Edmonton Journal

“ILLEGAL TENDER”

- BY ADAM VINCENT

Across 1 “Please stay” 7 Fallopian tube neighbor 12 __ Beta Kappa 15 Just peachy, in old slang 18 Tool for winter fishing 19 “I swear!” 20 Royal problem? 21 Superhero sound effect 22 Mad money? 24 Lingerie brand 25 Chapter in history 26 Close-knit team 27 Navel type 28 Grant money? 30 Takes too much, briefly 31 The OED’S 21,728, e.g. 33 Australian rockers __ at Work 34 Shoot for 35 Voice below soprano 36 French toppers 39 NFL pass rushers, as a unit 40 Hot money? 45 They’re used for emphasis 47 Olympian Bolt 48 Bit of info 49 Nasty type 50 Social media pic that may go viral 51 Intrinsica­lly 52 Ransom money? 56 Amtrak track 57 Talk Like a Pirate Day word 58 Undoing 60 “What else could it be?!” 61 Go head to head 62 From sunup to sundown 64 Afterwords 67 Greek goddess of wisdom 69 Hawaiian staple 70 Gamer’s complaint 72 Arrived at, as a conclusion 73 Buzzfeed reaction button 75 Wears on 76 Old money? 79 Dishes out incautious­ly 81 Sister of Rachel 82 Mercedes-benz sedan line 83 “What are you gonna do about it?!” 84 Put on 85 Should really 87 Paper money? 89 Type of drum or dance 90 Cassock wearer 92 Long, long time 93 Heavenly body? 94 Bear in Baja 95 Seder staple 97 Pres. when Sputnik was launched 100 Bad money? 103 Hindu teacher 105 Rumble in the Jungle setting 107 Celticseal­and,tothe IOC 108 Hard end? 109 Smart money? 111 Wonderland drink 112 “I would consider __ honor” 113 Backwoods type 114 Self-referentia­l “Don’t you think?” 115 Fizzy prefix 116 Flyers’ org. 117 Witherspoo­n of “Wild” 118 African pest Down 1 ’70s music genre 2 Pie slices, often 3 Water and air, e.g. 4 Peter the Great, e.g. 5 Strategy 6 Be indebted to 7 As expected 8 Battery count 9 Jai __ 10 Ancient mariner’s story, e.g. 11 Positive answer 12 Besties 13 Runner’s __ 14 Unfavorabl­y 15 Feature of club nights for comic wannabes 16 Main cast of “Parasite,” e.g. 17 Discarded old PCS, say 20 Finer-tipped 23 Well-intentione­d humanitari­an 28 Like a bairn 29 Fried foods, vis-à-vis baked ones 32 Georgia airport code 33 Dash in a spice rack? 35 Word rarely used without “far” 36 Living symbol of happiness 37 State tree of Massachuse­tts 38 No-nonsense 40 Undeserved punishment­s 41 Rely heavily on 42 Hermanos, primas, etcétera 43 Ballet-inspired workout method 44 Oft-mispunctua­ted word 46 Time Person of the Year et al. 49 Compressed file format 51 Accounts __ 52 Ski slope apparel 53 Stuff oneself silly 54 Connection 55 Pet control aids 59 Tavern mugful 63 Tina Fey’s boss on “30 Rock” 65 Devices made largely obsolete by smartphone­s 66 NFL ref’s review aid 68 Multinatio­nal hotel chain 71 Understand 74 Like many La Scala production­s 77 Bookkeeper’s book 78 Ovarian hormone 80 Rent 83 ‘60s protest gp. 84 Big bores 85 Special guest, perhaps 86 Like many Cubist paintings 87 Fair-hiring inits. 88 “__ me!” 89 Bolivian bungalow 91 Sorta cousin 95 Former fillies 96 More than enough 97 “__ We Almost Have It All” 98 Mildly annoyed cries 99 Unnerving 101 Swear words? 102 River through Orsk 103 Pump, e.g. 104 Aftermath 106 “Zip-__-doo-dah” 109 Home of many 2010s refugees: Abbr. 110 Magician’s source of surprises

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