CROSSWORD PUZZLE/Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Truckers’ competition 7 Finish behind 13 Adenauer sobriquet meaning “the old man” 20 Turns inside out 21 Available
22 Dressing choice 23 Kiddie lit hero created by Hans and Margret Rey (#18)
25 Sways on a curve 26 Space cadet? 27 Suspense novelist Tami 28 Fields of comedy 30 ’70s-’80s batting instructor Charlie
31 Must
33 It usually begins “How many (whatever) does it take ... ” (#36)
37 “Mi casa __ casa”
38 Bk. after Proverbs 40 Raise 41 Winnebago descendants 42 Winter wear
44 Dining __
45 “__ to eat and run ... ” 48 Gain a lap
51 Film based on the novel “Shoeless Joe” (#32) 54 __ Gimignano: walled Tuscany town
57 “It’s __ wind ... ”
59 KOA visitor
60 Menu option 61 Website page 62 Rhythm rattler 64 Longtime rock ’n’ roll disc jockey Dan
67 “It’s suddenly clear” 69 What’s hidden in answers with an apt “#” in their clues 72 1991 Steve Martin film set in Calif.
73 Front line?
74 Spiced up 75 Big ones are found on Wall Street
76 Altar agreements 78 Austrian expressionist Schiele
80 Former “60 Minutes” debater __ Alexander 81 Judge of hoops 82 Arizona tourist attraction (#34)
86 Dorm room, perhaps 87 Cartoon strip
88 Small team
89 Put a stop to 91 Mtge.-offering business 94 Mosque leader
96 Wine characteristic 97 Revelations
101 Athletic retiree? (#37) 105 Mr. Clean competitor 107 “M*A*S*H” extra
108 Knight clubs
109 River to the Rhein
111 “__ woods these are I think
I know”: Frost
112 Letting it all hang out,
theatrically
114 Religious high point? (#33) 118 What love and hate share? 119 “It’s My Party” singer Gore 120 Shakespearean attendant 121 Hybrid with thorns
122 Overage
123 Main squeeze
DOWN
1 Fix, as a rattan chair 2 Small eggs
3 Cliff dwellings
4 Ran out, as a supply 5 Preppy jackets
6 The Beavers of the Pac-12 7 Macy’s red star, e.g. 8 Low tie 9 Japanese chess 10 Hammer site
11 “Star Trek” spin-off, briefly 12 One-named folk singer 13 Mirabile __: wonderful to say 14 Amazon business 15 Cheesy “Welsh” dishes 16 Brown __
17 Stay under the radar 18 Yankees’ pitcher Masahiro 19 Happens as a result 24 Stunning surprise 29 Conan of “Conan”
32 Garr of “Tootsie” 34 Tennis great Steffi 35 Group in a drive
36 Veep between Dick and Mike
39 Friend of Hobbes
43 Gp. created by a 1955 merger
44 Welsh herding dogs 46 Invited to one’s place 47 Israeli author who wrote “A Tale of Love and Darkness” 48 Array of chocolates, say 49 Seething
50 Loses interest in
52 X-ray examiner, perhaps 53 Odds and ends
54 Many Beethoven pieces 55 “One sec”
56 Long Island paper
58 Has legs
61 Pulitzer journalist Seymour 63 “Rocky” role
65 ’90s Indian prime minister 66 Planetary reflected-light ratio
68 Discharges
70 Singer Gorme 71 Pitcher Jesse with a record 1,252 regular-season appearances
77 Surfing indoors, say 79 Pine forest floor covering 82 Trigger was one 83 Dutch export 84 Oversimplify, with “down” 85 Funny Martha 87 Common attached file 90 Diner come-on
91 Most confident 92 Breakdown of social norms 93 Inventor Tesla 95 Physical strength 96 Prepares (oneself) for
impact
98 Fanfare
99 Like supermarkets and
stadiums 100 Cold and wet, maybe 102 Goes on a tirade
103 Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit 104 Country rocker Steve 106 Exercise beads?
110 Matthew of “The Americans” 113 Thrice, in Rx’s 115 Bad spell
116 2017 Pac-12 champs 117 Sharp products