Middle brother in a 2000s pop trio; 33. Jerk; 35. Epithet for Nadya Suleman; 37. Riga resident; 38. Spanish irregular verb; 39. Ski-___; 40. Like some awakenings; 41. Neither raise nor fold; 42. Sloppy fast-food sandwich; 43. “Semper Fidelis” composer; 44. ___ Bay, former U.S. base in the Philippines; 46. Eliza Doolittle, for one; 47. Subjected to voodoo; 50. Vex; 51. White Castle offerings; 52. Barely remembered days of old; 57. Zoo department; 57. Zoo department; 59. Batting champ John; 62. Turn-___; 63. Start to puncture?; 65. Kind; 66. Part of a requiem Mass; 68. Anchor-hoisting cry; 69. As expected; 70. “Singin’ in the Rain” composer ___ Herb Brown; 71. Way things are going; 72. Durable fabric; 76. Abbr. after a period; 77. Crumbly snack; 80. Either Zimbalist; 83. Con; 86. Praying figure; 87. “Top Gun” org.; 89. D.D.E. opponent; 90. Frankie Valli sang in it; 92. 1958 hit with the line “Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip”; 93. Jefferson’s vice president; 97. Response to “I bet you won’t”; 98. It can be gross; 99. Container on a counter, maybe; 102. Perfume; 103. Mysterious blip; 105. Michelangelo masterpiece; 106. Eve of old TV; 107. One who does not believe in miracles; 108. Not bad; 109. Destroy; 111. City near Provo; 112. Bit of residue; 113. Dry; 115. Mandela’s org.; 117. Three-time Tony winner Hagen; 118. Daughter of Loki.

The standard wooden ruler in which inches mingle freely with centimeters says a lot about the state of the U.S. measuring system. ~Jupiter Images/liquidlibrary/Thinkstock

The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from French: Le Système international d'unités) is the modern form of the metric system. ~Wikipedia

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Puzzle by Daniel Landman / Edited by Will Shortz

SI UNITS(38A. Basic physical measures … or a hint to 17-, 27-, 48- and 63-Across),SEMINOLE INDIANS, STATEN ISLANDER, SECRET IDENTIFY and SPLIT INFINITIVE constitutes the loosely interrelated group of this Monday crossword.

Despite America's long history with SI units, measuring remains a mess in the States. A football field traffics in yards while most footraces prefer meters. Mechanics measure the power of an automobile engine in horsepower (foot-pounds per second), but express the same engine's displacement in liters. Air pressure is denoted in all sorts of ways: pounds per square inch (or psi) for tire pressure, inches of mercury for surface atmospheric pressure and millibars for air pressure aloft. ~ William Harris, How Stuff Works

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Book after Jonah; 6. Droops; 10. Floating arctic mass; 14. Spitting ___; 15. Opposites of departures: Abbr.; 16. Lens holders; 17. Native Floridians; 20. Leave in, to a proofreader; 21. Sir’s counterpart; 22. Creepy; 23. “Uh, excuse me”; 25. Open ___ of worms; 27. Denizen of the least populous New York City borough; 33. Tendon; 34. Relatives of egos; 35. Fleecing; 37. ___-la-la; 42. “Cat ___ Hot Tin roof”; 43. 18-wheeler;45. An A student has a high one, for short; 46. The Great Lion in “The Chronicles o Narnia”; 48. Clark Kent vis-à-vis Superman; 52. Shade akin to beige; 53. Casablanca” heroine; 54. Take unrightfully; 57. Latvia’s capital; 59. Winnebago driver, informally; 63. Stickler’s grammatical no-no; 66. Sean of “Milk”; 67. Southpaw’s side; 68. Board game insert; 69. Love letter abbr.; 70. Häagen-Dazs competitor; 71. Laid out, as cash. — DOWN: 1. Start of a pageant winner’s title; 2. “How ___ Your Mother”; 3. Showed up; 4. Rile up; 5. Rooster’s partner; 6. Deli meat; 7. Zone; 8. Ruling house of Monaco; 9. Taxpayer’s ID; 10. Sitcom with the them song “I’ll Be There for You”; 11. Word repeated before “pants on fire”; 12. Prefix with present; 13. To be, to Brutus; 18. Portent; 19. Academic overseer; 24. Chops; 26. Players in a play; 27. Booming jets of old, in brief; 28. Michelins or Goodyears; 29. “What’s in ___?:; 30. The Bible’s Mount ___; 31. Troublesome food bacteria; 32. Charged; 36. Word repeated before “moons ago”; 39. Disney chief Bob; 40. Like a snob’s nose; 41. Without: Fr.; 44. Place to see a Zanboni; 47. Fledgling business; 49. Proof of purchase: Abbr.; 50. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.; 51. Pizazz; 54. Org. with stamps; 55. Emit, as lava; 56. Arm bone; 58. Not definite; 60. Revolting; 61. Like 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.; 62. Lie down for a while; 64. ___ de France; 65. Agcy. That gets a flood of mail in April.

Pintura contemporánea

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Puzzle by Mike Buckley / Edited by Will Shortz

PARTY ON(40A. Repeated “Wayne’s World” cry … or a hint to each half of 17-, 26-, 51- and 63-Across),AFTER DINNER(17A. Kind of mint),HEN HOUSE(26A. Chicken coop),GREEN TEA (51A. Traditional Chinese beverage) and OFFICE BLOCK (63A. Multiple-company building, to Brits) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword, rife with contemporánea. I‘ve never seen “Wayne‘s World“ nor any episode of “The Simpsons“ which persistently crops up in disposable crosswords.

Other — AVEENO, BARBRAStreisand,CANAL ZONE (36D. Former U.S. territory),DAY SPA, ED WYNN, ESPRIT, GERSHWIN, LITHESOME(3D. Like ballerinas),NUT CAKE,Hors d’OEUVRE, PHANTOMS(40D. Ghostly figures), PHRASE, “ I canRELATE, STEFANEdberg,TIMBER, USS WASP.

Five-letter — AD LIB, ALEPH, AMIGO, BUTTE, DINAH, “EENIEMeenie“,ELEGY, GRABS, ID TAG, ITCHY, LEICA, MARGE, (67A. One of the Simpsons), NEHRUjacket,OASIS, REBEL, REEDS, SIEVE, SNOOD.

Short stuff — AAA, ABE, ACED and ACID, ACNE, ALAN(1D. Simpson of the Simpson-Bowles commission); Eric BANA, BEG, DEFT, DOWN, EAU, ECO, ENCL, “Just you wait ’ENRY‘iggins …”, ETC, FRO, HICK, HST, ICE, “LoveIS INthe Air“,LASS, Peggy LEE, LOOT, MARM, NOB, NTH, NWT, PLEA, PONT, PHEW, SLY, SOIL, TEN, ULNA, VIOL, XKES, YALE, ZAX.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Wing it; 6. It may dangle from a dog collar; 11. San Francisco’s ___ Hill; 14. Pioneer in 35mm cameras; 15. Food strainer; 16. It flows in the Seine; 19. Electee of ‘48; 20. Indeterminate ordinal; 21. Eric who played the villain in 2009’s “Star Trek”; 22. Lively wit; 28. It’s known s the Ship with the Mighty Stinger; 31. Heading for half of crossword clues; 32. Plunder; 33. So that’s done!”; 35. How mosquitoes can leave you; 39. Game with matchsticks; 42. Letters on a motel sign; 43. First Hebrew letter; 45. Oxy 10 target; 46. Env. Within an env., perhaps; 47. Highland girl; 40. Baked desert with a little crunch; 51. Traditional Chinese beverage; 55. Instrument played with a bow; 57. Old schoolmistress; 59. Unyielding Dr. Seuss character; 62. “Honest” prez; 66. Implore; 68. “___ Meenie: (2010 hit); 69. Done with a wink; 70. Hair net; 71. Oboes and saxes. — DOWN: 2. Adroit; 4. Motel machine sign; 5. Singer Streisand; 7. Someone who’s “in the kitchen” in “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”; 8. Easty-to multiply number; 9. Skin-care brand; 10. “They All Laughed” composer; 12. Camel’s rest stop; 13. Montana mining city; 18. Locale for some brief R&R; 23. France’s ___ d’Avignon; 25. It’s above Alta. and Sask.; 27. Comic who sang “I Love to Laugh” in “Mary Poppins”; 28. Radius neighbor; 29. Earth; 30. “Wheel of Fortune” category; 34. List shortened;: Abr.; 37. Break into, as a computer; 38. New Haven school; 44. “Have mercy!,” e.g.; 46. Earth Day prefix; 48. Tennis’s Edberg; 50. Cry in a forest; 51. Snaps up; 52. Maverick; 53. Words of passing interest?; 54. Compañero; 58. Served a ball past; 60. Nitric ___; 61. Vintage Jags; 64. Frizzy do, informally; 65. Peggy of “Lady and the Tramp”.

Spring Equinox at Stonehenge photo by Josh Gurner

An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator. The term equinox can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, night and day are about equal length. ~Wikipedia

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 — Equinox

Puzzle by Raymond C. Young / Edited by Will Shortz

FOUR(25A. Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle’s solution) appears to be the raison d'être of this Wednesday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Leave at the altar; 5. “___ Stop the Rain” (1970 hit); 10. “II” movies: Abbr.; 14. “Whoops!”; 15. Ganja smoker; 16. Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day org.; 17. Canseco who wrote “Juiced”; 18. Sweepstakes mail-in; 19. Twix units; 20. Paper view?; 22. Step on, as a bug; 24. Fun house cries; 26. Tequila sources; 29. Upside-down-sleeping animal; 32. Candlelight event, perhaps; 33. Softens, as tone; 34. Hard-to-comb hair; 36. Dove soap shape; 37. Bandleader Kay; 38. Foreign Legion hat; 39. Pince-___; 40. Harsh cries; 41. Add to a film, as music; 42. Women with esposos; 44. Lee Ann who sang “I Hope You Dance”; 45. Likely to break out into fighting; 46. Half of dix; 47. Rihanna’s record label; 50. Yellow blooms; 54. Sch. That publishes the Daily Bruin; 55. Draw ___ on (aim at); 57. Having a tiff; 58. Looney Tunes animator ___ Freleng; 59. Way to get from point A to point B; 60. Tea brand owned by Starbucks; 61. Mess around (with); 62. Super Bowl played in 2005; 63. Picnic side dish. — DOWN: 1. Skater Starbuck; 2. Breakfast restaurant chain; 3. Mislay; 4. One to speak of?; 5. Creates, as havoc; 6. Pends; 7. Bone: Prefix; 8. Printer tray size: Abbr.; 9. Stops for a while in the course of a journey; 10. Many a commuter’s home; 11. Morales of “Jericho”; 12. N.F.L. divs.; 13. Cummerbund, e.g.; 21. Banana waste; 23. “Jeopardy!” response: Abbr.; 25. Clotho and sisters; 26. ___ lady (doorbell ringer); 27. “What ___?”; 28. Goggle-eyed; 29. Zodiac borders; 30. Amorphous creature; 31. Debate basis; 3. Sinatra standard; 35. Birth announcement color; 37. He wrote “Capital is dead labor”; 38. Orange fruits; 40. Posture-improving exercises; 41. Rum named for a Spanish literary hero; 43. Genre pioneered by Miles Davis; 44. Popular glass cleaner; 46. Cousin of a raccoon; 47. Keister; 48. Pantyhose shade; 49. Move like a hummingbird; 50. ___ d’esprit (witticisms); 51. Slanty type: Abbr.; 52. Co-star of Joel in “Cabaret”; 53. Pack in the overhead bin, say; 56. Be a pugilist.

Stir frying (爆 bào) in the wok

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Puzzle by Jeff Chen / Edited by Will Shortz

STIR FRIES(59A. Wok dishes), along with SERIF, FIRES, REFIS and FRISEfound in SANS SERIF(17A. Undecorated type?), FOREST FIRES (24A. Subjects of some park sign warnings),MORTGAGE REFIS (34A. Some homeowner transactions when interest rates fall, informally) and BICHON FRISÉ (51A. Certain lap dog), constitute the interrelated group of this Thursday crossword.

Other — ASSAILS, CD CASES, CHAT ROOM, HIGH FIVE, I PROMISE, NINTENDO (3D. Company whose name roughly means “leave luck to heaven“),SEAT BELT, TENOR SAX(35D. John Coltrane played it).

Mid-size — ABUTS, ALEVE, ASAHI(10D.Japanese beer brand),AURORA, FLEXOR, Clark GABLE, GRUNT, HUMOR, Chris ISAAK, KELSO, Kevin KLINE, LIBIDO, NINE AM, OH HELL, OSIRIS(48D. Underworld boss?), OTHER, SABERS, Western SAMOA, SCHEMA, RATED, TALLER, TEEMS, TERSE, UNHURT.

Short stuff — ABIE, ACNE, ADOS, AGE, AHI, ANS, ART, “AS IFto say …”,ATTN, ATTN,Kobe BEEF, BETS, EFS, ELF, ENS, ClassicalERA, FAKE, HAST, ISLE, IRE, LOB and LON, LULL, Richard MARX, MBA, RapaNUI, OTC, PEDI, RAD, RIS, SAFE and SALE, SHIN, SODA, SPEC, SPA, SRO.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Side effect of steroid use; 5. Handoff that isn’t; 9. Biblical verb; 13. Climb using all four limbs; 14. Break; 15. Rocker Chris; 19. Butler player of note; 20. Case studier: Abbr.; 21. One acting on impulse?; 22. “Crud!; 23. Furor; 26. First name in horror; 28. Yellowfin tuna, on menus; 29. Packed letters?; 30. Part of a fast-food combo; 32. Commercial name for naproxen; 40. Elliptical, in a way; 41. An article may be written on it; 43. Y or N, maybe; 46. Rapa ___ (Easter Island); 47. Highball?; 50. Wicked!”; 54. Like 32-Across, for short; 55. Sound; 56. Rose’s guy, on Broadway; 57. Exec’s degree; 58. Abounds; 61. Western ___; 62. 59-Down treatment, informally; 63. Castaway’s locale; 64. Richard with the 1989 #1 hit “Right Here Waiting”; 65. Big rushes; 66. Lays it on the line? — DOWN: 2. Sets upon; 2. Cyberspace space; 4. “Star Trek” extra: Abbr.; 5. Bending muscle; 6. Night light; 7. Oscar winner for “A Fish Called Wanda”; 8. Seasonal mall figure; 9. Slap up?; 11. Cavalry sidearms; 12. Like LeBron James vis-à-vis Kobe Bryant; 16. Kutcher’s character on “That ‘70s Shows”; 18. Jewel box?; 22. Census form option; 25. Point of ___; 31. It may be fine; 32. Census datum; 33. Bad marks; 36. McJob holder; 38. “You have my word!”; 39. Airplane light icon; 42. Jewel boxes; 43. Borders; 44. When many clocks are punched; 45. Conceptual framework; 47. A wolf has a strong one; 52. Bookstore section; 53. Deserved; 59. See 62-Across; 60. Barbecue offering.

“Cheap little rhymes

A cheap little tune

Are sometimes as dangerous

As a sliver of the moon."

~ Langston Hughes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will Shortz

Six 15-letter entries constitute the main feature of this entertaining Friday crossword:

CHOOSEONE’S WORDS(1A. Speak carefully)
ROCKET TO THE MOON (16A. One of Disneyland’s original attractions)
E-MAIL DOMAIN NAME(17A. Part of a modern address)
EDITORIAL STANCE(52A. Slant in print)
ORNAMENTAL TREES(55A. Topiary figures)
SAID ONE’S PRAYERS (56A. Hoped for a miracle, maybe)

Phèdre, 1880. Alexandre Cabanel

Of other interest — ELISSALandi,ETA MESON(9D. Electrically neutral subatomic particle),LOCH NESS (29A. Urquhart Castle is on it),MOIRE (28D. Silk selection),OCARINA(3D. Instrument whose name means “little goose”),OTOMIS (7D. Mexican Indians), PHAEDRA (35D. Daughter of King Minos), ROANOKE (13D. The Star City of the South), ROSSINI (36D. “La Cenerentola” composer), SOIGNEE (39D. Elegantly attired), THOR’S Hammer (Mjolnir), THROATS (37D. Distinctive parts of some hummingbirds),VARIG(22D. Flier to Rio).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 18. Bloom who played Mary in “The Last Temptation of Christ”; 19. Communicated without saying anything; 20. “Not in eine Million Jahre!”; 21. “Gotcha”; 22. Forest climbers; 23. “Hey-y-y-y!” sayer of sitcom Dom, with “the”; 24. The Big Red Machine, on scoreboards; 25. Maisons, across the Pyrenees; 26. Alternative to gunpowder; 27. Charm; 31. One often duped: Abbr.; 33. Reason for denying entry maybe; 34. Attach as a cat might; 38. Actress Landi of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” 1934; 43. Gets something off one’s back, say; 45. Long, for short: Abbr.; 46. Quiet; 47. Swamp birds; 487. Like some statues and book spines; 49. Lo-___; 50. Front-page New York Times addition of 1997; 51 Hoops Hall-of-Famer Baylor. — DOWN: 1. Ice climbing hazard; 2 Bore down (on); 4. Clearing; 5. Actress Ward; 6. Wheels-up announcement, briefly; 8. Like some fees; 10. Starts suddenly; 11. Go along, as one’s way; 12. Every, in an Rx; 14. It carries out many orders; 15. Has a cold reaction?; 23. Big name in handbags; 25. Podiatric problems; 26. N.L. East team, informally; 30. Future alumnae, quaintly; 32. Substance used in fillings?; 34. Rock collections may sit beside them; 40. Certain telecom technician; 41. Suitability; 44. It’s turned down for extra warmth; 47. Existentialist Kierkegaard; 48. Blazingly bright; 50. “Till the End of Time” singer; 51. “___, Red-Hot & Live” (1982 blues album); 53. Jot; 54. Digital ___ (high-tech shooter).

Sonoran Desert in Arizona

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Puzzle by David Steinberg / Edited by Will Shortz

Across —1. “Another Cinderella Story” co-star, 2008, SELENA GOMEZ; 12. Focus of middle management?,ABS; 15. Creator of the heroine Catherine Earnshaw,EMILY BRONTË; 16. It’s bisected by the Reuss River,URI; 17. City in the 42-Down Desert,MESA ARIZONA; 18. Caesar’s thing, RES; 19. N.Y.C. line to the Bronx,IRT; 20. Race space,LANE; 21. Name on a London hall,ALBERT; 23. Poseidon’s trident?,PSI;24. Channel with the tagline “Story matters here”, AMC; 25. 10^th-century European king,OLAF I;26. First name in gossip, RONA; 28. Like some issues,HOT BUTTON; 32. Like saved hockey shots,ON GOAL; 35. Gets along,DOES; 36. English Channel feeder,EXE; 37. Advice-disdaining sort,KNOW-IT-ALL; 40. Mismatched pair?, EMS; 43. Bearers of bright red arils, YEWS; 44. They’re shortsighted,MYOPES; 48. See,GO OUTWITH; 51. Neighbor of Eure-et-Loir,ORNE; 52. Broadway’s “Never GONNA Dance”; 53. Shogunate capital,EDO; 56. Stuff like that”,ETC;57. One of reality TV’s “Gidettes”,SNOOKI; 59. Means of enforcing compliance,WRIT;60. Asian winter celebration, APR; 62. Two-time Triple Crown winner,EDDIE ARCARO; 65. Operation Cyclone org.,CIA;66. Epitome of dedication, in modern usage,REAL TROOPER;67. Either of two cousin Udalls: Abbr.,SEN; 68. They’re suitable to be transplanted to another bed,SEED OYSTERS.

Down — 1. Not quite minor-league,SEMI-PRO; 2. “The American Scholar” speech giver,EMERSON; 3. TV Guide datum,LISTING; 4. She, in Rio, ELA; 5. Spiral-horned antelope,NYALA; 6. Norm ABRAM of “This Old House”; 7. Mean sort,GRINCH; 8. Slow flow, OOZE; 9. 6 string, MNO; 10. View from Blancavilla,ETNA; 11. With fire, ZEALOUSLY; 12. Golden,AUREATE; 13. “Song of the South” villain,BR’ER FOX; 14. Raphael’s “SISTINE Madonna”; 22. It’s often a double-decker, BLT; 27. Swell, AOK; 29. Elevator of literature?,ODIST; 30. Add (up),TOT; 31. Look elated, BEAM; 33. Challenging question, ANY TAKERS; 34. 1920-24 owner of Metro Pictures, LOEW; 38. What the U.S. joined in Apr. 1917,WWI; 39. Bath can, LOO: 40. Where future web developers develop?,EGG SACS; 41. Dessert that’s out of this world?,MOON PIE; 42. SONORAN Desert (area with saguaros); 45. Test-record, maybe,PRE-TAPE; 46. Typist, at times, ENTERER; 47. Divisions of geometry,SECTORS; 49. Game with 59-Down cards,UNO; 50. Regarding this point, HERETO; 54. Frank account,DIARY; 55. Not estos or esos,OTROS; 58. Pensée product,IDEE; 59. See 49-Down,WILD; 63. “Hawaii Five-O’ co-star Daniel DAE Kim; 64. Trig function,COT.

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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. Couses; 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.

Victorian Butterfly Collection

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This Sunday's challenging acrostic draws a quotation from At Large and At Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist by Anne Fadiman.

In "At Large and At Small", Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay--a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country. ~ Book Description, Amazon.com

The quotation: THE FIRST CANTO OF “PALE FIRE” CONTAINS, WITHIN ITS… COMPASS, THE WORDS TORQUATED, STILLICIDE, SHAGBARK, VERMICULATED, PRETERIST, IRIDULE, AND LEMNISCATE. NABOKOV COLLECTED RARE WORDS, JUST AS HE COLLECTED RARE BUTTERFLIES.

The author's name and the title of the work: FADIMAN, AT LARGE AND AT SMALL

The defined words:

A. Vocabulary, to a walking dictionary, FORTE
B. Nonnumerical key on a phone, ASTERISK
C. Refractory, as a child, DIFFICULT
D. Unstated, IMPLICIT
E. Neither terrific nor terrible, MEDIOCRE
F. “One with jointed feet”, ARTHROPOD
G. Like a typical workday (hyph.), NINE-TO-FIVE
H. Star of 19276’s “The Jazz Singer” (2 wds.),AL JOLSON
I. Monster hit with a Vincent Price Sprechgesang, THRILLER
J. Cookie-cutter suburb started in 1947, LEVITTOWN
K. Got enlarged by a gradual buildup, ACCRETED
L. Site of an unusual passage (2 wds.),RED SEA
M. Beer holder; angry cur, e.g., GROWLER
N. Disrupter of the 1989 World Series, EARTHQUAKE
O. Off in foreign climes, ABROAD
P. Unrivaled person or thing, NONESUCH
O. Lenticular object of Summer Games, DISCUS
R. Having no rational basis, ABSURD
S. Science of maneuvering military forces,TACTICS
T. Like a couple of babies, in “H.M.S. Pinafore”, SWITCHED
U. Tyrannosaur of the insect world, MANTIS
V. Out, ASLEEP
W. Diagnostic procedure (2 wds.),LAB TEST
X. “Wheel of Fortune” elements; prose and poetry,LETTERS

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The full paragraph of the quotation: (My four favorite words in this passage are “and their food plants.” Only a true entomologist, as opposed to a starry-eyed amateur, would include them in such a lyrical effusion and, what’s more, clearly believe they were lyrical themselves.) Many of the themes in Nabokov’s fiction—metamorphosis and flight, deception and mimicry, evasion and capture—are lepidopteron. And to my ear, his very language is too. The first canto of "Pale Fire" contains, within its four-and-a-half page compass, the words torquated, stillicide, shagbark, vermiculated, preterist, iridule, and lemniscates. Nabokov collected rare words, just as he collected rare butterflies, and when he netted one, especially in the exotic landscape of his second language, his satisfaction is as palpable as if he had finally captured the brown and white hairstreak that once eluded him when he was a boy. Nabokov’s style is not just poetic; it is taxonomic. He mentions with something close to hatred the village schoolmaster who, taking his charges for a nature walk, used to quash young Vladimir’s hunger for precision by saying, “Oh, just a small bird--no special name.” And what scorn Nabokov bears for us, his clueless audience, when he writes, “I had found last spring a dark aberration of Sievers’ Carmelite (just another gray moth to the reader). ~ ”At Large and At Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist” by Anne Fadiman

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On Discovering a Butterfly

By Vladimir Nabokov

I found it and I named it, being versed

in taxonomic Latin; thus became

godfather to an insect and its first

describer—and I want no other fame.

Wide open on its pin (though fast asleep),

and safe from creeping relatives and rust,

in the secluded stronghold where we keep

type specimens it will transcend its dust.

Dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss,

poems that take a thousand years to die

but ape the immortality of this

red label on a little butterfly.

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Captains Cook, Kangaroo, Morgan, and Hook

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Puzzle by Adam Prince / Edited by Will Shortz

CAPTAIN(37A. Title that can precede the starts of 17, 23-, 49- and 59-Across), COOKBOOKS (17A. Recipe holders),KANGAROO COURT (23A. Irregular trial venue),MORGAN FREEMAN (49A. “The Shawshank Redemption” actor) and HOOK SHOTS (59A. Basketball scoring attempts that are difficult to block) constitute the interrelated group of this very friendly Monday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Saturday Night Live” segment; 5. On vacation; 9. Skirts for Scots; 14. Goals; 15. Valentine’s Day flower; 16. Pricey car from Honda; 19. Father, biblically; 20. Govt.-issued ID; 21. ___ a man with seven wives”; 22. Epoch when mammals arose; 26. Liquors for pirates; 27. Barber’s implement; 28. Required amount; 30. Autobahn auto; 32. “My word!”; 36. Kilmer of “Top Gun”; 40. Take advantage of; 41. Cartoon collectibles; 43. “South Park” boy; 44. Nebraska’s largest city; 46. Colombian cartel city; 48. Like-minded group of voters; 54. Rule; 55. Mythical birds; 56. Swab the decks, say; 58. Frederick who composed “My Fair Lady”; 61. Bert’s Sesame Street” pal; 62. ___ time (never); 63 Bar brews; 64. Egg containers; 65. Not now; 66. Many a true word is spoken in this. — DOWN: 1. Egg containers; 2. Stand around the mall?; 3. Craps player’s boast; 4. “Shame on you!”; 5. Good smells; 6. Romantic hopeful; 7. Invite for; 8. “Of course!”; 9. Big bang; 10. Rapper in the film “21 Jump Street”; 11. Olympian sledder; 12. Former senator Lott; 13. Fill totally; 18. Rival of the Whopper; 22. Food-spoiling bacteria; 24. Fanatic; 25. Atlantic or Pacific; 28. Home shopper’s channel; 29. Dubai’s land: Abbr.; 30. Decide to take part; 31. After-hours school org.; 33. Super Bowl bowlful; 34. Volcanic output; 35. Trafficker tracking org.; 38. Lion in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”; 39. At a minimum; 42. “Ugh, who cares?!”; 45. May honoree; 47. Doesn’t dissent; 48. Signal “Come here,” ay; 49. Demi or Roger; 50. Bakery fixtures; 51. Foam; 52. Longtime ABC exec Arledge; 53. Post-its, e.g.; 54. Secluded valley; 57. “Hey! Over here!”; 59. Bowler or sombrero; 60. Once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage.

The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1633-4, Nicolas Poussin

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson

Edited by Will Shortz

Five exclamations given literal/loose clues constitute the interrelated group of this amusing Tuesday crossword:

MAN ALIVE(17A. “Wow, he survived!”)
GEE WHIZ (26A. “Wow, you’re a regular expert at turning left!”)
LEAPIN’ LIZARDS (38A. “Wow, those reptiles have mad hops!”)
HOLY COW (52A. “Wow, look at that bovine idol”)
BY GEORGE (64A. “Wow, I’m standing next to Mr. Clooney himself!”)

Other — CAVING IN, EAGLE EYE(39D. Asset of a good proofreader),IRON HAND, I READ YOU, LEMON LAW, LODGINGS, ROAD KILL(67A. Animal that‘s been run over), THE LORAX(14A. Title Seuss character who speaks for trees).

Mid-size — AGHAST (31A. Horrified),ATARIS, ATM FEE, CHARTS, DEALT, DENADA, DESILU, DISSES, ETHANAllen, FRAME, GLENDAJackson,GLARE, GURGLE, HINGE, HELPS, IN A SEC, INTROS, NOT ANY, OPTIC, PAYTON, PRANK, ROXIE, Remington STEELE, STRODE, SWEATY, YENTA.

Short stuff — AC/DC, AGED, AHA, ANG and ANO, ARI, AWE,Happy as a CLAM, DOH and DOT, EBRO, ENT, ESAU, ETD, EXES, GAT, GPS, I SEE, IRKS, ISPS, LOKI, NEE, OLES, OMG, OUT, PGA, SAGS, STN, TAXI, TEED, TUT, USE, ZACHGalifianakis,ZOESaldana.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. “Back in Black” band; 5. Biggest diamond?; 8. Arnaz and Ball’s production company; 16. Prefaces; 18. Walked with purpose; 19. Bowling unit; 20. AOL and Comcast; 22. “Hulk” director Lee; 23. Airline guess, for short; 24. Depot: Abbr.; 29. Jacob’s twin; 33. Yucatán year; 34. Renée Zellweger’s role in “Chicago”; 36. Door swinger; 42. Handed out cards; 43. April 1 gag; 44. Texter’s expression of surprise; 45. Shortly; 48. Succumbs to gravity; 54. Triumphant shout; 56. Half of a disapproving rebuke; 57. Previously named; 58. Ticked (off); 60. Long, disapproving look; 62. Jackson with two Best Actress Oscars; 66. Bears legend Walter; 68. Like palms on a first date, perhaps; 69. Not safe, in baseball; 70. “Understood”. — DOWN: 1. Cost of getting some quick cash; 2. Maps; 3. Response to “Gracias”; 5. Jackie’s second husband; 6. Relenting after a standoff; 7. Old flames; 8. Insults, informally; 9. Sinus doc; 10. Scarecrow stuffing; 11. Strong control; 12. Accommodations for travelers; 13. Employ; 15. Bullfight cries; 21. Ryder Cup org.; 25. Move from gate to runway; 27. Patriot Allen; 28. Actress Saldana of “Avatar”; 30. Russia’s ___ Mountains; 32. Lends a hand; 35. Vision-related; 37. Peeves; 38. Car buyer’s protection; 39. Asset of a good proofreader; 40. “Understood”; 41. Comic actor Galifianakis; 42. Homer Simpson’s exclamation; 46. Zero; 47. Dazzle; 49. Classic video game consoles; 50. Sound of draining water; 51. “Remington ___”; 53. Gossipy sort; 55. Like some wines and cheeses; 59. Iberian Peninsula river; 61. Thor’s archenemy in comics; 62. Satellite-based navigation aid, for short; 63. One of three in an ellipsis; 65. Gangster’s gun.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Puzzle by David J. Kahn / Edited by Will Shortz

UPS AND DOWNS(25D. Vicissitudes of life, as for the inventor named in the circled squares?), plus four sets of circled squares spelling OTIS, two up and two down, constitutes the main feature of this Wednesday crossword.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Where some commuters drink; 7. Chuckle sound; 10. Trash site; 14. Pique; 15. Better than normal; 17. ___ system; 18. Light; 19. Where 36-Down is; 20. Silly; 22. “That’s enough!”; 24. Hospital fluids; 28. “The Price is Right” announcer Johnny; 30. Tater ___; 32. Squabble; 33. Like many arenas; 35. What you may call it?; 37. Auto additive with a red oval logo; 38. Swabbie; 39. Ringe separator; 41. Brunched, say; 42. “Wheel of Fortune” request; 43. Resorts; 44. Small piano; 46. Herbicide target; 48. It’s in the air; 50. Tennis’s Agassi; 51. Size up; 53. Engaged in some histrionics; 55. Made believe 57. Santa ___, Calif.; 60. Hidden water menace; 63. Swab target; 65. Island near Tahiti; 66. Surgeon’s aid; 67. “That’ll be the day!”; 68. Felipe or Fernando; 69. Not as long-winded. — DOWN: 1. Ole Miss rival; 2. Warlike deity; 3. Cookers for chickens and franks; 4. One who puts on a show, maybe; 5. “___ see it …”; 6. Summary; 7. Ignores others’ advice; 8. Irving Bacheller’s “___ Holden”; 9. Stocks in great demand; 10 Puts off; 11. Longtime news inits.; 12. Damage; 13. Start of school?; 16. Provider of directions?; 21. Perch; 23. They’re unique; 26. Concern; 27. Sunshine State vacation spot; 28. Pontiac’s tribe; 29. Jungle vines; 31. Craggy hill; 34. Pank customer, at times; 36. Land abutting Tibet; 40. Latest sensation; 45. By mistake; 47. Best … or worst; 49. Actress Charlotte;52. Balkan resident; 54. That is; 56. Possible reason for an R rating; 58. Meat seasoning; 59. Lumberjack, e.g.; 60. Where: Lat.; 61. San Francisco hill name; 62. Rap’s Dr. ___; 64. Imitate.

The twenty fourth of July was always a gala day in the early history of Mt. Pleasant, Utah. The 13 original states were represented by 13 lovely ladies all dressed white carrying a torch to signify our beginning as a nation.

~ Mt Pleasant Pioneer Relic Home and Blacksmith Shop.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Puzzle by Randolph Ross / Edited by Will Shortz

THIRTEEN COLONIES(7D. Old group whose members are all represented in this puzzle) and thirteen squares containing the abbreviations of states that accompany ZIP CODES(38D. Numbers needed for letters) of the original thirteen colonies, e.g., SC, VA, NH, NY, DE, MA, NC, PA, MD, RI, CT, NJ and GA, along with AMERICAN CITIZENS(35A. Fourth of July celebrants) constitute the interrelated group of this brilliant Thursday crossword.

Other — FrankCALIENDO, DARK STAR (19A. 1974 John Carpenter sci-fi film),FORK OVER(4D. Pay),NATIONAL(49A. Washington player),RESORT (29A. Vacation destination), MichaelSTEELE (42A. Priebus‘s predecessor as Republican Party chairman),TOREADOR (23A. Escamillo of “Carmen,” e.g.),UPTONSinclair.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Beginning with; 5. Criticize harshly; 10. Aging equipment?; 13. Waikiki warbler; 14. It’s often the last choice; 15. Full of salt; 16. Table; 17. Sets off; 18. Didn’t just mislead someone; 21. Baudelaire ou Rimbaud; 22. Inarticulate comebacks; 26. Ht spot; 30. Smooth, in a way; 31. Come and go; 32. Sneaker brand; 39. Bridge; 40. Backstage; 41. ___-European; 43. Author Sinclair; 44. Impressionist Frank; 47. Tolkien baddie; 48. Have ___ (live it up); 54. Year “Othello” was first performed; 55. Cheerleader’s asset; 57. Flats; 58. Novelist Ferber; 59. Playground retort; 60. Relish; 61. Maiden name preceder; 62. Fills the tank, with “up”; 63. ___-culotte. — DOWN: 1. Extra; 2. Soft seat; 3. “__ Majesty’s Secret Service; 5. Company that makes Turf Builder; 6. Cutting-edge product?; 8. Like a cool cat; 9. Hectic places in hosps.; 10. Not the same; 11. Connect with; 12. Tom who followed Johnny Carson on NBC; 15. Swell; 20. Yonder yacht; 21. “Jar of Hearts” singer Christina; 24. Relating to songbirds; 25. Blowout victory; 25. Places for sweaters; 27. N.F.C. South city; 28. It takes the cake; 29. Not for tweens, say; 32. Locked (up); 33. Reverse; 34. Trowel user; 36. Sponsor of an annual science competition; 37. ___ brothers (Hollywood duo); 42. Best-selling thriller author Daniel ___; 43. Geller with claims of paranormal powers; 44. ___ Yards; 45. Start of “The Alphabet song”; 46. Cleo of jazz; 47. Several Holy Roman emperors; 50. Heed the alarm; 51. Masked assassin; 52. Do something about; 53. Wise alternative; 55. It’s a long story; 56. 7 on an old phone.

Illustration for The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination:

Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius by John Joseph Adams

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Puzzle by Josh Knapp / Edited by Will Shortz

Across —1. Verbal shrug, MEH; 4. Beat, THROB; 9. Greets the good guy, maybe, CLAPS; 14. Point-headed sort?,AXE; 15. Whom Turkey’s Weeping Rock is said to represent, NIOBE; 16. Cliff hanger?,AERIE;17. One of two in a plane, DIMENSION; 19. Autodom’s ZR1, for one,VETTE; 20. Writer Moore or Moorehead,ALAN;21. Where people drop off on the line?,SLEEPER CAR; 23. Killer bees, e.g.,MENACE; 25. Brother,FRIAR; 26. Cackling loon with a white coat,MAD SCIENTIST; 31. Steam up,ANGER; 34. Dungeons & Dragons weapon,MACE; 35. With 40-Across, “Inside THE” (postgame show); 36. Goal for many a 26- or 43-Across,WORLD DOMINATION; 40. See 35-Across,NBA; 41. Its products often have Allen wrenches included,IKEA; 42. Dueling count,PACES; 43. Mighty heavy,SUPERVILLAIN; 47. “My Name is Earl” co-star Suplee,ETHAN; 48. One working on steps,DANCER; 52. Means of dropping a line,FISHING ROD; 56. Victimizer of Cassio,IAGO; 57. “I Know Who Killed Me” star, 2007,LOHAN;58. Offensive play in 35-/40-Across,GIVE AND GO; 60. “That’sA NO NO!” (“Don’t!”); 61. Flip, UPEND; 62. Secured, GOT; 63. Track lineup, GATES; 64. The out crowd?, NERDS; 65. “Annie” characters,ENS.

Down — 1. MADAM President; 2. Many a booted ruler, EXILE; 3. One who might do the heavy lifting,HE-MAN; 4. “Larry’s Country Diner” channel,TNN; 5. Greeted the bad guy, maybe,HISSED; 6. Churn,ROIL; 7. Strauss wrote a concerto in D for it, OBOE; 8. Doing good,BENEFICIAL; 9. Spineless response to pressure,CAVE IN; 10. Examine as a wolf would,LEER AT; 11. One preparing an oil pan?,ART CRITIC; 12. PITA bread; 13. Forward-thinking type,SEER; 18. Protective cover,ENAMEL; 22. Act the coxcomb, PREEN; 24. Real character, CARD; 27. Strong proof,SMOKING GUN; 28. R. J. Reynolds brand, CAMEL; 29. What’s under an arch,SHOE; 30. Fox ratings,TENS; 31. Stiff bristles,AWNS; 32.NOBU Matsuhisa, celebrity chef and restaurateur; 33. Small cannon balls, GRAPESHOT; 37. Ottoman relative, DIVAN; 38. Capital of Fiji,APIA; 39. Wine colorer, TANNIN; 44. Second-simplest hydrocarbon,ETHANE;45. They may be found in preserves, informally, RHINOS; 46. Part of the total, ADDEND; 49. Mooch,CADGE;50. Impel,EGG ON; 51. Natural life support system, ROOTS; 52. Tire,FLAG;53. Isle near Mull,IONA;54. Strong-smelling, say,RIPE; 55. Supervising, OVER; 59. Pop-ups, e.g.,ADS.

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Old Woman with a Rosary, 1895, Paul Cézanne

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Puzzle by Gareth Bain / Edited by Will Shortz

THE AGING PROCESS(37A. Gerontologist’s study) slashes across this meandering Saturday crossword bisected byYOUNG GIRL (21D. 1968 #2 hit with the lyric “My love for you is way out of line”).

Other — EARTHIER(9D. Saltier),I HATE MEN (38D. “Kiss Me, Kate” song),OH PLEASE(39D. “Gimme a break!”),ON SAFARI (43A. Watching the big game, say),PROM KING (5D. Alpha senior?), UTILIZED (27A. Put to work).

Seven-letter — CLAM BAR, ETERNAL(46A. Like Rome, it‘s said),EYEWASH, IN STORE, KENOSHA(24A. Wisconsin port),ORIGAMI, PEDALED, PIERROT(15A. Stock pantomime character), PROVERB, RESORTS, SADDENS, SAMOVAR(16A. Decorative server), SCRIPTS, TEAM USA (8A. Red, white and blue group).

Mid-size — AMORAL(10D. Neither good nor evil), CINCO, DEBRA, ETATS, FEMALE (44D. XX), HASTE, INCAS (28D. Inti worshipers),MAKE ME, MARSH(50D. Reed section?), MIATA, NACRE, OAKLEY, RESOW, SNARE, SPIEL (1D. Door-to-door delivery), STEIN and STERN, STEPS, TORIES(6D. One side in the Revolutionary war),TREADS.

Short stuff — ARBS, AREA, DEM, DOSE, ECO, EELS, EGAD, ERST, ETA, HAGS (41A. Some fairy story villains),IDS, IRT, KIDD(53D. Privateer who captained the Blessed William),LAKE, LILT, LOW and MOW, NERO, MIRY, MIS, MOPS, MOVE, OPS, SARD, SNEE, ST LO(32D. Town in ‘44 headlines), THIN, TSP, UVEA, ZEES.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. In-box material for some agents; 17. Ahead; 18. Wise words; 19. Prefix with car; 20. Boglike; 22. Puts one’s foot down; 23. A cyclone is a big one; 26. Bad start?; 32. Writer of the lines “Pigeons on the grass alas. / Pigeons on the grass alas”; 35. “The Mikado” weapon; 36. Emperor who built the Domus Aurea; 40. You might hear a children’s song in one; 42. Dispatch; 45. Army missions; 48. Blue, in a way: Abbr.; 51. Defiant response; 55. Skating spot, maybe; 56. Symbol of elasticity, in economics; 57. Paper work; 59. Server of food that may be steamed, fried or raw; 61. Went in tandem?; 62. Many are found on beaches; 63. Gets down; 64. Nonsense. — DOWN: 2. Important part of mayo; 3. Plant more crops in; 4. N.Y.C. line; 7. Serious; 8. Common 31-Down: Abbr.; 11. Dance element; 12. Iris’s location; 13. Orangish gem; 14. Wall St. manipulators; 25. Dance elements; 26. Mustang competitor; 29. End of a dictionary; 30. At one time in the past?; 31. Prescribed amount; 33. Gracile; 34. Ones unable to swim straight?; 35. Bag; 45. Annie once played by Ethel Merman; 47. Iridescent material; 48. Messing around on TV?; 49. Members of les Nations Unies; 51. Items in buckets; 52. Forte; 54. Quaint shout; 58. They may be checked at an airport; 60. Part of a barn.

Easter Egg photo by Antara

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Sunday, March 31, 2013 — Easter

SPECIAL FEATURES, Puzzle by Caleb Madison
Edited by Will Shortz

EASTER EGG(115A. Hidden DVD feature… which can be found literally, in the answers to the italicized clues) along with nine movie titles, each possessing an additional letter to result in a humorous movie-title pun, constitutes the interrelated group of this clever Sunday crossword.

STAR(E) WARS (23A. *Movie about … an intense blinking contest?)
NE(A)TWORK (28A. * … a housecleaner?)
(S)NOW VOYAGER(30A. * … a sled racer?)
S(T)INGIN’ IN THE RAIN (44A. * … a bee during a downpour?)
BAT(E)MAN FOREVER (56A. * … actor Jason’s fan club?)
D(R)AWN OF THE DEAD (80A. * … Jerry Garcia’s band’s portraits?)
TE(E)N COMMANDMENTS (88A. * … a parent’s edicts?)
RE(G)AL GENIUS (100A. * … a king’s brilliance?)
(G)RAIN MAN (108A. * … a harvester?)

Other — CAROL KANE(15D. Two-time Emmy-winning actress for “Taxi“),CEREBRO(72A. Device Professor X wears over his head in “X-Men”), CHEWBACCA (78D. Solo companion),CUT CORNERS (72D. Wasn‘t exacting),DEATH METAL (13D. Music genre of Possessed and Deicide),LADIES NIGHT (68D. Weekly bar promotion, maybe),LOST WEEKEND (4D. 1945 Best Picture winner, with “The“).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. One-on-ones; 6. Justice Dept. branch; 9. Gyllenhaal of “Brokeback Mountain”; 13. 1983 film debut of Bill Maher; 18. Documentarian Morris; 19. It’s found in la mer; 20. Cerberus guards its gates, in myth; 21. Wipe out; 22. Lower; 25. It comes from the heart; 26. Steaming beverage; 27. Atoms in some light bulbs; 32. Children’s author Silverstein; 33. “Yikes!”; 34. “You betcha”; 37. Year “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” came out; 38. China’s Chiang ___-shek; 41. Part of a pound; 51. Up; 53. Part of E.M.S.: Abbr.; 54. Wall St. Journal listings; 55. Handles; 59. Least volatile, perhaps; 60. Some patches; 61. Expert despite little training; 63. Brainy person, and proud of it; 64. One might have a ball; 66. Public health agcy.; 67. Senate vote; 68. Verdant; 74. Pop singer Bedingfield; 78. Low-maintenance potted plant; 84. ___ water; 85. Air; 86. It’s west of the International Date Line; 87. High clouds; 92. ___ Zone; 93. “Gag me!”; 94. Certain extraction; 95. One-named R&B singer; 96. Pitches; 98. Stripped; 112. Get hot; 113. Kind of bean; 114. Who wrote “Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins”; 117. City south of Brigham City; 118. Peptic ___; 119. Nonstop; 120. Lucy of “Kill Bill”; 121. Object; 122. Wherewithal; 123. Part of N.B.; 124. Back-to-school mo.; 125. Laurel and Lee. — DOWN: 1. Starts of some games; 2. ___ Outfitters, clothing retailer; 3. Mythological figure often depicted holding a kithara; 5. Album holder; 6. Evaluate; 7. Prefix with fluoride; 8. Recurring Stephen King antagonist Randall ___; 9. Vice parts; 10. ___ Lovelace, computer pioneer; 11. “The Way You Look Tonight” composer; 12. De bene ___ (legal phrase); 14. Hollywood’s Russell; 16. Observatory subj.; 17. Bill; 20. English king who was a son of William the Conqueror; 24. Smelt ___; 29. Noted American writer in Yiddish; 31. Signs off on; 35. Computer used to predict the 1952 presidential election; 36. Chemical dropper; 37. The 57-Down, e.g.; 39. Supports; 40. M.I.T. part: Abbr.; 41. Airplane area; 42. Sentient; 43. Big snapper?; 45. More wound up; 46. World banking org.; 47. Prefix with noir; 48. [I’m not happy about this …]; 49. Like some stockings and baseball games; 50. Gridiron figure; 52. Music related to punk rock; 57. Aconcagua setting; 58. Fund; 59. Just what the doctor ordered?; 62. Vituperate; 65. Darken; 66. Nook; 69. ___ manual; 70. Exactly; 71. Allowed to enter; 73. Pond fish; 75. Sam Spade, e.g., for short; 76. Ile de la ___; 77. Once again; 79. Slew; 81. Subject of the Pentagon Papers, informally; 82. Sugar suffix; 83. Word at the end of many French films; 85. Fr. Title; 89. City SSE of 117-Across; 90. Son-of-a-gun; 91. Yield to weariness; 97. Stations; 99. Poet Conrad; 101. Mess up; 102. Ones who wrote in the Ogham alphabet; 103. New Mexico State athlete; 104. Helping hand, paradoxically; 105. World powerhouse in cricket; 106. Knoxville sch.; 107. Fake-book material; 108. Down; 109. Part of a play; 110. Many ages; 111. iPod___; 112. Home of Typhon, in myth; 116. ___ for life.

Ship of Fools, Hieronymus Bosch

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Monday, April 1, 2013 — April Fools’ Day

Puzzle by Gary J. Whitehead / Edited by Will Shortz

BOOB, CHEAT, CON, DUPE and DOPE, DUNDERHEAD, KID, LAUGHING STOCK, NINCOMPOOP, SCAM, TRICK, all clued as "Fool," constitute the interrelated group of this friendly April Fools’ Day Monday crossword.

Other — EAST ASIA, FORT LEE, INCISOR, IRON MASK (24A. Facial cover in a Dumas novel), NON-ROMAN, ON A LEASH, ONE RATE.

Mid-size — ACETICacid,ALPES, AMEER, ARE SO, ASSES, Grand BAHAMA, Jack BENNY, CEDAR, CENTI, COVERT, DALAI Lama, DECCA, EARLAP, EKING, E-TRADE, LEGATO, MAMBA, NEONS, OBITS, SVELTE, TORCH and TROCHE.

Short stuff — ADIN, ALEC, ALVA, ANC, A-ONE, Just A TAD, BAD, CHOUEn-lai,COD and NOD, DADA, EMUS, END, ESSO, EVEN, GADabout, GALA, GRIN, GRR, IOU, LET, LOBO, MEN, NEHI, NOP, OLE, OOOH, ORTH, OVA, RIND, SANK, SONO, SPYS, TGIF,SottoVOCE.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 9. Classic record label; 14. Sotto ___ (under one’s breath); 15. Mideast potentate: Var.; 16. The “A” in Thomas A. Edison; 17. Not odd; 20. Permit; 21. Area including China, Korea and Japan; 28. Many an Albrecht Dürer piece of art; 32. Having a fixed fee, as a calling plan; 36. Terminus; 41. New England catch; 42. Tooth next to a canine; 43. Death notices, informally; 46. New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge; 50. Like the Cyrillic and Hebrew alphabets; 55, Tethered; 58. Watchdogs warning; 62. Grand party; 63. Sound of delight; 64. Comic Jack of old radio and TV; 66. Just ___ (slightly); 67. Donkeys. — DOWN: 1. Gracefully slender; 2. Like C.I.A. operations; 3. ___ acid (vinegar component); 4. Fraternity members, e.g.; 5. 1910s-’20s art movement; 6. Relatives of ostriches;7. Prefix meaning one-hundredth; 8. Shingle wood; 9. “You ___ Beautiful”; 10. Grand __ (vacation island near Florida); 11. “Bravo!” to a torero; 12. Eggs in labs; 13. Misbehaving; 19. Watermelon covering; 21. Barely making, with “out”; 23. China’s ___ En-lai; 25. Actor Guinness; 26. Sent to the ocean floor; 29. Classic soda brand 30. :-) in an e-mail; 33. Nelson Mandela’s org.; 34. End-of-work-week cry; 35. “Happy Motoring” gas brand; 37. Timber wolf; 38. Score after deuce; 39. Caver’s light source, maybe; 40. Straight: Prefix; 44. Throat lozenge; 45. Pic of an unborn child; 47. Smoothly, in music; 48. Winter hat part; 49. Online investor’s site; 51 Venomous African snake; 52. Suisse peaks; 53. Ad lights; 56. Top-of-the-line; 57. 1974 Gould/Sutherland C.I.A. spoof; 59. Auction assent; 60. Note of indebtedness; 61. Queue before Q; 62. ___ about (wander).

03.14.13 — Residue

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What Hath...

Tennis

Le Système International D'Unités

Contemporánea

Alphabet Quartet

Stir FRIES

A Sliver of the Moon

Saturday in the Sonoran

What Is Art?

Rarity — the Acrostic

Captains

03.26.13 — Wow!

Vicissitudes

Thirteen Colonies

World Domination

Young Girl

Special Features

Fools