Crossword

Literally Speaking ... Uncle Rebus was here

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

1 Defendant’s part of the bargain 5 Meat in a can 9 Man with a horn 13 “Mia!” intro 18 Dummy 19 Angelic symbol 20 Jurisdictional issue 21 Tunes for tenors 22 A PRONOUN / RESIGN 25 Vladimir Horowitz’s instrument 26 Actor Holliman 27 Role model 28 A twist ___ 30 AGAIN / SENSATION 34 “Obscure” Hardy character 35 Declare 36 One ___ kind 37 Free ticket 38 Spare tire? 39 Bass ___ 42 Eye membrane 48 Queen’s subject 49 KAISER LUDWIG 52 Gardeners, at times 54 Gaelic 55 Idiotic 56 Type of car the Williams made famous 57 Three, in German 59 Camcorder abbr. 61 Radiance 62 H __OME 67 Awkward chap 70 It’s just W of the Statue of Liberty 71 Results of dissolving a salt in water 72 TV dog for 17 seasons 76 Wing attachment 79 Masticate 81 Intersection sign 82 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY / C U 86 Lawn replacement 87 Approval 88 Puts to work 89 Funny Moranis 90 Interdictions 91 Unit related to the roentgen 93 Hat material 94 Puts on 95 “I’M NAPOLEON” TOIL 104 European nation 105 Delhi attire 106 Vacancy 107 It “goes round and round and it comes out here” 108 TIS / TAKE IT EASY 115 Mark over a short vowel 116 Basketball’s Shaq 117 Scheme 118 Depend 119 Full and then some 120 Snug home 121 Model Kate 122 Therapeutic bath

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1 Batty Bach 2 Batting Brock 3 New Haven student 4 Goes to 5 Strand 6 Certain cigarettes 7 Total effort 8 Holstein hello 9 Painter Matisse 10 Gold bar 11 Spirit with Coke 12 Irritate Nick Faldo? 13 Furniture wood 14 Disney’s Little Mermaid 15 Setting of the Pacino Scarface 16 Massenet opera 17 “With ___ in My Heart” 20 Opinion 23 Turn toward 24 “That was close!” 29 Banquets 30 Removal 31 98 Down-shaped 32 Automated, nowadays 33 Crater 34 Leigh of Psycho 37 Furry feet 38 Specialty 39 Fact checkers 40 Apr. addressee 41 Titania’s hubby 43 Greek letter 44 Most interminable 45 Satan’s agenda 46 Gambling mecca near Sparks 47 Over again 49 Highland dance 50 Swerve 51 Apiece 53 Vonnegut’s ___ Dick 57 Sot’s woe 58 Gasps, grimaces, etc. 60 Type-width units 63 Sandwich fish 64 Seating arrangement 65 “___ upon me, sir ...” (Shak.) 66 Rough up 67 Amigo’s abode 68 Works of fiction? 69 Cheers from our neighbor 73 Valley of the Dolls author 74 Manacles 75 Is over 77 Howard or Paul 78 Beat at a meet 80 Half a bray 81 Chopin works 83 Animated nimrod 84 Manitoba tribe 85 Preston’s role in The Music Man, Harold ___ 90 Postwar babies, now 92 Sanford ___ 93 Bank window abbr. 94 New Look fashion designer 95 Tree-trimmer’s truckful 96 Honda’s luxury brand 97 Surrounded (by) 98 Cooking oil fruit 99 Took on, as Fittipaldi 100 Billy Sol ___ 101 Morocco’s capital 102 Once-huge Asian lake 103 Fountain orders 109 Carol’s finish? 110 Stella portrayer Hunter 111 Commotion 112 Kauai keepsake 113 Pilot’s concern: abbr. 114 French-American incident of 1797-98, the ___ Affair