Crossword

Two-Saint Overture

Note: This puzzle is part of Merl’s best-of series.

ACROSS

1 Alan, Cheryl, or Diane 5 Ending meaning “eaters” 10 “... three men in ___” 14 ___ turning point 17 1962 Grammy winners 20 Water, for one: abbr. 21 Accomplished nothing, in a way 23 Clothes moths 24 Guinness and Watney 25 Wide, ornamental ruffle 26 Brinks job, e.g. 27 Craggy peaks 29 Six ways ___(completely) 30 “This ___ happening” 31 Mars has two 33 Type of girder 35 Murray and Peerce 36 Sault ___ Marie 37 Plains Indian 38 So far 39 Org. for Scott Turow 41 Noted painter-diplomat 48 Take ___ to (grow to like) 51 Certain Acura 52 “... can’t get enough of that stuff” 53 Looked wolfishly 54 Decline 55 Jitterbugger’s drink 56 Three-time NHL MVP 57 Fear or Horn, e.g. 58 Anagram of this puzzle’s two theme words 60 Plastic option 61 Nightline network 62 Lacking pizazz 64 DeVito-Schwarzenegger comedy 65 Folded entrée 67 Figurative fog 69 Laugher 70 Ruinous insects 71 Crunchy goodie 74 “Devil or Angel” singer Bobby 75 Understanding 76 Tarzan transit 77 Suburban suffix? 80 Editor’s aside 83 Burgundies 84 Coup ___ 85 It’s fair or foul 86 Cool shoes? 89 Old Italian capital? 90 1959 Sinatra film, ___ in the Head 91 Bowling game 92 Riant riposte 94 “That’s all, folks” 96 Marching band member’s froufrou, perhaps 100 Homophone of 56 Across 101 Jeff, for example, on The Donna Reed Show 102 Sugar suffix 103 Culp agent series 104 Drive through Beverly Hills 105 Spanish lady

DOWN

1 Catlike 2 Optimally 3 Something owed 4 He was a slave to the Supreme Court 5 Non-nutritive food for thought 6 Shade 7 Sacrificial sites 8 Ossian’s followers 9 Concerning 10 Member of a popular Latin trio? 11 Appoint to (a job or post) 12 Continent-dividing range 13 “How’s ___?” (most common greeting in New Orleans?) 14 Pays or Plummer 15 Big-beaked bird 16 Tin Pan and others 17 White-collar worker? 18 Workplaces for desk sgts. 19 Pre-AA affliction 22 Ranjit Singh was one 23 “Magic Moment” preceder 27 Matching dryers? 28 Rampaging 29 Type of armadillo that sounds like body art 31 Bogged down 32 Hamlin’s caveman 33 “Under” state 34 Droplet 37 Biblical cattle 39 Soviet lake 40 Joke target 41 Bold Ruler, to Secretariat 42 Memphis residents 43 Subscription continuance 44 True blue, to a Scot 45 French star 46 Bottle for a new mom 47 Noted platter-lickers 48 Jubilation T. Cornpone’s creator 49 Navy builder 50 One who digs your jive, perhaps 55 Insulation material 58 Down-home dad 59 Expose 60 Quite 62 Driver’s warning 63 Actress Velez 65 ___ d’art 66 Low sounds? 68 Happy hour’s end, often 69 Hightailed it 72 Luau instruments 73 Watson and Crick “unraveled” it 77 Randy Newman hit 78 Author Gay 79 Ogling one 80 “___ shabby” 81 Works by Gluck or Glinka 82 Type of job security 83 Get one’s wind 84 Declined a bit 85 Quantum theory unit 87 She played Marnie 88 Great ratings 89 Intentionally mislead 90 The Jetsons’ dog 92 Certain chess pce. 93 Customer 94 ___ de France 95 Lean (toward) 97 Doc Savage portrayer 98 Start of many a question 99 It offered Hope, often