THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS 1 Brake type 5 Metric measure 10 Not yet up 14 Bitter 19 — 51 20 Saline body 21 Sample, for short 22 Cultural field 23 Holiday time 24 Dishrag 25 Collar 26 Money in Algiers 27 Cooper of CNN 29 Start of a quip by Herbert Hoover: 3 wds. 32 Smart 33 Leather whip 34 Cuckoo 35 Part 2 of quip:
4 wds. 39 Legal tender:
2 wds. 44 Pallid 45 Affirmative 46 — incognita 47 Fannie — 48 Abbr. on maps 49 High wave 52 “— days hath ...” 54 Term of enlistment 55 Hill 56 Rising motion 57 Greek letters 58 — de Mayo 59 Bit of paint 61 Calyx part 62 Judged 63 — tempore 64 Part 3 of quip 67 Part 4 of quip 69 Onassis, familiarly 70 Beer garden item 72 PC problem 74 Forage plant 78 Feud’s end 79 Parts of buildings 80 City in Afghanistan 82 Drink 83 Customary practice 84 Heavy 85 Africa antelope 86 Stopped a fast 87 Sash 88 Small change 89 Court 90 Noted consumerist 92 Embezzle 94 Part 5 of quip: 2 wds. 98 Carpet surface 99 Switch of a kind 100 Tabula — 101 End of the quip:
3 wds. 106 Lamb and
aubergine dish 110 Stage name 111 Italian island 112 Seething 114 Be after 115 Laura Jeanne —
Witherspoon 116 Fish sauce 117 — — plume 118 Scandinavian
name 119 Daunted 120 Account 121 Drugged 122 Grist for
spreadsheets
DOWN 1 Woman in
Mindanao 2 Unyielding 3 Pip 4 Carriage hood 5 Alarm bell alert 6 “One — Jump” 7 Fluorescent 8 Part of NLRB: Abbr. 9 Magnify 10 Lexical category 11 Humdinger 12 Release 13 Pudding-head 14 Supplemental
material 15 Faultfinder 16 Raja’s wife 17 Prayer leader 18 Challenge 28 Diamante 30 Feather scarf 31 Badger 33 Anxious (with “up”) 35 — and all 36 Bar legally 37 Curative 38 Caution 39 Be a sign of 40 Pop and clip 41 Poe’s “The Cask
of —” 42 Chef’s creation 43 King of Judea 46 Moon of Saturn 50 Pro 51 Bug 52 Game result 53 Pipe dreams 54 Glittering headband 58 Cunning 60 Very short time 61 Woolen fabric 65 Emulate Charles
Lindbergh 66 Types 68 Wraparound garment 70 Leather band 71 Biter anagram 73 Serv. branch 75 Certain dog, for short 76 Destined 77 Mimic’s specialty 79 Proceeded 80 Resembling
an owl’s cry 81 Love, personified 84 Bounded 88 Categorized 89 The windpipe 91 Ashamed 93 Discomfort 94 Source of peril 95 Antiquity 96 Copper, zinc, tin
mixture 97 Manhandled 99 Kind of yell 101 Jacobs or Anthony 102 Spread in a tub 103 Prospect 104 Pressure 105 Jazz icon 106 “Mars Needs —” 107 Unseen emanation 108 Mend 109 Aleutian island 113 Show displeasure