07.01.12 — Yankee Doodle Dandies




I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London,
just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES, Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz
Edited by Will Shortz

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (65A. See 28-, 39-, 45-, 83-, 95- and 107-Across), CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872), MALIA OBAMA (1998), NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804), GEORGE STEINBRENNER (1930), ANN LANDERS (1918) and LIONEL TRILLING (1905) constitute the interrelated group of this lively Sunday crossword.

Other — ADMINISTER, ASCENDS, AT FIRST, DETRAIN, DO A DEAL, ENDGAME, ENDURABLE, ENROOTS, INFANTS, MANICOTTI (3D. Some large tubes), MARMOSETS (43D. New World monkeys), MOTONEURON (113A. Electrical impulse conductor in the body), ONEIDAS, POSED AS, REST AREA, TAG-LINE.

Six-letter — ARARAT (19A. Noted landing site), AREOLA, ARMLET, ASLEEP, DOTTIE, ENROLS, ET ALIA, HODADS, MANILA Bay, NO LOAD, OTTO II, PRICES, RABBLE, RASCAL, SPIRAL (99D. Air show maneuver), TEMPTS, TIMBAL, WINONA Ryder.

Beelzebub, a demon mentioned in the New Testament as the “Lord of Flies”.

Five — ALONE, AMANA, CENTS, CLUMP, DJINN (64D. Magic lamp figure), ENIAC, FEVER, FLATS, GALEN (83D. Ancient Greek anatomist) GHANA, HAIFA, HAUNT, IMBUE, INTRO, KRAUT, MACRO, MORAN, MULES, NAÏVE, ORTHO, OUTIE, RAMON, SATAN (31D. Lord of the Flies), SEEST, SPLAT, STEER, SWATS, TALON, Have TO EAT one’s words, V-NECK.

Short stuff — ADES, ALMA, A LOT, ANNI, ATM, ATRA, ASTA, BAY, BEER and DEER, BETA, CPI, DEE and DEP, DNA, EAP, EEE and EEL, EIN, EMMA, ERA and ETA, ESS, FAIL, GERE, GMAC, GNAT, Den HAAG, Nederland, HEAT, ICON, I DO, JET and JEU, LEAS, LIE, LIMO, LYLE, MAIL, MAN and MAW, MARL, MEAD, MIME, NAT, NBA, OLE, ONE I, ONO and OONA, OTT, RANI, READ, ROAM, ROW, SEMI, SERA, SOS, TAM, TEA, Set-TOS, TRY, TUTU, URIS, YAR, YEW.

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Plays a siren; 7. Gold Coast, today; 12. Meander; 16. It’s a plus in a bank acct.; 20. Player of the young Cunningham on “Happy Days”; 21. Mach3 predecessor; 22. “Yes, I’m a Witch” singer, 1992; 23 ___ Bay, 1898 battle site; 24. Deliver; 26. They push things; 27. File folder, e.g.; 28. President who was 65-Across (1872); 30. Heads up; 33. Capital of Denmark?; 34. Come to naught; 35. Fermented honey drink; 38. Where kips are cash; 37. Observe, in the Bible; 39. Presidential daughter who was 65-Across (1998); 41. First National Leaguer with 500 home runs; 42. Act out; 43. Staff; 44. Some slippers; 45. Novelist who was 65-Across (1804); 52. Early computer; 53. Yevtushenko’s “Babi ___”; 54. Red Cross supply; 55. Word with black or pack; 58. “The Haj” author; 61. Long way to go?; 63. Bill provider; 64. ___ Valley, 2002 Winter Olympics venue; 71. Plenty; 72. Sri Lankan export; 73. Film canine; 74. “This is dedicated to the ___ love”; 75. Wordsworth’s “solitary Tree”; 76. Interpret; 78. Article in Der Spiegel; 79. Sweater style; 83. Team owner who was 65-Across (1930); 93. Sierra Nevada, e.g.; 94. Building block, of sorts; 95. Columnist who was 65-Across (1918); 99. Powerful blows; 101. Attire usually worn with slippers; 102. “Unfaithful” co-star, 2002; 103. The final Mrs. Chaplin; 104. Economic stat.; 105. Initially; 107. Literary critic who was 65-Across (1905); 111. Michigan college; 112. When sung five times, an Abba hit; 114. Riffraff; 117. D.C. Player; 118. Knightwear?; 119. Maytag acquisition of 2001; 120. And others, in a footnote; 121. Most of a figure eight; 122. Coolers; 123. Water balloon sound; 124. Out. — DOWN: 1. Tufted topper; 2. Chapter; 4. They might be inflated; 5. Part of Tennyson’s “crooked hands”; 6. Pinch-hits (for); 7. Former financing inits.; 8. Wannabe surfers; 9. Cove, e.g.; 10. Sucker-like; 11. Years at the Vatican; 12. Wily sort; 13. 10th-century Holy Roman emperor; 14. Iris part; 15. Clayey deposits; 16. Conclude negotiations successfully; 17. Chess closing; 18. Impersonated; 25. Bundles of joy, so to speak; 29. Infuse; 30. “Home ___”; 32. Convoy component; 38. Wide shoe spec; 39. Wide-open mouth; 40. Every, in an Rx; 42. Lens used for close-ups; 46. Frequent; 47. Singer Lovett; 48. City on the slopes of Mount Carmel; 49. What a thermometer measures; 50. Garden chemical brand; 51. One of the Estevez brothers; 55. French game; 56. Dish that may be smoked; 57. Adjudge; 59. Prelim; 60. Range rover; 62. Certain belly button; 65. Seabiscuit, for one; 66. Crowd shout; 67. Ticket datum; 68. Den ___, Nederland; 69. Eastern royal; 70. What a thermometer may measure; 77. Get off at a station; 80. Like adversity, one hopes; 81. Mint products; 82. Sausage topper; 84. Seventh chapter; 85. “I’ll send an ___ to the world” (Police lyric); 86. Bird’s org.; 87. Kind of test; 88. Interstate sign; 89. “Good night, and good luck,” e.g.; 90. Six Nations tribe; 91. Becomes established; 96. Like some mutual funds; 97. West of Nashville; 98. Registers; 100. Actress Ryder; 101. Kettledrum; 104. Opposite of break apart; 106. High-heels alternatives; 108. Anarchist Goldman; 109. Meadowlands; 110. Punkie; 115. “The dog ate my homework,” probably; 116. Literary inits.



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