04.07.13 — Fitting Rearrangements

 
 
The Great Fire of London in 1666 by Lieve Verschuler
 
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
 
Fitting Rearrangements, Crossword by Matt Ginsberg
Edited by Will Shortz

This very pleasant first Sunday of April crossword features six fairly-well-known subject/anagrams:

  • DORMITORY (24A. College student’s place) with DIRTY ROOM (116A. Apt anagram for 24-Across)
  • SNOOZE ALARMS (31A. Procrastinators’ enablers) with ALAS NO MORE Z’S (3D. Apt anagram for 31-Across)
  • DEBIT CARD (42A. Visa offering) with BAD CREDIT (94A. Apt anagram for 42-Across)
  • GEORGE BUSH (55A. “Decision Points” author) with HE BUGS GORE (30D. Apt anagram for 55-Across)
  • ASTRONOMER (79A Galileo, for one) with MOON STARER (54D. Apt anagram for 79-Across)
  • FIRE OF LONDON (103A. “Great” 1666 conflagration) with INFERNO OF OLD (63D. Apt anagram for 103-Across)

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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Postal ID; 6. Memphis belle?; 10. Raspberry; 14. Kind of form; 18. Cobbler’s job; 20. So that one might; 22. Black shade; 23. Stevedore, at times; 25. Dial competitor; 26. British soccer powerhouse; 28. “Got it”; 29. Fish with a long neck; 34. Shark, maybe; 35. Beat at a Nathan’s hot dog contest, say; 36. Snake in “The Jungle Book”; 39. Salad bar items; 40. “Le ___ de Monte-Cristo”; 47. Of ___ (servicing); 48. Mayo containers?; 49. Turned; 50. “China Beach” actress Helgenberger; 52. Novelist who had two spouses simultaneously; 53. Abbr. on car sellers’ license plates; 54. N. African land; 58. Repeats; 61. Vague response to “When?”; 62. Marsh of detective fiction; 65. ___ City, Miss.; 66. Gecko’s gripper; 69. Turbulence; 71. Local bird life; 73. “Bye Bye Bye” band; 75. Onetime sunblock agent; 77. BB shooter; 79. Galileo, for one; 83. Electric ___; 84. Mishandle something, say; 85. One of the M’s of 3M: Abbr.; 88. Electric car; 89. Football misdirection; 91. Hipster’s pad; 92. Charioteer’s place; 96. Beat it; 97. Name on a museum plaque; 98. Memphis-to-Nashville dir.; 99. Opera character who sings “Largo al factotum”; 101. The ___ Show” (best selling album of 2002); 109. Birthday suit enthusiast; 112. Passage; 113. Video store penalty; 115. Medical suffix; 119. Designer Picasso, daughter of Pablo; 120. Coastal niche; 121. They’re on the left in Britain; 122. “South Pacific” protagonist and namesakes; 123. Former Israeli president Weizman; 124. Dustup; 125. Baffled; 126. 1978 Peace Prize recipient. — DOWN: 1. Cuba, por ejemplo; 2. Coupe’s couple; 4. Places to hole up after holdups; 5. Unvarying; 6. Grant, e.g.; 7. How things are generally stir-fried; 8. Backs, anatomically; 9. Munitions supplier; 10. Black shade; 11. Lover of Psyche; 12. To be in Paris?; 13. Buckingham Palace resident; 14. Alters to allow development, maybe; 15. Scotland’s “Granite City”; 16. English poet, who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelites; 17. Begins, as a journey; 19. Scratch the surface of, maybe; 21. Per ___; 27. Galena and cerussite; 32. Egyptian sun deity; 33. Reggae precursor; 37. Georgia neighbor; 38. Not much, as of paint; 40. Fleetwood or Eldorado, informally; 41. Checked out; 43. Ask for change; 44. “How can ___ sure?”; 45. Hometown of TV’s McCloud; 46. PC insert; 49. Alternative to “com”; 51. Banker’s concern; 56. Hot tar, e.g.; 57. Mata ___; 59. Good protein source; 60. 1984 title role for Emilio Estevez; 64. Offshore installation; 67. Sun; 68. Multiple-choice choices; 70. Order during an M.R.I.; 72. Croatian leader?; 74. Municipal facility: Abbr.; 76. U.S.A. part: Abbr.; 78. Alternative to white; 80. “Hurlyburly” writer David; 81. Tomorrow’s is tonight; 82. Like Mars; 85. Was congenial; 86. Completely; 87. Like the word “curiae” in “arricus curiae”; 90. Melodic phrase; 91. Legendary queen of the Britons immortalized by Shakespeare; 93. Teetotaler; 95. Cool, in slang; 96. Small chickens; 100. Lose it; 102. Heart; 104. Short pastoral piece; 105. Not built up; 106. Prefix with car; 107. Some Siouans; 108. Where Hercules slew the lion; 110. Minuteman’s location; 111. Stepped; 114. Big ___ (sports conference); 117. Moses Malone, on the 76ers; 118. N.M. setting.

 

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