THEME CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Wherry or ferry 5. Ceremonial staff 9. Opinion

15. Incautious

19. __ podrida

20. Extinct wild ox 21. One of the Furies 22. Pier

23. Truce: Hyph.

25. Cherry bomb

27. Upset

28. Comestibles

29. Beamed

30. Jodie Foster role in

“Taxi Driver”

31. Like pork rinds 33. Pig farm

34. Strongboxes

37. Aggregate of sand 38. Make expiation 39. Sponsorship: Var. 40. Combat hazard:

2 wds.

44. __ simple

47. Flit

48. Coffee beverage 49. Bizarre

50. Charter

51. Old cry of greeting 52. Itty- __

53. Gets along

54. Countrified

55. The recently

enriched: 2 wds. 57. Yogurt relative 58. Loving touch

59. Relatives

60. Gluts

61. French philosopher 62. Discussion among

enemies

64. Agreed

65. Handled, in a way 68. Mint candy brand 69. Plus

70. Transition

71. Coral reef

72. Cause for complaint 73. Stream

74. __ plexus

75. Submit (with “in”) 76. Word in place

names

77. Ask for trouble:

3 wds.

79. Mimic

80. Pulls

81. Fake news

82. Consecrate

83. Allotted provisions 86. Nether

88. Court jester

90. Region of Spain 91. Helicon

92. Channel Tunnel train 96. Smokejumper 98. Beleaguered:

2 wds.

99. Hardy girl 100. Most peevish 101. __ praetexta 102. Sign

103. Aperture 104. Counting and

gambling 105. Thunderstruck 106. Interpreted

DOWN

1. __ Raton

2. Friend of Ivan and

Vlad

3. Jai __

4. Most appetizing 5. Civvies

6. A star sign

7. Milk product 8. Native of: Suffix 9. Perplexed

10. Crime-fighter Ness 11. Bad, bad Brown of

song

12. Frosted

13. Common abbr. 14. Gave up

15. Wisconsin city 16. Bracelet location 17. Direct 18. Robust

24. “I’m all __”

26. Ammonia derivative 31. Resembling fat 32. Girl in Cannes 33. Moves

34. Portable chair 35. Fiber plant

36. Timberland’s

guardian: 2 wds. 37. Tune

38. In the style of 40. Stern

41. Merits

42. Lazed

43. Andropov and

Gagarin

44. Tenement feature:

2 wds.

45. Ages

46. Fish sometimes

pickled

50. Smarts

52. Ossuary contents 53. Parties

54. Fiber plant: Var. 56. Slippers

57. Japanese dancedrama

58. Macaw cousin 60. Tendon

61. Panetela

62. Forefeet 63. Buffalo of the

Celebes

64. Baby kangaroos 65. “Odd Couple” name 66. Housetop parts 67. Tinters

69. Boasts

70. Up to now: 2 wds. 73. Snobby, in a way 74. Oxford, e.g.

75. Requires: 2 wds. 77. Test copy

78. Foils

80. Compendium

82. Churlish fellow 83. Balsas

84. Disney princess 85. Parts of feet

86. Instruments

87. Too heavy

88. Falsify

89. Greek nymph

91. Word on a road sign 92. Sufficient, old style 93. Duration

94. Bailiwick

95. Tear

97. Viscous stuff

98. Reptile genus