Author: | Peter Gordon |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 YELLOW | 2 S | 3 E | 4 A | 5 INDIGO | 6 G | 7 I | 8 R | 9 L | 10 S | 11 A | 12 N | 13 K | 14 A | 15 R | 16 A |
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17 O | P | T | I | M | 18 A | 19 S | O | N | N | E | T | 20 S | 21 L | O | L | L | E | D |
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22 C | A | R | N | A | C | 23 N | O | N | S | T | O | P | 24 GREEN | B | E | A | N | S |
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25 A | G | E | E | 26 L | 27 E | A | F | 28 U | R | A | 29 L | 30 L | E | M | ||||||
31 L | E | E | 32 O | R | K | 33 I | 34 S | P | Y | 35 E | 36 K | E | S | O | 37 U | 38 T |
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39 A | S | P | 40 S | 41 C | E | E | 42 C | Y | S | 43 U | S | E | S | 44 D | A | N |
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45 A | 46 S | K | 47 S | 48 K | I | D | 49 M | L | L | E | 50 C | E | R | T |
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51 G | 52 E | 53 W | G | A | W | 54 S | 55 E | E | N | 56 O | T | E | L | 57 L | O | |||||
58 O | N | A | 59 D | O | S | 60 G | R | E | 61 G | O | R | Y | 62 I | B | 63 S | 64 E | 65 N |
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66 O | R | R | 67 I | R | S | 68 Y | O | D | A | 69 S | T | R | I | V | E |
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70 D | A | M | 71 A | S | K | 72 RED | 73 ORANGE | 74 YELLOW | GREEN | BLUE | INDIGO | VIOLET | 75 H | E | A | L | E | R |
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76 A | G | E | N | T | ORANGE | 77 A | R | E | S | 78 A | R | R | 79 I | N | V |
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80 S | E | N | T | I | 81 F | L | I | R | T | 82 E | 83 R | 84 P | I | A | 85 C | U | E |
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86 S | C | 87 R | E | E | N | 88 R | N | A | 89 E | N | T | 90 R | A | P | S |
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91 C | 92 O | 93 P | Y | 94 H | A | R | D | 95 E | O | N | 96 S | 97 K | I | D | ||||||
98 A | R | A | 99 V | O | L | T | 100 S | E | L | 101 C | 102 D | I | 103 S | 104 P | 105 A | 106 T |
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107 T | A | N | 108 N | E | S | T | 109 I | O | T | A | 110 R | I | N | 111 A | S | H |
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112 F | I | R | 113 Y | 114 A | R | D | 115 D | E | N | G | 116 P | I | P | E |
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117 A | 118 N | I | O | N | 119 S | 120 R | A | I | 121 N | 122 B | O | W | 123 VIOLET | 124 S | A | R | E | BLUE |
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125 C | A | S | B | A | H | 126 S | Q | U | E | E | Z | E | 127 S | I | R | E | N | S |
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128 E | T | H | E | L | RED | 129 I | M | A | G | E | D | 130 S | I | R | S |
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1. Site of the Shandog Peninsula : YELLOWSEA 5. "Closer to Fine" singers : INDIGOGIRLS 11. Capital near Lake Tuz : ANKARA 17. MasterCard rival : OPTIMA 19. Petrarch works : SONNETS 21. Took it easy : LOLLED 22. Swami routine of the old "Tonight Show" : CARNAC 23. Interminable : NONSTOP 24. Some are French-cut : GREENBEANS 25. "The African Queen" scriptwriter : AGEE 26. Bud, eventually : LEAF 28. River to the Caspian : URAL 30. Polish writer Stanislaw : LEM 31. 1961 Pulitzer-winning author : LEE 32. Orson's planet in 70's TV : ORK 33. TV show about agents Robinson and Scott : ISPY 35. Makes, as a living : EKESOUT 39. Horned vipers : ASPS 41. Average grade : CEE 42. Pitcher Young and namesakes : CYS 43. Exploits : USES 44. Judo level : DAN 45. Grill : ASK 47. Lose control on the road : SKID 49. Srta., across the Pyrenees : MLLE 50. Retsyn-filled mint : CERT 51. Trinkets : GEWGAWS 55. Nighttime's start, in poetry : EEN 56. Verdi opera : OTELLO 58. "Bird _____ Wire" : ONA 59. Salon works : DOS 60. Name of 16 popes : GREGORY 62. Nora Helmer's creator : IBSEN 66. 1968-75 Norris Trophy winner : ORR 67. Dept. of the Treasury div. : IRS 68. Luke was his disciple : YODA 69. Make a big effort : STRIVE 70. Table linen, often : DAMASK 72. After-shower scene : REDORANGEYELLOWGREENBLUEINDIGOVIOLET 75. Doctor : HEALER 76. Toxic defoliant : AGENTORANGE 77. Lover of Aphrodite : ARES 78. Flight board abbr. : ARR 79. Edison, e.g.: Abbr. : INV 80. Tanzanian coins : SENTI 81. Coquette : FLIRTER 84. Actress Zadora : PIA 85. Kind of ball or card : CUE 86. Basketball ploy : SCREEN 88. Cell stuff : RNA 89. Lures into wrongdoing : ENTRAPS 91. "I hear you," to a CB operator : COPY 94. Fermented : HARD 95. Years and years : EONS 97. Josh : KID 98. Coach Parseghian : ARA 99. It's shocking! : VOLT 100. Poivre's partner : SEL 101. One-fifth of MMV : CDI 103. Shoe coverer : SPAT 107. Most colored by the sun : TANNEST 109. Tad : IOTA 110. _____ Tin Tin : RIN 111. Louisville Slugger material : ASH 112. Douglas, for example : FIR 113. Sale place : YARD 115. Mao successor : DENG 116. Hugh Hefner prop : PIPE 117. Negatively charged atoms : ANIONS 120. Where to see 72 Across : RAINBOW 123. 1986 Spacek/Kline flick : VIOLETSAREBLUE 125. Algiers's old quarter : CASBAH 126. Run-scoring bunt : SQUEEZE 127. Vonnegut's "The _____ of Titan" : SIRENS 128. Name of two English kings : ETHELRED 129. Made an MRI picture : IMAGED 130. Letter opener? : SIRS |
1. It might have the heading "Vacuum-Van" : YELLOWPAGES 2. Silkwood portrayer : STREEP 3. "______ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE 4. Doogie Howser's org. : AMA 5. They prey on small mammals : INDIGOSNAKES 6. Boo-boo : GOOF 7. B&B : INN 8. Hosp. workers : RNS 9. Pauses : LETUPS 10. Floor : STORY 11. "Let's Stay Together" singer : ALGREEN 12. They always have titles : NOBLES 13. Some MOMA paintings : KLEES 14. Dessert option : ALAMODE 15. Stimpy's buddy : REN 16. Commercials : ADS 17. Central Florida city : OCALA 18. Novel that features the language Nadsat : ACLOCKWORKORANGE 20. Health club : SPA 27. Before, to Byron : ERE 29. Stahl of "60 Minutes" : LESLEY 33. More frigid : ICIER 34. Actor in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" : SYDNEYGREENSTREET 36. Hull attachment : KEEL 37. Old Mideast inits. : UAR 38. Explosive stuff : TNT 40. Wilt : SAG 43. Kind of lamp : ULTRAVIOLET 46. Cruel : SADISTIC 48. College party essential : KEG 49. Song also recorded as "Harlem Footwarmers" : MOODINDIGO 50. Army atack helicopter : COBRA 51. _____ gold : GOODAS 52. Incense : ENRAGE 53. Soldiers : WARMEN 54. Draft org. : SSS 57. Intellectuals : LITERATI 61. Michigan Wolverine cheer : GOBLUE 63. Glass ingredient : SILICA 64. Tie : EVENUP 65. Anxiety : NERVES 69. Self-effacing people : SHRINKINGVIOLETS 71. Uneasy : ANTSY 72. Bridge situation : REDALERT 73. Curacao ingredient : ORANGERIND 74. Less brave : YELLOWER 78. Imitate : APE 81. Allegiance : FEALTY 82. _____ Gay : ENOLA 83. Kurosawa's "King Lear" : RAN 87. Greek letters : RHOS 90. Rural rtes. : RDS 91. Socks, e.g. : CAT 92. ______ pro nobis : ORA 93. Perch, for example : PANFISH 96. Fastened with threads? : SCREWED 99. Springy : VERNAL 100. It explodes when wet : SODIUM 102. Racket : DIN 104. Sock sorter : PAIRER 105. Fluttering trees : ASPENS 106. Despondency : THEBLUES 108. Tantalus's daughter : NIOBE 109. Kirkuk native : IRAQI 114. "_____ magna" (anagrams, appropriately) : ARS 115. Nap : DOZE 116. _____-mutuel : PARI 117. King's superior : ACE 118. Actor Pendleton : NAT 119. Bit : SHRED 121. Teachers' org. : NEA 122. Petition : BEG 124. Family girl : SIS |
Answer summary: 6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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