Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh puzzler

“A SOMBER CHRISTENIN­G”

- RUTH ANN DAILEY Send comments or questions to ruthanndai­ley@hotmail.com

ACROSS

1 Spicy dip … or dance

6 Molten flow

10 “I wasn’t impressed”

13 FBI guys

17 Earlier

18 With 7-Down, way back when 19 Potential progeny

20 “Piece of cake!”

21 She was christened on March 1, 2008 23 Canned fruit brand

25 Organ parts with rods and cones 26 Motto of 21-Across

28 Granny, across “the pond” 29 Competitio­n prize

30 Curved moldings

31 Eve’s second son

34 Spanish “that”

36 Dry-eyes solution

39 Change a price label

41 Garden coils

44 Helpful connection­s

45 Tailless simian

48 Steel from this site was used in the bow of 21-Across

52 Units with four qtrs.

53 Luau instrument, briefly

54 Like a dark room

55 Spud

56 Keep from falling, perhaps 58 Campaign pro

60 Microwaves

61Tea region of India

64 Categorize­s

67 Bitter beer, briefly

69 Day commemorat­ed with 21-Across and her motto

72 Bobs, weaves and shags

76 What whipping achieves in the kitchen

77 Where 21-Across was built

79 Minn. neighbor

80 The bard’s “before”

81 Take hold of

82 Go into

83 Italian bubbly

84 Volleyball barrier

85 __ buco

86 Owners’ papers

DOWN 1 Urge (on)

2 Brit’s backside

3 Shopper’s reference

4 Duke of Albany, to Lear

5 Hockey venue

6 Installs, as tile

7 See 18-Across

8 Sci-fi pioneer Jules

9 Requested

10 Earliest Ford auto

11 At any point

12 What 6 is, to this clue’s number 13 With 56-Down, governor who requested giving the name 21-Across to a new warship rather than, per regulation, to a submarine

14 Canine woe

15 Lauder of cosmetics

16 Russian refusals

22 Decrease

24 Nighttime astronomic­al event 27 Medieval worker

29 Frame of mind

31 Like a pretentiou­s painter

32 Home Depot paint brand

33 Summers on the Seine

35 Carry with effort

37 Not be straight with

38 Corp. abbr. 40 Foodie

42 Dazed state 43 Directiona­l suffix 45 “__ girl!”: “Way to go!” 46 Easter confection 47 Flubs

49 Onetime MGM rival 50 Brief swims

51 Jesus, notably

56 See 13-Down

57 Early Web forum 59 Pinocchio, at times 61 Yoga pose 62 Botanical beginnings 63 Dieter Jack of rhyme 65 One of the Fab Four 66 Stadium strata

68 In a heap 70 Demeanor

71 Yawn inducer 72 Vagrant

73 Blind __

74 Linear, for short 75 Lith. and Lat., once 78 Used to be

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