The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
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Caitlin Reid, 35, is a stay-at-home mother with four young children in Santa Ana, Calif. She says, ‘‘When I’m not herding cats, you can find me playing Chopin on the piano or dancing to the Beatles in my kitchen.’’ The inspiration for this puzzle was 89-Across. Her favorite theme entry is the last one she thought of — 23-Across. This is Caitlin’s fourth crossword for The Times and her first Sunday. — W.S. ACROSS
Knock
Amped
Racket Chocolate component Humans’ closest relatives
20 Alternative sweetener
source
21 Trendy superfood
22 Coral formation
23 “Should I not use my
oven clock?”?
26 “My turn! My turn!”
27 What bankers and prospectors both seek
28 Sends a Dear John
letter
29 An arm and a leg
30 Soprano Fleming
31 Numerical prefix from the Greek for “monster” Gloria, in the animated “Madagascar” films Scrubs
The “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”?
40 ____ vu
41 Some spicy fare
43 Father of Zeus
44 Composer of “The Microsoft Sound,” which, ironically, he wrote on a Mac President-____ 32
33 35 45 47 Its calendar begins in A.D. 622
50 Members of a flock
51 Put up
52 Give a ride to an
Indiana hoopster?
55 Bargain-priced
56 New Year abroad
57 Teacher of the
dharma
58 Orange juice option
59 “I can’t take this
anymore!”
61 The Kremlin, e.g.
63 “____ in the Underworld” (Offenbach opera)
65 Show impatience with, as an envelope
68 “Cool beans!”
70 ____ health
71 Pope’s “____ on
Solitude”
74 Shared spirit
75 Printer’s low-ink alert?
How balloons are priced? Round product with a wax wrapper
81 Unwanted looks
82 Less outgoing
83 Bygone monitor, for short
What no single speaker is capable of
86 Offerings in a bridal
registry
88 Cause of an R rating
89 What a plumber did
for a clogged drain? 78 79 84 93 Given a yellow card, say
95 Top of the Special
Forces?
96 Little dippers?
97 Relish
98 Like a Tour de France rider on Day 20 visà-vis Day 10
99 Classical personification of ideal human beauty Overlord, for the Battle of Normandy Supereasy quiz question World’s shortestreigning monarch?
107 Sphere of influence
108 Tweak, in a way
109 In no way reticent
110 Sketch out
111 Tries
112 Flotsam and Jetsam, in “The Little Mermaid” Really like
Sign of a packed house 101 104 105 113 114
DOWN
1 Bust
2 Locale for a shrine
3 Personal favorite on an
agenda
4 Least taxing
5 Colorful stone in a
brooch
6 Flaps one’s gums
7 Actress Mendes
8 What strawberries become as they ripen 9 Cover-up for a robbery? Notoriously hard-todefine aesthetic style
11 Servings from a tap
12 La Baltique, e.g.
13 Big figures in 47-Across
Back to the original speed, in music They usually include drinks
16 Relief
17 ____ Miss
19 Sole supporter?
24 “____ She Lovely” (Stevie Wonder song) Neighbor of an Armenian
29 Some prom rentals
31 Scenic fabric
32 Improve gradually,
say
33 Doing well (at)
34 Give a false
impression of
35 Got taken for a ride
36 Unsolicited mentions online, in the press, etc.
37 “Meeeeeeeeow!”
38 It makes you yawn
39 Shelfmate of Webster
42 One who gets
take-out orders?
46 Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich.
48 Mini-program
49 Egyptian ____ (cat)
51 Derbies, e.g. 10 14 15 25 53 Spread out at a banquet?
54 Attire
55 Parts of a gymnastics
routine
59 Calculation for an
aerospace engineer
60 When doubled, “I
agree!”
61 Alternative to a condo
62 Certain finish
64 Comparative in a
wedding vow
65 Flinch or twitch, say 66 Computer guru,
informally
67 Pops up in a flash?
69 Common sports injury site, briefly Piquant bakery offerings
John who pioneered the steel plow
73 Messed up
75 Get bent
76 Green lights, so to
speak 71 72 77 “Stop being such a baby!”
79 Old dentist’s supply
80 Ingredient in insect
repellent
84 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
85 Powerpoints?
87 Envelop in a blanket
90 “It’s Not Easy Bein’
Green” crooner
91 Opposites of 76-Down
92 Palais des Nations
locale
94 Say for certain 97 Echolocation method
98 Bull, e.g.
99 Half of a children’s
game
100 Dastard’s doings
101 Popular 2017 Pixar
film set in Mexico
102 “Caboose”
103 Old Bond rival
104 Hit 2010s HBO
series, familiarly
105 Late ____
106 Fish-taco fish