PUZZLE

REROUTED FLIGHTS

by Evan Birnholz

ACROSS

1 Nurturing man 4 Extremely 10 Negation of “dele,” in editing 14 What this puzzle’s featured creatures build 19 The Red Bear Brewing Co. drink Skookum, e.g. 20 “Let’s get ready to rumble!” 21 Had been 22 Proposition accepted as true 23 Relative of a meerkat / Citizens of Ulaanbaatar 24 Make at the workplace 25 Wish list recipient? 26 Fried ring thing 27 Supreme Court ruling reaffirmed in City of Akron v. Akron

Center for Reproductive Health (1983), informally 28 One with love interests 29 Try out a bouquet 30 Lost son of the clownfish Marlin 31 Cowardly / Sellers of fabric and knitting supplies 34 Sly summons 35 Big part of Chad 37 Writer Umberto 38 Contraction eliding “un” 40 “Way to get yourself out of trouble there” 43 May day event, usually 44 Also-ran in 1988 48 “Earthquake” actress Gardner 49 Objective of pollution reduction 51 Bring about 52 Performance check 54 Medical procedures that aren’t close 56 Reason for tripping 57 Crew locale 58 Sch. application nos. 59 “Dig in!” 60 Painting perimeter 62 Snoopy, e.g. / Stout vessel 64 Infant’s hooded garment / One born during the 1950s, maybe 65 The 5th Dimension member

Florence 66 Bran source 67 Dishonorable fellows 68 Word before Major or Minor, in astronomy 69 Alter ___ (superhero’s second self) 70 Rock bottom moment? 72 Everyday explosions 75 Aces of Aces and kings of Kings, e.g. 78 “Little Trip to Heaven (On the

Wings of Your Love)” singer, 1973 80 Laudatory stanzas 81 Where disc golfers make their first throws 82 Depletes 83 Shouts 85 Subject for Dian Fossey 86 Science educator Bill 87 Sandra Bullock film involving

Web surfing 88 Verb used in cooking 91 “An appalling waste of energy,” per Katherine Mansfield /

Exploring deeply 94 Sufficiently skilled 98 Made an offer that one couldn’t refuse, say 100 “Score!” 101 Preposition in a sonnet 102 Received by the ears 103 “Warlords” maker 104 Tool for making piles 105 One making a swift descent, illustrated by each unclued

Down answer in this puzzle 108 Away at the moment 109 Qatar royal 110 Reluctant (to) 111 Lead-in to a big event 112 105 Across that’s spelled out by the first letters of this puzzle’s unclued Down answers 113 Change color slightly 114 Go through “1984” again, say 115 The F of AFAIK

DOWN

1 “Elysium” actor Matt 2 Unique 3 Fabric often worn torn 4 Peter, Ray and Winston’s fellow

Ghostbuster 5 “Heat” actor Kilmer 6 Record label found in “remixes” 7 Section of a building opposite the front 8 “God ...!” 9 Commencement 10 Ears full of sugar 11 Place where caddies hold bags 12 Wrong letter in a crossword, e.g. 13 Like fans during a triple-overtime thriller 14 Reminds over and over 15 Role model 16 Law of ___ (trigonometry equation) 17 Works really hard 18 Extract, in metallurgy 31 Dish that may be filled with salsa and chipotle peppers 32 “Atlanta,” “Dallas” or “Nashville,” e.g. 33 Flabbergast 36 Give credit, with “to” 39 “I like ___” (1950s presidential campaign slogan) 40 “L-O-V-E” singer ___ King Cole 41 “___ made up my mind” 42 Food from the French for “saucepan” 43 Like bulls from the Vatican 44 Ganesha or Krishna, in Hinduism 45 Midwest city where the first

Gibson guitars were manufactured 46 “I’m here” 47 Meal that begins with reciting the kiddush 50 Restriction at some apartments 51 Seizes the attention of 53 “No ___ traffic” 55 Where Maria sings “The Hills Are

Alive” in “The Sound of Music” 58 55 Down blades 60 Envision with divination 61 Prized flower in “The Little Prince” 62 Sheep noise 63 Tiger noises 64 Burns’ remedies 67 “Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist

Discovers Her Superpower” author

Brittney 70 AOC : Ocasio :: RBG : ___ 71 “Be on your guard” 72 Tornado warning noisemaker 73 www.gallaudet.___ 74 Egyptian god of war and chaos 76 Barbecue portion 77 “Is this thing on?” strike 79 Person who is hard-working and successful while

“high” 82 Enter undetected 84 Cookware brand based in France 87 Be highly successful 88 Linguistics topic 89 Exam prep expert 90 Like one going on a tirade 92 “That goes for me, too” 93 Tree used to build King David’s house 95 Attorney’s document 96 Stage during an insect’s metamorphosis 97 ___ stateswoman 99 Have a banquet meal 102 Like vintage Gouda 106 Galway’s country: Abbr. 107 Org. profiled in James Bamford’s book “Body of Secrets”