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The state is considering changes to the medians on Nova Road near the Trails Shopping Center. How would it impact you? PAGE 7
INSIDE HEIGHLEY REGARDED
“I was once more popular than the Beatles, in Liverpool,” Bruce Heighley said with a glint in his eye. “Well maybe for a minute or so.” PAGE 6
AMENITIES COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS WANTED The amenities committee is looking for volunteers to help with event planning, club lunches, and community functions. The next amenities committee meeting is 4 p.m. Monday, Jan 9, in the first floor conference room at the clubhouse. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved.
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CALENDAR Jan. 16 6:30 Book Club all ages…Lets Read! Feb. 5 Trails Super Bowl Party and Chili Cook off 4:30-9 p.m. March 26 Trade Show 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Clubhouse March 26 1-4 p.m., Taste of The Trails, pool deck April 1 Pool Opens! May 7 Pool Opening Party 1-5 p.m. June 9, July 14, Aug. 11: Dusk to 10 p.m., Summer Movie Night at the Pool Sept. 10, Closing Pool Party 1-5 p.m.
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New board member, new budget The board of directors meets at 6:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month at The Trails Clubhouse. The following is a summary of board minutes from the most recent meeting, in October. BOARD MEMBER SEATED:
The board vacancy appointment of Amy Rugg was motioned by Ed Sparks, seconded by Marsha Richeson. Sparks called for the vote, and the motion passed 6-0, and Rugg took her seat with the directors and officers, to continue the meeting. TREASURERS REPORT: TROY RAILSBACK
The balance sheet reflects $325,000 in cash, reserve amounts are in excess of $500,000, and receivables are reflecting $37,000. There were 70 homeowners delinquent on HOA dues in August, and that number dropped to nearly 50 by
the end of September. There is a large overage in the legal line item as has been through the year due to ongoing litigation. At this point there is no indication of a resolution. Sharon Brown, with Alliance Smart Collections, distributed a handout of the collection history and current account records. Alliance requested a motion for foreclosure of several homeowners who are more than two full quarters delinquent in their HOA assessment, as is the contract policy between Alliance and the Trails HOA dictates. Railsback addressed the draft budget, based on the budget workshop Sept. 1. The budget showed $43,000 having been applied to the income line in 2016. “Those surpluses (from sale of equipment and reorganizing staff) were applied to previous years’ operating income lines, which allowed for the board to keep the assessment basically static,” said Brandie Hayes, property manager. Those surpluses allowed the board to avoid having to raise
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An exchange student for a Trails family Debanhy Arriaga, 16, is living with the Chase family, while she prepares for college. SCHOOL HERE, SCHOOL THERE There are a few differences between school in Mexico and the U.S. In Mexico, teachers go from class to class, not the students. Debanhy said the students seem to be more respectful to their teachers in Mexico. “In Mexico, you can use your cell phone if the teacher says you can, if not — you put it away,” Debanhy said. “And if you are absent 1 ½ days, you have failed that subject.”
Debanhy Arriaga didn’t sleep much the night before her first day at Seabreeze High School on Monday, Aug. 15. She was nervous. She was going to be a junior in a new school, in a new country. Debanhy’s home is in Monterrey, Mexico, and she is the fourth child in her family to come to the United States as a foreign exchange student. “She got the best state of the four,” Clarissa Chase, mom of the household, said. Debanhy’s siblings were exchange students in Michigan, Arkansas and Montana. Weatherwise, the Sunshine State was the best, until Hurricane Matthew on Oct. 7. “My father was worried about the hurricane and couldn’t sleep, so he watched the news at 4 a.m.,” Debanhy said. “They know I have a good family here.” Her exchange family includes Clarissa, Steve, a firefighter, and Olivia, who is in fourth grade. The Arriagas were looking to the future when they encouraged their children to participate in foreign exchange programs in the U.S. “English is now something you need for your job, and my parents wanted us to be prepared for our careers,” Debanhy said. Debanhy didn’t need to come to the U.S. to learn to speak English. With the exception of a few mispronounced words, for example;
saying a hard “ch” for Michigan, she is fluent in the language. By the time she returns to Mexico at the end of the school year, she expects to be speaking English with ease. Clarissa Chase found the International Student Exchange on Facebook. “The cost was pretty reasonable, and I thought it was a way to do something to help somebody else and their family, and be able to give Olivia an amazing opportunity,” Clarissa Chase said. The Chase family was already involved in Debanhy’s life before she arrived on Aug. 2. “She’s the girls 17-and-under Junior Olympic Handball Champion for Mexico,” Steve Chase said. “Her team competed and won the championship about a week and a half before she came here. We watched it live stream.” Debanhy has played volleyball at Seabreeze. She is also in weightlifting and basketball. She plans to try track and, possibly, flag football. Skype allows Debanhy Arriaga to stay in touch with her folks, since she won’t be going home until the end of the school year. When she returns to Mexico she will start college. What will she miss when she leaves? “The beach,” she said. “I will miss it.”
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Yoga Man Multiple strokes put Trails resident Mark Castle on a journey to better health, and a new career as a yoga instructor. JACQUE ESTES COMMUNITY EDITOR
New Year’s 2008 and the Daytona 500 in 2008 are two days that turned Mark Castle’s life around. On each of those days, he had a stroke. He didn’t need the doctors to tell him he was lucky to have survived — he knew. With the help of his wife, Christine, he did what the doctors told him, and he changed his diet, quit drinking and smoking, and he began to exercise. “My wife took very good care of me,” Castle said. “She appreciates having me around and wanted to keep me around I guess.” He weighed nearly 300 pounds in 2008, far different from the trim yoga instructor helping others at the Trails Clubhouse on Wednesday nights. Yoga would become an important aspect of his new life routine, but there were other hurdles to clear, patience being one, on his journey to a healthier life. “There is no one thing, no silver bullet, to get you back to where you need to be,” Castle said. “You have dug yourself a hole, and it’s hard to dig out. It’s year by year, I lost about 10-15 pounds each
year.” He walked four to five miles on the beach as the sun came up, and began working out at a local gym. It was there he saw a yoga class starting up. “Yoga didn’t help me lose weight, or make me stronger,” Castle said. “But it gave me an appreciation for the mind-bodyspirit equation.” After attending several yoga classes to experience different styles, Castle the student decided he would like to be Castle the instructor and give back, so he began studying and became a certified yoga instructor. “There were good people who helped me, and I thought it would be nice if I could give something back,” he said. Still working in 2008, Castle described himself then as a “Type A” personality, and now as “more laid back.” “I worked for a large aerospace company and an even bigger company, General Electric,” Castle said. “They trained me in all kinds of things, but nobody ever trained me on how to deal with the stress that we face when we are working.” Richard Mahon, also a Trails resident, is one of Castle’s “regu-
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lars,” showing up for yoga nearly every week. He also wanted to improve his health and decided to try yoga to complement his meditation practices. “You can watch people do yoga, but you really don’t know what’s involved until someone shows you,” Mahon said. He found Castle’s class flier on The Trails’ page of NextDoor. com. “It ... surprises you on how good a workout it is,” Mahon said. “You feel good when you are finished that you did it.” The only equipment needed to participate is a yoga mat. Castle encourages new students to purchase a $10 yoga mat at a discount store in the beginning. “Yoga has stereotypes attached to it,” Castle said. “A lot of people have tried yoga, but have not found the right studio for them.” Castle focuses on form without pain, something he finds is good for those who are coming for the first time. “I’ve been to other places, and
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Frappiers: Serving their neighbors for 26 years The Frappiers began with a sandwich shop in South Daytona and made their way north to Ormond Beach to raise their family and establish a downtown landmark.
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When Bobby and Meryl Frappier drove by 123 W. Granada Blvd. in the 1990s, Meryl said, “If only it said Frappes on it.” Not long after, the couple opened an Italian restaurant in that location with the sign, “Frappes.” “Frappes is what they called Bobby’s dad,” Meryl Frappier said. The sign has changed a bit; a year ago it was updated to FIG, Frappes Italian Grille. The same year, the couple bought their home in The Trails, a decision Meryl Frappier said she is happy they made. “We were looking to buy a house, and some friends of ours found a really good house at a good price,” Bobby Frappier said. “We looked at it, bought it, and moved in. That was 20 years ago.” “I love the area,” Meryl Frappier said. “I love the trees and that all of the houses are different. It just looked like a great community to raise a child, and the schools were top notch.” The couple’s restaurant career
began when they moved from South Florida to South Daytona and opened Frappes Hoagies, a sandwich shop on Ridgewood Avenue. Meryl was 5 ½ months pregnant, and Bobby’s parents had found the couple a space to open a shop for $100 a month. A few years later, a second, slightly different restaurant, Frappes Café, was opened on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, and soon the restaurant was expanded to two floors to accommodate their following. “Twenty-nine steps up and 29 steps down,” Meryl recalled. “That’s when Bobby really started cooking dinners, and that’s when we started making a name for ourselves.” Bobby Frappier is the head chef and is self-taught. “My mother was a great cook, my father was a great cook, and my grandmother was a superior baker,” he said. “But I am not a baker.” Many of the menu items are family recipes he remembers from his childhood. Soon some of the food on the table will be fresh from the FIG gardens out back.
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“We have our own herb garden now and we are tilling in the back of the parking lot so we can grow our own vegetables,” Meryl Frappier said. “We serve healthy and as organic food as possible from local farmers right now. We really have a moral compass on the food we serve our guests; we switched our salmon to wild salmon everything to keep people healthier.” Both agree that running a restaurant is a labor of love, but it’s also an extension of their family, from the staff to their guests. “We have a great time here,” Bobby Frappier said. “We sit down with our friends and guests, both
the same people. We have second and third generations of families coming here.” For the past 18 years, Bobby Frappier has also taught cooking classes in the restaurant. “I take about 14 students and teach them hands-on. We start with knife skills, prep and cut, make dishes,” he said. “Then we all hang out in the kitchen and eat and drink wine.” “We love this town and our community, and we are just thankful and blessed to be going on our 26th year,” Meryl Frappier said.
THE FUTURE OF THE FIG FARM Meryl Frappier recently picked a ripe eggplant from the garden behind her restaurant, FIG. She gave it to chef Zachary Mims, and he made her fried eggplant parmesan for dinner. In her own words, it was “pretty cool.” “I call it my FIG Farm,” she said. “I know it’s not a farm, but I’m from New York City, and that’s about the size of our farms.” Scallions, broccoli, chives and 27 other different kinds of plants made their home on the small plot of grass next to the restaurant’s parking lot back in August. Owners Meryl Frappier and Bob Frap-
pier, along with Mims, started the garden with the goal of growing fresher food and encouraging the rest of the community to do the same. The garden survived Hurricane Matthew, and its gardeners hope to expand their plot to include fruit trees in the near future. “It’s therapeutic,” Meryl Frappier said. “Plus we all like doing it, and it’s kind of a moral issue.” “We’re about three generations in on not knowing how to feed ourselves,” Mims said. “We rely on the system to feed us. We should be growing food instead of lawns.” “What we grow, we eat,” Meryl Frappier smiled. “It’s a labor of love.”
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“I was once more popular than the Beatles, in Liverpool,” Bruce Heighley said with a glint in his eye. “Well, maybe for a minute or so.” John, Paul, George and Ringo may have heard of Heighley when he was on tour playing a “lost boy” in “Peter Pan.” Once he even played the crocodile. It was the early 1950s, and the four who would become famous hadn’t met yet, and Heighley, who was 12, was often written up in the local papers. “I come from Birkenhead,” Heighley said, and then he sings the first words of “Ferry, Cross the Mersey.” “You’ve heard that song? Birkenhead is where the ferry goes — to the other side.” Heighley is energetic and animated, and it isn’t difficult to imagine him on stage as a child, — or on stage as an adult. After “retiring” to Ormond Beach, he focused that energy on his three favorite things: his granddaughter Sienna, directing and writing. It’s obvious he doesn’t have to rehearse to play the part of grandpa. He has his part down cold. Heighley traces his love of the theater back to his mother and father. “I think my mother was a frustrated actress at heart. My father was an artist,” Heighley said. “My mother decided my sister and I would train, and took my sister for dancing lessons when she was 5. I was a year younger, and I was sent along too.” Dancing wasn’t his strong suit. “They told my mom, ‘I don’t think this is quite what he really does,’” Heighley said. “The strange thing is, when I grew up and thought about it, I really would have liked to have been a ballet dancer. They are so fit and disciplined.” Instead, he was sent to elocution school, something Heighley said is, “a good idea when you are raised on Merseyside.” While he took acting lessons and passed his exams at various drama schools, Heighley said he learned mostly by experience and working with others. Before leaving England for America in 1969, Heighley was on ITV Sunday Night Theater – the Twelfth Night episode, with an actor he admired, Alec Guinness. “He was an actor that made a big impact on me,” Heighley said. His decision to come to America was initially a pact made by him and his two roommates, but he was the only one who followed through.
“If I were in a show, and it was successful, they would recast it with new actors and bring it to America, and I thought, ‘That’s not fair,’” Heighley said. “I thought I was never going to get there (America).” Soon after arriving in the U.S., Heighley was cast in one of the top roles for the play, “Borstal Boy.” The play won a Tony Award and Critic’s Choice award. “I’ve never, personally, in my life, won anything, but I’ve been connected,” Heighley said with a laugh. He’s been through his share of “firsts.” He was in the first daily soap opera in England, when the actors had their one and only strike, and the show was cancelled. He was in a Broadway play for four days before it was closed. “I’m one of those people who spends more time rehearsing plays than acting in them,” he said. His one dream was to go to California. The opportunity presented itself when he was cast as the houseman in the play, “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.” The tour zigzagged around the country, playing in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and other cities, before the final performance in San Francisco. The play was performed in Orlando in 1978, and Heighley said he was impressed with what a “nice, quiet place” Orlando was. In 2007 when he was considering going to Portugal, Heighley said a friend “lured him” to the Ormond Beach area. “He showed me around, and I liked this place,” Heighley said. “He talked me into it, and I moved to Ponce Inlet, rented an apartment in Daytona Beach, and finally bought this house in The Trails.” The plan was to settle down with his oldest son and granddaughter and concentrate on writing. He quickly became involved with local theaters, directing plays at the Daytona Playhouse, The Flagler Playhouse and the Flagler Auditorium. His upcoming play, at the Daytona Playhouse, is “Side Effects,” a British comedy about a vicar who receives a heart transplant and experiences unexpected “side effects.” One can’t help but hope he saves a little time for more of his writing, because to quote Heighley, “I have a story about everything.”
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DANGEROUS CROSSING Photo by Wayne Grant
Pedestrians wait in the turn land for traffic to clear on Nova Road between Sterthaus Drive and Wilmette Avenue.
Limiting left turns could affect businesses near The Trails. WAYNE GRANT NEWS EDITOR
Residences on the east and shopping on the west means that pedestrians often cross this section of Nova Road.
The free-wheeling stretch of Nova Road from Sterthaus Drive to Wilmette Avenue, where a center lane offers unlimited left turns, could see some changes in coming years. FDOT and the city are looking at safer ways for pedestrians to cross the thoroughfare, which has three lanes in each direction, plus a turn lane. There have been two people in wheelchairs hit by cars trying to cross the highway, and local businesswoman Amy Rugg knew one of them. “It was horrific,” she said at a public meeting Oct. 27 with FDOT and city representatives. The person was hospitalized but later released. “We have to give people in wheelchairs the chance to get safely where they need to go,” she said. On the east side of Nova Road are apartments and assisted living facilities, and on the west side are retail businesses including The Trails Shopping Center. This attracts pedestrian traffic across the road, including people in wheelchairs. The purpose of the meeting, arranged by FDOT, was to get public opinion on different options to make pedestrian crossing safer. Richard Morrow, traffic engineer for FDOT, said the agency has observed dangerous conditions of people walking across the six lanes of traffic, often standing in
“We have to give people in wheelchairs the chance to get safely where they need to go.” AMY RUGG, resident speaking at FDOT meeting
the turn lane waiting for traffic to clear. City officials have also noticed the problem, and City Commissioner Bill Partington has commented about it at a City Commission meeting. Morrow noted that there are traffic lights at Granada Boulevard and Wilmette Avenue, but people don’t walk down to those intersections. Morrow said there is no project and no funding at this time, and it’s only in the discussion stage. He said the next step, after getting public input, will be for FDOT and city of Ormond Beach staff to get together and decide what action, if any, should be taken. THE OPTIONS
The first option is to do nothing, Morrow said. The second option is to install three raised medians. Morrow said they have found three locations that have the least impact on vehicles turning left into businesses. These medians would have a refuge area for pedestrians to wait until traffic clears and would be cut out for wheelchairs. The third option is to have a
raised median from Sterthaus to Wilmette. It would only have openings for major intersections, preventing the unlimited leftturn opportunities into businesses. If Option 3 is selected, a public hearing will be necessary because of the impact on traffic and businesses. “It’s the safest option for pedestrians, but takes away the left-turn option,” Morrow said. Nova Road does not qualify for a pedestrian crossing, such as found on West Granada Boulevard at Grind Gastropub, because it has three lanes in each direction. FDOT only installs pedestrian crossings on roads with two lanes in each direction, for pedestrian safety. There is also an option for a traffic light at Old Kings Road and Nova Road. Morrow said present traffic numbers do not warrant a light, but the condo being constructed on Sterthaus Drive could increase traffic to a point where a light will be needed. The public meeting was advertised in newspapers, radios and the city website, and post cards were mailed to nearby residents. Businesses were also contacted.
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Diabetes Support Group — 10 a.m. Historical Bus Tour — 9:45 a.m. at at Florida hospital memorial mediThe casements, 25 riverside drive. cal center, 301 memorial medical hosted by the Ormond beach historiParkway. meets in the eighth-floor cal society, this two-hour tour will ince classroom. Hurricane call Mat-231-3178. explore 30 sites on the route. Tickets thew played havoc in are $20 for adults, $7 for ages 7-12. Holidays at The the Casements — 6-8 yards in The Trails, Visit 38 e. Granada blvd., or call at The casements, Landscape p.m. Committee, headed 25 riverside 677-7005. reservations required. drive. desserts, santa up by Marsha Richeson and Al and christmas Visit www.ormondhistory.org. music, performed by the moonlightLegg, did not select a Yard or ers. seventh-annual event. Free. call Gingerbread House Making — 10 Association676-3241. of the Quarter. a.m. to noon at Ormond memorial The committee offers a heartart museum, 78 e. Granada blvd. felt thank you to the vendors, FrIday, dec. 14 Instructed by Linda King and barbara homeowners and community saunders. reservations required. Walking with the Manager — 8 a.m. volunteers who are helping 26 riverside cost: $30. call 676-3347. at The casements, bring The Trails drive.community acting Fire chief bob manSanta Claus Appearance — 11 a.m. darino is the guest on this two-mile back to shape. to 1 p.m. at becky’s Gifts and more, forand questions and conversation. Damagedwalk, lawns downed 407 N. u.s. 1. santa will stop by for 676-3315. trees aren’tcall keeping homephotos and to gather wishlists. call owners from decorating their 265-1921. Homeless for a Night — 7 p.m.at homes for the holidays. Tomoka christian church, 1151 W. Now’s theGranada time toblvd. walk This or lock-in runs from Christmas Magic Dinner Dance — The Trails clubhouse is decorated with lighted wreaths, drive around your Friday neighbor5-9 p.m. at st. brendan Parish, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the following Outside the oak tree is wrapped with lights 1000 Ocean shore blvd. admission: day. clean hood and enjoy them.shoes, blankets and jack$20 (includes roast pork dinner and ets also being collected for donation. –JACQUE ESTES entertainment by mondo music). rescall 677-6455. ervations required. call 441-4713.
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Breakfast with Santa — 8-11 a.m. at The casements, 25 riverside drive. There will be four seating times for this annual event: 8 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. reserva-
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suNday, dec. 16 Christmas Cantata — during both church services at Tomoka united methodist church, 1000 Old Tomoka road. The chancel choir will perform
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ave. In the third-floor conference room. call 676-4295.
mONday, dec. 17
Lung Cancer Support — 4 p.m. at Florida hospital memorial medical center, at 224 memorial medical Parkway. registration required. call 231-4000.
Top seller in The Trails gets $306,000
Relay for Life — 6:30 p.m. at holiday Inn daytona beach, 137 automall circle blvd. Ormond beach relay for Life team party WAYNE GRANT meeting. call 274-3274. and informational NEWS EDITOR
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Big Brother-Big Sister Class — 6 p.m. at Florida hosptial memorial medical center, 301 memorial medical Parkway. a Lapband info meeting will also be 6 p.m. register by calling 231-2229, or 231-3550. Infant CPR Training — 7 p.m. at Florida hospital memorial medical center, 305 memorial medical Parkway. cost: $6. registration required. call 231-2229.
in The Trails Inpatient Rehab Support — 3 p.m. at Florida hosptial Oceanside, 264 s. atlantic from Aug. 3 to Nov. 2 was a house that has a fireplace and Courtesy photo a swimming The top seller has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. LOOKING FOR A HOME If you’d like to adopt Baxter, Isis or Lambchop, call pool. theThomas halifax humane society, at 274-4703, or visit www.halifaxhumanesociety. com. The facility is located at 2364 LPGa blvd. Prescott, sold David and Jacqueline Bailey, Built in 1981, the townhouse of Ormond Beach, sold 3 Fox has two bedrooms, two baths, a 4 River Rock Run Trail to Amber Davids, of fireplace and 1,400 square feet. Trail to John Daytona Beach, for $185,000. It sold in 1981 for $61,000. Built in 1978, the house has and Mary three bedrooms, two baths, a Eric Devriese and Charles Courtney, of fireplace and 1,618 square feet. Buhler, as representatives, sold It sold in 2005 for $182,000. 4 Appaloosa Trail to Michael Ormond Beach, Underwood, of Ormond Beach, for $306,000. Daniel and Pamela Kixmiller, for $149,900. Built in 1983, the Baxter Isisand as trustees, Lambchop individually townhouse has two bedrooms, Built in 1982, the sold 31 Indian Trail to Pamela two baths, a fireplace and house has three Underwood, of Ormond Beach, 1,464 square feet. It sold in Built in 1983, 1993 for $85,000. bedrooms, three for $179,900. SELF-SERVE DOG WASH & GROOMING the house has three bedrooms, baths, a firethree baths, a fireplace and Alan Kisseloff, of Ormond GIVE THE 1,874 square feet. It sold in www.barklenshine.com Beach, sold 12 Maplewood Trail placeGIFT and 1,890 OF 2012 for $140,000. to Joseph Druk, of Brooklyn, 386-256-4999 square feet. It GROOMING New York, for $147,000. Built Brian Padgett, of Ormond in 1979, the townhouse has FOR sold in 2015THE for Beach, sold 37 Cherokee Trail, three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a HOLIDAYS! GIFT $167,000. Unit 37, to Gordon Ezzell, of fireplace and 1,780 square feet.
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ACROSS 1 Voice below soprano 5 “Do ___ others as ...” 9 Desert drifter 14 Shopper’s compilation 18 Bit of live bait 19 Recurrently 20 Licoricelike flavor 21 The “A” in A.D. 22 Largest portion 24 Tuxedo, in slang 26 Circus performer’s support 27 Chicken’s lack? 29 Hockey Hall of Famer Phil 30 Denies access to 32 Thingamajig 34 Clever people 35 Careful examination 39 ___ Bator, Mongolia 40 Grimm story 42 Timeline divisions 43 Many are screened 45 Backwoods folk 47 Successful turn in Battleship 50 Steal from 51 Blend with traffic 52 Hauler’s destination, sometimes 53 Only average 54 Forrest Gump’s friend 56 Muscle twitch, say 57 Contemptible one 59 ___-burly 60 Network test show 62 Jazz great Vaughan 64 Insanity and others, in court 66 Poi roots 68 Type of bear 70 Golden ___ (Mongol army)
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55 Beer parties 57 Anklebone 58 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” group 59 “I ___ declare you ...” (start of a decree) 61 Clothe 63 Sub ___ (in confidence) 65 Supporting 67 Climb up a pole 69 Do more than see, in poker 71 Jane Austen novel 72 “She Loves You” word 73 Shopping bag 75 Jenny of dieting 77 Large wall painting 80 Miss America’s headgear 82 Tea-growing area of the Himalayas 84 Neat 86 Santa ___, Calif. 88 Viral varieties 91 ___ salts (bath water additive) 92 Supports a charity 93 Eye medication dispenser 94 Object of a police hunt 95 Confidential matter 97 Be sick 99 “ ___ la Douce” 100 What the sympathizer lends 101 Titles for ladies 102 Creates 103 Sour cream add-in 105 Capable 106 “Apollo 13” org. 107 Tap trouble 109 Like geriatric patients 111 Egg on 112 Gumbo pod 114 First lady 116 Elected ones 117 “A Nightmare on ___ Street”
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