THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD: A 10 FROM AHEN
ACROSS
1 Cookout rod 5 Long wedgeshaped inlet 8 Dermal drawing 14 Alfalfa’s girl in “Our Gang” 19 Lacking a permanent shelter 21 Sponge up 22 Hawke of the screen 23 Get closer 24 Gated water channel 25 Blue-footed bird 26 Start of a riddle 29 Sippy cup part 30 “— yellow ribbon round ...” 31 “Little” actress Issa 32 Web page visitor’s directory 36 With 53-Across, walks across 39 World power until ’91 41 New title for a bride 43 Italian cardinal Borgia 44 Riddle, part 2 48 “— à son goût” (“Each to one’s own taste”) 51 Big-billed bird 52 Actress Novak 53 See 36-Across 54 Violin master Hilary 55 Big-billed bird 58 Increase 61 Belief set 62 Just slightly 64 Insects in forest trails 65 E. African country 67 Riddle, part 3 74 River in Switzerland 75 Real heels 76 More like heaven’s gates? 77 In the company of 81 19th-century German industrialist Alfred 83 Roman 2,505 84 Sphere 85 Root used to make poi 86 Darjeeling, e.g. 87 Singer Ocasek of the Cars 89 Like the firstborn child 91 End of the riddle 97 Soprano Auger or actress Sorkin 98 Soccer’s Hamm 99 West African land 100 Big name in baseball cards 104 Put on anew, as a play 106 “Lili” studio 108 Done, in France 110 Liquid in la Seine 111 Riddle’s answer 116 Major port in Japan 119 Terrarium creature 120 Like firefighters and cyclists 121 Swanky watch 122 Like single-guy bands 123 Extensive essay 124 Megaphone noise 125 Mole zappers 126 Former JFK jet 127 Behaves
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1 Some afghans 2 #1 Billboard song, often 3 Hamper 4 Arctic diver 5 Say “Ouch!,” say 6 Pelvic-base bone 7 Least ruddy 8 Piece of work 9 More skilled 10 Big wave 11 Hard-working people 12 Whale variety 13 Is compliant 14 Formal arguer 15 Redresses 16 17th Greek letter 17 R&D site 18 A single one 20 Mauna — 27 Exchanges for bills 28 “Attack, Rover!” 33 “Tara Road” novelist Binchy 34 Curved 35 — -Canada (oil giant) 37 Many a meal on a blanket 38 Beatles’ bud Sutcliffe 40 Fleecy male 42 Noted Fifth Ave. store 45 Puzzlement 46 Started a playfor-pay career 47 Drunk, slangily 48 Cartoonist Addams, for short 49 Padlock part 50 “Alas” 56 Frat party dispenser 57 Place to stay the night 59 Off-road trucks, briefly 60 British verb suffix 61 Singer of the hit “Believe” 63 Neither hor. nor vert. 64 Take — (doze) 66 Go on a trip 68 Hosp. part 69 Tach abbr. 70 “My pleasure!” 71 Suffix with multimillion 72 Roger of “Cheers” 73 “Darn it all!” 77 In a conflict 78 Skiing gold medalist Phil 79 Tough tests 80 Student at a lecture, often 82 Chicago mayor Emanuel 83 Golden Arches java chain 86 Faint trace 88 Suffix of elements 90 Drunk, slangily 92 Cleaver 93 Musical tone qualities 94 “I dunno!” 95 Detrains, e.g. 96 Dawdles 101 Relating to digestion 102 Least ruddy 103 High-end leathers 105 Rave about 107 Cheek tooth 109 Speck in the sea 112 Sushi staple 113 Some male dolls 114 Doc bloc 115 Prefix with tarsal 116 Sphere 117 Fa-la link 118 — mode