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The New York Times Magazine Crossword CHANGELINGS By JOE KROZEL / Edited by WILL SHORTZ 1 5 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 31 32 33 34 43 44 45 46 48 51 52 53 54 55 56 59 60 64 65 66 67 76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 87 89 91 92 Stuffing ingredient “Waking ___ Devine” (1998 movie) Hubbub Solution for some housework Villain [I am shocked!] ___ Romeo Generic Lines around Chicago Boisterous oaf confused the previous set of actors 97 Outdoor party 98 Info for a limo driver 99 “Ta-ta” 100 Mr. Chamberlain intends to top off his gas tank 109 Capital where snail noodle soup is popular 110 Pew, for one 111 Coquette 112 Sly 113 When prompted 114 Sleeveless item, for short 115 Like some brewing containers 116 Mosque leader 117 Bog accumulations 118 Head of a Tatar group 119 Comics canine 120 Early 1900s gold rush locale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DOWN This and that Home of Hanauma Bay Solo, in a way BP logo shape until 2000 QB who led the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowls VI and XII Varnish ingredient Art Deco artist First person to die in the Bible Adjust, as pitch Shut 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 28 29 30 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 47 49 50 52 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Oceanic body This and that Strong and sharp Majority group Silt, e.g. Whole bunch Nephew of 8-Down As stated in “Was ist ___?” Bombay and Boodles H. H. Munro pseudonym This and that: Abbr. Music grp. Actress Massey Model add-on Composer Camille Saint-___ Cars once advertised with the slogan “Find your own road” Record of the year “Necktie” Mila of “That ’70s Show” Court V.I.P.’s Literature’s Nan or Gay Supply room worker Metaphors for serious headaches Flip “Midnight Cowboy” role Loop around the West? Mil. decorations “Sometimes you feel like a nut” nut Not free Super Pago Pago locale “King ___” Toy company that made Betsy Wetsy Playground comeback Bungle Upset with Quaint contraction “Love Story” co-star The Beach Boys’ “Surfer Girl” vis-à-vis Reader’s Theater presents ‘All in the Timing’ Playwriting Award. The short plays are almost all comedies, focusing mainly on language and wordplay, existentialist perspectives on life and mean- ing, and the complications involved in romantic relation- ships. The world according to Ives is a very odd place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English lan- guage, combining wit, intel- lect and satire. 14 | January 22, 2015 | coastweekend.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 34 35 36 37 43 49 38 51 54 61 57 76 71 72 86 92 87 88 74 90 91 95 98 102 80 84 94 101 96 99 103 104 105 106 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 “Little Deuce Coupe” 75 Works 80 Egg holder 83 California city where the first Apple computer was built 84 “Hush!” 86 Retreat 87 “There oughta be ___” 88 Comedian who said “Every day starts, my 75 79 89 93 59 73 83 97 100 58 78 82 85 47 66 77 81 42 63 65 70 41 18 53 62 69 17 46 56 64 68 40 52 55 60 67 39 45 50 16 33 44 48 15 30 32 to falling in love. • “Words, Words, Words” recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into LQ¿QLW\ ZLOO VRRQHU RU ODWHU Time Magazine called the produce Shakespeare’s “Ham- collection “theater that aerobi- let” and asks: What would cizes the brain and tickles the monkeys talk about at their heart. Ives is a mordant com- typewriters? ic who has put the play back • “The Universal Lan- in playwright...a wondrous guage” brings together Dawn, wordmaster.” a young woman with a stut- The stories are: ter, and Don, the creator and • In “Sure Thing,” two teacher of Unamunda, a wild SHRSOHPHHWLQDFDIHDQG¿QG comic language. Their lesson their way through a conversa- sends them off into a dazzling WLRQDOPLQH¿HOGDVDQRIIVWDJH display of hysterical verbal py- bell interrupts their false starts, rotechnics — and, of course, gaffes and faux pas on the way true love. Watch collection of comedic one-act plays at Liberty Theater ASTORIA — The Liberty Theater presents a Reader’s Theater production of “All in the Timing” by American playwright David Ives. Perfor- mances will be in the McTav- ish Room at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 28 and 29 and Feb. 4 and 5. This is a collection of one- act plays, written by Ives be- tween 1987 and 1993, which won the playwright the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner 2 27 Answers on Page 18 ACROSS Hirer/firer Iron setting Food processor setting One with accounts, for short Darn, e.g. Jets or chargers starter Doozy Revolutionary patriot Silas Asian cuisine Put in the minimum stake Actress Lena Willing to do Gigantic sled hauls firewood quite a bit 1970s-’80s TV sheriff Tell a story Grub Domestic worker claimed shifting beach engulfed basin Hong Kong, e.g.: Abbr. No-no on gym floors Voting no Band news Put an end to Catastrophic start or end? Word after camper or before Camp’s Fused It may go from sea to shining sea Word in many California city names Blue “You wish!” Friends who have never been to the beach don’t walk by the girl so often Characteristic times Driver’s assignment: Abbr. Arrangement of hosing? Children show their affection for model Kate above all others Comics canine Energetic sort “That’s ___-brainer” 1 eyes open and I reload the program of misery” 89 Cry of innocence 90 Non-PC person 93 Border payments 94 Kept 95 1960s chess champion Mikhail 96 Halloween prop 100 Die down • “Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread” is a parodic musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated com- poser having a moment of ex- istential crisis in a bakery. • “The Philadelphia” pres- ents a young man in a restau- rant who has fallen into “a Philadelphia,” a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the oppo- site of what he wants. The cast includes Susan Wentworth, Daric Moore, Nancy Montgomery and Sen Incavo. This Reader’s The- 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 107 108 Early cultivator of potatoes Mrs. Rabin of Israel “Rama ___ Ding Dong” (1961 hit) Show bias Like some lashes and tans Fendi ___ (men’s cologne) Activity at a doctor’s office Tick-borne affliction Leapfrog ater production is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets are $15 each and are on sale at the Liberty box RI¿FHDWH[W or online at ticketswest.com ‘All in the Timing’ 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 28, 29, Feb. 4 and 5 McTavish Room, Liberty Theater 1203 Commercial St., Astoria 503-325-5922, ext. 55 $15