Caravaggio’s Narcissus
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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, Puzzle by Michael J. Doran, edited by Will Shortz
The title of this puzzle is from an otherwise disinterested Shakespeare, borrowed to cloak eight clues — irate, isled, islander, Iran, iPhone, ibid., icon and ideal meant to be parsed as I affixed before rate, sled, slander, ran, phone, bid, con and deal each forming a short sentence identifying the mysterious first-person’s occupation within the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword.
Irate, 23A. FILM CRITIC
Isled, 28A. OLYMPIC LUGER
Islander, 52A. TABLOID WRITER
Iran, 88A. ELECTION LOSER
iPhone, 109A. TELEMARKETER
Ibid., 117A. EBAY PATRON
Icon, 33D. PONZI SCHEMER
Ideal, 42D. CASINO WORKER
Other — ACHES FOR (74A. Greatly desires), AGES AGO (49A. Way in the past), AMAROSO (37A. Lovingly, in music), ART MAJORS (11D. Drawers in some college dorm rooms?), ASTORIA (35D. Area in Queens), DISBANDS (66A. Breaks up), ED MEESE (101A. Attorney general under Reagan), ENCLOSE (72d. Pen), EXEMPTS (93A. Lets off), LAMBERT (4D. St. Louis airport), LICKING (68A. Rout), MINEOLA (94D. Long Island town where the Wright Brothers experimented), PEA COAT (73A. Double-breasted winter wear), SALUTES (15D. Private greetings?), SEA STAR (97D. Ocean dweller with five points), STRIKE ONE (81D. Call from home?).
Six-letter — AGENDA, AISLES, ALLSET, ASKSIN, DEPEND, EGRETS, ENCINO, GETSET, ICEAXE (69D. Sherpa‘s tool), LANCET (68D. Surgeon‘s tool), MORALS, NOREST and NORISK, RECORK, REDSEA (24D. Part of Eritrea’s border), RUMPLE, SKOPJE (39A. Macedonian capital), SOARED, UNFELT.
Five — ALEVE, ALIBI, ĀTMAN (25A. Universal soul, in Hinduism), ATRIP, BARER, BIERS, BIKED, CHASE, DARLA, DARTS, DRURY, EMAIL, ENOCH, EPSOM, ERINS, EVIAN, GORES, HOLED, HOURS, 105D. “Me, Myself & IRENE,” 2000 Jim Carrey movie, ISTLE, LEPER, LLOYD, LAURA, LUTSK (7D. Ukranian city in W.W. I fighting), MACON, NENES, OLLIE, ONINE, PECAN, PISAN, RAYON, SRTAS, SWALE, SYNCS, TERIS, THANE, TITHE, TITIS (52D. South American monkeys), TRAIL.
Short stuff — ACTI, AGEE and AGOG, ALIT, ANNA, ASL, BIT, CAM, DDAY, DEER, ELAN, ERAT, EROS, GAEL, HER, IER and IES, IGET and ISEE, KARL, LIEN, LIZ, LOVE (26A. Troubadour’s subject), MINE, NAS, NEED, NEVE, OLIO, OPEN, ORA, ORBS, OYER, PAW, RANT, REL, RHO, ROC, RUT, SAND, SER and SERT, SKÁL, SIRS, SITU, SLUR, SPF, STER and STIR, STOP, TINE and TUNE, TOGA, TRES, TROW, UNI, WII, YAO.
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