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BY PETER A. COLLINS Peter A. Collins is the chairman of the math department at Huron High School, in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he has taught for 40 years. He has been married for 33 years and has four adult daughters, all still in the Ann Arbor area. The genesis of this puzzle was hearing about an actor who had [answer at 48-Across]. That made him think of Frankenstein, and an idea was born. This is Peter’s 114th crossword for The Times. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Reposed
6 Ruler divisions: Abbr. 9 Objective
12 Source of stress for a
returning vacationer 18 Homes staffed with
butlers, say 20 Heartburn-relief brand 22 Snapple competitor 23 At the Halloween play, when the black cat appeared, the ____ 25 Really bother
26 Sound of a candy wrapper 27 Collectibles-like ticket stubs and matchbooks 29 Glassy square? 30 ‘‘Critique of Pure
Reason’’ philosopher 31 Enemy of Bowser in
video games 33 Music producer Gotti 35 Fr. religious title
a ____
43 Belle of a ball 46 Bradley or Patton: Abbr. 47 Citrus fruit with a
portmanteau name 53 One of the kids on
‘‘Stranger Things’’ 57 Most common U.S. street
name, surprisingly 58 Scarecrow portrayer 59 Blanket that’s worn 60 Follow closely, as the curb 61 Pitcher Satchel in the
Baseball Hall of Fame 63 Chow
65 ‘‘Of course I remember
you!’’ often 66 Glasses, in slang witch’s performance, ____
71 Tickled
72 Dragon-roll ingredient 73 Friendly
74 Prepare, as
mushrooms 75 Vexation
76 Cassandra, for one 78 Vocal critics
81 Hooded jacket
84 Great Lake name 88 Amazon, for one 90 Old-timey title 91 No-go area, in brief 99 ‘‘Evil Woman’’ group,
for short
100 Most common English letter, in Morse code
101 Joyce Carol with two
O. Henry Awards 102 Slumps
106 Send emojis, say 108 Southern shade trees 112 It gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1991 115 Source of some tweets
hit ____
119 Try to make out 120 Tot’s spot in a lot 121 Certain Bach
compositions
122 Fitting anagram of
ANGER + E
123 In the style of
124 G.I.’s chow
125 Artoo-____ 2 Oscar winner Dern 3 Finish with
4 Final destination,
perhaps
5 Long haul
6 Title for Emma Bovary: Abbr. 7 Appreciative cry
8 Arrive unnoticed
9 ‘‘As I Lay Dying’’ father 10 Two of Us? 11 Fashioned
12 Them’s fighting words! 13 ‘‘It’s Raining ____’’ 14 ‘‘This minute!’’ 15 Formal admission 16 Simple shelter 17 Glossy gown fabric 19 ‘‘30 Rock’’ was inspired
by it, for short
21 Apt thing to wear during
allergy season? 24 Mortar = sand + water
+ ____
28 Gymnastics event 32 With skill
34 French towns
37 What you’re doing at
every moment 38 Bassoon attachment 39 Buck
40 Like royal flushes 41 Beg
42 Museum offering 43 Article of Cologne? 44 She raised Cain
45 Hit ABC dating show,
with ‘‘The’’ 49 Component of
béchamel sauce 50 Celebration of a life,
for short
51 Clouds (up)
52 Tickled
54 Spam filter, of a sort 55 Capital of Samoa 56 Lentil, e.g.
59 Card’s place: Abbr. 61 Good thing to make or
break
62 One of two for a tee 64 It might be pale or
amber
66 Late-night host
Meyers
67 Indiana city that’s 100 miles west of Lima, Ohio
68 Pale
69 Quaint ‘‘not’’
less tidy
71 Produce on a farm 73 Poster heading
75 Spy’s collection
77 Billy in the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame 79 Not up
80 Fatty tuna, in
Japanese cuisine 81 Lead-in to phobia 82 Common sight at a
cash-only bar
83 AM radio abbr. 85 Capone contemporary 86 Bone: Prefix
87 Like some Coast Guard
rescues
89 Superfan
92 Do another take of 93 Number of sides on a
hendecagon
94 More crafty
95 ____ ark
96 ____ Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic Caucus 97 Them’s fighting words! 98 Will matter
103 Stop, in France 104 Reach
105 Have the final word 107 ‘‘United States of ____,’’ show for which Toni Collette won an Emmy 109 Cow, in Cádiz
110 Bibliography abbr. 111 ____ vez (again, in
Spanish)
113 Record speed, for
short
114 Gadget that once came with a click wheel
116 Rip (on)
118 It might start with ‘‘I
’’: Abbr.