The Rhinoceros Times Greensboro
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 1216
HEARING DOUBLE By Matt Ginsberg / Edited by Will Shortz
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6 “Along ___ spider …” 11 G o n e , b u t n o t f o rg o t t e n
45 Drama set at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ad agency
47 Nautical direction 4 8 P a s t a s u ff i x
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20 First U.S. screen p o r t r a y e r o f D r. F u Manchu
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21 Dangerous outpouring 22 Overly 23 Souvenir from the Petrified Forest? 25 Priests, at times
2 7 Tw o - f i f t h s o f ’ N Sync? 28 Actor Edward James ___ 29 What randy bucks do? 31 Agreement from the G i p p e r ’s c o a c h ? 34 Luth. or Presb. 35 Force
RELEASE DATE: 12/23/2012
36 Crowning touch? 37 What mayo is part of 3 8 To l k i e n t r i l o g y, t o fans 39 Measure of purity 40 Knobby 42 Plucky housekeeper?
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5 0 Wo r d s b e f o r e coming or made 55 Some salmon 5 6 “ We l l d o n e , S i r Lancelot,” in Franglais? 59 Python in “The Jungle Book” 60 Handel bars? 6 1 Wi n g s : L a t . 62 Lightning ___ 6 4 S o o t h s a y e r ’s shoelace problem? 70 Link up with 72 Pleasure boats 7 3 A ff a i r o f t h e h e a r t 74 Chucklehead 75 ___ Jima
76 Stage assistant 77 Outpourings 78 Shorten a bar mitzvah by 50%? 83 Decorative pin 8 5 Q a t a r i b i g w i g : Va r. 86 Ones with a lot of pull? 87 London can
88 Alpine wind 9 1 L i t e r a l l y, “ i t s e l f ” 92 Memo opener
9 3 P o l a r e x p l o r e r, a f t e r getting religion?
9 5 Ta g l i n e f o r t h e biopic “Dudley” starring bandleader Brown? 9 8 O u t a t t h e d e n t i s t ’s ? 9 9 F r e d d y K r u e g e r ’s street
1 0 0 Te n Commandments nono 1 0 1 W h e r e M a c y ’s keeps the wedding dresses? 1 0 5 Wi m p l e w e a r e r 106 Home to the 90Down, once 107 Nasty look 108 “___ it!”
109 Popular smartphone app 11 0 D o g c o m m a n d 111 G u i t a r i s t D u a n e and others 11 2 M a k e s , a s o n e ’s way Down 1 What one may break during exercise 2 A n d r é a n d M i a ’s adoptive daughter 3 Book about the writing style of the Mongols? 4 Iraq war hazard, briefly
5 Small, low island 6 Be at one (with)
7 Former San Francisco mayor 8 Stately home
9 K.C.-to-Chicago direction
1 0 P o s t s c r i p t : A b b r.
11 F o r m e r a t t o r n e y general Gonzales
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33 Soundboard controls 38 Deliberately delude 3 9 A l a s k a ’s _ _ _ Peninsula
4 1 Wa l k - _ _ _ ( n o n recruited athletes) 42 It may be rigged
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4 4 W h o w r o t e “ A b e a r, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise”
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93 Cleared the dishes 94“ Antigonae”
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5 0 Wi l l i n g r e c i p i e n t s ?
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76 Feminist Germaine
52 Psychology pioneer Alfred
66 Castle component
7 9 To t a l l y j a z z e d
8 9 O b e y e d a s e n t r y, s a y
102 Neither Dem. nor 103 Knock over
81 74-Down recipient, e.g.
92 “___ Only One” (Melissa Etheridge hit)
45 Big truck maker
46 Have ___ (bathe) 5 1 U rg e n t l y
5 3 Tr i c k - t a k i n g c a r d game 54 Abdicated?
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65 Salad bar supply 67 ___ to go 68 Drop
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74 U.K. mil. decoration 78 Raining hard?
80 Some scriptural passages
84 Bull session?
87 Inspector in E l i z a b e t h G e o rg e mysteries 90 See 106-Across
composer Carl
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1 0 4 C h a r l e m a g n e ’s r e a l m : A b b r.
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