The Crossword The 50-year-old ‘Psycho’ by Merl reagle |
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notE: “Psycho” premiered in New York 50 years ago this week, so I thought I’d test your factoidal knowledge.
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1 Tucson-to-L.A. dir. 4 Janet Leigh’s seen in one in the opening scene
7 Pressure starter
10 Pump output 13 Like some stares 16 Gloss 18 Attached, snail-mail- style: abbr.
19 Hither’s partner 20 Intro to system 21 Cartoon barkeep 22 In his cameo, Hitchcock is wearing one
24 Climbs, as stairs 26 Do a yard job 27 FDR spy grp. 28 FDR project 29 With 31 Across, first remark from Norman that has a certain “uh-oh” quality
31 See 29 Across 35 Puts on 36 Flop’s sound 37 Psalms word 38 Ballet bend 40 Flesh-and-blood 42 Siberian city 44 Kurd or Turk 47 The only instruments used in the score (to remove all of the “color” from the music)
49 “___ all my fault” 52 On the line 55 Made a tree house? 56 With 62 Across, “uh-oh” remark No. 2 from Norman
62 See 56 Across 63 “Just” advice? 64 Spray target 68 Copier woes 69 Away’s partner 70 AA or AAA 72 1961 space chimp 74 “___ chance!” 76 Like some paper 80 With 82 Across, “uh-oh” remark No. 3 from Norman
82 See 80 Across 85 Noble’s home 89 Crusoe, for one
90 Ballpark fig. 91 Joseph who wrote the script
93 Cantaloupe, for one 95 Spacecraft 99 Cheeky
100 Facing spud duty 103 Up in the air 106 Geraint’s lady 108 Boots the ball 110 Composer whose score worked so well that Hitchcock doubled his pay and put his name right before his own in the opening credits
114 Beatles song whose arrangement was inspired by the music in “Psycho”
116 PBS benefactor 117 Mil. category 118 B. Boxer is one 119 Unending 120 Actor who’s guarding crazy Norman at the end of the film
123 Story progression 124 By way of 125 Spanish uncle 126 “___ had it!” 127 HBO series set in New Orleans
128 Mileage, perhaps 129 Request 130 Mama porker 131 Marion buys one and Norman sinks it
132 It’s often after you DoWn
1 Celebrity register 2 Journalistic tourist site in D.C.
3 Sticky trap 4 Nanny’s warning 5 Messenger ___ 6 Play part 7 Stifle ___ 8 Trig ratio, briefly 9 Detach a lapel mike
10 Creation 11 Switch choices 12 “Such a tragedy” 13 About to happen 14 Long time 15 Landscaper’s shrubs 16 Patton player 17 Child’s punishment 23 Actor Montand 25 Stunt legend 29 Gauguin’s retreat
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30 Bela contemporary 32 Mitt’s church, initially 33 In the style of 34 Cellist Pablo 39 Sicilian rumbler 41 One may trip on it 43 Tartan wraparound 45 Part of 116 Across 46 Actress Talbot 48 Change totally 50 Happy hour shout 51 Mogadishu resident 53 Like some grins 54 Skywalker mentor 56 Financial daily, briefly 57 Of the dawn 58 Bullets and such 59 “___ we forget” 60 Eagles’ roosts 61 Gloomy 65 The red, perhaps 66 Reporting basics, “Five W’s and ___”
67 Thorny bloom 71 They make you sweat 73 Narrow waterway: abbr.
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75 Mennen lotion 77 Richmond-to-D.C. dir. 78 Dutch cheese 79 Call cost, once 80 Schwarzenegger, jocularly
81 Boozers 83 Vegas alternative 84 Anthony Perkins’s was $40,000, same amount that Marion stole
85 Supervision? 86 2009 Super Bowl champs
87 Playwright McNally 88 Broadcasting union 92 Having coffee, maybe 94 Japanese drama 96 Garment line 97 While ticked off 98 “Am I dreaming?” order
101 Actress Deborah 102 Crime scene clues 104 Dent site, often
109 115 120 121 126 131
105 Taxing trip 107 Part of a G major 109 1983 Indy winner Tom 111 Mystery writer Marsh 112 Strike ___ for
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113 Diatribe 114 Isaac’s eldest 115 Singer Redding 120 Nervous twitch 121 “Green Acres” name 122 401(k) alternative
Solution to: A noisy stroll down Memory Lane (June 6)
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