Saturday crossword
1 5 11 Hardly a haymaker 14 Pulled up a chair 17 Whom Samwise accompanied to Rivendell 18 Backspace key, often 19 One who might err on the safe side?
20 __ dixit: assertion without proof 21 22 23 25 27 29 Zing 30 Donizetti aria “Regnava __ silenzio” 31 Bee bunch 33 Watergate figure with a radio talk show 34 Exude 36 Learn 37 Giant __, world’s largest antelope
39 *Ceremonious choreography 42 46 47 48
49 WOW 50 52 56 __?” 58 New England cape 59 __ chi 61 Biting 62 “Good-bye, cruel world!,” in Westerns 65 *Ring leaders 68 Worldwide anticrime gp. 71 Rod’s partner 72 Author Deighton 73 Bench press muscle 76 Ethel on “I Love Lucy” 77 Produce a steady stream of
80 forget 82 Bon __: Comet rival 83 “__ the loneliest number” 85 “Argo” org. 87 Fine __ 88 *Joe may come from one 91 *Moved like a crowd 95 Crease-resistant fabric 96 Estefan with Grammys 98 Consider to be Hunk Tortilla-wrapped serving Add zing to Berate “Heavens!” *Lids for a fancy box? *Easy order for a mixologist *Lothario’s organ Bearded blossom G, in the key of C Adjust, as a chronometer Honey Tweaks “Is this some kind of 99 Steel, e.g. 101 Form opener 102 Key preposition 103 Boxer with feats of Clay? 106 *Significant other 110 Deep-rooted ... and what the uncircled letters of the answers to starred clues are? 113 Rank people? 114 Swab’s assent 116 Blink of an eye 117 D.C. pros 118 Cleo’s undoing 119 Fix, as a pump 120 Former Midwest territorial capital 121 Is for you 122 Steely __ 123 Airborne camera holders
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1 2 3 river? 4 5 6 7 Ford 8 Believer’s suffix 9 Pots, cups, etc. 10 Prefix with -pod 11 Handled containers 12 Every which way 13 Fraternal initials 14 Leadfoot 15 Syrian president 16 Touchy 17 Bomb 20 Baseball unit with distinct halves
24 Musician with a Nobel Prize 26 28 32 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 scores 44 45 48 51 53 54 55 56 57 60 Bone to pick Fictional turn-on Smelly-sounding German
Windfall Wild Smell __ Fugitive portrayer before Bread butts The Who classic Female in WWII Boot from power Heavenly topper Original sinner Fired up Dexter’s wife in “Dexter”
Metal that’s pumped __ effect Alternate version, in
Farm connection ER part: Abbr. Word with debt or guilt HBO rival Beaver’s work Victim of hot wings? More classy Bond or bonding follower 63 “Uncle” of old TV 64 Flagon filler 65 Risk 66 Peptic problem 67 Rain-__ gum 68 Apple computer 69 Nautilus captain 70 Like poison ivy 73 One who remembers old flames with fondness? 74 Shocked accusation 75 Outlay 78 Actor Pat of Batman films 79 81 83 84 86 89 90 91 minter 92 93 94 97 99 100 102 104 105 NCAA’s Bruins Broccoli __ LBJ’s antipoverty agcy. “The Sound of Music” extra
Calculating snake? Leads, as a band “Family Ties” mom Ancient Roman currency
Anger Go-between Bubbler Gecko, for one Dryer brand Texas university in Beaumont
Fairy tale baddies Café con __ Thought