Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

ISLAND HOPPING: A worldwide web

- By Fred Piscop | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Tequila cocktail, for short 5 Leave in a hurry 9 Demean 14 Feeds, as hogs 19 Hotshot pilots 20 Fencer’s blade 21 The Stranger novelist 22 Logical inconsiste­ncies 23 With 25 Across, tomatoey soup 25 See 23 Across 27 Some Sundaypape­r ads 28 Be a speculator 29 Name on a pet tag 30 Two speaker setup 31 Atmospheri­c elements 32 Author Austen 33 Wall Street trader 35 Amenable 36 Tent stabilizer 37 Bogus deal 41 Finger jabs 45 Decide to compete in 47 Spice Girl Halliwell 48 Herb in stuffing 49 Ion, at times 50 Farm family 51 Time after twilight 53 Home for hogs 54 Was transporte­d 55 Arabian nation 56 What’s read from a bookshelf 57 Brass section 59 Not very substantia­l 60 “What an oaf I am!”

61 Marvel Universe nickname 62 Musical set in Buenos Aires 63 Threw in 65 Nomination creation 66 Move snakily 68 Soufflé specialist 70 Rose-garden invaders 72 Extremely, informally 73 Scoundrels 76 Dark area in an eclipse 77 Address a convention 78 Initiation ceremony 79 Sound made by fingers 80 Place for polish 81 Piano technician­s 83 Supermarke­t lineup 84 Short-music suffix 85 Jam-pack 87 __-à-terre 88 Boléro composer 89 Labor leader Chavez 90 Valorous one 91 Massive quantity 92 Sampras of tennis 93 “Green” prefix 95 Major inconvenie­nce 97 Self-styled expert 98 Former PLO leader 103 Extreme distaste 105 Hopeless case 106 Muslim domain 107 Small, shaggy dog 109 Rum cocktail 111 Juvenile rebuttal

112 Flings with force 113 Actor Epps 114 Highly unlikely 115 Flagpoles 116 Falstaffia­n, sizewise 117 Polynesian root crop 118 Wet septet

Down

1 Caddyshack director 2 Pessimisti­c plaint 3 Suspensefu­l 4 A son of Jacob 5 One taking the odds 6 __ for (decides on) 7 Place to graze 8 Half a score 9 Plaintiff 10 __ whale (Arctic swimmer) 11 Stock up on 12 “Tidy” amounts 13 PC bailout key 14 Placed on display 15 Degree of depth 16 Ye __ Shoppe 17 Look narrowly 18 Erstwhile Russian state: Abbr. 24 Floor measures 26 Philly sandwich 28 Showed disbelief 31 Fared 32 Dairy denizens 34 Sweet garnish 36 Ziti cousin 38 Women’s threequart­er-length wear 39 Negotiator 40 Group for brainiacs 41 Go separate ways

42 “Then again …” in tweets 43 10-foot-tall predator 44 Editor 46 TV host Trevor 47 Tour leader 50 Cause to expect 51 Rotisserie rods 52 You, long ago 56 Gardening tool 58 Keep tabs on 61 Narrow cuts

64 “Darn it!” 65 Glass fragment 67 Sandwich shop delivery 68 Sundance’s pal 69 Romantic emozione 71 Fuss over oneself 72 Cable installer’s supply 74 Airy farewell 75 Battle with words 78 Poe title talker

82 Working hours 83 Feed convention­eers 86 Most glum 88 Change one’s mind 89 Atoll, essentiall­y 92 Talent show judges 94 Chevy muscle car 96 Cars 97 Wavy-patterned fabric 99 Not right somehow 100 Animal tale 101 Spaces under skylights 102 Is swarming (with) 103 Gumbo ingredient 104 Turns blue, say 105 Vittles 106 Constructi­on beam 107 Bogie, in The Maltese Falcon 108 Pi follower 109 Bed on wheels 110 Thurman of filmdom

 ?? © 2021 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. ?? 3/21 Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.”
© 2021 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved. 3/21 Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.”

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