Crossword
Note: This puzzle is part of Merl’s best-of series. ACROSS
1 Swipes your partner 7 Doubleday et al. 13 Three wheel transportation 19 Carousing, old-style 21 County seat of Kerry, Ireland 22 By many people 23 Porch swing locale 24 Tire buyer’s resolution? 26 Mrs. Bridge author, ___ S. Connell 27 Swiss painter 29 Oozy stuff 30 Discophile’s buys 31 Unhip type 32 Susan’s Dead Man Walking co-star 33 Sweaty place 34 Enzyme ending 37 Power-hitting Hall of Famer 39 Go off one’s rocker 40 1972 Johnny Nash hit, “I ___ Clearly Now” 42 Black-red-yellowbanded snake 44 It’s in the winter air 45 Saying 47 Longshoreman’s resolution? 50 Flapjack flipper 53 Harrah’s habitué 54 Antonym of sans 55 No spring chicken 56 Commonplace 58 Georgetown player 59 Do the floor again 61 Alan and Cheryl 63 Type of fuel 65 One who covers first, e.g. 67 Other, to Orozco 68 Texas driller’s resolution? 71 Church section 72 Terry Bradshaw was one 74 Spaniard who discovered the Mississippi 75 Make ___ of oneself 76 “Self Reliance,” for one 77 Mets’ stadium, once 79 Sweet wine 81 Surf the ___ 82 Quick drinks 83 Accords, e.g. 85 Certain acid radicals 87 Salvage diver’s resolution? 90 Friction-reducing area between a tendon and a bone 91 Som.’s or So’s neighbor 92 Running amok 93 “This just in ...” 95 Girl 99 Half a fly 100 Chinatown sodium 101 Canada prov. 103 Cheers 104 Was sure of 105 Missile interceptor: abbr. 107 Miss Gulch’s confiscation 109 Dramatic introduction? 110 Challenge 111 Deejay’s resolution? 115 Did a cobbler’s job 118 Texas sight 119 Impersonate 120 Tired dancer’s request 121 Show a link between 122 Unwavering 123 Leaps (toward)
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1 Witches’ groups 2 Lopsided 3 “___ boom-de-ay” 4 Vanna’s resolution? 5 Electrolyte mover 6 Where Cain dwelt 7 Georgia city 8 Scottish slope 9 Part of LORAN: abbr. 10 Lament for the dead 11 Genuine article 12 Utah lily 13 Eagle’s margin, in golf 14 Divest 15 Pastoral poem 16 Overextended CEO’s resolution? 17 Garter material 18 Hamster’s native country: abbr. 20 Mother Goose’s resolution? 25 Bridget Riley’s eye-bending works 28 Kidder role 32 Milan opera house, La ___ 33 Gasoline maker’s resolution? 35 Very, very dry 36 French students 38 Toll rte. 41 Language ending 43 Gumbo need 46 Names officially 48 Isles with lagoons 49 Degrade 50 Han and Napoleon 51 Nebraska river 52 Cinderella’s resolution? 53 Erupted 57 Little island, in old England 60 Large amount, colloquially 62 “Easy ___!” 64 Sitting (said of a statue) 65 Oprah’s resolution? 66 Egg sites 68 Old Faithful et al. 69 Hooch hounds 70 Ear, in combinations 73 Howells hero Silas 75 Approving votes 77 “Am-scray!” 78 Antsy 80 Land measures 84 Dashboard gauge abbr. 86 Pillow maker’s resolution? 87 ___ up (excited) 88 Outburst from the wrongly accused 89 Tavern come-on for sports fans 90 Ancient fertility deity (anagram of ALBA) 94 Nattily attired 96 Astounding Science Fiction, after 1960 97 Peaceful 98 Ingrid and Ingmar, e.g. 102 Sleep ruiner, sometimes 106 Ms. Breckinridge 108 “Sorry!” 109 Anthropologist Margaret 111 Favor preceder 112 Jigsaw puzzle concern 113 The ___ of Reason 114 Drink with dim sum 116 ’eaven’s opposite 117 Old French coin