CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Severe decline

6 Firm and steadfast 11 Donate 14 Enthusiastic flair 15 Put your foot down 16 Devil’s domain 18 Sporting event 20 A wedding, for one 22 Relaxed vocabulary 24 Count calories 25 Regretful 26 Chop off 27 Devours 28 Tiny 30 Car carrier 31 Café au __ 32 Cable channel 33 Sphere or cube 34 Fool 35 Drunkards 36 Air on TV 38 Like some babies 39 Thoroughfare 41 Glorify, praise 42 Gangster Squad star Nick

43 Excalibur was one 44 Wading bird 45 Young ladies 46 Martini garnish 47 Laminated rock 48 North pole elf 49 Garden statue 50 Swimmer’s unit 52 Doughnut center 53 Acting tryouts 55 FDR coin

56 Ram’s mate 57 Warms up

58 Homeland star Claire

59 Put a lid on it

60 Wise Man’s gift

61 Keep from happening

62 Sheets and such 63 Annoy

64 Geography tool 65 Burnett or Channing 67 Peaceful

69 Salk made a vaccine for this

70 Convey an image 72 Facts and figures 73 Toned down

74 Greek letter

75 Cap

76 Nervous twitches 77 Churchill wore one 78 Business agreements 79 Sioux City is here

80 Hall of Famer Mel 81 Chubby

82 Army command 83 Coral island

84 Polite fib 86 Stubborn

89 Actress Gugino 90 Building additions 91 Flower stalk 92 From Here to Eternity star Donna

93 School kid’s wish 94 Restore confidence

DOWN

1 Cuts in three

2 Spinks and Uris 3 Wallop

4 Course average 5 Lodging place 6 Skyscraper material 7 Camper’s cover

8 Quick to learn 9 Topping for a sundae 10 Meg Ryan movie:

When __ Met Sally

11 Rock for a ring 12 Remotely alone 13 Country on the Red Sea 15 Photographer’s prompt

17 L.A. Law actress Susan

18 Snitch

19 Modify to meet the conditions

20 Overly sentimental 21 Bump in the night 23 Disabled

25 Taste, touch or sight

28 Biblical verb

29 Sail support 30 Boxer’s weapons

31 Casablanca actor Peter

33 Dieter’s bane 34 Completely invalid 35 Kitchen fixture 37 Banish

38 One’s specialty 39 Does the butterfly 40 Meddle with 42 “Dressed to the __” 43 Vegas attractions 44 Exhibit

45 Country singer Brooks

46 Beginning

47 Scissors

48 Frighten

49 Artistic category 50 Means of support 51 Prayer end

53 Tennis opener

54 ’90s exercise craze 55 She gives blood 57 African beast

59 Close to a certain time 60 Encounters

61 Bowling lane 62 Endures 63 Train and prepare 64 Barely managed 65 Biological unit 66 Derogatory put-down 68 Archie Bunker’s wife 69 Free from impurities 70 Grim Reaper’s business

71 Cry out loud

73 Highway divider 74 Small wooded valleys

76 Pisa’s is leaning

77 Takes the edge off 78 Waste time

79 Things on a list

81 For each one

82 Dance at a luau 83 Lemon or lime drinks 85 Small amount 86 Four-poster or brass 87 Compass heading 88 Valerie Bertinelli sitcom: One Day __

Time