The Crossword That’s ‘enter’-tainment by Merl reagle |
www.sundaycrosswords.coM ACROSS
1 Chrysler, for ex. 5 It’s a gift 8 La ___, Bolivia
11 Grifter’s forte 15 Vietnamese VIP until 1975
16 A first for Dinesen? 18 Face on a fin 19 The Dixie Chicks, for example
20 1940 Glenn Miller hit or 1997 Matthew Perry film
22 1960s rock quartet 24 Dinosaur evidence 25 Gallery print, briefly 27 Galeón treasure 28 Draft pick? 29 1952 Monroe-Widmark drama
36 On the ___ vive 37 Shake awake 38 Startled cries 39 Big guns in D.C.? 40 Hollywood tryout 44 Milan’s La ___ 47 Actor McGregor 48 Satchmo 49 Alt. to “play” or “stop” 50 Notorious flop of 1980 52 Opposing position 53 Old five-iron 55 Terrier tender 56 Shrek, for one 57 Proposal reaction 58 Blue 59 Natural talent 61 Pointless gift, in Florida 62 Aptly named TV show about “enter”-tainment
66 In-favor-of arguments 67 Sharpens 68 Daphne du Maurier’s “Jamaica ___”
69 F. Scott’s Gatsby 72 Unfreeze 73 Architects’ org. 74 Doctors make them 77 “Oh, very funny” 78 1942 Ladd-Lake drama 81 San Francisco’s ___ Valley
82 Charles of “Gaslight” 83 Russo of “Ransom” 84 Disinfectant brand 85 Popeye’s command to his spinach can in a 1937 Ali Baba cartoon
87 A while ___
88 “Kiss my grits” utterer 89 Reindeer’s name 91 Fla. clock setting 92 One way to please a studio
97 “Understand?”
100 “She Hate Me” director 101 Art supporter? 102 Gastronome 104 Durable 1960s game show
107 “Bronco Billy” co-star (wait, what is SHE doing in this puzzle?)
110 Neuf preceder 111 Netflix offering 112 Warty sort 113 Vegas attractions 114 Brainstorm 115 Actress Susan 116 Anagram of 115 Across 117 Melanie in “Working Girl”
DOWN
1 Opted 2 Olive and others 3 Chemical leftovers 4 Steal 5 PX patrons 6 Forehead smudge 7 TARP was one 8 Newsreel inventor 9 Detest
10 Liz Taylor film, “X, Y, and ___”
11 Baby birds? 12 Emulate Crosby 13 Broadcast 14 Yearly doz. 15 Awl, for one 17 Makes bootees 20 Plowers-to-be: abbr. 21 JFK joined it 23 James who played Scotty on “Star Trek”
26 The ones here 30 Apple and cherry, for example
31 “Garden of Earthly Delights” painter
32 Rental sign 33 “Let’s keep moving” 34 Banana-boat box 35 Welles role 36 Ocean liner, briefly 40 Vanquish, as a dragon 41 Retina receptor 42 Road furrows 43 Baseball transaction
1 15 20 24 28 36 40 41 42 48 52 57 62 66 72 78 83 87 92 93 100 104 105 110 114
45 Quibble (about) 46 NYC’s ___ Fisher Hall 47 Ova-threw? 50 Serfdom 51 Athenian lawgiver 53 Some computers 54 “Mame” song, “___ Walked Into My Life”
58 Meanie’s look 60 In addition 61 Some heirs 62 In ___ (furious) 63 Deli cheese 64 Marching-band hat 65 Expand 66 Amazing up-and-comer 69 Pleasures 70 “Excuse me” 71 Time gone by 72 On ___ (busy) 73 “___ Like It” 75 A little, in Lille 76 Constantly 77 Baseball’s Wilhelm or music’s Axton
106 111 115
78 Ford’s Explorer Sport ___
79 “Never before in print!” 80 Keebler’s crew 82 Prison destroyed in 1789
85 Deep red 86 Overlook, as one’s faults
88 Guadalajara gala 90 “___ my case” 93 Cow on a label 94 Audacity 95 Santa Claus, often 96 From Frankfurt: abbr. 97 Tear carriers 98 Annoys 99 “___, yer swell”
103 Dove sounds 104 ___ Beta Kappa 105 Vid. counterpart 106 Quirky 108 Ix follower? 109 “Crusade in Europe” auth.
88 94 95 101 107 112 116 108 109 113 117
(BONUS MESSAGE: 57-85-21 / 75-108-84-27-41-35 / 117-77-16-86 / 29-106-27-74 / 65-98-78-110 / 22-50-80 /17-47-71 / 38-88 / 54-53-73-5-114-81-46-15-68-2-39 ... And can you name the show? Answer next week.)
SOlutiON tO: Reinterpreting history (Nov. 7)
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