Our Saturday Special Puzzle

See answer to today’s puzzle in tomorrow’s Sunday Trentonian

START THE MUSIC” By MARK McCLAIN

ACROSS

1 Short-legged hopper

5 Untidy types 10 25% of doce 14 Period

18 River in Tuscany 19 Tiny island nation near the equator 20 Slew 21 Mom-and-pop business 22 Fallon predecessor 23 Became aware of, with “to” 24 Victor’s wife in “Casablanca” 25 Cobbler fruit 26 Summer cottage, perhaps 29 Emotive speaker

30 Fell in pellets 31 Result 33 Musician’s gift 34 Fitness ratio: Abbr.

36 Lake south of London 37 Have something 40 Oklahoma’s top crop 44 Handle 46 Dairy-based quaff 47 Phobia lead-in 48 Prior conviction, e.g.

52 One of the ones that “say so much,” in an Elton John hit 54 Brewpub choices 55 Pitchers that can’t throw? 56 Peachy-keen 58 Coronary chambers 59 Name of the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot 60 Programmer’s problem, perhaps 61 Drinking noise 63 Facebook count 64 Iberian landmark that’s an insurance company logo 68 Put back to zero 71 Villainous look 72 Half a game fish 73 Reverence 76 Unfitting 77 Dusk, poetically 78 Not treating nicely 80 Fussbudget 81 Some fort components 84 Personal exam? 87 One way to rest 88 Zugspitze, e.g. 90 With full force 91 Senate staffers 92 Pioneering TV brand

93 One covering the bases 95 Online notes 96 Symbolic uncle 98 The other way around

102 Port alternative 106 Bar accessory 108 Commonsense approach to behavior analysis

112 Showed the

courage

113 Credit union

seizure

114 Carpenter’s

machine

115 Concerning 116 “Let Me Ride”

Grammy winner 117 Champagne

spec

118 One who shows

the way

119 Yemeni city 120 Leave in 121 AOL and Comcast 122 “Beau __” 123 Moms in a glade

DOWN

1 Barber’s powder 2 Lunch box treats

3 Set aside 4 Lorna of Brit Lit 5 Peloponnesian city-state 6 Many a Grisham hero 7 Prayer opening 8 Whip up a cake 9 Bird feeder cake 10 Heist figure 11 Be empathetic 12 NBA’s __ Conference 13 Cruise ship feature

14 Mar. honoree 15 Start celebrating 16 1968 album containing “The Motorcycle Song”

17 At no time, in old times 21 __ Lee

27 Saw things 28 Bonnie with 10 Grammys 29 Luxury watch 32 Jamaica’s Ocho __ 34 Bud, for one 35 __ wear 38 Immortal army leader 39 Draped garments 40 Sub alternative 41 Image in a religious painting

42 Foil alternative 43 Pack animal 44 Starting point 45 Colgate rival 47 Moving around 49 1964 Civil Rts. Act creation 50 “Return of the Jedi” beings 51 MYOB word 53 __ Lama 57 “The Honeymooners” surname 60 Popular long shot 61 Title for Richard Starkey 62 Montana motto metal 64 Email option 65 Professional charges 66 Piazza de Ferrari city 67 God with a hammer 68 Redder, perhaps 69 Computer that was retired in 1955 70 Topping for chicken enchiladas 73 Quite dry 74 Half of a dinner pairing 75 Poaching targets 78 Cartoon explosion sound 79 With no changes 80 Key letter

82 Do a garden chore 83 Czech or Serb 85 Inuit craft 86 Stephen King’s role as the minister in “Pet Sematary,” e.g. 89 Would rather have 94 Support 96 Sweet-smelling pouch 97 Hold fast 99 Unmoving 100 Give up 101 Places to put coins 102 Enduring legends

103 It ends with the burial of Hector 104 Last movement of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata, e.g. 105 Come to terms 106 Santa Anita numbers 107 86-Down, for one 109 Connect, in a way, with “in” 110 RSVP convenience 111 Strong desires 113 MLB stat