Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 “An old division of Russia? Confound it!” 7 In there at first 11 Agents 16 Actress McDormand 18 Self concepts 19 Sidney Toler’s last film as Charlie Chan 21 Where you might hear the following: “So then, not too many planes are landin’ here, I’m guessin’.” “Oh yah?” 23 Bring back 24 Word before way or well 25 Ten-speed feature 26 Animal fat 27 Surfacing stuff 28 Backup singers in a RuPaul video? 33 Body-treating body: abbr. 36 Top-secret org. 37 Soil toil buys 38 Snoopy’s WWI persona 39 Do-gooders’ love triangle? 47 “Are you now or have you ___ ...” 48 Actress Helgenberger 49 Grp. of actors 50 Shuffle 51 Part of A.D. 52 Crusoe, for one 57 Revenuer’s only thought? 63 In imitation of 64 Damage 65 The sailor’s OK 66 Nasser’s ’58 alliance 67 Words in a tic-tactoe instruction 68 Watney’s product 69 The Snow White story, updated? 76 Drops 78 Pilot’s prefix 79 Velvet’s horse 80 Nelson and Norton 81 Number of a’s in “Saarland” 82 Fancy-schmancy actor 87 Tabloid headline about space aliens causing a lot of “won-ton” destruction? 92 Maria’s intro 93 Continent prefix 94 Above, to Shakespeare 95 Unaccustomed 96 A bunion? 104 Dinghy slower 105 Split ___ 106 Perry’s creator 107 Put one’s foot down ... hard 110 Weird 112 Something She complains about after He takes a shower? 115 Trounced 116 Resort area N of Provo 117 “Do you ___ tell the truth ...” 118 Oil fire expert Red 119 Fit together 120 Parsons’ homes

DOWN

1 Word after pay or play 2 Spoiled one 3 Calif. NFLer 4 Ms. Dickinson 5 Disdain 6 A cozy drink? 7 Calyx component 8 Bazaar ancestor 9 In favor of 10 World record finish? 11 Dolly the clone, e.g. 12 Ants and weeds 13 Addams Family hairy cousin 14 Arousing art 15 Christian foe in the Crusades 17 Is hired officially 19 Platitude 20 Employment benefit 22 Old lutelike instrument 26 Husky vehicle 29 Concerning 30 Styx boatman 31 “Did you ever hear of ... ___?” (Carl Denham) 32 Nearly treeless plain 33 “O Captain ...” subject 34 Dallas player, briefly 35 Went gobble gobble? 40 Garr-Keating comedy 41 Somewhat 42 A word to the waiting 43 “___ expert but ...” 44 It means “billionth” 45 AARP, for one 46 Stack up 51 Flock’s response 52 Fellow 53 Spacious 54 Friendly 55 Ointment ingredient 56 (“Boy, is this boring”) 57 1960s cut 58 Clinton played sax for him 59 Hydrox rival 60 Start of a western 61 Argus’ 100 62 Sapporo sport 67 Skilled 69 Foaming action 70 Wife of Albert Einstein 71 “Waiter, s’il vous plaÎt” 72 Smell 73 Exodus author 74 Dentist’s request 75 One of the Simpsons 77 Boulevardier’s topper 81 Famed archaeological site, Mohenjo-___ 82 “Is That All ___?” 83 “Java” trumpeter Al 84 Radiation tidbit 85 Feeling you’re struck by 86 Suspenseful Cary Grant film, for short? 87 A screenwriting nom de plume of W.C. Fields, ___ Kane Jeeves 88 Said positively 89 Looked after 90 Pulls 91 “I ___ just scream” 96 Coin flip 97 Monsieur Verdoux 98 Actress Stevens 99 Poet who was part Butler 100 Bible figure for whom a media giant is named 101 Tessie or Milo 102 Actor Hawke 103 Touches the clouds 108 Pesky arachnid 109 Favorable aspects 111 Club for driving 112 Singing Cooke 113 Ring shout 114 Certain guy, in personal-ad shorthand