SUNDAY CROSSWORD
CURMUDGEONLY QUOTES: From Bierce’s “Devil’s Dictionary”
ACROSS
1 Software update 6 Purina sister brand 10 Actress Rene 15 Thing to spring 19 OurTown bride 20 Innocent escapade 21 At minimal power 22 Nature walk 23 One of Santa’s fliers 24 WWII VIP Bradley 25 Nightclub 26 Peruvian of yore 27 HARANGUE: __ 31 Rhinelander’s refusal 32 Fill with cargo 33 Hot saisons 34 Doesn’t attend 37 __ chi (martial art) 39 Abut on 41 British biographer Fraser 43 Replace for airing 47 TWICE: __ 49 Stew server 50 Genesis 4 name 53 “Dapper” dressers 54 76 Across supply 55 Margins 56 Stateroom quarters 59 Former treasury secretary 62 Barnyard bleat 63 Chestnut horse 64 Sundial numeral 66 Shoebox stat 67 SELF-ESTEEM: __ 76 Watering hole 77 Honey qty. 78 Fails to be 79 Tease 80 Elite invitees 85 Mingle, à la the Wizard of Oz 87 Frigidaire rival 89 __ Fernando Valley 90 Transportation secretary 92 Tilling tool 93 Choir platform 94 ALONE: __ 99 Troupe group 101 Funnel-shaped flowers 102 Mesmerized state 105 Supporting 106 Atlantic City director 107 Very small thing 108 Artifice 110 Poetic spheres 114 CAVILER: __ 119 Author Quindlen 121 Herb in pesto 122 Sphinx, in part 123 Undemanding course 124 Letters on Sputnik 125 :-(, in words 126 Take notice of 127 Oust 128 Ballet pivots 129 Senior members 130 Takes notice of 131 Roxie, in Chicago
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1 Praline ingredient 2 Entertain 3 Melanie Griffith’s mom 4 Customer list 5 Stevenson villain 6 “Hi” or “Bye” 7 Mu preceder 8 Said grace, e.g. 9 Creole cooking staple 10 Operating automatically 11 New in the box 12 Minor miscues 13 Explorer de __ 14 Actor Wilson 15 Consider 16 Venerable dog star 17 Pedigree registry org. 18 Casserole morsel 28 Cut short 29 Noble gas 30 This, in Barcelona 35 Recital performance 36 More judicious 38 Iowa State locale 40 Sudden impact 41 Top-drawer 42 Most intrusive 43 Service academy rookie 44 Speed gauge of a sort 45 Award for mystery writing 46 Just not done 48 Place for a price 51 Boyfriend 52 Physicist Mach 57 One of the largest land mammals 58 Quick drink 60 Casual top 61 Sewed border 63 Du Maurier novel 65 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 68 Spy missions, for short 69 Bolt holder 70 Volcanic product 71 Dilbert intern 72 Not up yet 73 Scratch out 74 Number spoken by pilots 75 Some ski lifts 80 The way you see me 81 TheGreatCaruso star 82 Equilibratory 83 Pi followers 84 “I am __” ( GreenEggsand Ham beginning) 86 __ Mawr College 87 River near the Leaning Tower 88 Stove neighbor, maybe 91 Frame seller 95 RENDERED THUS 96 Elk cousin 97 HappyDays hangout 98 Artless person 100Opposite of “numerous” 103 Big game-show prize 104 Second-smallest continent 107 Beethoven’s __ Solemnis 109 Many HDTVs 111 Cellist’s accessory 112 Ron Howard’s acting daughter 113 Go rollerblading 115 Citation abbreviation 116 Docile 117 Soccer cheers 118 __-do-well 119 Work in a cast 120 Lt. subordinate