AWAY WITH WORDS
ACROSS
1 Strip that turns blue?
8 Arrangement of data
13 “Possibly ...”
18 Extremely, in slang
19 Anastasia of “Fifty Shades of Grey”
20 Partake of
21 *How did the cruciverbalists commercialize a BALLAD? They ___
23 Sum thing?
24 Spotted
25 Heep of bad news?
26 They can be full of baloney
28 Old salt’s direction
29 Canon and Xerox rival
30 Man who made radiation click?
32 Famed orca
33 Knell
35 *How did the cruciverbalists suck all the life out of a DRAWING? They ___
37 VW model also known as the Dasher
39 Like some bad apples
40 Expel
41 *How did the cruciverbalists molder a LIGAMENT? They ___
43 Presently
45 Ceremony goodies
49 Pub quaff
50 Goner
51 Person who takes unplanned trips
52 Shakespeare’s “you”
53 Neil Simon’s “Lost in ___”
55 Like Mr. Darcy or Raymond Holt
57 Tenuous, as an alibi
58 *How did the cruciverbalists make a HEATHEN chicken? They ___
63 Some change
65 Medical dripper
66 Topper for some brats
69 Overdraw a line of credit?
70 Vehicles crashed by Calvin and Hobbes
72 Jazz trumpeter Louis
74 Concern for a wine snob
75 Narcissist’s obsession
76 They go on top of beans
77 *How did the cruciverbalists find the middle of the CENTIMETER? They ___
80 Japanese noodles
82 With 59-Down, meat-heavy regimen
83 True-blue
84 *How did the cruciverbalists make a FATALIST a star? They ___
89 Congeals
90 Ritz alternatives, once
91 Filling, like stew
92 Gets a flat?
95 Patron saint of Norway
96 Crack, as a crossword
97 Poultry factory worker
98 Lucy of “Elementary”
101 Michaelangelo’s patron family
103 *How did the cruciverbalists make a poet read her PASTORAL out loud? They ___
107 Creative type
108 Playful mammals
109 Cookie-filled dessert
110 “What if,” slangily
111 Fencing gear
112 Minstrels, often
DOWN
1 Some grad school grads
2 Wife of Zeus
3 Furrow
4 Mont Blanc, e.g.
5 Hawaiian offerings
6 Activist Medgar
7 ___ Flyer wagon
8 Put down
9 UNLV collegian
10 Willingly
11 Claim
12 Screamed
13 So-so, in slang
14 “End of story!”
15 Rodeo whoop
16 Comet competitor
17 Halfback’s play
19 “Quiet!”
20 Marx’s “___ Kapital”
22 “The Moon Lady” author
27 Asimov collection
29 Right, on a map
30 U.S. territory in Micronesia
31 Woods of “Legally Blonde”
32 BART stop
33 Painter Veronese
34 Requisite
35 Marsh growth
36 “Happy Days” star
37 “___ ball!”
38 Metaphorical irritant
39 British sports cars
42 Ill at ___
43 Opening for a castle archer
44 “Yowie!”
46 “Too funny!”
47 “All systems are go”
48 Fieri of the Food Network
51 “Godzilla vs. ___”
54 “Fists of Fury” and “Fist of Legend”
55 Blubbers
56 Rival of PanAm
57 Where to find Mr. Snuffleupagus
59 See 82-Across
60 Contents of some box sets
61 Throw off
62 Like some summers
63 Colbert’s station
64 Smelted material
67 Singer Wainwright
68 Dexterous
70 Home for a big nursery rhyme family
71 Crow’s-nest cry
72 Pound, e.g.
73 “Citizen Kane” studio
77 Mustachioed president
78 Nivea competitor
79 Nights when children stay up too late, often
81 Gets in touch with privately, on X (Abbr.)
82 Tiffany’s iconic jewelry designer
84 Train of children’s TV
85 Enrage
86 “They forced me!”
87 Spin yarns about
88 Must
92 Whistle-blower
93 Glorify
94 Indira Gandhi’s father
96 “To ___, With Love”
97 Brillo competitor
98 Standing makes them vanish
99 “___ Cake?” (Netflix show)
100 Heavy duty SUVs
102 Pool stick
104 Come together
105 Cutting rooms (Abbr.)
106 Taro paste