08.26.12 — Put a Lid in It

 
 
 
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
 
PUT A LID IN IT, Puzzle by Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson
Edited by Will Shortz

The word HAT in six squares, e.g., [HAT] BOX (110D. Storage item … or one of six in this puzzle?) constitutes the interrelated group of this genteel Sunday crossword.

  • LADY C[HAT]TERLEY’S LOVER (25A. Banned book of 1928) with AR[HAT]S (18D. Nirvana achievers)
  • HORTON [HAT]CHES THE EGG (43A. Source material for Broadway’s “Seussical”) with [HAT]ARI (45D. (1962 John Wayne film)
  • MA[HAT]MA GANDHI (59A. Time’s 1930 Man of the Year) with C[HAT]TY CATHY (53D. Talking doll that debuted in 1960)
  • TO CATC[H A T]HIEF (74A. 1955 Grant/Kelly thriller) with I [HAT]E YOU (71D. Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke)
  • C[HAT]TANOOGA CHOO CHOO (88A. World’s first certified gold record, 1942) with T[HAT]CH (84D. Hut cover)
  • ALL’S WELL T[HAT] ENDS WELL (107A. Source of the line “They say miracles are past”) with the aforementioned [HAT] BOX.

Other — ACRIMONY, ACT ONE’S AGE, ASTONISHED, AT A COST, AVONLEA (50A. “Anne of Green Gables town), BENEATH, COAT TREE, FAILURE, FIELD TRIP (31D. Class action?), GROWLED, ITALIANS, IT’S LATE, LEAD-INS, LIE-A-BED, MINI-CAR, MORT SAHL, ON ALERT, TACHYON (75D. Speedy subatomic particle), TAKES TO, TSARINA, the WILLIES.
 
Six-letter — ALTIMA, BIOMES, BRAYED, CARESS, DREAMT, FOLIOS, KAHUNA, KNIGHT, MITRAL, ONESIE, ROTTER, SEA AIR, SHAZAM, SOWETO (98D. Johannesburg area), TIERRA (17A. Land in South America).
 
Five — ABIDE, BLARE, BOOST, BRAVA, CITES, CREEK, DEERE, EL SOL (102D. La estrella mas brillante), GATED, "Well, I’LL BE", Marilyn MCCOO, OCHRE, OMEGA, OTROS, R E LEE, SAABS, SEE YA, SLATY, TENDS, USAIN Bolt.
 
Short stuff — ABIE Baby“, ACME, “Don’t have A COW, man!”, “Cat on A HOT Tin Roof”, ALFA Romeo, ALTO, AMI and AMIR, AMOK, ATRA, ATTN, AYE (75A. Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end), CFO, CITES, COY, DEED, DUEL, EDD and EDS, EDGE, E-MAG, ERIC, ESO Beso”, ETC, FAB and FAR, FELL, FEM, Elinor GLYN, GMAC, GROG, IRE, LACE, LET, Mauna LOA, LST, LYNX, MCS, MEGA, MOE, NRC, ODOR, OKLA, “ONLY You”, OOO and OOP, ORAL, OYS, PEER, PFCS, PIAF, PSA, PSIS, RAES, RAW, ROO, SHIH Tzu, SNOB, SOT, SSA, STAY, TALL, TARN, TENDS, John TESH, TNN, TONE, TWO, TVA, UPC, WHY, ZENO (54A. Paradoxical one).

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Common exclamation after “Well”; 6. Some G.I.’s; 10. Like the Beatles; 13. Norah Jones or Cher; 19. Big employer in Moline, Ill.; 20. Bitterness; 2. It’s salty; 23. Storied C.S.A. commander; 24. Onetime Ethiopia colonizers; 28. “___ Baby” (song from “Hair”); 29. Group that’s got your no.?; 30. Hawaiian priest; 31. Gender abbr.; 34. Leans; 36. Bad way to run; 39. It’s madness; 40. Put up with; 42. Mag. Wheels; 48. “___ dreaming?”; 49. Oscar-winning role for Cotillard; 51. End of the line?; 56. Seaman’s swig; 58. Like some communities; 62. Slap-happy sort?; 64. Razor handle?; 67. Japanese model; 68. Bad service result?; 69. Away’s partner; 70. Kind of heart valve; 72. English author Elinor; 76. References; 79. Western climax; 81. Spike; 82. Smokey the Bear spot, e.g., in brief; 83. With repercussions; 86. Sorority letters; 87. Like one saying “Who, little old me?”; 92. A couple of; 95. Adobe shade; 96. Reactor safety org.; 97. Judge’s issuance; 98. Bolt from Jamaica; 100. Kid’s repeated rejoinder; 101. Ecologists’ study; 104. Kanga’s offspring; 106. Fort Sill’s home: Abbr.; 112. “Sing a Song of Watergate” comic; 115. Former General Motors vehicles; 116. Toddler’s wear; 117. Where to park a parka?; 118. Others: Sp.; 119. No-goodnik; 120. Plaqnted; 121. Announcer Hall; 122. Former Mercury; 123. Up. — DOWN: 1. “I really should be going”; 2. Lazybones, maybe; 3. Preambles; 4. Sounded like an ass; 5. “South Park” boy; 6. Look through some blinds, say; 7. Take an ax to; 8. Place to find a crawdad; 9. “Bye”; 10. Bomb; 11. Behave; 12. Shout to a diva; 13. “The Kite Runner” protagonist; 15. Spike, once; 16. Verbal groans; 19. Cooked (up); 21. Any of the French Antilles; 26. Russian royal; 27. ___ Tzu (dog); 32. Nose out; 33. The “M” of MB; 35. It may be said with the wave of a hand; 37. Alley ___; 38. One of the Canterbury pilgrims; 41. Not worthy of; 44. Swiss watch brand; 46. Main $$$ overseer; 47. F.D.R. program; 51. Some online reading; 52. Starbucks size; 55. “___ You” (1955 Platters hit); 57. Org. for vehicle financing, once; 60. It’s relatively easy to find a parking spot for; 61. Title; 63. Spoken; 65. Charlotte and others; 69. Leaves; 70. “Solid Gold” host Marilyn; 73. Blown away; 74. Radio host John; 77. Voice quality; 78. Paul Anka’s “___ Beso”; 80. Series of bars, for short; 86. Lush; 89. Warned someone off, in a way; 90. This above all?; 91. Loving feeling?; 92. Starts liking; 93. Acute uneasiness, with “the”; 94. Watchful; 101. Be on high?; 103. Bluish-gray; 105. What the nose knows; 107. Start of a memo heading; 108. D-Day transport: Abbr.; 109. Mountain lake; 111. Uppity sort; 112. Mike holders; 113. Hugs, in a love letter; 114. Unedited.

 

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