Louvre Pyramid, completed in 1989
-----------------
Sunday, April 25, 2010
MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT, Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski, edited by Will Shortz
I. M. Pei, a crosswordese favorite, was born April 26, 1917 and will be 93 tomorrow. Today, this timely and quite pleasant crossword asks us to pay a small tribute to the occasion by scribbling on our completed puzzle, as noted:
Note: When this puzzle is done, the seven circled letters can be arranged to spell a common word, which is missing from seven of the clues, as indicated by [ ]. Connect the seven letters in order with a line and you will get an outline of the object that the word names.
P, Y, R, A, M, I and D are the seven letters and connecting them in order yields a three-dimensional pyramid. Supporting the pyramid are seven across entries all with the same clue device, e.g. open and close brackets, [ ], possibly enclosing a transparent pyramid: 23. CHEERLEADING FORMATION; 37. IMAGE ON A DOLLAR BILL; 55. YOGA POSE; 66. THE LOUVRE (Paris attraction that features a [ ]); 78. CARD GAME; 89. GLASS DESIGN BY I M PEI ([ ] that was the creation of an architect born 4/26/1917); 109. THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE.
Other — AEROPLANE (13D. Part of a Virgin Atlantic fleet), AUSTRIA (99A. Mozart’s birthplace), CAPITAL A (52D. April first?), FIG TREE (43D. Parts of some Mediterranean orchards), FOOD PLAN (42D. Nutritional regimen), LITCHIS (88D. They’re nuts), MADE NOISE (77D. Clapped and shouted, e.g.), SEES FIT (4D. Deems worthy), STEFANI (31A. Gwen who sang “Don’t Speak,” 1996), TWO-TIMER (53D. Double-crosser).
Six-letter — ALARMS, AMNIOS and ANOMIE (76A. Prenatal procedures, informally; 104A. Breakdown of social norms), ARARAT, ASKNOT, ATONAL, CLEATS, CLONAL, DMITRI, D TRAIN (60A. New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island), FLAKES, FOSSAE (81D. Anatomical cavities), GLUTES, HOTTEA, ICIEST, KOENIG, LUSHLY, MADAMS, MONTEL, NUCLEI, RENOIR (29A. “Le Déjeuner des Canotiers,” e.g.), SAFECO, SKICAP, SLIPON, STRATI (73A. Low clouds), SAFECO, SUMMER, UNEASE.
Five — FATSO, KAPUT, AFOUL, AKERS, ALOSS, ALTUS, APRES, AREAS, ASHER (19A. Tribe of Israel), ASHOT, ASSNS, AURAE, BLARE, CDROM, DIMAG (59D. Joltin’ Joe), FACTS, HEAPS, HENIE, INPEN, LULUS, OFFTO, OLEOS, OMANI, OMITS, RIDER, ROADS, SALAD, SIEVE, STOAS, THESE, TIGHT.
Short stuff — ALAS and ALEE, AMAD, AMBI, AMES and ASES, AMO and AMTO, ANDS, ANE, BES, CMDR, CONK, CORA, COSI, CTS, DAWS (59A. Glossy black birds), DOIT, EAT, EDAM, EDGE, ELMS, ENS, ESAU, EST, EYE, FEY,GLEN, GRID, HUNK, IDE, ISNT, KAT, KCAR, KERT, LANA, LEY, LOAD and LORD, LSU, MAES, MNOP, NDAK, OOH, ORR, PADS, PAST, PURL, ROI and TOI, SCAD, SCH, SNIT, SRA, SSNS, SYST, TIN, TNT, TOSS, TRL, UBS, UNI, USA.
Click on image to enlarge.
Puzzle available on the internet at
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Crossword Puzzles and Games.
If you subscribe to home delivery of The New York Times you are eligible to access the daily crossword via The New York Times - Times Reader, without additional charge, as part of your home delivery.
Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Tubs; 6. Dead; 11. Large amount; 15. Imported cheese; 20. Resident of a country that’s 97% mountains and desert; 21. Sailor’s direction; 22. “Here I ___ Worship” (contemporary hymn); 27. Fling; 28. English connections; 30. You may get a charge out of it; 33. Top of a mountain?; 35. Saintly glows; 41. Leaving for; 44. “Go on!”; 45. “A pity”; 46. Charles, for one; 47. Very friendly (with); 49. Start of a famous J.F.K. quote; 52. Price part: Abbr.; 58. Pizza orders; 61. Throat soother; 63. Like clogs; 65. After, in Avignon; 69. Passes over; 70. Football shoes; 72. Nervousness; 75. Fannie ___ (some investments); 80. Coast Guard rank: Abbr.; 81. Snow fall; 82. Run ___ of; 84. Willy who wrote “The Conquest of Space”; 85. Whites or colors, e.g.; 86. NASA’s ___ Research Center; 87. Trumpet; 97. Humdingers; 98. Atomic centers; 99. Mozart’s birthplace; 103. Network that airs “WWE Raw”; 104. Breakdown of social norms; 106. Naval officer: Abbr.; 108. Bop; 114. O’Neill’s “Desire Under the ___”; 115. “___ Death” (Grieg movement); 116. Flat storage place; 117. Headless Horseman, e.g.; 118. Way: Abbr.; 119. Larry who played Tony in “West Side Story”; 120. Compost units; 121. Professional grps. DOWN: 1. Almanac tidbits; 2. “Give it ___”; 3. “___ Foolish Things” (1936 hit); 5. Canadian-born hockey great; 6. Walter of “Star Trek”; 7. “Diary of ___ Housewife”; 8. Crash sites?; 9. Prefix with sex; 10. Cookie holder; 11. Seattle’s ___ Field; 12. Like some cell growth; 14. Prefix with monde; 15. “Let’s ___!”; 16. Composer Shostakovich; 17. Like Berg’s “Wozzeck”; 18. Williams of TV; 24. Smallville girl; 25. Sudoku feature; 26. Genesis landing site; 32. “I love,” in Latin; 33. Tizzy; 34. “Krazy” one; 36. Financial inst. That bought PaineWebber in 2000; 38. Upper hand; 39. “I’m impressed!”; 40. At ___ for words; 41. Suffix with contradict; 47. French pronoun; 48. Exists no more; 49. High: Lat.; 50. It doesn’t hold water; 51. 1980s Chrysler debut; 54. Payroll stub Ids; 56. Fields; 57. History; 58. Covered walkways; 59. Joltin’ Joe; 61. “Thin Ice” star Sonja; 62. Bars from the refrigerator; 64. “___, is it I?”; 65. Tip-top; 67. Pinup boy; 68. “___ Wood sawed wood” (start of a tongue twister); 71. Light lunch; 74. Bygone daily MTV series, informally; 78. “___ fan tutte”; 79. Ophthalmologist’s study; 82. Both: Prefix; 83. Tina of “30 Rock”; 85. Baton Rouge sch.; 86. “Wheel of Fortune” purchase; 87. Wanna-___ (imitators); 89. Sitting areas, slangily?; 90. How rain forests grow; 91. Bells and whistles, maybe; 92. Kind of romance; 93. Least friendly; 94. Valley; 95. House keepers; 96. Knitting loop; 100. Some have forks; 101. How some people solve crosswords; 102. Singer/actress Karen of Broadway’s “Nine”; 105. Neighbor of Sask.; 106. Mrs. Dithers of “Blondie”; 107. Run before Q; 110. Ballpark fig.; 111. Brown, e.g.: Abbr.; 112. Chemical suffix; 113. Spanish Mrs.
