The Hamilton Spectator

WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Top This!

- By Paul Coulter

Across 1 Seabird related to the booby 7 Bold & Crispy Fries maker 13 Rural “reckon” 18 “Know one’s __”: master a subject 19 It’s intoxicati­ng 20 Willow twigs 22 It’s not a teeny wienie 24 Gusto 25 Place to put down stakes?: Abbr. 26 Learned ones 27 Cookout favorite 29 Marsh growths 32 For, to Fernando 33 Org. that does searches 35 “The Kiss” sculptor 36 Seine feeder 38 Chain that sells Grand Slam breakfasts 40 Masterpiec­es 43 Lively Cuban dance 45 New Zealand native 47 The Beatles’ “__ Mine” 49 One-eighty 50 Crunchy snack choice 52 Confident solver’s choice 53 Gardner of mystery 54 Major work 55 “Et voilà!” 56 Three-time NFL rushing yards leader Adrian 58 Hero 59 Some sodas 60 Big __ 65 “Big Blue” 66 Trattoria selection 73 Unagi or anago 74 Antenna housing 75 Parisian pronoun 76 Federation in OPEC 77 Please 81 Green shade 83 Magazine founder Eric 84 Stink 85 “Exodus” hero 86 Beef on the patio 90 Canal locale 91 Seoul soldier 92 Closely packed 93 Rwandan people 94 Oil acronym 96 Some polytheist­s 98 “Coriolanus” setting 99 “Drab” color 102 Deli bread 103 Saigon soup 105 High-quality 109 Dorm breakfast,

maybe 112 Nabisco noshes 114 Reverse pic 115 Serious plays 116 Dessert with

syrup 121 Take back to the

lab 122 Stretched to the

limit 123 Gets in shape 124 Bright circle? 125 Worthy principles 126 Least ingenuous

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1 Enjoy 2 Make __ of: write down 3 Weeper of myth 4 Excluding 5 Blowup: Abbr. 6 Chinese menu possessive 7 Catchall category 8 P’s on frat jackets 9 Dig in, so to speak 10 Lake Mich. state 11 He played Scotty on “Star Trek” 12 Pond growth 13 TV’s Hercules Kevin __ 14 Pretentiou­s sort 15 Offshore equipment 16 Feudal lords 17 Language that gave us “plaid” 19 “The one who makes it, takes it” breakfast brand 21 Nasdaq unit: Abbr. 23 Pickup place? 28 Hook’s mate 30 Knucklehea­ds 31 Amigo’s assent 33 Garr of “Mr. Mom” 34 Impertinen­t sort 37 Dispenser made obsolete by the shaker 38 Cry from Homer 39 Winner’s cry 41 Cat pal of Otis 42 Caught in the act 43 Absorb 44 Its capital is Oranjestad 45 “Spy vs. Spy” magazine 46 Mimosa family tree 48 Eligible for 50 Eighty-six 51 At the back of the pack 53 Aunt with a “Cope Book” 57 Drops off 59 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” 61 Ate 62 “Another Green World” musician 63 Oilers, on NHL scoreboard­s 64 Seems suspicious 67 Nerd 68 Horse-drawn vehicle 69 Parisian lover’s word 70 Fretted instrument­s 71 Hawaiian island 72 Hunt for 77 Carpeting calculatio­n 78 Juicy fruit 79 Brew, in a way 80 Saint-__: French Riviera resort 82 Martinique, par exemple 83 Complete 86 Aussie greeting 87 Mathematic­ian Descartes 88 Election winners 89 Water collection pit 95 “No Country for __” 97 Adorned 98 One of nine Clue cards 100 Bridge

declaratio­n 101 Windows XP

successor 103 Cider maker 104 Recipe verb 106 Many a

Sundance film 107 Stands for 108 Discharge 109 USN officer 110 City near

Provo 111 Pasta choice 112 Baseball’s Hershiser 113 Retired fliers 117 Charlotte-toRaleigh dir. 118 Civil War letters 119 Modern address 120 Stubborn sailor’s

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