El Dorado News-Times

THINK TWICE

- BY CHARLES M. DEBER / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Zip along 7 Example of 22- and of

65-Across 12 Conscience-stricken 19 Opposites of alphas 20 It may be grand 21 “Hah!”

22 7- and 112-Across 24 Flashing lights 25 What scouts gather 26 Intentions 27 Donkey’s call 29 Naval engineer 31 Example of 65-Across and 39-Down 33 Subsides slowly 37 Org. for ex-G.I.s 40 Diddley and Derek 41 Farewells

in Florence

42 Take temporaril­y 44 First lady

before Bess 47 116-Across and 96-Down

49 Levin who wrote “A Kiss Before Dying”

50 Silver, for example, in the opening to TV’s “The Lone Ranger”

51 Torah receptacle­s 52 A profession­al may need one to practice: Abbr.

53 Work unit 54 Intimates 55 Wash’n ____

(towelette brand) 56 Caribbean land whose capital is St. George’s 59 It’ll knock you out 60 Ricochet 62 Ambition for

an actor

64 In view

65 7- and 31-Across 67 “So long,” for short 69 Part of a machine assembly

71 Like Odin or Thor 72 Titter

73 Some scratchy attire 74 “Sprechen ____

Deutsch?” 75 Lowest points

76 Car for which you “listen to her tachin’ up now, a listen to her whine,” in a 1964 hit 78 Land in the Seine 79 “I cannot tell ____” 81 “Nuh-uh!”

82 Film critic

Christophe­r 83 112-Across and 96-Down

86 Dress adornment 87 Lathers (up)

89 Not esos or estos 90 Coiled killer 91 Nikon product,

for short

92 “____ Rebel”

(1962 No. 1 hit) 93 Example of 34-Down

and 108-Across 94 Dimes, essentiall­y 97 Straight 100 “Othello” traitor 101 Milky gems 105 Admit 108 93- and 116-Across 112 Example of 83- and 22-Across 113 “Little Women” author

114 Ruined

115 Dead Sea Scrolls sect 116 Example of 108- and 47-Across

117 “See ya!”

DOWN

1 Desert crossed by the Silk Road 2 Gulf state 3 Celebratio­n 4 Writer/critic James and family 5 Animal with luxurious fur

6 Org. with a “3-1-1” rule 7 Twenty-one words 8 Give ____ all 9 Damage

10 Blight victim 11 Film again 12 Money in the bank, e.g.

13 This and that 14 Razor brand 15 Example of 39- and 34-Down 16 Lang. heard in Haifa 17 Before, to a bard 18 ____ Moines 20 Bugs about the trash 23 Toil 28 Competitor of PetroCanad­a

30 Scrub, as a mission 31 Squealer

32 They may be high in a

fallout zone 34 93-Across and 15-Down

35 When repeated, a Polynesian getaway 36 What trees do

in fierce storms

37 Is on the brink 38 Passed quickly 39 31-Across and 15-Down

41 Len of stage

and screen 42 They’re often pulled

at night 43 131/2-inch gold-plated

figure

45 Hall of fame

46 A mere stone’s throw from

47 Upscale London

retailer 48 Fatty-acid compound 55 One of a pair of best friends in Greek legend 56 Heights of achievemen­t 57 Witherspoo­n of

“Legally Blonde” 58 Fussed over, as a grandchild 60 Like some diplomats 61 AOL alternativ­e 63 Skeptical response 65 Dudes 66 Puts forward 68 Holt of NBC News 70 Part in an animated film

72 “Well, look what I did!” 75 Lightly bite 76 Word of wonder 77 “Really!”

79 Ear: Prefix

80 Den denizen 84 ____ the Explorer 85 Guide to studying the

night sky

86 What “Mc-” means in a name 88 Richard Strauss opera 90 Sired, biblically 93 Is disposed

94 Need for a profession­al designer 95 “Me So ____” (1989

rap chart-topper) 96 Example of 47- and of 83-Across 98 Excited cry in a casino 99 Highest score in baccarat 100 Privy to

102 ____ Barksdale, drug dealer on “The Wire” 103 Jay who preceded Jimmy

104 Big bunch 105 Juice drink 106 Fleur-de-____ 107 ____ Palmas, Spain 109 90° bend 110 Obama health law, for short

111 Old, clumsy ship

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