Pittsburgh puzzler
ACROSS
1 Dangerous household gas 6 Country music quality
11 Take the stage
14 Israeli gun
17 Not slouching
18 Judaism : kosher :: Islam: __ 19 Poker-faced
21 State in which 29-Across was found
23 Namby-pamby
24 Lug (around)
25 Margarine substitute 26 Losing effort?
28 Desertlike
29 “Biggest ever” discovery of Aug. 12, 1990
33 Recede
36 President pro __ 37 Maritime hazard 38 Pgh.-to-Philly direction 39 With 58/61-Across, Chicago institution that acquired 29-Across through Sotheby’s, with aid from McDonald’s and 100-Across 44 Major Japanese port 48 Like carryout food
49 “Do ___ a bit of hostility?” 50 App Store platform 52 Messy BBQ item 53 Reduces, with “down” 55 Fawn’s mama
56 One of the Virgin Islands 58 See 39-Across
61 See 39-Across
62 Gum flavor
64 Scratch up
65 Hoisting device
68 Load from a lode
69 Bit of body ink
70 Martin Luther’s crime 73 Unadorned
74 __ Gras
76 Name of the Sioux reservation on which 29-Across was discovered 79 Russell of “Auntie Mame,” to her friends
81 Dubai’s country: abbr.
82 Spa sigh
83 “Affirmative”
84 Delayed by a flat tire, she stumbled across 29-Across, which is named in her honor 91 Crab’s grabber
92 Sanctuary area
93 Fishing supply
94 Curved molding
98 Solar or lunar event
100 Where half of 29-Across was sent and carefully freed from rock during a public months-long process
103 Newborn
104 Lock of hair
105 Japanese cartoon art
106 Shore bird
107 Vegas opener? 108 “Ready __…” 109 Fiend
DOWN
1 Take five
2 Suffix with buck
3 Fifth bk. of the Torah
4 Largish jazz combo
5 Utmost degree
6 Brain’s sensory relay station
7 Rouse from sleep
8 Crazy as __
9 __ King Cole
10 Joyful, quaintly
11 Farewell in France
12 Middle, in Manitoba
13 Profs’ aides
14 Case or class opener
15 Former name of the Congo 16 Research book feature
20 Talks trash about
22 Start of a musical scale 27 Othello’s nemesis
30 Since Jan. 1
31 Helpful
32 G.I. entertainment
33 Young salamanders
34 Sci. class
35 Rookie
40 “Death of a Salesman” surname 41 Four-door, usually
42 Carbon compound
43 Needs no altering
45 Longstanding college football rivalry 46 Asian automaker
47 Sit-up targets
51 Giants great Mel
54 Depot
56 Tornado warning
57 African antelope
59 Actress Thurman 60 Campus military org. 61 Fabled race loser 62 Internet address ender 63 George Gershwin’s brother 64 “Twilight” author Stephenie 66 First Nations tribe
67 That woman’s
70 Moved in the direction of 71 Most sinuous
72 Like a brewery’s smell 75 Entice
77 Attila’s horde
78 Letter after pi 80 California’s tallest volcano 84 Public spat
85 Gastric woe
86 Permanent spot? 87 Olympic swords 88 Playwright Henrik 89 Childish comeback
90 Nary a soul
95 Like the Reaper
96 Saint for sailors
97 Biblical paradise
99 Buddy
101 Bargain bin abbr.
102 Roll of bills