THE BIG X-WORD

3/19

ACROSS

1 “—, — a thousand

times ...!”

5 Makes smooth 10 Underworld god

15 — islands of the

Leeward Antilles 18 Unyielding

19 Kind of gazelle 20 Sanctuary

21 Terminus a —

22 Start of a quip by

Isaac Asimov: 4 wds. 26 Web address

27 Part of the inner

landscape

28 Sheer

29 Lizard

31 St. Vincent Millay 32 Earth pigment

33 “— — first you don’t

succeed ...”

34 Quills

37 Obsolete anesthetic 38 Shimmer colorfully 42 Breeches

43 Measure of volume 44 Soft drinks

45 Time span

46 O.T. book: abbr. 47 Weary

48 Dwindles

49 Meat product in cans 50 — -eyed

51 More angry 52 Flavorful

53 Make sore by rubbing 54 Boca —

56 Anatomical cavities 57 Vacation wear

58 Part 2 of quip: 6 wds. 62 Cooks a certain way 63 Nom de plume 64 Dinner item

65 Room in old Roman

houses

66 Swindler

67 Give sparingly

69 Man in Siracusa 72 Fruitless

73 Knowing ones 74 Think

75 Lampblack

76 Admit 77 Studies (with “over”) 78 Of fleecy beasts 79 Tale of adventure 80 Certain pianist 82 English river

83 Town in Czech

Republic

84 Lack

85 County events

86 Au naturel

87 Anno —

90 Animals of a region 91 Skunks

95 Between pi and

sigma

96 End of the quip:

4 wds.

99 Anoint

100 Unreactive

101 Tidal bore

102 Kind of butter

103 Olla

104 DA’s workload

105 Equine

106 Countless

DOWN

1 MLB lineup

2 Utah city

3 de — (anew) 4 Fractional part: hyph. 5 Parlors

6 Rock show venue 7 Insect eggs

8 Ottoman official 9 Exhibited poor

posture

10 Redcap

11 Printer type

12 Addict

13 Kind of soldier 14 Becomes hardened 15 — regia

16 Combust

17 Pension recalculation:

abbr.

23 Fun fair attractions 24 — Pendragon 25 Minced oath 30 Western Indian 32 Marine mammal 33 Vexed

34 Drove carelessly 35 El— 36 Like a busybody 37 Cork’s country 38 Ancient Greek 39 Detachments 40 Shrewd

41 Noted chair

designer

43 “— Doone”

44 Bay of Naples island 47 Loutish lads 48 English poet 49 Displays

51 Minute openings 52 Furtive fellow 53 Shortchange

55 With full force 56 Exchange

premiums 57 Glistened

58 Place in Canada 59 More important 60 Wild plums

61 Triple

62 Take pleasure in 66 Insert indicator 67 Pirouettes

68 Colorize

70 Memory alone 71 Solar disk god 73 Sleep-inducing 74 Transfixes with

wonder

75 Faux pas

77 Direction in music 78 Rubber gasket:

hyph.

79 “The — House Rules” 81 Doubly: Prefix 82 Jeers

83 Throbbed

85 Savoir —

86 — -Dame de Paris 87 Globule

88 The Buckeye State 89 Shed

90 Ones opposed

91 Leaf

92 Title for Turkish

military leaders 93 Therefore

94 Remain

97 Cold-case solution:

abbr.

98 Monopoly piece