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Pittsburgh puzzler

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

ACROSS

1 Dwight, to many voters

4 Fa-la go-between

7 Install in a gallery

11 Greenish brown

16 Salon goop

17 Diva’s delivery

19 Mishmash

20 Ham it up on stage

21 One might stand in your front yard

23 Lucrative lectures financed 79Across’s purchase of land here, a spot later loaned to and made famous by one of his friends

25 “Dedicated to the __ Love”

26 Prepare for a race, say

28 Confession­al confession

29 Kettle, Bell and Barker

30 With 46-, 61- and 91-Across, memorable words about springtime from 79-Across

33 Brunei bigwig

36 Thoroughfa­re in New York’s Alphabet City

38 “Eh, forget it!”

39 Analogy’s repeated words

43 Kvetched

46 See 30-Across

49 Opposite of ’neath

50 Lawn material

52 Tropical root vegetable

53 Slowing down, musically: abbr.

54 Dull and boring

56 Purged (of)

58 “Able was __ …”

60 Mends a sock, say

61 See 30-Across

65 Not fresh

67 18-wheeler

68 Bambi’s aunt

69 River through Flanders

72 Cosmic paths

74 Auden or Angelou

76 Yang’s counterpar­t

78 Skater Midori

79 The name by which the author of this puzzle’s epigram chose to be known, from college onward

82 Subtle distinctio­n

84 Captain Hook’s henchman

85 Fleur-de-__

86 Camera stabilizer­s

88 Afternoon break

91 See 30-Across

95 Fitting

98 Fractional amt.

99 Moved nervously

101 White-tailed shore bird

102 Something 79-Across said he “hated”

105 Bor-r-r-ring

108 Negated

109 Previous partners

110 Chinese currency

111 Homer’s TV neighbor

112 They make up everything

113 Dappled horse 114 __ school

115 Tiebreaker­s, briefly

DOWN

1 Domed home

2 Reeves of “Speed”

3 Wabbit hunter Fudd

4 Syrup source

5 Gold, in Granada

6 Lend an ear

7 “__ Met Your Mother”

8 Alda and Arkin, for two

9 Bupkis

10 What Deuteronom­y contains

11 Natural dye

12 Concert blaster

13 Modern meeting method

14 Site of Vulcan’s forge

15 Jumbotron components, briefly

18 Sunlit lobby

22 Seasoned rice dish

24 “Doesn’t matter which”

27 Earn __ at the table

31 Currier’s partner

32 Indiana Jones accessory

34 Defeat at jousting

35 Penn State’s __ Lions

37 Most cerebral

40 Gets part of

41 Fork-tailed coastal bird

42 Municipal regs.

43 Move like a buoy

44 Slippery fish

45 Like whiteboard­s

47 Reputation, informally

48 Help around the House? 51 Is really into

55 Compounds used to develop film

57 Most profound

59 Start of a counting rhyme

62 President’s nay

63 Roman love god

64 Spoil, as a parade

65 Piglets’ mothers

66 Streetcar

70 And so on: abbr.

71 Sturgeon eggs

73 Opt for

75 Doughnut-shaped

77 Botticelli’s Venus, for one

80 More teary-eyed

81 Number of degrees in a right angle

83 Fireplace collection

87 Speaker’s spot

89 Apple tablets

90 Sleep clinic study

92 Maine college town

93 Not fulfilled

94 Oboe inserts

95 Blue hue

96 Gridiron kick

97 Task list heading

100 The “A” of PGA

103 Actor Curry or Robbins

104 Tic-tac-toe loser

106 “Norma __” (1979 film)

107 Conclusion

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