Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- By Adam Frommi/ Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1 Colo. ___, Colo. 4 1040 preparer, for short 7 Heartbeat 13 Plied with spirits 18 Shakespear­e 20 National Forensic League

skill 22 Rare violin 23 Royal house until the early

20th century 24 Bad occupation for

Sleepy? 26 One 27 Head of ancient Sparta? 28 Hardest to ship, say 29 Bad occupation for

Happy? 31 Bit of wear for a fop 32 Hero who debuted in Weird

Tales magazine in 1932 33 M.A. hopeful’s ordeal 34 Like Oscar Wilde’s humor 37 Ruler in a robe 41 Touch while running 42 Home of two M.L.B. teams 44 Villains in 1939’s

“Stagecoach” 48 Last ___ 50 Ones running away with

the game? 54 Mrs. Robinson’s daughter 55 Having hands, maybe 57 Bad occupation for

Sneezy? 59 More than a quarter of the

earth’s crust, by mass 61 Longtime Yankee nickname 62 Spot for a flame 63 Bad occupation for

Grumpy? 69 2000 musical with the song “Fortune Favors the Brave” 70 Diplomatic, say 71 Some juices 73 Bad occupation for

Dopey? 79 Grippers 80 Spanish dish 81 Classic figure in a top hat 83 It needs to be fed

frequently 84 Best in the market 86 Last word of “Finnegans

Wake” 87 ___ Canals 89 Gives a darn? 90 Bridge maker’s deg. 91 Biblical mount 93 Singer John 95 Common tattoo spot 98 Bad occupation for Doc? 105 Hippocampu­s

hippocampu­s, e.g. 108 Mishmashes 109 Employee of the month

award, say 110 Bad occupation for

Bashful? 112 Waldorf salad ingredient­s 113 Sports anchor Rich 114 Attacked ground units, in

a way 115 Honchos 116 Lands in a puddle, maybe 117 Accent 118 ___-Magnon 119 ___-la-la

Down

1 Kerri ___, U.S. gymnastics

star at the 1996 Olympics 2 45 player 3 Pay up 4 Cave ___ 5 One going to market 6 Daily or weekly: Abbr. 7 “Friends” role 8 (0,0), on a graph 9 Eruption sight 10 “___ Frome” 11 A picky person may pick

one 12 Trailer attachment 13 Bananas 14 “Somebody shot me!” 15 Questionna­ire blank 16 Airport postings, for short 17 Force 19 Subject of dozens of

Degas paintings 21 Vertigo symptom 25 Group with the 1995 #1 hit

“Waterfalls” 27 Honor like a troubadour 30 Bar that shrinks 33 Miss 34 Like four U.S. presidents 35 Mathematic­ian Descartes 36 River to the North Sea 37 Chapters in history 38 Half note 39 Novelist Calvino 40 Like lanterns at the start of

evening 42 Log 43 Big bother 45 Degree of interest? 46 “Voilà!” 47 Fire 49 Convivial 51 Jai ___ 52 Funeral song in Scotland 53 Cuts 56 Become a Youtube

sensation 58 Finally edible 60 Zip 64 Duo with the 2003 hit “All

the Things She Said” 65 Levi’s alternativ­e 66 Actors Maclachlan and

Chandler 67 Serve up some ham? 68 Extend, in a way 72 Georgia and Moldova,

once: Abbr. 73 Like two peas in ___ 74 Hail 75 Is allowed (to) 76 Overhead transports 77 Tolkien’s tree creatures 78 Some Jamaicans 82 “Switched-on Bach”

instrument 85 Snares 88 Not a great hand for raising 92 Surgical inserts 93 Aristocrac­ies 94 Big name in insurance 95 [Give me the worm! Give

me the worm!] 96 Hallmark of the

Philadelph­ia sound 97 Sounds of hesitation 98 Relating to the palm of the

hand 99 Apple software bundle that

includes Garageband 100 Volunteer’s cry 101 “Shoot!” 102 Disgruntle­d worker’s

parting cry 103 External 104 “The Gondoliers” bride 105 Ballet bit 106 Malevolent 107 Lhasa ___ 111 “Either plagiarism or revolution,” per Paul Gauguin 112 Fighters’ org.

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