The Crossword Roman holiday
by Merl reagle |
www.sundaycrosswords.coM 99 Call the game, briefly
ACROSS
1 Goes on to say 5 He wrote Porgy’s lyrics 8 Skirt features
14 Ram’s remark 17 Flag down 18 Promise from Rome to supply troops?
21 Baseball family name 22 “Julius says hello”? 23 Ninja 25 Piaf classic, “La vie ___”
26 ___ up to (approach slyly)
27 Roman musical? 29 Mountain guide, perhaps
32 He needs drying out 33 Warms up, for short 34 Jackie’s “O” 37 Site of La Paz Bay 40 Great, in hip-hop slang 44 The Indians, on scoreboards
45 Roman thespian? 50 Disproves 52 Tony’s successor as P.M. 53 Florida State rival 54 Emulate Cicero 55 Southern sandwich 56 “You don’t say!” 59 737, to an ATC 60 “There will be a political discussion after the dance,” in other words?
65 Rice dish 66 Dial again, e.g. 67 Lacking some essential government workers?
77 King’s dog 78 Time-out of a sort 79 Slightest 80 Tie a quick knot? 81 Spanish silver 83 Marty portrayer 85 Earth/sky line 87 Roman comedy that inspired Garry Shandling?
90 Sushi setting 91 Soup-can flaw 92 Camelot lady 93 Most AARP mbrs. 94 TV, radio, etc. 96 Freshness?
101 Roman haberdasher’s sign?
106 “___ in the hand ...” 109 More risqué 113 Teen’s adverb 114 Be a victorious emperor?
118 Polygraph flunker 119 Roman comedy that inspired a sitcom?
120 Ore store 121 Flight panel?: abbr. 122 First host of “The Family Feud”
123 To date 124 Charon’s river
67 68 69 DOWN
1 Watch like ___ 2 Lama lead-in 3 Some dresses 4 Cutting remarks 5 Project extension? 6 Turns back (the clock) 7 Hersey’s bell town 8 Cancún coin 9 Jam ingredients?
10 Actor Zimbalist Jr. 11 Pub choice 12 Kickoff need 13 Three-stripers: abbr. 14 City revenue sources 15 Part of WASP 16 Strong point 18 Mailed boxes 19 Watchdog warning 20 Triumvirate number 22 Force 24 Picayune prankster 28 Chest beater 30 “Washboard” items 31 Claw site 34 Hood’s weapon 35 Giuliani et al. 36 “Who am ___ say?” 38 Pam’s guy on “The Office”
39 Grafton’s A 40 Clue’s Plum, briefly 41 Man of the hour 42 Miles away 43 “Swan Lake” outfit 45 Sellers film, with “The” 46 Salve 47 Composer Schifrin 48 Anteing words
77 81 87 92 96 97 98 106 114 119 121 122
49 Dinky drink 51 Paces, to Pavarotti 52 Body of agua separating Florida y Mejico
55 Baby’s enclosure 57 Tolkien tree creatures 58 Almond’s kin, color-wise 61 Twain kid 62 One of Chekhov’s three sisters
63 Author of “Birches” 64 White House John 67 Waikiki wiggle 68 Partly open 69 Your, in Tours 70 Of an arm bone 71 Projection-room changes
72 Singing “Mama” 73 Eluded a tag, perhaps 74 Primordial stuff 75 Atop 76 Home with a flap
77 Radar’s rank on TV 82 Author Rand 84 Fork sites?: abbr. 85 Started fighting 86 Prayer 88 Ben Kingsley’s title 89 Lime quaff 90 Ask for a pardon? 94 “Tuesdays with ___” 95 A play may have one 96 ___ gravity 97 Resort island near Majorca
98 Basso Ezio
100 Astaire and Rogers 101 Wet-eyed 102 Lecture locales 103 Al’s nemesis, circa 1930
104 “Luck Be ___” 105 Test-tube glass 107 Baseball card abbr. 108 Not natural 110 Sacramento’s ___
123 Arena
111 Red-hunter Roy 112 “___ Believer” 115 Moody’s rating
SOlutiON tO: Giving thanks (Nov. 21)
F I G A S E A T
M O T E D U L L E R O S L O U R I F O R T H E M E M O R Y
E M I T I R I S H
A C T E D B A H
E T E S I N A D V A N C E R A T
R E F S S A P S C O T
I N B O R N Y O U R E B E A U T I F U L R A E Y D S
G L U E F O RW A I T I N G E P I S C
A C R O B A T I C E T F O G
A S A P R O M I S E H E E
O A T E R S
P U N D I T U N S E E D E D D E S P I S T O L A
I N E E D E D T H A T O N I T S I N O A R E D T S E
T H E L I N E S M E L O T T A A M E S F O R T H E R I D E
I N R I
P I L A F S O A S U T A H
O P S T A N A G E R E E L S T A I
O L D B U D D Y O L D P A L L I A M A L E P P O
S P O O N
F O R A S K I N G E N S U E A D E S X E S I R A I T S F U N
V I E I D E A F O R L I S T E N I N G E A R R N S
L A D D E G O
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