Crossword

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

1 Sitting ___ stoplight 4 “Last of his tribe” Indian of California 8 Fuss 11 Ruhr city 16 Conspicuousness symbol 19 Knighting words, “___ thee” 21 Baryshnikov’s birthplace 23 Humpty Dumpty’s 911 call? 26 Poky tree dwellers 27 Boob 28 They might be full of beans 29 Gymnast’s pointer? 30 Infrequent flyer’s worry? 36 Stable females 39 Samantha’s mom 40 Critical 41 Imitator 42 Beatty or Buntline 43 Norm of golf 46 Texturally rough 50 Local law: abbr. 51 Transplant outcome? 56 Drastic cure for an acid stomach? 58 Period 59 Air safety org. 60 Lobster catcher? 61 ___ de la Cité 62 Actor Joslyn 64 Junior on the journal 66 Nitti’s pistols 67 With 80 Across, Friday the 13th, Part 10? 72 Speakeasy passphrase, “Joe ___ me” 73 ___ large extent 74 They get walked on 75 Pear-shaped fruit 76 Drink “for two” 77 Wallower’s home 79 Deck total, to a Roman 80 See 67 Across 83 Lonely film fan’s wish? 89 Sun-Times city, familiarly 91 Moses watched this part 92 Friend of la famille 93 Common verb 94 Church closing? 95 Appease totally 97 Schindler and Werner 101 Football fan’s quaffs 102 With 115 Across, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s boast? 108 ___ Na Na 109 Sports figure? 110 It did a Prizm make 111 Baker and Bryant 115 See 102 Across 121 Sound car investment? 122 Peter Pan pooch 123 Wink 124 Good ___ (cured) 125 Noggin bob 126 Fifth of five, e.g. 127 Mr. Caesar

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1 Indiana Jones hates them 2 Hammer or sickle 3 Group W bench sitter, in a 1960s song and movie 4 Makes one scratch 5 Tom Jones hit, “___ Lady” 6 “’Scuse me?” 7 George Harrison book, ___ Mine 8 Have one’s sights set on 9 Pres. from Denison, Tex. 10 Prophetic board 11 Stretchy, to Maria 12 Abe Vigoda’s

Godfather role, ___ Tessio 13 Letters on a Cardinal’s cap 14 Madonna role 15 Sheer fabric 17 One or the other 18 Like Bjorn’s locks 20 Key with five sharps: abbr. 22 The African Queen scriptwriter 24 Half a Samoan city 25 J. ___ Muggs (Garroway’s Today show chimp) 31 Turns sharply 32 May auto race 33 Vintage valley 34 Person with class? 35 True, to a Scot 36 Peking kingpin, once 37 Fool’s day: abbr. 38 Black 7 topper, in solitaire 42 “Just say what you want” 44 Cat fancier from Melmac 45 Fails a stoic’s test 47 Moroccan capital 48 Snuffy or Loweezy 49 Goes from better to worse 51 To spice, as cider 52 Position of control 53 Where Van Gogh painted Sunflowers 54 “... in the pot, nine ___” 55 France, once 57 Pinball penalty 62 Hercule’s creator 63 “The truth” 65 Three-___ card 66 Jazz jobs 67 Actor Brasselle 68 Grant-___ (scholarship) 69 Like a snoop 70 Irish nationalist org., Sinn ___ 71 Smart-mouthed 72 Confinement 78 Thanksgiving sweet 80 Author Fannie 81 Zenith 82 “That was close!” 84 Bone prefix 85 Very legible 86 Midnight movie 87 “Vaya Con ___” 88 Husk-y bunch 90 Allstate’s bus. 94 She expresses herself easel-ly 96 Cigar’s end 98 “I’m ___ you could make it!” 99 Dress length 100 “___ of grass-green silk she wore” (Tennyson) 101 Masked marauder 102 Dogmatic topics 103 “Sheesh! ___ grouch!” 104 Makes a pile in autumn 105 Pvt. Benjamin’s portrayer 106 Allen or Frome 107 Discontinues 112 Ramon’s relatives 113 Curtain raiser 114 Agenda, briefly 116 No way to address Hemingway? 117 Some people drive off it 118 Two Virgins album poser 119 Cruet contents 120 Elvis’ record label