Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh puzzler

- RUTH ANN DAILEY

ACROSS

1 Stole, with “off”

7 Insurance giant named for a volcano 12 California volcano

18 Recurring Matt Damon title role 19 Italian city with a famous shroud 20 Strategic maneuver

21 What has appeared on all American coins since 1938

23 Like sailors on leave

24 Car company founded in 2003 25 President who signed the unanimous Joint Resolution of Congress making 21Across the 55-Across on July 30, 1956 27 Gave it a whirl

30 Environmen­tal prefix

32 Thus far

33 Western Hemisphere grp.

34 Treasury Secretary who proposed putting 21-Across on money in 1863 38 Texter’s “Hilarious!”

40 Seek the affections of

42 Radio host Shapiro

43 Bottom line

44 Genghis __

46 Like a generic brand

48 Really stink

50 Horace’s “__ Poetica”

52 Greek Cupid

54 Entrance area

55 What 21-Across became 65 years ago (on July 30, 1956)

59 Voodoo charms

62 Blood blockage

63 Memorable period

64 “Little” Dickens girl

68 Free of charge

70 Neighborho­od in New York or London 72 Mined material

74 Film director Spike

75 Zodiac animal

76 Merriment

78 His militia’s adoption of 11-Across is the first recorded usage

81 Univ. helpers

83 Where you might see quite a few reps 85 Cannes consent

86 Calf catcher

87 The 1864 legislatio­n that allowed 11Across to appear on some American money 91 Single step

93 Whack-a-Mole setting

94 Colony in which 78-Across was located 99 Sparkly headwear

100 One of Donald Duck’s nephews 101 “Grand” mountains

102 “I kid you not!”

103 “Cómo __?”

104 Swimmer’s unit

DOWN

1 MLB stat

2 Reactive particle

3 Flat-nosed pooch

4 President __: acting head

5 Lasted until (a certain date)

6 Morning moistures

7 Pin or clip, say

8 Where most of the members of NATO are

9 Factual

10 Not finalized, in law

11 Unable to sit still

12 Suffragist Elizabeth Cady __ 13 Breakfast dish with chopped meat 14 “Bless you!” preceder

15 Non-paying passenger 16 Mind-numbing

17 Taiwanese tech giant

22 With 26-Down, fish that creates a current 26 See 22-Down

27 Old Russian ruler

28 Uncommon

29 “Would __ to you?”

31 Mighty tree

35 Free of clutter

36 Put away, as a sword

37 “Downton Abbey” title

39 Barn storage area

41 “Jingle Bells” contractio­n

45 Where the Iditarod ends 47 Palindromi­c time

49 Massage target 51 Some notes on the scale

53 Campus sisterhood

56 “Like that’s gonna happen!” 57 Gaming novice, slangily

58 Fictional Georgia plantation

59 Boss, maybe: abbr.

60 Handel’s “Messiah,” notably

61 Bob Marley, for one

65 Some building additions

66 Luau loops

67 Fallon’s predecesso­r

69 Hint at

71 Tokyo’s Yoko

73 Invigorate

77 Bill promoting science?

79 Makes mountains out of molehills 80 Sport debuting at the Tokyo Olympics 82 Item in a drum kit

84 Syrup source

87 The pope’s faith: abbr.

88 Huxtable and Lovelace

89 Corp. VIPs

90 Letter-shaped fastener

92 Voice above tenor

95 Actress Vardalos or Long 96 Cambodia’s Lon __

97 Once-lifetime connectors

98 Nile viper

Bonus puzzles available at www.americanac­rossword.com. Direct questions and comments to ruthanndai­ley@hotmail.com

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