THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS
1 Rural festivals 5 Ristorante offering 10 Stay aloft 15 Business 19 The south of France 20 — Pavlovich
Chekhov 21 Garment shape:
Hyph. 22 Populous place 23 Muscat and — 24 Instruments 25 Big pin 26 Sets of points 27 Start of a quip by
George Carlin: 3 wds. 30 Made a grating
sound 32 Maize 33 A Golden Girl 34 “Understood” 35 Crops up anew 38 Helvetian 40 Recipe direction 41 Avena sativa 44 Go for in a big way 45 Mill 46 Siamese 47 Shadowbox 48 Girl found in Juneau 49 Part 2 of quip: 4 wds. 52 Mere show 53 Sew 54 Circle dance 55 Acrylic fiber 56 A possessive 57 Beaux — 58 Slammer 60 Learned one 61 Doric column
feature 63 Part 3 of quip 64 Joyful song 65 Toolbox item 67 Like a boor 68 Sleeping and
dining 69 Grimalkin 72 Grazing area 73 Climb 74 A crowd, proverbially 75 Lennon’s wife 76 Part 4 of quip: 6 wds. 80 Do pull-ups 81 Flexible armor 82 Segment 83 Certain seal 84 Loyal Order of — 85 So written 86 Young attendant 87 Be sparing 88 Curler 89 White poplar 91 “Cosby Show” boy 92 Plaything 93 Lampoon 95 End of the quip:
4 wds. 101 — go bragh 102 Use up 104 Gold, in chemistry 105 Melon or gourd 106 Eager 107 Give up 108 Vestige 109 Impudent talk 110 Kind of wolf 111 Dog- — 112 Sea duck 113 Near-Earth
asteroid
DOWN
1 OT book 2 A-lister’s wheels 3 A cheese 4 Money for nothing,
work-wise 5 Patio bricks 6 Charged particle 7 Layover 8 Travel expense 9 Of geese 10 Persecute 11 Fruit sometimes
stuffed 12 On the qui — 13 Compass pt. 14 Modernize 15 Pretended 16 Rub-down liquid:
2 wds. 17 Paddy plant 18 Help at home 28 Stoma 29 Plantain lily 31 Emissary: Abbr. 34 Rope 35 Hindu prince: Var. 36 Bring out 37 Reason not to treat 38 Cuts 39 Go with difficulty 40 Mako 42 Brother of Moses 43 Nottingham’s river 45 Stakes 46 Flip-flop part 47 Control system 49 Nostril 50 Complain 51 Ashore anagram 53 Rifle part 58 Man of rank 59 Topper 60 Wraparound
garment: Var. 62 Majestic 63 Meaning 64 — coals to
Newcastle 65 Baby buggies 66 Porch 67 Routine task 68 Patient’s info 70 Cordial flavoring 71 Dry ink 73 Put on 74 Govt. agent: Hyph. 77 Be iridescent 78 Monopoly piece 79 Make pale or feeble 80 Meltdown 84 Influence 86 Part of ppm 87 Sheltered,
in a way 88 Tenant 90 Go overboard 91 Tighten 92 “Irma la —” 93 Special ops
fighter 94 Jason’s ship 95 Raise 96 Gagarin 97 College alum 98 Rend 99 — facto 100 Pitch 103 Kind of shooter