The Crossword Plays I’d like to see by Merl reagle | www.sundaycrosswords.coM


NOTE: Arena Stage starts its 60th year this weekend at its new facility, the Mead Center for American Theater. To celebrate, this puzzle contains some of its most famous shows (and a few, um, not so famous).


ACRoSS


1 In the least 6 Arizona neckties


11 Lively dance 14 Replacement part? 17 Detect, as danger 18 Yucatan’s capital 19 Smell 21 “___ Mo’ Time” 22 Play about a woman who gets her “just desserts”?


24 Westernmost Aleutian 25 Theater co. 26 Sudan neighbor: abbr. 27 Off-limits item 28 Play whose title char- acter won’t eat anything unless it’s fried?


31 Play about a woman who dances with short people?


36 Cockatoos, sometimes 37 Hunky-dory 38 “Check,” in poker 39 It’s N of Mex. 41 Humped oxen 44 Play about a diner patron whose food never arrives?


50 Bates or Cumming 51 ___ the city 52 Looked high and low for 53 Recorded intro? 55 Play about a guy and his sloppy little pal from Mars?


57 Peek-a-boo player 58 Enthusiasm 59 Roadside retreat 60 Chevy model 65 Emotional attachments 66 Play about an actress trying to unload some real estate?


72 “The ___ Page” 73 Hitmaker Don or Phil 74 Promising letters 75 Kaput, as a battery 76 Lacking color 78 Play about an over-the-hill boxer?


83 “Brother ___” 84 Lose one’s hearing 87 Fencing weapons


89 Subtle glow 90 Play about girls who were raised by orangutans?


93 Animated ogre 94 Ring finishes 95 Let out ___ (bellow) 96 Clerk on “The Simpsons” 97 Zenith


100 Play in which a college kid’s football prayers are an swered?


108 With 114 Across, play about a couple with a cloth allergy?


110 Foe of Caesar 111 Bygone bird 112 Shaving foam alternative 113 Some are tell-all 114 See 108 Across 119 Snake in the sea grass 120 Something ___ 121 Wheaties, e.g. 122 “Could ___ lean ...” 123 Trick ending? 124 Auth. submissions 125 Mythological trio 126 Edith Head creation


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1 Word in a McCourt title 2 “The Skin of Our ___” 3 “___ walks with me ...” 4 Grain-fungus drug 5 Simple shelters 6 Dizzy’s music style 7 Sun or moon, to bards 8 Small, in rapper names 9 Keats work


10 Crusaders’ foes 11 Actress Pflug who played Lt. Dish in “M*A*S*H” (1970)


12 Patient’s wristwear 13 Failed as a sneak 14 “Three Men on a ___” 15 Bumbling 16 Diarist Samuel 18 Pre-stereo sound 20 Play with robots 23 Boil, broil or fry 29 “Do ___ Gentle ...” 30 Apple release of 2010 32 Hot room’s analogy 33 Cranky mood 34 Oz visitor 35 Kimono sash 40 Falling-down drunk? 41 Kill electrically, as bugs 42 Brother of Peyton 43 Carry-on 44 “The Time Machine” girl


1 17 22 26 31 32 37 41 42 43 50 55 56 59 66 67 68 72 75 83 90 91 94 97 98 99 108 112 119 123


45 Objectivist’s first name 46 ___ a limb 47 Vietnamese name that anagrams into an egg drink


48 Parts, as a curtain 49 Embargo target 51 “___ Lear” 54 Subway cousins 56 Navel buildup 58 “The ___ Story” 60 Honda SUV since 1996 61 “Yes, Captain” 62 Apt. or dept. VIP 63 “___ My Sons” 64 51 Down, to Carlos 65 “The House of ___ Leaves”


66 “The ___ White Hope” 67 Really reluctant 68 Word before result 69 It means “born again” 70 The other Dr. Crane 71 Some UPS deliveries 72 Signer of the Glass- Steagall Act


109 113 120 124 114 115 116 117 121 125


76 Golden Turkey Award recipient


77 Lemon/lime addition 78 Not ’neath 79 Book after Micah 80 Forest sticker 81 Iron in the raw 82 Be a chatterbox 84 Classic muscle car 85 Japanese beer brand 86 Wrote and sent quickly, as an angry letter


87 LAX guesses 88 Make waves? 91 ___ out a living 92 “___ gather” 93 Used a utensil 96 Start of the play 97 “You shouldn’t have!” 98 Root for the team 99 Arena Stage Artistic Director ___ Smith


101 Businessman Perot 102 Decreases, as pain 103 Ranch units


104 Pesters constantly 105 Ham it up 106 Wimpy and Stimpy 107 Street-lamp effects 109 Rushmore guy


Solution to: Tomfoolery (Oct. 17)


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115 Snowbirds’ Dec. home 116 Big container 117 Mamie’s mate 118 “Oh! What A Lovely ___”


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