Back to Basics
I guess many of you who used to do the holiday puzzle have gotten
tired of its high-tech trappings, and so this year we return to more
fundamental concepts. Here is a straightforward crossword puzzle—no
gimmicks, tricks, or hidden messages. If you think you discern a motif,
well, perhaps you are imagining it.
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Across Down
1A: basis 1A: base
12A: basics 2A: "Old thoughts in ___ young..."
1B: nine-sided 3A: arrived in reverse film clip?
12B: sewing profession 4A: Wisconsin locale
1C: harboring no grudge 5A: Carvey
12C: tending to cheer 6A: g-men
1D: how Hamlet delivers a 7A: Choctaw game
confidence 8A: how Flanders starts an oath
13D: initimate time in Lyon 9A: green spots
1E: burbot 10A: stickers on Dutch cars
9E: outburst 12A: Greek letter
18E: short for ethyl alcohol 13A: maple story: ___ syrup?
4F: garden tool 14A: ooze
10F: 52 in Pompeii 15A: lengths of cloth
16F: US network 16A: Biblical sailor
5G: no room there, sometimes 17A: straight
9G: husky hauls 18A: puts out
15G: primate prison 19A: trumpeter, like H. Alpert
1H: dungeonmaster's role 20A: "...cockles and mussels alive a-___"
5H: TV critic 21A: remix DJs Jondi and ___
12H: drinker's request? 10E: Shakespeare title opener
19H: pea place 11E: it may be detected
1I: Indian palace site 12E: Spanish life
6I: 19 or 51, to ufologists 5F: Yiddish cries
13I: may follow elbow or panic 6F: upgrade feature
18I: sensory tickle 16F: universe-views
1J: settled up front? 17F: chat room minder
12J: Anabaptists 7G: drug sniffer
1K: Mike McConnell's enterprise 9G: what the lady vends
8K: one more of 5O-across 13G: may run through a watershed
12K: "best" rating 15G: Morpheus's home
16K: fragrant flowering tree 1H: night amble, by day?
1L: naked state (informal) 2H: spoken in Wales and Cornwall
12L: earth momma to Jif mom? 3H: animal
1M: is located 8H: song companion to lace
6M: sweet stuff in Dijon 14H: contestant picked the right key?
13M: k.d. 19H: nasal secretion
18M: West Yorkshire town 20H: doin' it with the fat
1N: Hong Kong rail line 21H: war horse
5N: oft placed afore piggies 4I: ta-ta in Tijuana
12N: for parking or building 18I: Damone fan: "I love ___!"
19N: Strathclyde port 5J: gerundial end
5O: articles 10J: that girl
9O: if you lose at one, you 12J: half a tropical drink
may become a bad one 17J: half a Teletubbie vacuum
15O: "Obvious, yes?" 7L: Maria and others
4P: to be, thou 15L: bag tags coming into Hana Airport
10P: game or pizza chain 5N: level
16P: ___ Ste. Marie (variant) 10N: twirled
1Q: short exam 12N: nudge
9Q: terminal 17N: infusion
18Q: eastern European 11O: Mr. Bill cry
1R: the belt comes off 4P: flowering shrub
13R: DC-Mogadishu match? 18P: where to find Akron in the atlas?
1S: what the sitcom had left 1Q: college centers
after cancellation? 2Q: Venezuelan slang: a fart
12S: likely to be overtaken 3Q: "___ Tuesday, This Must Be..."
1T: keeping at bay 9Q: animal grp.
12T: church aisle? 13Q: old card game
1U: new record for famous batter? 19Q: dive on Sepulveda?
12U: receive an Aussie send-off 20Q: acceptance speech: "I owe it ___..."
21Q: old Spanish guy (variant)
5R: Indian weights
6R: wrongful act
7R: slang for someone disliked (variant)
8R: Hawaiian goose
14R: opening for arrows
15R: Verdi's Egyptian
16R: harmonica lovers' org.
17R: fjordland city
10S: krona abbv.
12S: European railway