3 minute read
The Crossword
XWORD
by Myles Mellor
Across:
1. Belt or ice? 6. Ghana capital 11. “A Nightmare on ___ Street” 14. Separate 18. Bald __ 19. Louisiana’s marsh waters 20. City in Florida’s Palm Beach County, familiarly 22. Prefi x with -graph 23. Junior supervisors 25. Brazilian dance that sounds like a new lady supervisor 27. Michael Penn’s brother 28. Laughingstock 29. Cook’s meas. 31. Peter and Paul 32. Challenge for a barber 33. Aviation prefi x 34. “Hop ___!” 35. Colombian export 39. Hawkish 42. NZ forest tree 46. Brings to view 47. Undivided 48. Estranger 51. Ran, as colors 52. Attacker 53. Least friendly 54. Request to a vendor, abbr. 55. Let the fancy square thing fall 61. Estimate 62. “All over the world” singers, for short 63. Google Maps dir. 64. Accolades 67. Mrs. sheep 68. “You missed it” 72. Spanish gold 73. High points, abbr. 74. Leaves for lunch? 75. Supporter of an NFL team 84. Flick 85. Rich dessert 86. Frying liquid 87. Guess 89. TV fundraisers 91. Large mound 92. Baseball term 95. Plane measure 96. Maximum 98. In a sluggish way 99. Crevice 102. Endorses 103. Provided that 104. Ravel’s “Daphnis and ___” 106. Cries of surprise 108. Cushion 109. Dog 113. Hospital honcho 115. Investment broker 118. 1952 Olympics host 119. Most of Qatar 120. Speak 121. Whimsical 122. Elementary particle 123. East Indian dish 124. Exactitude 125. Multitude of colors
Down:
1. England’s “Good Queen” 2. Into the night 3. Indian site of marble tomb built for an emperor’s wife 4. Family folk 5. ___ Gardens 6. Teems 7. Classes 8. Skin problem 9. Unnamed litigant 10. Spartan 11. Wanes 12. Encircle 13. TV hosts, briefl y 14. “Blue Moon” singer 15. Essence 16. Intensifi es
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17. ___ fault 21. “Now about...” 24. Hoops 26. “___ live and breathe” 30. “My man!” 32. Kid’s cry 33. Breathing problem 34. Judge or juror 35. Tarzan creator’s monogram 36. Compound 37. “ . . . happily __ after” 38. Work over 40. Off the wall 41. “I cannot tell ___” 43. Napping 44. Peanut brittle base 45. Noted artist Jean 47. ___ and aahs 49. Getaway key on a PC? 50. The ultimate (degree) 52. Own (up) 53. Vegging out 56. Golf tour 57. Jerk 58. Part of a giggle 59. Full of juicy titbits 60. “When ___ good time?” 64. More contrived 65. Buffett, per his nickname 66. Back-to-work time: abbr. 67. Ides rebuke 68. Follow closely 69. Soccer stadium cheer 70. No exemplar of grace 71. Mormons, abbr. 73. Unhealthy atmosphere 74. Icebreaker 76. Military rank, abbr. 77. Ooh partner 78. Brown ermine 79. A small ante 80. Manning’s men 81. Hawaii ___-O 82. Yemen capital 83. Diamond of note 84. Harper Valley ____ 88. At all 90. Domain of a noble 91. Demands 92. Slanderer 93. Bob Marley music 94. “Don’t mind if __” 97. New pedometer reading 98. Deceived 100. Chemistry term 101. Clash of clans 104. “___ la guerre” 105. Angelic adornment 106. Ergonomics-standards agcy. 107. Return to health 108. Nylon boo-boo 109. “MASH” co-star Jamie 110. Fictional lab assistant 111. Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya 112. Alternative to Charles de Gaulle 113. Gp. in charge of condominiums, perhaps 114. “Maggie May” singer, Stewart 116. Geller who claimed to be telepathic 117. Secrecy agreement, for short
