Lesser-Known Rulers
...Everyone’s real, up to a point
This puzzle is part of Merl's best-of series ACROSS
1 Elizabeth’s sphere 6 Metro trains
9 Bell town
14 Give forth
18 Birch family tree 19 Cut (off) 20 Comedy intro, in poetry 22 Windmill part
23 Very round 14th century ruler? 26 Gets into firing position
27 Orang, for one 28 Like a column in a medical journal? 29 Dog versions of topiary 31 Leg-pulling biblical ruler?
37 Hockey fake out 38 War god
39 Hit on the head
40 A grass that becomes a meal 43 Shepard in space 45 Undecided 46 Traditional Hawaiian shake? 47 Prank-pulling 8th century ruler? 55 Rivera, for one 56 Noted cover illustrator 57 Exposed, in a way 58 Big amount 59 Baldwin, Waugh and others 61 Carried
62 Clumsy 16th century ruler?
71 Duty called, and they left
72 “Clothing optional” exploitation flick 73 Eggs
74 ___ X
77 Just 78 Humphrey’s “Baby” 81 14th century ruler who’s not colorcoordinated? 86 Jazzman Allison 87 Breaks down, in a way 88 Words to Brutus 89 Hairy Addams Family mumbler 90 Starchy tropical plant 93 “___ first ...” 96 Poverty exemplars 99 13th century ruler with a handicap?
104 E.T. kid
106 Seize it or save it 107 Detector exciter 108 Dull animal? 109 10th century ruler who was a terror as a child? 115 Contest
116 Singer Lionel 117 Coach’s emotion, often 118 Clockmaker Thomas and others 119 Poetic paeans 120 Brighten
121 River shape, often 122 “... ___ the Wizard ...”
DOWN
1 Indian prince 2 Split to become one 3 Hold fast
4 Mr. Deighton
5 The A-Team co-star 6 Horton, for one 7 Less alert 8 Surgeon’s request 9 Confuse
10 Conk out
11 A Gardner 12 Prelude to wit 13 Bowler’s target 14 Duck 15 Delivery job 16 “You bring out the beast ___” 17 Hardy heroine 21 Wear away 24 D. McCullough bio subject
25 They move fishermen 30 Funny
32 Zoo animal from Zaire
33 Places to pick lox 34 Peek continuation 35 Region: abbr. 36 Critique of Pure Reason author 41 London refreshments 42 Some seagoers 44 Her life is a hillhole 45 Whatever’s left 46 President Taft’s wife 47 B.C., for one 48 Jazzy James 49 Lights a fire under 50 A Gardner 51 Destroyer’s rear 52 Vegas dealer’s device
53 Like a diamond 54 Sicilian volcano 55 Loser to Berbick 60 LP surface 61 Run, as a color 63 Mother-of-pearl 64 “A ___ llama, he’s a beast” (Ogden Nash) 65 Dig this
66 Flora in a Eugene O’Neill title 67 Bath or brain preceder 68 Reactor center 69 “Don’t ___ do that!” 70 Kurosawa film 74 Start of the 20th century 75 “That’s ___ one!” 76 The cellar 78 Allow
79 Space starter 80 Customary 82 Vacation plan 83 Barrel of laughs 84 Engrave 85 Swaps back 90 Italian possessive 91 Take in or take out, e.g.
92 Type of oxide that’s a poison gas
93 Mame song, “___ Walked Into My Life”
94 The ___ Queene 95 Paramedics, e.g. 97 Some notes 98 A natural, standing wave in a lake 100 Takes on 101 Weapon against pain
102 Place to spar 103 Singer Della 104 River of Spain 105 Burden 110 German’s I 111 Fidel crony, once 112 It usually requires breaking 113 Hyperbole ending 114 Prefix for today