The Crossword Octopuzz by Merl reagle | www.sundaycrosswords.coM


NOTE: Because today’s date is 8/8, here’s a puzzle to mark the occasion. (And in case you’re the type who keeps count, there are 16 in all.)


ACRoSS


1 Octet 6 Put on a bulletin board again


12 Start of “The Jabberwocky”


16 Make ___ (trade) 17 Russian composer, partly 19 Type of pool 20 Liter or meter preceder 21 Uma Thurman thriller 22 Gambling game 23 Fur-fortune family 25 Senegal suffix 26 Support a college, in a way


27 Catherine Deneuve whodunit


28 Part of a free call 31 QB’s hiking cue, often 33 Like vinegar, e.g. 34 Road map 36 Miracle-___ 37 Old home-movie format 40 Cone-bearing tree 41 Pig/poke filler 42 Brother, to Brigitte 43 Part of a hosp. 44 Mailing courtesy: abbr. 45 Pub’r of an influential journal, with “the”


46 Magna/laude center 47 “___ with a spoon!” 48 Writer Hentoff 49 Co. name ender 50 Labyrinth 52 “Oh, yeah? ___ who?” 54 Meas. system that includes dynes and ergs


55 ___ Moines 56 Coll. hotshot 57 Early forms of a word (anagram of MATEY)


59 English thinker John 61 Actor Bentley or Studi 62 Old Toyota 63 Cancel 64 Poker flub 66 Squeak silencer 67 2002 Eminem film 69 Lawyers’ grp. 70 Rolls up, as a flag 72 Part of an act


75 Excavates 76 Biol. or chem. 77 Peron’s place: abbr. 78 Will Smith role 80 First name in guitar music


81 Grate stuff 82 Reb, to a Yank 83 Extension-cord length, perhaps


85 “Dinner ___” 87 Young ___ 88 So far 89 Guards check them 90 Wide, as some highways 91 Dance step 92 Zodiac sign 93 Some PGA players, briefly


94 ___ few rounds 95 Jack of old films 96 Belt-tightener? 98 One out of five babies


100 Mao follower? 101 Bandidos’ targets 102 Comic-page Viking 105 Dr. of rap 107 1960s boxer 108 Sans assistance 109 1970s sitcom 113 Cereal box info 117 Two 4s, in craps 118 Klinger’s hoped-for discharge on “M*A*S*H”


119 Because of 120 Sailing 121 Boil 122 Practice-boxes


DoWn


1 Four hours before noon 2 Fed. stipend 3 Night bird 4 Mozambique neighbor 5 Like sitcoms 6 Howard, Paul and others


7 South addition 8 Greek letter 9 Clumsy one


10 Arcade game, ___-ball 11 Upper body 12 Steak choice 13 Hogwarts accessory 14 Chorus member 15 Whole bunch 17 Composer Jerome 18 Power sources 19 Film about the Black Sox


1 16 20 23 27 33 40 45 50 57 63 67 68 75 81 88 93 98 102 103 104 108 117 120 scandal


21 Cigarette character 24 Countdown terminology 27 2002 Adam Sandler comedy


28 Cassette alternatives, once


29 Giant spider flick starring David Arquette


30 Octopus trait 32 Some whales 33 Treat as a target 34 Jalalabad’s loc. 35 Comprehend 37 Sitcom about dating, 2002-2005


38 Landed estate 39 Holy city 40 Starlet’s dream 51 Pianist Gilels and actor Jannings


53 Horror film “being,” variantly


55 Pal of Perry 56 Stephen King novel,


105 109 118 121 “From a ___ 8”


58 Firefighter’s tool 60 Covert org. 61 Mars’s thing 62 Call for help 65 Wife of Napoleon III 67 “___ a Week” 68 Stingy one 69 Legendary “dead man’s hand”


71 Careless 73 8’s follower, to a CBer 74 Exxon, once. 76 Kin of “me, too” 77 Black piano key 79 “___ Necessarily So” 82 Ice maneuver 83 Half-mile run 84 Prop for Annika 86 Bronc rider’s duration 97 Get firm 98 Interview format 99 Makes an effort


101 Cornhuskers’ conference, once


102 “Oh, very funny”


103 “Sadly ...” 104 “It’s My Party” singer 106 Evan ending 107 “Clair de ___” 110 Hot saison


82 89 94 99 106 110 111 112 76 83 90 95 100 107 113 119 122


111 Wit’s intro 112 “I’ll bet that hurt!” 114 Party drink 115 Author: abbr. 116 High temperature range


Solution to: You are my punshine (Aug. 1)


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S U M M E R Y J U D G M E N T I V A N C O N S U M M E R R E P O R T S O L D


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O R A L T E S S L A S S E N S T O A D I E O U T L E S


S U M M E R O V E R V I C E A D O


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T A N G O R E


H I S


I N F A N T S T E R M S


E F F O R T S U M M E R C U M L A U D E L E A R A M A T E U R


N I K E


S U M M E R G O O D S U M M E R B A D S E E D


D E C O B O A C M O M S


L OWC U T


D E A R T H S T A R A C H


L I T


I S E E T H E R A I N B OW S WO O N E D A U D I


M I S S U M M E R S T O O D A C U M E N A S T R A


L U I S E


O F H O N O R R I T A R I A L R I G A L O U M E X I C A N S U M M E R E R O T O R I A T O M I C S U M M E R I N E H E N S N E O S


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