The Crossword

“Pairs” by Myles Mellor

Across: 1. Carpenter’s wedge 5. Golden state, for short 8. Stowe character 13. Calendar abbr. 17. Lofty nest 19. Fleshy fruit 20. Nut pine 21. First-class 22. Cities 26. Deny oneself 27. Chit 28. Qty. 29. Govt. auditing gp. 30. ___ Moines, Iowa 31. As a whole 34. Like an eddy 36. Anatomical eggs 39. Saddle feature 42. Baseball exec Bud 44. Founded: Abbr. 45. Composer of “Bolero” 48. URL starter 50. Perennial herb 52. “Pipe down!” 53. Darts 54. Bird food 55. Himalayan inhabitants 57. Come clean 59. League heading, for short 62. Smaller 67. Wilson’s predecessor 70. British megastar pop-rock singer 74. Ruhr industrial center 75. Rivers 82. Take back, in a way 83. Pants 84. Address a King 85. Tree with gourdlike fruit 87. Borscht vegetable 89. Cincinnati university 95. Avoid 99. Mounties’ acronym 102. Real thing 103. Actress Lupino 106. Express gratitude to 108. TV actor, Scott 109. Everglades bird 110. American cuckoos 111. Words before sight and mind 113. Some cameras: Abbr. 115. Old spy org. 116. Hightail it 119. Plant used in salads 121. Big Ten inits. 124. Skill 125. Lummox 127. Where It.’s at 128. Strangeness 133. Islands 138. Letter before kappa 139. Check for fi t 140. Nov. voting time 141. Bouquet ___ (chef’s bunch of herbs) 142. Provo neighbor 143. Veggies used to replace animal protein 144. The Atlantic’s Cape 145. FBI’s target, with wanted

Down: 1. It’s hard to tell 2. Basil, e.g. 3. Persia, now 4. Dug out 5. Get along 6. Horner’s last words 7. Ushered 8. Ornamental shoulder piece 9. Civil Rights Memorial designer 10. Neither Rep. nor Dem. 11. “Thérèse Raquin” novelist 12. True inner self 13. Central truth 14. Greedy 15. Reveal 16. Sell again

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18. Halftime lead, e.g. 19. Kind of hand 23. Too hasty 24. Blubbers 25. Whitney and others, abbr. 31. Understandings between governments 32. Beauty products provider 33. Movie theater 35. Horror maven Craven 36. “Carmina Burana” composer 37. A farewell 38. Rental car agency 40. Raised-eyebrow remarks 41. Way to go, abbr. 43. Canada’s sales tax: abbr. 46. Aliens, for short 47. N.C.A.A.’s Fighting Tigers 49. Handheld 51. Pound sound 56. Plaintiff 58. School/parent group for student’s welfare 60. Verb category 61. Legal scholar’s deg. 63. Government security agency, abbr. 64. Follower’s suffi x 65. Wide spec. 66. OB’s coworkers 68. Director Lee 69. Rx org. 71. It sets a precedent 72. Arles assent 73. “Science Friday” carrier 75. Obstacle 76. Put ___ good word for 77. Spanish bear 78. Schmooze 79. Pitcher Nolan 80. Police alert 81. Curse 86. Plant sci. 88. Tarzan creator’s monogram 90. Onetime Jeep mfr. 91. DVD player ancestor 92. Aviation acronym 93. Seemingly forever 94. Deli breads 96. Yet, briefl y 97. Paint 98. Aware of 100. A million bucks 101. ___ favor (please, in Spanish) 103. Wrong 104. Tyrannize 105. ___ general rule 107. Seoul residents 110. Slowly (music) 112. Goat hybrid 114. Short-billed marsh bird 117. Stylish, in the 60s 118. Deals 120. Persona non ___ 122. Blab 123. Free a mechanism 126. Portugal seaport 128. Perfect place 129. Winding road’s shape 130. Mark’s successor 131. Without, in Beverly Hills 132. Hissy fi t 134. Site of Asian war of the 70s 135. Why, why, why, in a way 136. Bygone bird 137. Sally Field’s role