PENNY ARCADE: Coining some clue phrases

ACROSS

1 Off in the distance 5 Homer’s boy 9 Identical 13 Big name on Dirty

Harry posters 18 City north of 27

Across, informally 19 Less humid 20 Arguing vehemently 21 See 75 Down 22 ConCENTrated study

plan 24 Former Comedy

CENTral host 26 Aspen attire 27 City that might be ONION in a cryptogram 29 Polishes, as prose 30 Oscar actress

Hathaway 31 Mooring place 32 “Street” rep 33 Farming major 35 About 2.2 pounds 36 Untrustworthy ones 38 Male turkey 41 Iron source 42 Fish with an

iridesCENT stripe 44 Nest-egg letters 45 Cropped up 47 URL punctuation 48 Data on tickets 49 Princeton athlete 51 Texter’s “incidentally” 52 Violinmaker of

Cremona 54 Australian actor Eric 55 Temporary, as a

committee 56 Rubber duck, for one 58 Expected outcome 60 Italian sonnet’s end 63 Arthur __ Stadium

(U.S. Open venue) 64 FluoresCENT art

medium 67 Urban renewal target 70 Singer portrayed by

J.Lo 72 Blu-ray purchase 73 Preordain 75 Be relevant 77 Ship’s backbone 79 Gladiator star 81 Common bake-sale

sponsor 82 Despicable character 83 Serpent’s sound 84 Be boastful 85 Easy basket 87 In support of 88 MagnifiCENT 90 Creator of the Finches 91 Music genre prefix 92 Boston’s airport 93 Pet pest 94 Desolate regions 96 Carrying a grudge 97 Audacious 98 Waiting for Godot

character 99 Rude remark 102 Wipe clean 104 Sushi bar beverage 108 Sailor’s means of

asCENT 110 President at the

biCENTennial 112 Battery pole 113 Look impolitely at 114 Spiral-horned antelope 115 Be insistent about 116 Illustrious 117 Corp. bigwigs 118 Drop gradually 119 When shadows are

shortest

DOWN

1 Initial lessons 2 Piece of a place setting 3 Exotic smoothie flavor 4 Destructive sprees 5 Crude one 6 Goes public with 7 Hi-__ monitor 8 Wavering effects, in

music 9 Durable game-show

guy 10 Place for protons 11 Prefix for van or bus 12 Pilots of 89 Down 13 Gooey-middle

chocolates 14 Mooed 15 Somali-born

supermodel 16 Teen comedy stock

character 17 Daycare attendees 19 “No man is an island”

writer 23 Child’s plea for

permission 25 __ firma 28 Smartphone image 31 Cutting down on the

donuts 32 Ferris wheel

compartments 33 Major blood vessels 34 AdolesCENT phase 35 Pretzel shape 36 Former CIA head

Panetta 37 Formal confession 38 RetiCENT 39 Crunchy ice-cream

ingredient 40 Artist Chagall 43 Walks heavily 45 “Mamma Mia!” quartet 46 Erode 47 Six Day War hero 49 Feline, to Tweety 50 Explanatory lead-in 53 Airplane __ (cellphone

setting) 54 Toaster-oven setting 57 Shoemaker’s supply 59 Established first 61 Provide for

permanently 62 State of vexation 65 City southeast of

Mount Rainier 66 Built up, as interest 68 Loosens, as a 35 Down 69 Far from charitable 71 Strong drain opener 74 Unwilling to

compromise 75 With 21 Across, Italian

auto 76 Certain Summer

Games setting 78 Beach volleyball airer 80 Parks of civil rights

history 83 Titanic 84 Institutions offering

admissions 86 Jokingly 88 In a way, casually 89 Strange sightings, for

short 92 Did absolutely nothing 94 Exert, as influence 95 Carded, informally 96 Nonwoven fabric 97 Apt rhyme for 6 Down 98 Imbibed 99 Turkey neighbor 100 Taboo, to 17 Down 101 Predicament 102 Small advantage 103 Job-related move, to

employers 104 __ Canaria Island 105 Rancho beast 106 Thus 107 Port of Yemen 109 OK Corral nickname 111 Inventor Whitney, as

an undergrad (!)