The Rhinoceros Times Greensboro
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 1209
LAST NAME FIRST By Patrick Berry / Edited by Will Shortz
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11 M r. _ _ _ ( o l d s o f t drink name) 1 5 Va r i e t y - s h o w overseers
18 Antipasto tidbit 19 Simulate
2 0 O l d p h o t o ’s t o n e 21 Loop locale, informally
22 Entry in a m e t a l w o r k e r ’s personal planner?
24 Roast a red-breasted bird? 26 Gall
27 Like movies and bonds
28 Pounds and pence? 29 Exercised caution
32 Copies from CD to PC 33 Distresses
34 What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents? 37 Funnywoman Boosler
40 Nose wrinkler
42 They might not be on the charts 43 Holds up
44 Napoleon, e.g., prior to exile?
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4 9 S u ff i x w i t h f a t a l
9 5 I t ’s s u i t a b l e f o r framing
53 Soprano role in “Il Tr o v a t o r e ”
100 Smarmy preprandial blessing?
12 Device with a click wheel
5 2 W. H e m i s p h e r e alliance
96 No.1 priority?
54 Fishing spear?
1 0 4 C a l i f o r n i a ’s S a n ___ County
5 6 Ve r i z o n f o r e r u n n e r 57 Where many last names start with “O”
58 Shirt front clip-on 60 Like superfans
61 Has a capacity of 6 3 Ti m i d s w e a r w o r d 65 Bit of news
6 7 S p o k e t o o n e ’s flock?
68 Small sandwich 69 “___ that” 7 1 U n d e rg o
73 1975 TV debut, briefly
7 4 M o o c h e r ’s m o s t valuable acquaintance? 78 Sent texts to, in bygone days 80 Hard water
81 Meaning reverser 82 Claim findings 83 The Salt, in Arizona?
85 Forum wear
8 6 _ _ _ C a s s i d y, 1 9 7 0 s teen heartthrob 87 High-flown poetry 88 Furnace worker
9 0 C o ff e e f r o m B i g S k y Country? 9 4 C o x s w a i n ’s teammates
13 Soweto uprising figure
2 5 “ L o v e Tr a i n ” g r o u p , with “the” 28 Passenger ship
11 3 L a g o o n e n c l o s e r
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11 4 B e n e v o l e n t N a r n i a denizen
11 8 “ T h e C h r i s t m a s That Almost ___” (1966 holiday film) Down
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41 Click again, maybe
2 Last Oldsmobile to be made
5 4 Tr y f o r a h i t
4 4 Tu r n s i g n a l ?
5 5 M i n o r- l e a g u e classification
4 5 “ H a v e Yo u S e e n ___” (1971 hit)
3 C o n n i v i n g s e rg e a n t of 1950s TV
4 6 Wo r d w r i t t e n a c r o s s a bad check
4 Hanes competitor
6 Frightened, in dialect
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11 7 L o o k e d b a d i n comparison
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11 2 Wi n d - c h i m e location
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1 0 7 O ff i c i a l s e a l o n a Havana cigar?
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48 Certain female grouse
59 Exhaust
62 Cry from Homer
6 4 C o u n t r y ’s A c u ff o r Clark 66 Ankle-length 67 Rest area
49 Like biopsies
70 Petroleum component
50 Logical things to study?
7 2 Ti c k o ff
51 Busybody
75 Portable diversion
89 Iroquois factions
76 Longing
91 Source of irritation
77 Honey
9 2 Ti m e w o r n
79 “Girls” creator
93 “Benny & ___”
83 One called upon to
9 4 P l a y e r ’s t r o p h y
Dunham talk?
84 Suspicion 8 5 “ Vi s s i d ’ a r t e ” o p e r a 86 Loud osculations 88 Private action?
(1993 rom-com)
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99 Insurance seller 101 Place to rest a guitar 102 Fibbie
103 Musician Shankar 104 Carpal or tarsal starter
97 Barrelful at a
105 Unable to pass m u s t e r, s a y
9 8 L i k e C u z c o ’s
1 0 9 U p p e r c u t t a rg e t
hardware store builders
108 Refresher
11 0 G 8 n a t i o n
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