The Standard (St. Catharines)

Saturday crossword

- BY NORA PEARLSTONE

Across

1 __ act

6 Graceful bird

10 Manhattan sch.

14 Baggage check requiremen­t

19 Primer sequence

20 Trillionth: Pref.

21 Surprised greeting

22 Actress Thomas

23 Screwballs in the hayloft?

25 Where crooks learn their trade?

27 Enjoying a wilderness vacation, maybe

28 Two-mile-high city 30 Caged, with “up”

31 Very long tooth

32 Pouch occupants 33 Fronded tree

34 Picasso, for one

37 Med. prefix

38 Income statement writeoffs

42 Live-income filler 43 Cookie cooks? 46 Cosmonaut Gagarin 47 Film-rating org.

48 Elec. instrument 49 “Later”

50 “The Simpsons” character Sideshow __

51 Faller of 2001

52 “Hmm ... don’t think so” 53 Northumbri­an monk, briefly

55 __ facto

56 Slowish movement 58 Leafstalks

60 Interfere (with) 61 Mickey and Jerry 62 Strict diet restrictio­n 63 Blacken

65 “... dark, __ the blaze of noon”: Milton

67 Prizes in a case

69 Feline named for an island

72 Sensible

73 Tardy with

74 Team across the state from the Marlins

75 Artist Yoko

76 Decked

77 Zany Martha

78 They’re heavier than foils

80 Villain named Julius 81 Russian city

83 Dealt with unproducti­ve mollusks?

85 Easy putt

86 Faithfulne­ss

88 Showing skill

89 Order givers

90 Ending with ortho- 91 Bar, at the bar

93 Algebra, e.g.

94 Rabbitlike rodent

97 Arctic temperatur­e word

98 Inherited

102 Restaurant reservatio­n for fish?

104 Result of Uncle Sam frequentin­g Papa John’s?

106 Link with

107 Banned for a rules infraction, informally

108 Marginally

109 Kate’s sitcom pal

110 Above it all

111 Old pol. divisions

112 Toon explorer

113 Window insert

Down

1 Mexican resort, familiarly 2 Not fatty 3 Above-it-all attitude 4 Clementi compositio­n 5 Fill, as with light

6 Lively quality 7 User-edited site

8 Top performer

9 Pretty darn good 10 Patient share

11 Game with capturing 12 Dragsters’ org. 13 Shelter sound 14 “Brr!” 15 Former name of Benin 16 74-Across’ stadium, casually, with “The” 17 Burn soother 18 Top prize 24 Bottom position 26 Many 29 Rosemary, e.g. 32 Fun 33 Celebrator­y procession 34 Run-on sentence’s lack, probably

35 Remove, as a brooch 36 Like surfers?

37 El __

38 Stimulatin­g leaves 39 Group of body shop specialist­s? 40 Long lock 41 Storage cylinders 43 10 micronewto­ns 44 Wear

45 Cookout fare on sticks 48 “Fiddler on the Roof ” village

52 The Tar Heels of the NCAA 53 Spray ‘n Wash target 54 Much of Lamb’s legacy 55 High-resolution film format 57 Help on the Hill

58 Character who uses “yam” as a verb

59 Repeated

62 __ public

64 USN rank

65 Require from

66 Like about 15% of New Zealanders

68 It’s unlikely

69 Fannie __: securities 70 Musical in which FDR is a character

71 58-Down et al.

74 __ Martin Cognac 78 Skateboard­er’s protection

79 Crab’s sensor 80 Hammett who created Nick and Nora

82 Was a factor in

83 Handy “Mr.”

84 Roman statesman 85 Reward for a donation, maybe

87 Beaucoup

89 Perennial NCAA football powerhouse

91 Conger catcher 92 Snow-covered hill sights 93 “Zoom-Zoom” sloganeer 94 Official records 95 Windy-sounding woman’s name 96 Sandwich cookie 97 Some fam. meals 98 Mogul

99 Simba’s mate 100 Speaker of Cooperstow­n 101 Poems of honor

103 Spots on the tube

105 Midori on the ice

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