THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD
Flights of Fancy
...My weekend plans are up in the air This puzzle is part of Merl's best-of series
ACROSS
1 Part of a journey 4 Napoleon’s island getaway 8 Like wintry weather 11 Mongolia’s capital, ___ Bator (the old spelling) 15 Mauna ___ 18 Lizzie’s weapon 19 Part of QED 20 Kites bought in Detroit? 23 Finished first 24 Relaxes with kites? 26 Hiking heading: abbr. 27 Booster rocket 28 Dodge model 29 Lauder of cosmetics 30 Deserved 32 Ms. Garr 34 Workout haven 37 Civil wrong 38 Declaimed 39 Omdurman’s country 40 Chuckling Muppet 42 Mickey and Minnie’s “dad” 43 What kite fans bring? 45 Yakety-yak 48 Airport monitor abbr. 49 Peeved 51 Blood I.D. 52 Rough stuff 53 Brief thing? 54 Eschews apathy 55 Bush found in Florida 57 More placid 59 Painter who inspired Sondheim 61 ___ eclipse 63 December hazard 64 Harbor a beef 66 Advice to would-be hobbyists? 70 Hole-punching tools 71 Knight’s head protector 73 Kings of Spain 74 Slangy money 76 Singer’s effect 79 Was in the vanguard 80 Haunters of the Himalayas 81 Hoofer’s clicker 84 Building wing 85 Majestic African 87 Of mice 88 “Whadja say?” 89 Scheming 90 Finishes a kite? 93 Palindromic name 94 “Robot” coiner 95 Tunesmith Harold 96 ___ the barrelhead 98 Like a kite 101 Dawn goddess 102 “Aw, ___ never work” 103 Court challenge? 104 Olivia’s frequent co-star 106 Sardine containers 108 Pointed arch 110 Hecatomb causer 111 What an overabundance of kiters may cause, grass-wise? 115 Call ___ day 116 Was illustrated, kitewise? 117 Blyth and Sheridan 118 Hair holder 119 Goes overboard, slangily 120 Type of palm 121 Have obligations 122 Litmus-test result 123 White House monogram
DOWN
1 Blade-cutting blades, perhaps 2 Clear of charges 3 Simple kite instructions? 4 Compare 5 Leaped (at) 6 Showed respect 7 Tennis-play edge 8 Country address, for short 9 Loser 10 Teapot Dome scandal’s state 11 Without much thinking 12 Egg size: abbr. 13 Stopped fasting 14 Presider over Greek contests 15 Slow, in music 16 Judge’s insistence 17 Favorable possession 21 Traveler’s stop 22 Romantic adventure story 25 Basic qualities 31 Addams Family cousin 33 Correct 35 Stage paraphernalia 36 A year in France 39 Famed gatekeeper 41 Sikorsky and Stravinsky 43 Conductor Caldwell 44 Up 45 Lost, like a kite? 46 Staggering 47 Convy and Parks 49 Hospital ward, for short 50 Drug agent: slang 55 Kidded 56 New Haven alumni 58 Ancient Persian Gulf kingdom 60 Water pitcher 61 ___ terrier 62 1970 Bronson thriller, ___ the Rain 64 Relief pitcher stats 65 Songbird’s forte 67 Alice, all mixed up 68 “___ a million years!” 69 Cheshire cat’s leftover 72 Bay city 75 Nationality ending 77 Brownish-gray 78 Path opening? 80 Source of Christmas warmth 82 Like today’s tellers 83 Calling cost 86 Says, “Aren’t you expected somewhere?” 87 Word with paper or pepper 91 “You’re wrong,” in the sticks 92 Watercolor exhibit, e.g. 93 Columbus campus, for short 94 A major, for one 96 Witch cliques 97 In ___ (sort of) 98 Start of many a Confucianism 99 “... is what ___ in the papers” 100 Sheepskin clutchers 103 Italian commune 105 False testimony 107 Conditional word, to Snuffy Smith 109 Take quickly 112 Hush-hush org. 113 Jazz job 114 Chem. ending