THEME CROSSWORD

THE PLANE TRUTH

ACROSS

1. __ David

5. Very cold

10. Camarilla

15. Stud on a shield

19. __ of sanctity

20. Love, Italian style

21. Old marketplace

22. O.T. name

23. “Limp watches” painter

24. Prevail

25. Greens, mixed

26. Memory alone

27. Start of a quip by Brother Dave Gardner: 5 wds.

31. Blackguard

32. Temple

33. Communal event 34. Ambition

37. DEA target

39. Defended

44. Flare up

45. Hot toddy ingredient 46. Movie of a kind

47. Prof. org.

48. Open wide

49. Useless things

50. Portmanteau word

51. Wilma’s spouse

52. Ingested

53. Hill

54. Hillside

55. Waited for

56. Thaumaturge

58. Say without conviction

59. Based on tens

60. Pelts

61. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.

63. Kind of date

64. Stage event

66. Cranelike device

67. “Emile” author

71. Mature

72. Foundational

73. Accommodate

74. K-O link

75. Expressions of contempt

76. French philosopher

77. Greek island

78. Trudge

79. __ Dhabi

80. Without

81. Virgule

82. Commemorative stone

83. Rings

85. “__ the ticket!”

86. Second drink

87. Mil. branch

88. Witnessed

89. “Ben- __” 90. End of the quip: 4

wds.

100. Raceway shape 101. Obscure

102. Map showing detail 103. Juan Ponce de __ 105. __ majesty 106. Like a contortionist 107. Gaze

108. Word in a threat 109. Bridge seat 110. Judged

111. Orchestra members 112. __ -in-the-wool

DOWN

1. __ liver oil

2. Statue by Rodin

3. Ocean sunfish

4. Son of a Spanish king

5. March

6. Bodement

7. Cut of meat

8. Ship of myth

9. On the house, as it were: Hyph.

10. “__ Royale”

11. Maguey

12. Tree trunk

13. __ League

14. Spotted beetle 15. Quantity of crude

16. Hautbois

17. Stiff hair

18. Land vehicle

28. Trolley

29. Like a doily

30. Edible root

34. French artist

35. Sister of Terpsichore

36. Extra

37. Noted French seer

38. Terminus -- quem

39. Guardian of farm animals

40. Sharpen

41. Hellespont, at present

42. Ruler: Var.

43. Pop

45. Detested thing

46. Idleness

49. Minced meat in casings

50. The cornflower, e.g.

51. End

53. Cap

54. __ boom

55. Brutish fellow

57. Chooses

58. Flick

59. The olive is one

62. Endures 64. __ the Elephant

65. Handmade brick

68. Swearword

69. Soap substitute

70. Felix of “The Odd

Couple”

72. Attach

73. “I smell __ __!”

76. Ore of mercury

77. Avoiding outsiders

78. Alarmed

80. Soggy stuff

81. One-time N.Y. stadium

82. Seal

84. Retail store

85. Abounded

86. Aircraft safety equipment

88. Plug

90. Nevus

91. Part of the eye

92. Back talk

93. Rig- __

94. Use a blue pencil

95. “Do __ others ...”

96. Old ruler

97. Swiss capital

98. Wriggling

99. Wine variety

104. Flanders or Rorem