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05.14.13 — Name Dropping
Name Dropping by Marc Rosenthal
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Puzzle by John Lieb / Edited by Will Shortz
Four down answers with the initials ND constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword:
NAME DROPPING (12D. Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially?)
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (5D. With 41-Down, title teen in a 2004 indie hit)
NANCY DREW (20D. Amateur detective in 1967's "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher")
NEIL DIAMOND (24D. "Song Sung Blue" singer)
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05.13.13 — Monday and Mesa
Monday, May 13, 2013
Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will Shortz
Anagrams of (take your pick) MESA, AMES, SAME and SEAM found in MESA ARIZONA (20A. Chicago Cubs spring training site), AMES BROTHERS (26A. “Rag Mop” hitmakers, 1950), SAME OLD STORY (48A. You’ve heard it many times before) and SEAM WELDING (56A. Metal-joining technique) constitute the interrelated group of this Monday crossword.
Other — BEAUTY SHOP (63A. Salon), EXHAUST (4D. Deplete), ROTTEN EGGS (18A Last ones in the pool, say), STUDIOS (47D. Small apartments), TRENTON (39A. New Jersey‘s capital).
Mid-size — AMBIT, ANGRY, ASHEN, ASIAN, Jane AUSTEN, CAGED, CRANE, DEEPEN, ENTERO, EXHAUST, FARRAR, Hermann HESSE, HOTEL, John LOCKE, Steve MCNAIR, MICAH, MULTI, NASAL decongestant, OBESE, OREOS, PEACH, Mitt ROMNEY, TABLA, TIE-DYE, TONTO, TOP GUN.
Short stuff — Et ALIA, AMPS, APEX, ARE and AREA, ASTI, BEGS, BOOR, EAU de cologne, ELBA, ELOI, ERS, ESP, EZIO Pinza, FERN, GNAW, HIGH, IRE, Camero IROC and IRON, ISBN, MHOS, MSG, “Thank you very MUCH“, NATO, NO NO, OONA Chaplin, OPIE, OSTE, PCB, PERP, PONY, RAHM Emanuel, “Puttin’ on the RITZ“, ROAR, ROBE, SCOW, SHAM, TOME, UKE, UMA Thurman, WOMB, ZOO.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Judge’s garment; 5. Plant with fronds; 9. Book after Jonah; 14. Zenith; 15. Et ___ (and others); 16. Machine at a construction site; 17. Lofty; 22. Hosp. areas for accident victims; 23. Actress Thurman; 24. Pattern for many 1960s T-shirts; 32. Prefix with task; 33. Unmannered sort; 34. Lawbreaker, in police lingo; 38. E.P.A.-proscribed compound, for short; 42. Menagerie; 43. Hoax; 45. Bone: Prefix; 46. Chinese or Japanese; 51. 1986 Tom Cruise/Val Kilmer action film; 55. “You ___ what you eat”; 65. Clothes presser; 66. Philosopher John who posited a theory of social contract; 67. Unabridged dictionary, e.g.; 68. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin; 69. White from fright, say; 70. Library ID; 71. Flat-bottomed boat. — DOWN: 1. Chicago mayor Emanuel; 2. “The Andy Griffith Show” boy; 3. Panhandles; 4. Deplete; 5. ___, Straus and Giroux (book publisher); 6. “The Time Machine” people; 8. Western mil. Alliance; 9. QB Steve who won a Payton Award; 10. Fury; 11. Like animals in a 42-Across; 12. Furious; 19. Intestinal prefix; 21 Circumference; 25. Mind reader’s ability, briefly; 26. Concert blasters; 28. Exile isle for Napoleon; 29. Seriously overweight; 30. Kemo Sabe’s sidekick; 31. Equivalent of five houses in Monopoly; 35. Basso Pinza; 36. Lion’s sound; 37. Smallish equine; 40. McCain : 2008 :: ___ : 2012; 44. Where the Knicks play in N.Y.C.; 47. Small apartments; 48. Jane who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”; 50. Become more intense; 51. Small Indian drum; 52. Nabisco cookies; 53. Fruit with a pit; 57. Italian wine area; 58. Conductance units; 59. Where a baby develops; 60. Camaro ___-Z; 61. Something you might get your hand slapped for doing; 62. Chew like a beaver; 64. Luau instrument, informally.
05.12.13 — Simply Put
Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp
working on the giant machine
in the 1936 film “Modern Times”
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
“Simply Put” Crossword by David J. Kahn / Edited by Will Shortz
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP (24D. This puzzle’s long-winded advice, simply put) along with POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES / OF A PLAN OR DECISION ONE / CANNOT REVERSE SHOULD BE / HEEDED PRIOR TO THE TIME / AN ACTION IS EFFECTUATED” (29-Across - With 44-, 63-, 77- and 93-Across, a long-winded piece of advice) constitutes the main feature of this Sunday crossword.
Other — LETTER GRADE (24A. One way to measure a student’s progress), LITTLE TRAMP (103A. Charlie Chaplin persona, with “the”), PASS GO, SPEEDY, STEP ASIDE, TABLE-HOPS.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Certain laureate; 5. ___ Fine, “The Nanny” nanny; 9. Planet, to a 1-Across; 1. Get a little richer in Monopoly; 18. Slave whom Amneris was jealous of:19. Hindu epic hero; 20. “Zero Dark Thirty org.; 21. Kind of garage; 22 Some mixers; 26. Possible cause of turbulent weather; 27. Swearing; 28. As an end result; 35. Lei Day hellos; 36. Validates; 37. “Very nice!”; 38. Standard home page feature; 39. Journalist Marvin or Bernard; 41. Louisiana area; 52. “That’s the way things are”; 53. Shoes without heels; 54. Remain unresolved; 56. Ninny; 59. Fitting conclusion?; 60. Blackmore title girl; 61. Quick; 63. See 29-Across; 68. Flows out; 69. Fleming of opera; 70. Home of the U.K.; 71. Cartoonist Hoff; 72. Supermarket aid; 73. Ful of animal fat; 74. Pair on ice; 84. Doesn’t stay; 85. 180s; 86. Subject of the 2002 book “The Perfect Store”; 87. Doing perfectly; 90. Stout ___; 91. Fla. Vacation spot; 100. Something to strike; 101. Oration locations; 102. Wake-up calls; 106. Acquires unexpectedly; 110. Except when; 111. Notwithstanding that briefly; 112. Three-sided weapon; 113. One with designs on women; 114. Places; 115. ___ lane; 116. Pitching muscle, for short; 117. Big show. — 1. Campaign-funding grp.; 2. Garage supply; 3. School address ending; 4. Works the room, maybe; 5. Facades; 6. Arm bones; 7. Dryer brand; 8. ___ passage; 9. A lot; 10. Fashion photographer Herb; 11. Suffuse; 12. ___ ejemplo; 13. “Life of Pi” director Lee; 14. Not flustered; 15. Like embargoed goods; 16. Thingamajog; 17. Lunchbox treats; 23. Where Yemen Airways is based; 25. Case worker’s title?: Abbr.; 29. ___ Alto; 30. Former Swedish P.M. Palme; 31. Senate cover-up; 32. Having no active leads; 33. “From all of ___ all of you …”; 34. Actor McGregor; 39. Carp in a pond; 40. Auction category; 41. Steak ___; 42. Kefauver of old politics; 43. Sue Grafton’s “___ for Lawless”; 45. Start to go surfing?; 46. Helps in a bad way; 47. Opposite of always; 48. Intimate; 49. Automaker since 1899; 50. Cravings; 51. Not go beyond; 55. Unnatural?; 56. Power option; 57. Biblical matriarch who lived to 127; 58. Bag; 60. Tooth: Prefix; 61. One side in a 19th-century war, with “the”; 62. Blender setting; 64. Evening, in ads; 65. Go ballistic; 66. Turns suddenly; 67. Pressure, informally; 73. Reagan antimissile program, for short; 74. Mucky place; 75. Ring results; 76. Let someone else take over; 78. Impression; 79. Nov. 11 honoree; 80. Snorkeling site; 81. “Yeah, yeah”; 82. Canberra chum; 83. Viewed; 87. Formally name; 88. Corner piece; 89. Cooler in hot weather; 90. “Nemesis” novelist; 91. Place to play stickball; 92. Rolaids rival; 93. Mark of distinction; 94. Elect; 65. 61-Down’s opponent, with “the”; 96. The Snake River snakes through it; 97. Didn’t turn away from; 98. Fly away, in a way; 99. “A horse designed by a committee”; 104. Cause of a trip; 105. Host follower?; 107. Turn down; 108. Surpass; 109. Guanajuato gold.
05.11.13 — Location
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Puzzle by Matt Ginsberg / Edited by Will Shortz
This seaworthy Saturday crossword features LOCATION (61A. Place) as a clue for four cross-referenced answers with their location in the puzzle to be imagined as parts of those answers, e.g., TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT and RIGHT.
A-ONE (56D. 1-Across*) and DRAWER (1A. Chest piece) = [TOP] DRAWER
CARP (13D. 68-Across*) and BOTTOM (68A. The Missouri to the Mississippi) = [BOTTOM] FEEDER
SAILED (25A. 33-Down*) and PORT (33D. Strong wine) = [LEFT] PORT
AT ONCE (49A. 32-Down*) and AWAY (32D. Out) = [RIGHT] AWAY
* taking into account its 61-Across
While the print version of the puzzle has “taking into account its 61-Across” in italics after the clue list, referring to the four clues with asterisks, the online version adds the phrase to the four clues.
Other — BASILICA (7A. St. John‘s, for one), DESK SETS (67A. Classic graduation gifts), ENIWETOK (65A. 1950s H-bomb test site), HARA KIRI (18A. Act in “The Last Samurai“), I HAVE NO IDEA (10D. “Beats me!”), LIKED TO (11D. Did with enjoyment), PARAGUAY (33A Where the Guarani is cash), ROGUE STATES (2D. Iran, North Korea and the like), TAKES TO (46A. Shows an aptitude for), URBAN II (39A. Pope who started the First Crusade), WINDY DAY (44A. Good occasion for kite-flying), WOJTYLA (4D. John Paul II, originally), YANGTZE (45D. Site of the Three Gorges Dam).
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 15. Fish that attaches itself to a host; 16. Like the Congressional Record; 17. Biblical prophet whose name means “Yahweh is my God”; 19. St. John’s, for one; 20. Kneecap, e.g.; 22. Dick and Al, recently; 23. Like King Sargon II: Abbr.; 27. Author of “Herding Cats: A Life in Politics”; 29. Latin rock band featured at Woodstock; 37. Milk source, to a kid; 38. Vein gloriousness?; 41. Tokyo Rose’s real first name; 42. German chocolate brand; 48. Mother of the Titans; 51. Home of more than 900 volcanoes; 55. White House girl; 58. Western setting; 60. Just under half a penny’s weight; 63. Ostrich, e.g.; 66. Dermatological concern; 67. Classic graduation gifts. — DOWN: 1. ___ blank; 2. Transfers often entail them, informally; 3. Bahrain bigwigs: Var.; 5. Span of a ruler, maybe; 6. First name in Chicago politics; 7. Part of the coast of Brazil; 8. Estée Lauder fragrance for men; 9. TV or monitor part: Abbr.; 12 Ellington band vocalist Anderson; 14. Father/daughter fighters; 21. Take ___ at; 26. Veneer, e.g.; 28. Ask, for as assistance; 30. It’s not basic; 31. Astronomical figure?; 34. “La donna è mobile,” e.g.; 35. Give off, with “of”; 36. Not pitch or roll, say; 40. Big uranium exporter; 43. Twin-engine Navy helicopter; 47. Hoofing it; 50. Abruptly stops, with “out”; 52. Like mummies; 53. Instruction written in currants for Alice; 54. Campaign dirty trick; 55. Coast, in a way; 57. Univ. grouping; 59. Nonkosher; 62. Samson’s end?; 64. Pal.
05.10.13 — Is That All There Is?
Berrien County Little League, Blues farm team, circa 1960.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Puzzle by Derek Bowman / Edited by Will Shortz
Across — 1. Finish differently, say, RESTAIN; 8. 1950s backup group with four top 10 hits, COMETS; 14. Stars are recognized with them, OSCAR NODS; 17. Clear as mud, so to speak, OPAQUE; 18. It may have pop-ups, STORY BOOK; 19. Scott BAKULA who co-starred on TV’s “Men of a Certain Age”; 20. “Incredible!”, YOWZA; 21. Not just surmise, KNOW; 23. Closest to zero, LEAST; Years, in Tours, ANS; 26. Oakland daily, for short; TRIB; 28. “Unfortunately …”, ALAS; 29. Deutschland “de”, VON; 31. Phoenix setting: Abbr., MST; 33. D.C. nine, NATS; 35. It has short stops, LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM; 41. “What, no more?, IS THAT ALL THERE IS; 42.Places for a 35-Across, BASEBALL DIAMONDS; 43. AS NO other (matchlessly); 44. Satyajit Ray’s “The APU Trilogy”; 45. Bill in a bow tie, NYE; 46. Tarantula hawk, e.g., WASP; 49. Band options, AM FM; 51. Dreamworks SKG; 53. Phoenix setting?, ASHES; 55. Jacuzzi session, SOAK; 57. “A COAT of Varnish” (C. P. Snow novel); 61. Chemistry test topic, ISOMER; 63. Cursorily, AT A GLANCE; 65. Certain Mexican-American, TEJANO; 66. Where to come to grips with things?, MOVIE SETS; 67. Tight, STINGY; 68. Purports, ALLEGES.
Down — 1. Looking up, ROSY; 2. This, in Tijuana, ESTO; 3. Trash hauler, SCOW; 4. Much-filmed swinger, TARZAN THE APE MAN; 5. Ancient Dravidian’s displacer, ARYAN; 6. Like Chopin’s Mazurka Op. 56 No. 1, IN B; 7. Sony Reader competitor, NOOK; 8. Middle ear?, COB; 9. It’s often set in a ring, OPAL; 10. Serve well in court, MAKE A STRONG CASE; 11. Come to EQUAL; 12. Hometown of the band Hanson, TULSA; 13. Party prizes?, SEATS; 15. “Shh! It’s a secret!:, DON’T TELL; 16. Hershey bar, SKOR; 22. Brogue feature, WINGTIP; 25. “The Moldau” composer, SMETANA; 7. Mies van der Rohe was its last director, BAUHAUS; 29. Something needing a stamp, VIA; 30. Giant giant’s family, OTTS; 32. “Giant” events, SLALOMS; 34. Be overrun, TEEM; 35. Party label for Brit. P. M. William Gladstone, LIB; 36. Culture centers?, LABS; 37. Chuck Schumer’s predecessor in the Senate, AL DAMATO; 38. Kids’ rhyme starter, EENY; 39. Congress person, AIDE; 40. Works for an editor: Abbr., MSS; 46. Takes orders, say, WAITS; 47. Concern of I.R.S. Form 8594, ASSET; 48. Japanese sliding door, SHOJI; 5. Head makeup, FOAM; 51. Superman’s name on Krypton, KAL EL; 54. Hong Kong’s Hang SENG Index; 56. Polynesian drink, KAVA; 58. Pull felt on Earth, ONE G; 59. Part of a French play, ACTE; 60. Cher’s role in “Burlesque”, TESS; 62. “The Natural” hero ROY Hobbs; 64. Former Mets manager GIL Hodges.
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05.09.13 — HI MOM
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Puzzle by Patrick Merrell/ Edied by Will Shortz
H I M O M is found in the middle of this sweet Thursday crossword in unchecked squares, somewhat clued by BETWEEN THE LINES (17A. Interstitially, say), WONDER WOMAN (28A. Wearer of a red-starred tiara), LEADING LADY (47A. Marquee actress) and last but not least, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY (58A. May delivery).
Other — IT’S USELESS (63A. “Why bother?!“), JOE COOL (2D. Cartoon character with shades), TESLAS (36A. Modern electric cars), VOICE COACH (15A. Singer or actor’s helper).
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My friends, I am resolved upon the deed; at once will I slay my children and then leave this land, without delaying long enough to hand them over to some more savage hand to butcher. Needs must they die in any case; and since they must, I will slay them-I, the mother that bare them. O heart of mine, steel thyself! Why do I hesitate to do the awful deed that must be done? Come, take the sword, thou wretched hand of mine! Take it, and advance to the post whence starts thy life of sorrow! Away with cowardice! Give not one thought to thy babes, how dear they are or how thou art their mother. This one brief day forget thy children dear, and after that lament; for though thou wilt slay them yet they were thy darlings still, and I am a lady of sorrows. ~ Medea by Euripides, 431 B. C., translated by E. P. Coleridge
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Allowing some ventilation, say; 5. ___ in the park; 10 Org. with Divisions I, II and II; 14. Teen woe; 19. Brit’s tea ---; 20. Hosts prefer them; 21. “___ see”; 22. Nina ___ (fashion label); 26. Keep an ___ (watch); 31. Bitter herb; 32. One in the doghouse:?; 33. Card reader, briefly; 34. ‘40s blowups; 40. Tokyo strip?; 42. Kind of screen; 46. Grantor Carter; 50. Twofold; 52. Verso’s flip side; 53. Explanation that doesn’t explain anything, informally; 54. Surname in punk rock; 56. Follower of a list of names; 64. Title parent in a TLC reality series; 65. Coop sound; 66. Plot line; 67. Northern duck. — DOWN: 1. Government rep.; 3. Fats Domino’s first name; 4. Melees; 5. Caesar’s greeting; 6. Captured; 7. Island in the Thames; 8. “To life!”; 9. Start for a shipbuilder; 10. Like melees; 11. Runs along; 12. Beats, as the competition; 13. Sounds at a fireworks display; 16. Lawyer’s need; 18. Literary character who says “Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!; 21. Personal letters; 23. Declaration that might precede a fold; 24. 100 lbs.; 25. Can; 27. Super ___; 29. Children’s author who won three Edgars; 30. Bless, in a way; 35. Title boy in a 1964 Disney film; 36. Space maker; 37. Certain monarchy; 38. Nerve junction; 39. Solder and others; 41. Certain lighter or highlighter; 43. Driving surface; 44. Flatter servilely; 45. End of a school series; 48. Dark circle; 49. Attendee; 51. Boost, as sound; 55. The Rio Grande divides it: Abbr.; 57. Clucks of disappointment; 58. In; 59. Neighbor of 55-Down; 60. Confucian scholar Chu ___; 61. End of a count?; 62. Poison source in Christie’s “A Pocket Full of Rye”.
05.08.13 — Mother's Day
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Puzzle by Bruce Venzke / Edited by Will Shortz
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY (1-Diagonal: Annual Message) and four across answers all clued “Remembered Mom, in a way”, SHIPPED GIFT, MAILED CARD, CALLED HOME and SENT FLOWERS, constitutes the interrelated group of this thoughtful Wednesday crossword.
Other — ALL RILED UP (33D. Extremely agitated), ALL-STAR, ADELA, DIANE, DOGFACE, DRACO, ELIA, ERROL, EVA, HAROLD, IDI AMIN, KOPPEL, LEIA, MOTO, RIPA, PAPER TOWEL (3D. It may be on a roll), RHETORIC (46A. Typical political talk) and SCORPION (36. Zodiac symbol).
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