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Crossword Puzzle 2

- “GIMME A HAND!”* By FRED PISCOP Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Fighting, after

“at”

5 Fabled loser 9 Battle of

heavyweigh­ts 13 Nail alternativ­e 18 Turkish currency 19 Not quite round 20 Luxury sheet

material 21 Slopping the

hogs, e.g. 22 *Smell awful 24 *Do a garage

job

26 Shove off

27 Like loud

crowds 29 Applied fragrant

hair dressing to 30 Tire pattern 32 Golden

34 Hanoi holiday 35 Social function 38 “Cast of thousands” member 40 Davis Cup org. 42 Many Eng.

degrees 45 Othello and kin 46 Titled women 47 Last checkbox,

often

48 Set aflame 49 Misfortune­s 50 Tom and buck 51 SAT prep

teacher, often 52 Firecracke­r part 53 “Toy Story” bully 54 Evaded the

bouncer, maybe 55 Bat-maker’s tool 56 Go through

quickly 57 Reserve, as a

date

59 Home with

smoke flaps 60 Dancing pro 61 Suffix suggesting wealth

62 Ulna locale 64 Chaplin of “Game of Thrones” 65 Drew out 67 Many airport

rides

68 E is the only vowel that doesn’t begin any of their names

72 Napkin material 73 Unemotiona­l 74 Destiny and source of the phoenix 75 Managed care

gp. 76 Some eligible

receivers 77 Informed, with

“in” 78 Communion site 79 Frigate front 80 Tourist’s rental 81 Nitpickers split

them

82 Of great scope 83 Composed

tweets, say 84 Give it a whirl 85 Cost to play 86 Brut, compared

to sec

87 Ate, with “down” 88 Words with stew

or pickle 89 Tender spots 91 Took a chance 93 Adorn with

sequins

97 Toyed with, cat

style

99 Coming and

going

103 *Walk off the job 105 *Cause a

disturbanc­e

107 Photoshop, e.g. 108 Printer powder 109 “Winning __

everything”

110 Austen classic 111 Stains on

reputation­s

112 Knocks out, in a

way

113 Flat-nosed dogs 114 Like some

pockets

DOWN

1 Auto pioneer 2 Potentiall­y

ruinous 3 “Doggone it!” 4 Reacted to a

punch

5 More saintly 6 St. Teresa’s

home

7 “Norma __” 8 Designer

Schiaparel­li 9 Roughly one

third of Africa 10 Where embryos

develop 11 Emcee’s lapel

attachment 12 Like GIs in the

kitchen 13 Cream cheese

serving

14 Play badly? 15 Cross above an

altar 16 Vowel-rich lake 17 Join with a

blowtorch 20 Rubs clean 23 Anna of “The

Emoji Movie” 25 Wobble 28 Hotels.com

quotes 31 *Speculate, in a

way

33 *Have what it

takes 35 Horse-and

buggy group 36 Four-page

sheet

37 *Do a washday

chore 39 Magneto’s

enemies 41 Slipper, for one 42 *Try to deceive one of the base runners 43 Big-box store

division 44 Rodeo bovine 46 Take out

47 __ Banks 50 Minibike relative 51 Cantina

appetizers 52 Shrek’s love 54 “The Elements of Bridge” author Charles 55 Having one’s

doubts 56 Turnips and

parsnips 58 Prepares ham for an omelet, say

59 Gain popularity

on Twitter

60 Car washer, at

times 63 Bassoon

cousins

65 Send to the Hill 66 Currency of

Jordan 69 Migratory

herring 70 Portray fury or

fear

71 Spread, as

seed 73 X-Acto knife cut 74 Skin cream

additive 77 Venice features 78 Respond to

reveille 79 Manufactur­ed 81 Homes for

gliders

82 Suds maker 83 Placement word 86 Ducklings’ dads 87 Reaches a peak 88 Chesapeake

Bay, e.g.

90 Offer a view 92 Winery process 93 Worker during a

walkout

94 Dark cloud 95 Choral part 96 Kett of old

comics 98 Faucet

annoyance

100 Point a finger at 101 Coin depicting a

torch

102 Totally lose it 104 Obey the

coxswain

106 Pac-12 sch.

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