FIRST OF ALL: Excluding initial articles, of course

Across

1 Kids’ unexpected

winter break

8 Fifth tire 13 Wrestling twosome 20 Invitation to sample 21 Born first

22 Howl

23 HANK AARON’S

MLB TEAMS 25 Unknown influence 26 Talks the talk 27 Queued (up)

28 500 sheets of paper 29 SASE, e.g.

30 “For __ a jolly good

fellow”

31 Tastiness

32 Silent assent 33 Victimize, with “on” 34 London lockup 36 Rent payer 37 Garden growth 40 COMPANIES 100% OWNED BY BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY 42 ELVIS PRESLEY

#1 SONGS

46 Auto exchanges 47 WWII leader 49 Done here

50 Night, in verse 51 Adversity

52 Taco exterior 56 Sonnet creator 57 Little bit

58 Sector

59 No vote 60 Steppenwolf author 61 NEIL SIMON

PLAYS

65 Lord Nelson

weapon 67 Construction site 68 Forest creature 69 ACLU concern 70 Animals on

Dorothy’s farm 71 Bad advice 73 Trendy

74 Gas additive letters 77 Former Georgian president Shevardnadze 79 Former

80 Package from a

mag rep 82 STEINBECK

NOVELS 86 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES 87 Father __ (Molokai

missionary)

88 Had an urge (to) 90 Word of lament 91 Website info page 94 Overhead railways 95 Oscar winner as

Sophie

96 UN observer group 97 Ostrich cousin 98 With adroitness 100 Rose garden insect 101 Dairy designation 104 Spielberg film of ’97 [NOT a theme answer]

106 CATTLE BREEDS 108 Seedy dwelling 109 Of ocean motion 110 Is significant

111 Belittled, with “at” 112 Wee

113 Crime in the

Constitution

Down

1 Wild guess 2 Alliance acronym 3 Sooner 4 Evaded, with “out

of” 5 Prohibitions 6 Outdoor barbecue

crashers 7 Formal affirmation 8 Korean LPGA great 9 Expect and proceed

accordingly 10 Posting on a British

billboard 11 Oboe mouthpiece 12 107 Down’s

destinations 13 Formal wear 14 __ Romeo (Italian

auto) 15 Micronesian island 16 Pampering, for short 17 Café patron 18 Show remorse 19 Leniency 24 Some French wines 28 Pack of pennies 31 Water near NotreDame “Thursday Night” game grp. Flourishes financially Pen entrance

Fraction of a square mile Transistor ancestor 48 Hanukkah toy

Steed-stopping 52 Whistle sounds shout 53 Prefix for national Exceedingly long 54 Timid feline time portrayer Word of warning 55 Drain cleaner Creative work chemical Newsstand 57 Certain petroleum Beehive State deposits athletes 58 Virtual meeting app St. __ Beach, FL 60 Bonnet decoration Typesetter’s 61 Air rifle selection 62 Seasonal bug 32 33

34 35

36 38

39

41 42 43 44

45 47 63 Something required 64 __ oneself on (had

an ego about) 65 Design detail 66 VERDI OPERAS 71 Apartment listing

abbr.

72 Pull from behind 73 German

philosopher 74 Slopeside shelters 75 Fey or Turner

76 HS auxiliaries 78 Irish actor Stephen 80 Stevenson villain

81 Female Argonaut 83 Gave way 84 Depend

85 Clip-__ (some

sunglasses)

86 In a sarcastic way 88 Stand in the way of 89 Mideast capital 91 Has qualms about 92 Mideast capital

93 Thoroughly 96 Foolish talk

98 All of the dictionary 99 Hay bundle

100 Nickname that sounds like two consecutive letters 101 Snarling sound 102 Money in Madrid 103 Professional org. 105 What to call a

catamaran

106 ABA member

107 CPR expert