TOP TEN: At the highest levels
Across
1 City north of Lauderdale 5 Stores away 10 Retail
establishments 15 __ noire (bane) 19 Enthusiastic 20 O’Brien of TV talk 21 Become slippery,
perhaps 22 Revered one 23 Person in charge 25 Senior
administrator 27 Flower-shaped
design
28 Actor Sacha
Baron __ 30 Sectors
31 Sgt. or cpl.
32 Bar mitzvah
dances 33 Pyramid’s peak 35 “This being the
case . . .”
39 British coins 40 Heat-resistant
container
44 Stir from slumber 45 Utopian pair 47 Measure of
geologic time 48 Blondie tyke 49 Certain deer 51 Writer Wiesel 52 “Winning __
everything” 53 ’60s war zone 54 Pitcher’s unimprovable outing
58 Organic
compound
59 NL West team 60 Virtuoso 61 Paperless exams 62 Steeple section 63 Overused
65 Zoo trenches 66 Utensil for apples 67 Glossy fabrics 69 Troop group 70 Prefix for cycle 71 AOL, for one 74 Accumulate 75 Most serious, as a crime
78 Frat letter
79 Bit of cunning 80 Keeps out 81 Race-car stops 82 Surprise obstacle 83 Press coverage, so to speak 84 Project manager, e.g. 88 Employee ID 89 Facial features 91 Shakespearean sprite 92 Barbershop voices 93 Eyeglasses parts 94 Is first-billed 95 Corn container 96 Title role for Caine and Law
99 Jazz singer Krall 100 Common family
excursion
104 High point in sales 107 Rock band
position
110 Cleaner fragrance 111 Fab Four nickname 112 $1000, slangily 113 Trait transmitter 114 Loses firmness 115 Rodeo beast
116 Christmas seasons 117 MasterCard
alternative
Down
1 Scroogean expletive
2 Up above
3 Sicilian “See ya” 4 Makes sense, with “up”
5 From Inverness 6 Western sidekick 7 In years past 8 Cry from a crib 9 Icy confection 10 Hoops great Jordan 11 Sore spots
12 Apt rhyme for “restrain” 13 Mardi Gras day: Abbr. 14 Sunscreen letters 15 Mississippi port 16 Sistine Chapel depiction 17 Lacerated 18 Fraternal group 24 From now on 26 Language related to Polish
29 Seal predator 32 Botanical fence 33 The Sopranos restaurateur 34 Purplish-brown 35 Concert venue 36 Word before panel or power 37 High-level meetings 38 Supporter of GIs 39 Oscar role for Cotillard 40 Becomes less angry 41 Inseparable pair 42 Introverted type 43 Blog posting 46 Mess hall offerings 49 Religious offshoots 50 Alder or elder 52 Castaway’s home 54 Annoying sorts 55 Colorado brewer 56 Developer’s plot 57 How many fences are made 58 Haunting 62 Pirate flag depiction 64 Gain in status 65 Portraitist/ inventor 66 Rudely terse 67 Greeted and seated 68 __ acids (protein components) 69 Lawyers’ employers 72 Playhouse part 73 Contents of books 75 Needs repair 76 Pentathlon weapons 77 Brownie, for one 80 Fedora feature 82 Airline to Oslo 84 Was snoopy 85 Cape user 86 Port city in Casablanca
87 How memes spread 88 Swahili’s language group
90 Tots’ wheels 92 Canal boats 94 Burn a bit
95 Be a moocher 96 Tablet downloads 97 The Last Jedi general 98 Elongated tooth 99 Bering, by birth 100 Astronomer Sagan 101 Baltic State capital 102 News story
103 Window glass 105 EMT destinations 106 Cambridge sch. 108 __ de Cologne 109 Toy Story dinosaur