Edmonton Journal

“POP CULTURE”

- BY GAIL GRABOWSKI

Across

1 Physics calculatio­n 5 They may be broken on purpose 9 “You gotta be kidding me!” 14 Aussie bedrolls 19 Comics pooch 20 Put in other words, say

21 British county 22 Garlicky mayo 23 Brand created in

Toronto in 1904 25 23-Across buyer 27 Bank protection 28 Country

29 Web search tool 30 Cleared out 33 British peers 34 Some basilica singers

35 “How about that!” 36 Kin of -trix 37 “The Dark Mirror” antagonist, e.g. 41 Infamous 1974 bank robbers: Abbr. 42 School social worker’s concern 47 Plastic __ Band 48 Hypothetic­als 49 Noisy disturbanc­e 50 Fence material? 51 “I’m getting to it” 52 Curious to a fault 54 Galileo’s birthplace 55 Partner of 46-Down 56 Talk show medium 59 Cat Nation people 61 Industry heavyweigh­ts 63 Airport sign 64 Flutter 66 Colorful appetizer platter items 68 “The Call of the Wild” ride

69 Outdoor party focal point

72 Run off 74 “Swing Shift” Oscar nominee 77 Free sample constraint

78 Farm denizen 79 Exiled Shah Mohammad __ Pahlavi

81 Press Secretary

Spicer

82 Taylor’s husband between Wilding and Fisher

83 City near Tulsa

85 Still developing 87 Return ID

88 Former “How Do Your Children Grow?” PBS host LeShan 89 Alert precipitat­ed by heavy rain 92 Follower’s suffix 93 Getting into the wrong business? 95 Duncan of the Obama Cabinet 96 They’re on the house 98 Sandberg in Cooperstow­n 99 Biker’s headgear, perhaps

101 Weeds out

103 Confirm, as

a password

106 Descriptor in lotion

commercial­s

107 Wrangler material 108 Audio system connector 110 Annual Silver State celebratio­n

114 Goes for the lure 115 Espresso order 116 “Agreed!”

117 Whittle

118 Aromathera­py choice 119 Far-reaching

120 Put to sleep, perhaps 121 Some emailed files

Down

1 Comfy footwear 2 Crown-installing org. 3 Sloth, e.g. 4 Aquanaut’s habitat 5 Time off 6 Tacked on 7 Power conduit 8 Squalid quarters 9 Gave one’s word 10 Fingerprin­t pattern 11 Big name in auto maintenanc­e

12 Word near

Kazakhstan, on maps 13 Composer Rorem 14 Holy

15 Improvise

16 Golfer Isao 17 Secluded spot 18 Many a retired racehorse

24 Get a hint of 26 Piece of the past 28 Charged

30 Brand measured in drops 31 Completely behind 32 Newspaper revenue source

33 Run over 34 Online icon 36 Difficult to find 37 Start to tour? 38 Gorilla Glue, for one

39 How sun-dried tomatoes are packed 40 “Tut-tut” evokers 43 Military drill syllable 44 “You’ve found the right person” 45 Brand with a spokesstor­k who sounds like Groucho 46 Partner of 55-Across 51 File command option 53 Cried out

55 Inner turmoil 57 __ Butterwort­h 58 Streamlet 60 Trilogy, often 62 Meeting staple 63 Bad-mouth 65 Campaign funding org. 67 Bringing home 69 Clan symbol 70 Battery pole

71 Mr. Right 73 Opera star Pinza 75 Culinary guard in ancient Rome 76 Landscape artist George 78 Samaritan’s offering 80 National Humor Mo. 84 Creamy quaff 85 Factor in tanning

86 It’s usually down for the night

89 Go by quickly 90 Like some index cards 91 Claret or burgundy 94 England’s first poet laureate 97 Bank offering for smartphone­s 99 Word of agreement 100 “All the Love”

singer Adams

101 Flu symptom

102 Fatuous

103 Messy meal

104 Many a Charlton

Heston movie 105 Haul

106 Yard or boom

107 How-to presentati­on 109 NATO member since 2009 110 Collar 111 Today’s honoree, found in this puzzle’s eight longest answers 112 Boxer’s comment 113 No denial?

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