“Damn you!“ -- Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
----------------- Sunday, October 19, 2008 PERJURY, Puzzle by Joe DiPietro, edited by Will Shortz
LIEUNDEROATH (112. Perjure oneself … or what can be found six times in this puzzle) is the binding entry for twelve across entries (including itself) -- CANTDOATHING (24. Is completely hamstrung) and LIEOVER (28. Completely cover); MYTHROATHURTS (26. Cold sufferer’s complaint) and BELIE (30A. Contradict); SEMIPROATHLETES (57. Part-time players) and PURLIEU (61. Confines); THEORADTOATHENS (77. Title of some 2004 Summer Olympics preview shows) and LIENS (83. Security agreements); SHOWBOATHOTEL (108. Atlantic City casino) and FLIEDOUT (114. Batted the ball too high, perhaps); OATHAYS (106. Certain feeds for horses) and LIEUNDEROATH. The remainder of the crossword is much more straightforward. A few links across: 5. Litter unit; 21. Carbohydrate binding protein; 31. Stream bank sliders; 40. Musical set in Berlin; 51. “WarGames” org.; 65. Hospital procedure, for short; 71. Part of a bedroom suite; 84. Spanish Harlem grocery; 89. It’s not a silk purse source, it’s said; 96. You may have a nightcap when you’re in these; 118. Victim of Pizarro. Down: 4. Clockmaker SETH Thomas; 7. Producer who discovered and married Loren; 12. Eau CLAIRE; 23. Kind of rice used in risotto; 34. Bigot, of a sort; 40. Wine vessel; 42. Cardinal’s residence; 45. Some Venetian Renaissance paintings; 60. Distiller HIRAM Walker; 64. 1960s baseball All-Star Blue Moon ODOM; 76. Macy’s logo; 92. Former late-night TV host; 97. Longtime Philippine archbishop JAIME Sin; 98. One of the Dutch Masters; 104. Two for some hand holders; 111. Ruler of the Aesir. To be honest, I didn‘t see the lies until I completed the whole puzzle -- er, perjury!
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