Boston Herald

CROSSWORD PUZZLE/Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis

- “POLITICAL INSIDERS” By ALAN ARBESFELD

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

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