Muscat Daily

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Anagram of trace 6 Sicilian lava producer

10 Long slit 14 Prepares to catch

trout 19 Companions of

penates 20 Haberdashe­r’s

offering

21 See 97 Across 22 Singing group 23 News bits

24 Patron saint of

Ireland

26 River in Germany 27 “All the

President’s ___” 28 He sold his birthright 30 Irish sea god 31 Lotto’s cousin 33 Never, in

Nuremberg 34 Flattering talk in

Ireland?

36 “The sinews of the

state”: Cicero 38 County in Ireland 40 Boat or box starter 41 Elected official 43 Beseech 44 Out-of-date 47 Lovers’ quarrels 48 “A ___ Good

Men”: movie 50 Teacher of Jewish

law

54 Wimbledon winner

Arthur

55 Word with hat or

glasses

56 Settled and steady 58 Mild oath

59 “Isn’t ___ Pity”: G.

Harrison

60 La Scala offerings 61 Eerie apparition 63 High dudgeon 64 Irish county

nonsense rhyme 66 A pretended attack 67 Upholstery fabric 69 Roi’s spouse 70 Overlays a road 71 City on the Seine 72 Graph or drama

starter

74 Lavishes affection 75 Irish song favorite 78 Legendary big bird 79 Ship starter? 81 Organic

compound

82 Sea wave: Sp. 83 Slow, clumsy

boats

85 Perching bird 86 Type of room? 87 ___ Brokovich 88 Foundation­s 90 TV’s Matlock 91 Walked the floor 92 Guinness

overload? 93 General intention 95 Marked with

asterisks

97 With 21 Across,

like hardball

98 Irish river or

airport

102 Seed coats

103 O’Casey’s “Juno

and the ___” 107 Grant a lease to 108 Trot or canter 110 French soul

111 Sarcastic remark 112 Compete

113 To the degree that 115 Irish sunset setting 118 Omit a syllable 120 One driven out by 24 Across

121 Asian orchid 122 Emerald Isle

123 Synthetic fiber 124 Leverets

125 Give off smoke 126 Valley

127 Crystal-gazers

DOWN

1 Ascend 2 Badger’s cousin 3 Where gladiators fought 4 Pro___: for the time being 5 Perfume

6 Short literary work 7 Ballerina’s skirt 8 Small drink 9 Swift-footed Greek maiden

10 Attic

11 Born Cassius Clay 12 Plunder or loot 13 Raised, as prices 14 Medical examiner 15 Essen exclamatio­n 16 Lead singer of The

Police

17 Ancient Greek headband: var. 18 It might be stainless

25 State of the Alamo 29 Bishop’s domain 32 Hill in San

Francisco

35 Move upward 36 Bored to ___ 37 Relaxes opposition 39 Old oath

41 Make an afterdinne­r

talk

42 Respond, in a way 44 Jack and Jill’s

burden

45 Italian wine center 46 Emblems of Ireland 47 Cinnamon or

pepper

49 Irish attribute? 51 Early king of Ireland 52 Capital of Puglia 53 Road to Rome? 55 River in Venezuela 56 Cloak-and-dagger

figures

57 Devilish

60 Zodiac ram 61 Cut in two

62 Word before robin

or steak

65 Ever, to Keats 66 “___ Attraction” 68 Attention-getter 70 Italian dish of

cornmeal

71 SD’s ___ City 72 Hermit or king 73 Lively dance 74 Drops off

75 Was entertaine­d

sumptuousl­y 76 Swedish actress

Lena

77 To jerk

80 Center of activity 81 Oxford features 84 Penn or Connery 86 Conferred seriously 87 The Red

89 Certain tennis

matches

91 ___ facie: L. 92 Double duty

couches

94 Extinct flightless

bird

96 American Indian 97 Jolt or shock 98 Overly sentimenta­l

talk 99 Hair-coloring agent 100 Essence of roses 101 African river 103 Britiish actor Tom

or Bruce

104 Sheeplike

105 New England fall

drink

106 Falls over suddenly 109 Biblical weed

111 Temporary release

bond

114 White House

nickname

116 Fib

117 Bikini top

119 Strong soap

ingredient

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