The Crossword S-capade
by Merl reagle |
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ACRoSS
1 Popular ocean liner name
8 Vietnam’s ___ Dinh Diem
11 Word before go or “go!” 15 Canadian prov. 18 Artist’s community 19 First dog of the 1940s 20 Suggestion 21 Coffee container 22 Q: “How did you know I was a tea connoisseur?” A: “___”
24 Wins at cards, perhaps 25 In the past 26 Choice: abbr. 27 Mac’s intro 28 Glasses for really, really sensitive eyes?
31 Raft? 36 Drum site 37 Carte opener 38 Swiss river 39 Capek play 41 Meditation techniques 45 What the preacher’s kid likes to play?
52 Birds and snakes do it 53 Mugful for Muggeridge 54 School near PHX 55 Monorail relatives 56 Harry who does many voices on “The Simpsons”
58 Type of spy 60 Polite refusal 64 Loaf end 65 Actress Joanne 66 Punch actor George? 69 “If you cut your hair that way, Alice, you’re goin’ straight to the moon!”
71 One way to turn? 72 Wapiti 73 Courtroom VIPs 74 Reset setting 75 The real thing at Southern diners?
79 Tool with many uses? 84 “Alley ___” 85 Ages and ages 86 One on a quest 87 Drain pain 88 Take a chance 90 “Mystery solved!” 91 Driver’s club 94 Boozehound 95 English school 96 What fisherman Dad is
really tired of getting every Christmas?
102 Newbies 104 Building wing 105 Calendar pgs. 106 Grafton’s “___ for Alibi”
107 Arrest 109 Whence rock-and-roll came?
115 Cookie Monster’s newspaper request while visiting L.A.?
119 Great weight 120 Grad topper 122 Kimono closer 123 Furthermore 124 Filmin’ Jeremy? 129 “You rang?” 130 Wolf describer 131 High schooler 132 “Happy Days” malt shop 133 Feller’s tool 134 Some merinos 135 Tearful 136 Most cunning
DoWn
1 Recedes, as the tide 2 Pitcher Jamie 3 Animal kingdom divisions
4 Speedwagon maker 5 Flightless bird 6 Knight’s title 7 Epsom product 8 Part of sonar: abbr. 9 Early orbiter
10 Camel stop 11 Start to smoke 12 Shorten a sentence? 13 In need of a massage 14 Walk in a showy way 15 University square 16 Implore 17 Slugger Slaughter 19 Co-star with Kate and Jaclyn
23 Really bother 29 Ladies, first 30 Cafe emanation 32 Golfer Se Ri ___ 33 Casablanca visitor 34 Roasting platform? 35 Art, nowadays? 40 Gone up 42 Astronaut Cooper’s nickname
43 Last Oldsmobile model
2 18 22 26 31 32 33 34 37 45 46 47 53 58 66 71 75 76 77 84 88 95 102 107 115 116 117 122 129 133 123 130 134
44 Play the uke 45 Door feature 46 Medicinal herb 47 Room on the block? 48 Ex-senator Sam 49 Potpie morsels 50 Einstein’s birthplace 51 Republicans 57 It shines on Mejico 59 Raison d’___ 61 “Golden Boy” playwright
62 TV diner 63 Floater on the Flood 64 Impulsiveness 67 “Like a Rock” singer 68 Skillful 69 Pitching error 70 Meso finish 73 Expected 75 Hard ___ (rare) 76 Like turnip fields 77 Ready to face 78 ___ pink 79 Corn-coction?
103 108 118 124 131 135
80 Where Yazd is 81 Other than this 82 It’s on the house 83 Some noncoms 86 Elle, over here 89 Hiking cue, often 90 “... and pulled out ___”
92 Rhyme scheme 93 Seed covering 97 Plaza waif et al. 98 World finance org. 99 T-shirt material
100 ___ in the dark 101 Terre Haute sch. 103 Taste 108 Downstairs, at sea 110 Lab work 111 Entertainer Tessie 112 Early computer 113 French school 114 Smooths, in a way 115 Spanish painter 116 Wild goat 117 Workshop squeezer
125 132 136
118 Adjust, as a lute 121 (“Hey, you ...”) 125 Big ref.
Solution to: Octopuzz (Aug. 8)
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8 M I L E A B A F U R L S S C E N E D I G S S C I A S H Y E T
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