THE BIG X-WORD
12/26
ACROSS
1 Slight
5 Delivered
10 Educ. network
13 Rad. times 2
17 Stem joint
18 “Pomp and Circumstance” composer
19 “To — — human ...” 21 Punta del — 22 Desktop item 23 World-weary 24 Domain
25 Smidgen 26 Mediterranean sailing
vessel
28 Speaker of the quip
at 42 Across: 2 wds. 31 Invent
32 — majesty
33 Dead ducks 34 Milwaukee neighbor 37 Mint family herb 39 Police action
42 Start of a quip
by 28 Across: 4 wds. 44 Old English length 45 Dull
48 Bender
49 Aits
51 Works at
53 Girl in Trinidad 54 Paved ways: abbr. 55 Full of sediment 57 Attribute
59 Horse used in racing 61 Part of UHF
63 Nurture
64 Water wheel blade 65 “Blue Angel” name 67 Part 2 of quip: 3 wds. 71 An Olympian 72 Western Indian 74 Stand
75 Wine quality
77 — Principle 78 Prostrate 79 Monstrous ones
81 — Willie Winkie 84 Word in a
palindrome
85 False alarm
87 — seal 89 Warble
91 Gets outpaced
93 — Pasha
94 Part 3 of quip: 2 wds. 96 Pleased anagram 99 O.T. book
100 The Sierras and
Cascades
101 Wolves, foxes, etc. 103 Overcharges
105 Flock of mallards 106 End of the quip: 3 wds. 110 Chili pepper
114 Angry
115 Permission
116 Hank of baseball 118 Textile machine
119 Ski lift: hyph.
120 Facilitated
121 Beldam
122 Small case
123 Fish sometimes
pickled
124 Malde—
125 Put the kibosh on 126 Fairgrounds item
DOWN
1 Little bit
2 In — parentis
3 Adored one 4 Foreshadowing
evil
5 Interview, in a way 6 Barkin or Ripley
7 — Khan
8 Tie
9 Where a woodland
ends: 2 wds. 10 Victimized (with “on”) 11 Laugh loudly 12 Storage tower 13 Stooped 14 Engineering
illustration: 2 wds. 15 Rose oil
16 Method 19 White-tailed birds 20 Import illicitly 27 Dispute
29 Teachers’ org.
30 — obstante 34 Barbecue fare
35 Mine entrance 36 Diplomat’s
residence: 2 wds. 37 Wen
38 “— moly!”
40 Succor
41 Settled after flight 43 Pastel color
46 One of the Astaires 47 Exposes
50 Passenger of a kind 51 El—
52 Hydro
56 Dies —
58 Customary
observance
60 George Eliot’s Bede 62 Tatting
63 Bankruptcy
64 Pile for burning 65 Place for a
boutonniere
66 Soap or space 68 Stephen King title 69 Woodwind
70 — Gras
73 Periods: abbr. 76 Doorkeeper
78 Buds
79 Cookie brand
80 Hair preparations 82 Wiesel or Tahari 83 “Desire Under the —” 86 Spacecraft 88 Competition among
nations: 2 wds. 90 Verse form
92 Slices
95 Made a creaking
sound
97 — Annie of
“Oklahoma!” 98 Herdsman
99 Prof. org.
101 Class
102 Sun-dried brick 104 Was in the red
105 Quick bread
107 Crew
108 Instance
109 Mild oath
111 Observe
112 Substantive
113 Send forth
117 Aaron’s —