Edmonton Journal

“SPOUT NONSENSE”

- BY GAIL GRABOWSKI

Across

1 Criticize severely 5 Very little

10 Musical with the song

“A New Argentina” 15 Roll on a farm, maybe 19 Major attachment 20 Many an emailer 21 Pay

22 Northern terminus

of I-79

23 Totally unlike

wetlands

24 Golf goof

25 Plumber, at times? 27 Boxer in the

wrong profession? 30 Finished behind 31 NBC show anchored

by Lester Holt 32 “Pagliacci” clown 34 Muzzleload­ing aid 38 It holds water 39 Snowblower brand 40 Light beer?

41 Big bucks, briefly 44 Herb-carrying semi? 49 Monogram on

L’Homme products 50 Put up with

52 Menu words 53 They’re not fast reads 54 Help in the gym 55 Allow access to 56 Pay ending? 57 Considerab­le care 58 Is sympatheti­c (toward)

59 “This Gun for Hire” actor

60 Mag man with a mansion 61 Under attack 62 Actor Morales 63 Affected by tears, as makeup 65 Winter air

66 “I thought it was a secret” 69 Biblical brother 70 Sported 71 Pester for payment 72 Quattro competitor 73 Base with a coach 75 What an iron often causes 76 Pen name 77 Gonzalez in 2000 news 78 Ones not itemized 79 Willamette River capital 80 Crescent component 81 Have an inkling 82 Ristorante suffix 83 Unlikely to get sick? 87 H.S. dropout’s exam 88 Environmen­tal destructio­n 91 Congenial

92 Wine flavorer 94 Filibuster site

95 Not in anymore 97 Most shabby

102 Tookthewro­ngway? 104 One with a questionab­le sense of fashion? 106 News of a crude

carrier sighting? 110 Mumbai money 111 Stallion’s mate 112 Skedaddle

113 Lacked roots

114 __Gay

115 Island off Tuscany 116 It may cause quakes 117 How-to units

118 Ill-fated Ford

119 It’s usually graded

Down

1 Darwin wore one 2 Sunlit courts 3 Hitch 4 Wouldn’t commit 5 Sushi bar order 6 2014 U.S. Senior Open winner Montgomeri­e 7 “I’ve had such a curious dream!” speaker

8 Part of a violin

9 Spot with a

bird’s-eye view 10 Flock mom 11 “Grease” singer 12 Domed dwelling 13 Sleuths, for short 14 Many bars no

longer have them 15 Turn into

eventually

16 Old Testament

sanctuary 17 Deliberate omission,

some say

18 Market closing? 26 What makes lists

briefer, briefly 28 Red wine choice 29 “A Doll’s House” heroine

33 “Just curious” 35 Flat-bodied fish depiction? 36 The Christina in Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” 37 Lats relatives 39 Maker of nonstick cookware 40 Lats relatives 41 Places to browse 42 Steel girder 43 “Jush one more, bartender,” e.g.? 45 Rubberneck­ed 46 Minnesota’s

St. __ College 47 Infomercia­l pitch 48 It’s trapped in house traps 51 Ernst genre 54 Broad-leafed maritime plant 57 1995 Reform Party founder 58 Baton Rouge sch. 60 Female lobster 61 Throwing out a chain letter, and others 62 Really big stretch 64 Relieved (of) 65 Spelunker 66 New Mexico state flower 67 Remove 68 Subsided

70 Natural elevation 71 Scuttlebut­t 73 Tastes

74 As a result 75 70-Down’s opposite 76 Private home 77 Opulent home 79 Court conference­s 84 Obedient response to un capitán 85 Like navigable Arctic waters 86 Like paste, jewelry-wise 89 Life’s work

90 “... like __ not” 93 Fate 95 “Pet”problem 96 Mag sales staff member 97 Proofer’s finds 98 Two-time Billboard Top Artist awardee 99 Virtual transactio­n 100 Novi Sad natives 101 Pleasant surprise 103 Rorschach image 105 Provide money for 106 Wrong

107 Key for Ravel? 108 Grazing area 109 Some OT winners

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