Pittsburgh puzzler
ACROSS
1 “It Must Be Him” singer Vikki 5 One-time co-host to Kathie Lee 10 Stitch with a hook
17 Away from the wind
18 Court figure Williams
19 Box up again
20 Gifford’s successor on “Live!” 21 How long 27-Across flew east, he said, before realizing his mistake
23 At a previous time
25 Speed Wagons and Flying Clouds, e.g.
26 Big-eyed baby bird
27 Nickname of the 31-year-old who flew alone from Brooklyn, New York, to 55Across, supposedly by mistake, landing July 18, 1938 31 “Hey, ewe!”
32 Buddy
33 Chinese menu surname 34 Unruly group
37 Shut noisily
39 Snoozing
42 Purify
45 Electronically advanced, briefly 47 Where 27-Across said he intended to fly (with abbr.)
50 She raised Cain 51 Cardi B’s genre 53 Cattle, biblically 54 Put in the earth 55 Where 27-Across landed, asking “Where am I?”
59 “Me too,” formally 62 Partner of 50-Across 63 __-mo
64 Objective
67 Title of this pilot’s memoir, published in December 1938
71 Horse’s strut
73 Indian Ocean arm
74 Irish-themed Vegas casino
76 Losing effort?
77 Summery drink suffix
78 Long-time New Yorker cartoonist Chast 81 Chicago trains
82 Internet address ender
83 Honor given 27-Across in New York, with bigger crowds than Lindbergh’s in 1927 (whose plane 27-Across had helped engineer) 90 __ the hole
93 Zone
94 Illegally copied
95 It published a “Hail [27-Across]” banner headline — backwards — upon the pilot’s return to America (by ship) 99 Spleen
100 Symbol of strength 101 Region of Ancient Greece 102 Rich soil
103 Abandoned humility 104 Brother of “Frasier” 105 One-named Irish singer
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2 “Are you calling me __?”
3 Scoundrel
4 Stefani Germanotta, for “Lady Gaga” 5 Fixes a gift, post-peek, say
6 Poet’s “before”
7 Pentagon VIP
8 101-level course
9 Nay or sooth follower
10 Do-or-die situation
11 King, to Cato
12 LPGA great Lorena
13 Royal topper
14 Lug
15 French “to be”
16 Student stresser
18 Slow-cooked meal
22 Do a laundry chore
24 “Hometown Proud” market chain 28 Everybody, down South
29 Egyptian queen, informally 30 Slasher film staple
34 Atomizer output
35 A single time
36 Den denizen
37 Byron’s “__ Walks in Beauty” 38 Actress Ullmann or Tyler 39 “Moby-Dick” captain
40 Alaskan natives, historically
41 Two of a kind
43 “Sense and Sensibility” sister 44 Ward (off)
46 Vacation option
48 Pgh.-to-Buffalo dir. 49 Hair goops
52 Word with fair or foul
55 Colon components
56 TSA requirements
57 Western defense grp.
58 Swiss peaks
59 Gillette razor
60 Backyard building
61 Florida’s Miami-__ County 64 Vivacity
65 Winter sports surface 66 Converged
68 Artist Chagall
69 Greek “Mother of the Gods” 70 Squeal of pain 72 “Aww”-inspiring
75 Germ-free state
79 Gave the go-ahead
80 Zip, zilch, nada
82 Bronco or Mustang
83 Colorizes
84 Nonreactive
85 Aired again
86 Sulu portrayer in “Star Trek” 87 Hummus scooper
88 Airport frustration
89 Abnormal swelling
90 From __: slight progress 91 Transportation Secretary Elaine 92 “__ mouse!”
96 Like a young lad
97 D.C. insider
98 World Cup cheer
“... AND I’M STICKING WITH IT”