El Dorado News-Times

ANCHORS AWAY!

- BY PATRICK BERRY / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 “Cease!” on the seas 6 “What nonsense!” 9 Walk on the edge? 13 Luminary

17 Clubs with strobes 19 Hieroglyph­ic bird 21 ____ O’s (chocolaty

cereal brand) 22 Asian territory in the game Risk

23 Roll out 24 Sailing vessels that Cap’n Crunch might commandeer? 27 Cuzco builders 29 Tetris piece 30 Testing times 31 Heavily armored vessels getting married? 35 Smelter input 36 Whiskey distiller’s

supply

37 “The plot thickens!” 38 Candy in collectibl­e

containers 39 Mideast monarchy 43 Numbers on righthand pages 45 Resells ruthlessly 47 Speaker on a car’s dash 48 Polished

49 Fruit mentioned in the “Odyssey” 51 Equal 52 Actor Stephen 53 Split, e.g.

54 Kids’ game in which small vessels attack each other?

59 Rio maker

60 Flood survivor 61 ____ Gold, chief of staff on “The Good Wife” 62 Often-quoted chairman

63 A large amount 66 Fishing vessel that can pull only half a net behind it? 70 Bruce of “The Hateful

Eight” 71 Messenger ____ 72 Rare craps roll 73 Incapacita­te, in a way 74 Growth ring? 76 Recreation­al vessel that’s never left the harbor?

84 1997 action film set on

a plane

85 X amount

86 Isaac Newton, e.g. 87 Brings up

89 Bad at one’s job

90 P, to Pythagoras 91 Revolver, in Roaring

Twenties slang 94 Use scissors on 95 Governess at

Thornfield 96 Berkeley institutio­n,

briefly

97 In place of

98 It brings people

together 99 No. of interest to some recruiters 100 Luxury vessel with a pair of decks, both of which need swabbing? 106 Malodorous mammal 109 A&M athlete 110 Matisse who painted “La Danse” 111 Cargo vessel full of iPads? 114 Mown strips 117 “Game of Thrones,” e.g. 118 Blackens 119 Staple of Shinto rituals

120 Second story? 121 Rub out

122 Not needing a cane, maybe 123 Deadhead’s hits? 124 Foolish

DOWN

1 Kick in 2 Struggle 3 Ambitiousl­y sought 4 Noninvasiv­e medical procedures 5 Flashlight : U.S. :: ____ : U.K. 6 Consequent­ial 7 Addis ____ 8 Lookout point 9 “You Send Me” singer, 1957

10 Coffee holder 11 Works on as a cobbler might 12 Libertaria­n pundit

Neal

13 Head honcho

14 It may end on a high

note

15 D.C.’s National ____ 16 Chicago-based

fraternal order 18 Mezzanine access 20 They hang around the

rain forest 25 Return from a trip to

the Alps? 26 Pharma watchdog 28 Surveillan­ce aid 31 Coat in a cote

32 Fire 33 Longtime retailer hurt by Amazon 34 Coverage provider? 40 Femme’s title 41 Choice for an online gamer

42 Star of “Kinsey,” 2004 44 Is downright terrible 46 Actress Téa 47 Beauty

48 Under goer? 50 Biathletes do it 52 Uncreative creation 53 Forming spiral

patterns

55 Holy Week follower 56 ____ State (Alabama’s nickname) 57 Measure of purity 58 Cheer with an accent 63 “____: A Love Story” (1998 George Burns book)

64 Like soubise sauce 65 Coat of arms element 67 Flock female 68 Vogue or Elle 69 Ehrich ____ a.k.a. Houdini 70 Chops up 75 Elephant ____ (pastry)

77 It may help remove a curse

78 Hold an assembly 79 Revival movement prefix

80 Not mainstream 81 Bellyacher 82 Quits, informally 83 Nonsensica­l talk 88 Prep for a match 90 Dilapidate­d dwelling 91 Manhandles, with “up” 92 Like the Gemini flights

93 Way out

96 Wares at fairs 97 “Around the World in 80 Days” protagonis­t 101 Nonpermane­nt sculpture medium 102 Flower with rays 103 Vichyssois­e vegetables 104105 106 DialectSin­gleEntry ticketof Arabic 107 Iridescent stone 108 Women’s Open org. 112 Go astray 113 Roulette bet 115 Cool, in the ’40s 116 Roguish

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