Maurice Sendak / From "Where the Wild Things Are" (Harper Collins)
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
TURNING BACK, Puzzle by Will Nediger, edited by Will Shortz
Reversing the last word of eight common phrases to form eight uncommon phrases constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:
MEASURING SNOOPS (23A. Taking the dimensions of busybodies?)
OUT OF THE POOL (42A. Done swimming?)
PRIZE SLIP-UP (45A. Giving an award to the wrong person?)
TURKEY TORT (70A. Slandering a Thanksgiving dish?)
LIVING MOOR (74A. Othello, before Act V, Scene II?)
COSMO REMARK (99A. Comment in a women’s mag?)
INDIANA RECAP (101A. Summary of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”?)
LOVE ME LOVE MY GOD (123A. Pious spouse’s ultimatum?)
Other — AGNOSTIC (7D. Undecided, in a way), AIR JORDAN (40D. Sneaker with a Jumpman logo), AM I WRONG (94D. “Is it not so?“), COSTANZA (4D. Surname of TV’s George, Frank and Estelle), I MISS YOU (96D. Sweetheart’s telephone comment), ONE OR MORE (54D. A nonzero amount), TACO SALAD (53D. Dish with greens and ground beef), TREASURER (39D. One who keeps one’s balance?).
Seven-letter — CRISTAL (6D. Champagne often mentioned in hip-hop songs), DELIVER (98D. Rescue), ENTREAT (71D. Beseech), FICTIVE (43D. Made-up), HOLSTER (66D. Piece keeper?), I FORGOT (8D. "It slipped my mind"), NOSEGAY (33D. Bouquet of flowers), ONE OVER (100D. Bogey), PIASTER (97D. Egyptian coin), PROPANE (84D. Charcoal alternative), SOJOURN (25D. Brief stay), THE POPE (15D. Wearer of a famous ring), TENDING (37D. Keeping an eye on).
Six — AERATE, ASIAGO (17D. Crumbly cheese), BEASTS (81A. Many Maurice Sendak characters), CIDERS (104D. Apple products), DDRIVE and ESHARP, EXOCET (10D. Antiship missile used in the Falklands War), INTUIT, ITSELF, NO IDEA, PENDED, PISANO (61A. Italian sculptor Nicola), POMELO (16D. Fruit with a thick rind), PUPATE, RENTAL, SINNER, STEPPE, SPYCAM, STOLGA, TAILOR, TODATE.
Five — ARDEN, ASADA, AUNTS, ATPAR, AZERA, CHOSE, CORAL, CRAKE (29A. Short-billed bird), ELCID, FAERY, GEICO, HEMIN, LEVEE, MYRNA, NICER, NORSE, OXFAM, PARTB, RABID, SLOES, TIRANE (48A. Capital of Albania), WELDS.
Short stuff — AAH, ACH, ADOS, AGE and AGUE, ALAN, AMA, AREA, ARGO, ARKS, BOZO, CALC, CAPA, COMP, CURD, DIRT, DOZY, EATS, ELKO, ENS, ERE, ETA, EWE, FDA, GON, HEY, ICI, IDES, INA, JPEG, KNEW, LEAR, LIMA, LULL, MAE and MAR, MCAT, NAE, NERD, OAT germ, OGRE, OMSK, OREO, OUZO, PEAT, POI, IFT, ROT, SIMS, SIRS, SOSO, SOX, STAN (38A. Eminem song that samples Dido’s “Thank You”), SSR, TABU, TAJ, TEEM, TOGS, TORR, TOT, TRU, TUN, UBU, UEYS, URN, XKES.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Math class, for short; 5. Future doc’s exam; 9. Its slogan begins “15 minutes could save you …”; 14. How stocks may be sold; 19. Snack with a floral design; 20. Ship written about by Apollonius of Rhodes; 21. International relief org.; 22. Went for; 26. Encircle; 27. Medicare add0on; 28. Fair; 31. Starting material in coal formation; 32. Some wedding guests; 34. Image format; 36. Her feast day is Jul. 11; 49. Freshen, in a way; 50. Lipstick hue; 52. Tofu base; 53. Add (up); 56. Indian guy in National Lampoon’s “Van Wilder” movies; 57. Get on; 59. Sense; 63. Follower of White or Red; 65. “That feels good!”; 67. Wielder of the sword Tizona; 69. More likely to get gifts from Santa; 76. “Enoch ___,” Tennyson poem; 77. Plum relatives; 79. Palindromic preposition; 80. Map abbr. before 1991; 83. Kazakh land feature; 86. Large cask; 88. Professional org. with a House of Delegates; 90. It has a big mouth but can’t speak; 91. Friendship ender; 93. Loy of “The Thin Man”; 95. Custom-make; 97. Awaited judgment; 105. Like Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata; 106. January 13, e.g.; 107. So far; 108. Site of the oldest university in South America; 109 Joins; 111. Letter opener; 112. Fervent; 115. Character in “I, Claudius”; 117. Carne __ (roasted meat dish), 121, Marion’s “La Vie en Rose” character; 126. Bank manager?; 127. Hyundai sedan; 128. Had a hunch; 129. Drink in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”; 130. Wand waver, old-style; 131. Like Ymir; 132. Ymir, for one; 133. One-eighties. — DOWN: 1. Give for free; 2. Word with gray or rest; 3. The Duke of Albany’s father-in-law; 5. Disfigure; 8. Getup; 9. Suffix for shapes; 12. Cloak, in Córdoba; 13. Siberian city; 14. “Mein Gott!”; 18. Netflix movie; 24. “___ Roi” (Alfred Jarry play); 30. F equivalent; 35. Metamorphose, as a larva; 38. It may cause a scene; 44. Hit 1989 biographical play; 46. Z follower; 47. Samoan dish; 51. Put to sleep; 55. Unit of pressure; 58. Grub; 60. “___ on parle français”; 62. Family of games; 64. Classic Jags; 68. Reputation ruiner; 70. Brand advertised as “the forbidden fragrance”; 71. Beseech; 72. Go to waste; 73. Overflow; 75. Gray, e.g.; 78. Cuckold’s purchase, perhaps; 82. Confessional user; 85. One-point Scrabble tiles; 87. “Me, ___ cheerful twinkle lights me”: Robert Burns; 89. Torah holders; 92. Agcy. That may order recalls; 10. Bogey; 101. “… is fear ___”; 102. “Search me”; 103. Certain PC storage area; 104. Apple products; 110. Roosevelt or Hoover; 113. Mathematician Turing; 114. Doofus; 116. City in Nevada; 118. Flu symptom; 119. Ready for a nap; 120. Big deals; 122. “Get your hands off me!”; 124. Popular middle name for a girl; 125. Shorn female.
