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By Merl reagle www.sundaycrosswords.com

the can(i)nes Film Festival, Part 1

NOtE: In case you can’t attend that other film festival (the one going on in France right now), here’s a slobbery alternative.

ACROSS

1 Bride’s time 5 Dog’s burden in snow country

9 Start of a series

12 Dog in Harry Nilsson’s “The Point”

17 Weigh ___ 18 Fare-minded TV oldie? 19 Quintana ___ 20 Steamy relief 21 Canines’ favorite Dustin Hoffman film?

23 Actor popular among canines?

25 Wet forecast 26 Cap feature 27 Bill bonus 29 Dr. Wilmut, sheep cloner 30 Canines’ favorite Michael Caine thriller? (with “The”)

35 Man’s best ___ 39 Ream contents 40 Poe’s love 41 Canines’ favorite Burt Reynolds film? (with “The”)

43 Stands for 45 2 Down ski resort 46 Sesame Street resident 47 Canines’ favorite Lauren Hutton film?

52 Canines’ favorite Jennifer Aniston film? (with “The”)

55 Dust particle 56 Woody’s son 57 Stewed dudes 58 Play for time 59 “That’s it!” 61 Little drink

64 Actor popular among canines?

68 ___ Kippur 69 Deserving 71 Toothy river cruisers 72 Offend 74 Amazes 75 Ignore (one’s duties) 76 Canines’ favorite Jane Fonda film?

80 Canines’ favorite Timothy Bottoms film? (with “The”)

83 Grow together 85 Farm sight 86 Rental sign 87 Canines’ favorite Doris Day film?

90 “___ Fideles” 93 Jerry’s nickname for Julia on “Seinfeld”

95 Possessive on candy wrappers

96 Canines’ favorite Denzel Washington film? (with “The”)

99 Firefighters’ forte

100 On your face, it’s em bar rass ing

101 “Pagliacci” role 102 Type of French salad 106 With 110 Across, canines’ favorite Russell Crowe film?

110 See 106 Across 112 Another time 113 1980s rock group, ___ Tuesday

114 Carpeting calculation 115 “Home on the Range” word

116 Made clothes 117 “Stop that!” 118 On deck 119 Sturdy trees

DOWN

1 Film about Amity’s calamities

2 Six-sided state 3 Canceled 4 Interweave 5 Sailor’s rear 6 Most Irish pub patrons 7 Skeleton opening 8 Unkind remark 9 Prince, for one

10 “We’re No. 1!” et al. 11 Early computer language

12 The Sun Devils: abbr. 13 Was printed 14 Dirt-road hazard 15 Boxing combo 16 Less trusting 22 Flip side? 24 Charlemagne domain: abbr.

26 Competed 28 Sort or soak starter 30 Impact sound 31 Mighty Mouse, e.g. 32 Spill the beans 33 Filmmaker Riefenstahl 34 High-tech car option

61 62 63 69 74 80 86 90 91 92 96 100 106 112 116

35 Mailbox attachment 36 Brand of chocolate candy

37 Fascinated by 38 “Jumpin’ Jupiter!” 39 Word div. 42 Laconic 43 1251 44 Comic-page cry 47 Hydrophanes, e.g. 48 “Little” Dickens girl 49 Low card 50 Nevada city 51 Author Chomsky 53 Genre derived from punk

54 Modest comment 55 Canines’ second favorite Burt Reynolds film?

58 Gave one’s word 59 Actor Jannings 60 Old sports org. in which Doug Flutie played

61 Trade 62 “The Music Man” setting

63 Get ready (for)

107 108 109 113 117

65 Have ___ (converse) 66 Speaker of baseball 67 Like ___ to flame 70 Type of fly 73 Broadway Bob 75 Seagoing pronoun 76 Bush adviser 77 Limo riders 78 Robt. ___ 79 Goes bad 81 Colin Powell took it 82 The goldfish in “Pinocchio”

83 Vegas game 84 Depilatory brand 87 Yugoslav leader, once 88 Susan’s longtime daytime role

89 California’s ___ Beach

90 White House nickname

91 Beliefs of a sort 92 Captivate 93 “Of Mice and Men” character

94 In a biting way

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97 98 101 110 111 114 118

97 Alphabet unit: abbr. 98 Averse 99 Draw a bead on

102 Ariz. neighbor 103 Bit of input 104 Go after

115 119

105 Goes astray 107 Toothed tool 108 Word with rack or tack 109 Call off 110 Preserve, in a way 111 Deposit in some banks

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