THE BIG X-WORD
Element #26
ACROSS
1 Call for
5 South American plain 10 Inundate
15 Job
19 River in Normandy 20 “Ebony and —” 21 Ancient: Prefix 22 Opposed to
23 Kitchen item: 2 wds. 25 1980s heavy metal
band: 2 wds. 27 Keyboard smiley
faces
28 Mythical sorceress 29 Pigs
30 Kiln
31 Buckets
33 Black-tie event 35 Eggs on
37 Leadership
position
38 Old Greek
dramatist
42 Bony plate
43 Salon item: 2 wds. 46 “Norma —” 47 Resistance unit 48 Apples, pears, etc. 49 Red dye
50 Hindu god: var. 51 Urchins
53 Oklahoma city
54 — du jour 55 Macadamized 56 Hung around 58 Stomata
59 Negligent
60 Nose opening 61 Made a show of
respect
62 Parlor
63 Of a ruler’s tenure 65 Honored, in a way 66 Bungalows
69 Garcetti and Cartman 70 Crude pipe
71 Fencer’s leap
72 Ship of 1492 73 Jackrabbit
74 Across: Prefix 75 Molder
76 Took flight 77 From——Z 78 Fence material: 2 wds. 80 Dress
82 Numbskull
84 Pro- — tranche 85 Spiner or Scowcroft 86 Tall plant
87 Bowhead
89 Cafe au —
90 Flavoring plant
93 Kind of seal
95 Most unruly
100 Hardwareman,
British style
102 Locomotives: 2 wds. 103 “Amos ’n’ —”
104 Thick
105 Salad dressing
106 Kett of old comics 107 Seven —
108 Redacts
109 Rhythm
110 Burn just the
surface of
DOWN
1 Elias or Julia Ward 2 Composer
— Khachaturian 3 Intel
4 Excluded: 2 wds. 5 — of eight
6 Par — (mail label) 7 Forenoon
8 Thrived
9 “Atlas Shrugged”
writer — Rand 10 Pitch
11 Urban districts 12 — vera 13 Collection of
wildlife
14 Small dog 15 Formosa,
presently
16 “The King — —” 17 Narrow: Prefix 18 Cattle
24 Old French money 26 Great Lion
of Narnia
28 “La Boheme” role 32 “— fair ...” 34 Shortly
35 Joe — (anybody) 36 Early Schwarzenegger
film: 2 wds.
37 Damp
38 Moistens
39 Golf club: 2 wds. 40 Overhangs 41 Interprets 42 Begrime
43 Solid figures 44 Came close to 45 Pierced
48 Hazard
50 Upolu native 52 Posture
54 Show fear
55 Strike repeatedly 57 Times
58 Substance used
in fertilizer 59 Moth-eaten 61 Existence
62 — goose (gannet) 63 Building makeover 64 Figure in Greek
myth
65 Impostor
66 Sweet beverage 67 Represent on stage 68 Scuttled
70 Extended in scope 71 Skeletal parts 74 Sapling
75 Soap brand 78 Overcome
79 Jazz variety
80 Snack maker — -Lay 81 Hits the hay 83 Snake-haired
goddess
85 Natator
87 Seize
88 Start of a toast 89 Fishgig
90 Slant
91 British composer 92 Baking or washing 94 Hindu god of fire 96 Defeat
97 Punta del —
98 Stiff hair
99 Ruler in times past 101 Pindaric
102 Ology