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BY FRANK A. LONGO #2,179

ACROSS

1 Tasks

5 Witty remark 11 Pinnacles 16 Inaccurate

19 Sailing

20 Ablaze

21 Pinnacles

22 Money for the

senior yrs.

23 Start of a riddle 26 Guided 27 Redeemers

28 Tally

29 Forest growth 30 Comics cry 31 Omitted, as a

syllable

35 Used a scull

37 USN VIP

39 Riddle, part 2 44 Riddle, part 3 47 “Mayday!”

48 Take to the road 49 Neighbor of

Georgia

50 Aroma detector 52 Stain-fighting

toothpaste, e.g. 54 “Year One” director

Harold

55 Gun, in slang 56 Asian “way” 58 “Three’s Company”

co-star Suzanne 59 Aversion

62 User’s guide 64 Celtic language 65 Riddle, part 4

69 Je ne — quoi 73 Incendiary felonies 74 Most frequently 79 Golf legend Palmer 81 Picnic pest 82 Lifelong pal,

informally

84 Tiny hairlike

structures

85 Not crying 87 Currency of Latvia 89 Gives the means 91 “— dabba doo!” 92 Lick like a cat 94 Riddle, part 5 96 End of the riddle 99 Part of ROY G. BIV 100 A stage past

embryonic

101 Protested

unpeacefully

102 Gp. checking

baggage

104 Actresses Jillian

and Blyth

105 Joan — (French

saint)

108 Elliott of the New

England Patriots 112 Permit to 113 Riddle’s answer 118 Maui garland

119 Bother a lot

120 Sprinted faster

than

121 Prefix with byte or

ton

122 Org. on a

toothpaste box 123 Pre-soviet rulers 124 Sneeze catcher 125 “You, over there ...”

DOWN

1 Skull parts

2 Worker welfare org. 3 Rodent-built

channel blockers 4 “Vexations”

composer Erik 5 Churlish sort 6 Difficult task 7 Gridiron gp.

8 Prefix with term or

week

9 Eye, to poets 10 Casual shirt 11 Tiered temples 12 Pale tan

13 “Preach it!” 14 “Sleeper” co-star

Diane 15 Old fast jet, for

short

16 Worker purifying

petroleum 17 Breath-holding reef

explorers, e.g. 18 Lose color 24 Bowl-shaped frying

pan

25 Brand of PCS and

tablets

29 Warship with three

banks of rowers 31 Letters after els 32 Hotelier Helmsley 33 Otherwise 34 Huskies, e.g. 36 Expand on

37 Swiss — (beet

variety)

38 — Lama

39 Math game with

matchsticks

40 “I’m — loss” 41 Resign from 42 Hearth waste 43 Succinct

45 Just slightly 46 Rips into

51 Coup d’— (rebellion) 53 Dot of land in the

ocean 55 Is given the chance

to chime in

57 Darth Vader, as a

boy

60 Hue

61 Roadwork goo 62 Eds. mark them

up

63 ’80s sitcom

66 Took the gold 67 Poker stake 68 Deteriorate 69 Man-goat of

myth

70 Where aid is

urgently required 71 While not physically

attending

72 Ice cream

alternatives

75 Pen tips 76 “Phantom Lady”

co-star 77 Prolonged attack 78 Zapped with a

stunning weapon 80 Camel cousin 82 “DMZ” actor

Benjamin

83 “— is an Englishman” (“H.M.S. Pinafore” lyric) 86 Kind of 35mm

camera

88 High coif 89 Furniture wood

option

90 Bridal bio word 93 Avian mimics 95 Rock guitarist

Barrett

97 Luau hellos 98 Ward for

preemies

102 Decimal base 103 Be too thrifty 104 Spaghetti —

bolognese

106 Goat cheese 107 Miles away

108 Jacob’s twin, in the

Bible

109 Region

110 Nest fillers

111 Exam for an atty.to-be

113 Vietnamese New

Year

114 Deteriorate

115 Anna of fashion 116 Non-earthlings, for

short

117 “— longa, vita

brevis”