The Crossword Tomfoolery


by Merl reagle | www.sundaycrosswords.coM ACROSS


1 Stand up to 5 Pinlike? 9 English horn cousins


14 i lid? 17 Memo start 18 ___-Croatian 19 Cubist’s first name 20 It’s all in your mine 21 “The First ___” 22 Tom’s favorite song? 25 Encouraging words from Tom?


27 Word after Exit 28 “___ not!” 29 Asexual life form 30 “One touch” sport 31 Actor Danny 33 “Not that I ___” 35 Words to a doubting Thomas?


39 Major amounts 40 Cup, in Caen 41 Noted reverend’s inits. 42 Flag flinger 43 Like Ida, to Tom? 50 Main drag, e.g. 51 Pastoral place 52 Senegal’s capital 56 Skirt feature 59 Dig in, perhaps 60 Tums alternative 64 “No way” man 65 Tom’s aspirin? 70 “Trouble’s coming” 71 Tyre center 72 “Tales of Terror” inspiration


73 Is in control of 74 It’ll keep you out of Mensa


76 Hanks film 77 Others, in Orléans 80 Classified comment from Tom?


88 Toward the tail 91 Part of a golf club 92 Colorado’s ___ Park 93 Suggestive and then some


94 Blazed a trail à la Tom?


99 Brothers, in Brittany


101 Delhi instruments 102 Lover of Psyche


103 As ___ resort 104 Cameo shape, often 105 Ms. Banks 106 With 111 Across, Tom’s favorite song lyric?


111 See 106 Across 115 Oath betrayer 116 Sandwich type 117 Bulb in the kitchen 118 Tears 119 Teri in “Young Frankenstein”


120 Prescott to PHX, e.g. 121 Pub pint 122 Genesis guy 123 Call for attention


DOWN


1 Chow down in style 2 Sufficient, to Shakespeare


3 Port area where goods are not subject to taxes


4 Separator of China and South Korea


5 It’s twixt huit and dix 6 Ms. Bombeck 7 T, Th, Thu, Thur, or Thurs, e.g.


8 Road rescue 9 Church key


10 Beermaking need 11 Comply with 12 Scary Hollywood street 13 Protein source 14 Idle drawer 15 Sibling of Wilbur 16 In a snit 18 Rough or slip follower 22 Pre-Sat. party 23 Optimists have it 24 Is situated 26 Ian’s john 30 First name in jumping 31 “___ Lang Syne” 32 In a snit 33 Board jumpers: abbr. 34 Old PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers


35 German river 36 Catch sight of 37 Dangerous coiler 38 “Peg ___ Heart” 40 Dangerous buzzer 44 Deuce’s cousin


1 17 21 25 29 33 34 39 43 50 56 57 58 65 70 74 80 88 89 90 94 101 104 111 116 120 112 113 117 121


45 In the least 46 Sitcom star-turned-talk show host


47 Regal imprint 48 Closer to a coffin? 49 Punjabi prince 53 Ex-mayor of NYC 54 Eur conclusion 55 Carmine’s family? 56 Pile of loot 57 Second sound 58 Siamese sound 60 “___ bell?” 61 Bear, to Gilberto 62 Murky regions 63 See 69 Down 66 “Who is ___?” 67 Singer Lane 68 Wildlife refuge 69 With 63 Down, be the tallier


75 Gulf emirate 77 Stake in the game


105 114 118 122


78 Western Indians 79 Receipt 81 Amazes 82 So far 83 ___ ex machina 84 Pitcairn, for ex. 85 Relates (to) 86 Baa maid? 87 Hwys. and byways 88 Soaks up 89 Back-formed word meaning “wastes time”


90 “Season ___” (recipe instruction)


95 Cabbage kin 96 Call for attention 97 Wandering 98 Stable shade 99 Exit the scene?


100 Tampa player 103 Money for the needy 105 Backup group, often 106 Bingo call


107 “Yikes!” 108 Men’s nicknames 109 Pranks 110 Part of QED


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L I S X T O 95 91 96 97 98 102 106 107 108 115 119 123


112 Abbr. in financing ads


113 Aardvark morsel 114 Dr. of rap


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