the croSSword

By Merl reAgle www.sundaycrosswords.com

Sounds like somebody I know

ACROSS

1 Goes on 6 Mail attachments

12 Workout wear 18 Jellied dish 19 Author ___ de Balzac 20 Bugs grub 22 Your florist? 24 Where the main characters meet in a 1951 Hitchcock classic

26 Compromise 27 NOW cause of the ’70s and early ’80s

28 Has a gambling problem? 29 ___-European 30 Chemical ending 31 Your lawn guy? 35 P.D. rank 37 Jay’s intro? 38 Balmy getaway 39 Frames 41 Manufacturer’s woe 43 Lyricist Sammy 46 Old airline 48 Do a yard job 50 ___ me tangere 51 Do ___ (wash clothes)

53 Hot and damp 56 Your Spanish tour guide?

59 Your old car dealer? 61 “A bit of ___ is always walcum” (Ogden Nash)

63 Blackmailer’s orig. 64 Early Muslim 65 Bequests 67 Design anew 68 Lightning sound, in comics

69 Your eggman? 70 Creator of Atticus Finch

72 Mantel piece? 75 Went wildly 77 Stays 81 Collectibles suffix 82 Bakes in little dishes 83 Your car-finisher? 85 Your Italian waiter? 87 Weasel’s kin 88 Monet influencer 89 Anarchist Goldman 90 Perrier rival 93 Bk. depository 95 Capone chaser 96 Cooks on direct heat

98 Make beloved

101 Where a pain in the neck might be

103 Wood of the Rolling Stones

104 Actor Ayres 106 Your music teacher? 108 Vehicle in a barn 111 Help pull a job 113 Floater of a sort 115 Call ___ day 116 See 128 Across 118 Conventional type? 120 Your neighbor who won’t let you borrow anything?

123 Unexpected hit 124 Grated 125 W. Beatty played one in “Heaven Can Wait”

126 To the rear 127 Bear witness 128 Paramount chief during the “Chinatown” and “God fa ther” years

DOWN

1 Minor error 2 Pale 3 Meanness 4 Contest 5 Viragos 6 That yacht 7 Firmed, as abs 8 Guitarist Segovia 9 Captain’s concern

10 NFLer, e.g. 11 D.C. abbr. 12 Barge 13 Decreased 14 Goof remover 15 With 52 Down, a 1930s look

16 Aaron’s daughter 17 Your uncle, the recluse? 21 Taken out of a game 23 Gave a hand? 25 “The First ___” 28 Burden 32 Word said by Seinfeld in disgust

33 Exerter’s words 34 Verb ending? 36 Bedtime for some 38 Disoriented 40 Raincoat fabric 42 Newspaper section?: abbr.

43 Singer Elliott 44 Utah ski area

1 18 22 26 30 38 43 44 45 51 59 64 68 72 73 74 81 85 89 96 103 111 118 123 126

45 Time 47 Arctic sea bird 49 Fish made of music notes

52 See 15 Down 54 Spoon bender of note 55 Diving birds 57 Sheet fabric 58 Opposite of “in the future”

60 “You ___!” (emphatic assent)

61 Least exciting 62 Passed (a test) with ease

66 Howitzer, e.g. 67 Part of a temperature gauge

69 Make it 71 Actor Stoltz 72 Suction suffix 73 Microorganisms that don’t need oxygen

74 Your food inspector? 76 Half a dog?

112 119 104 113 97 105 114 120 121 124 127

77 Butch of NHL fame 78 Roman dough, once 79 Space chimp 80 Topkicks: abbr. 82 Modest 84 Fictional diner owner 86 Rouen buddy 87 Turow’s law school memoir

91 MIT, e.g. 92 Commotion 94 Scot’s kid 96 Mr. Pitt 97 Juan’s warmer 99 Never been done before

100 Fix anew, perhaps 102 Sculpted dog 105 Dog-bowl refill 107 Some winds 108 English-mangling Yankee

109 City 110 Plant parts 112 Country club buys

114 Lobby plant 117 Young Cleaver, to his brother Wally

119 Retrieve

86 90 98 106 115 122 125 128

120 New Deal agcy. 121 Meal preceder 122 Change that used to happen in Apr.

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April 11, 2010 | The WashingTon PosT Magazine

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