“EPICENTERS”

ACROSS

1 Band booster 4 Fig. that rarely

exceeds 4 7 “Drive for show, __ for dough”: golf adage 11 Steam whistle sound 15 Fútbol cheer 18 Rapper Big __ 19 Sinuous swimmer 20 Cross letters 21 They may be even or

long 22 106-Across rival, for

short 23 Italian dressing herb 25 ESPN datum 26 James Joyce

accessory 28 Nearly 40 inches 29 Masseur’s bottleful 31 End-of-missive

extras, for short 32 Scope opening? 33 Fly, in fly-fishing 34 Bearded

impressionist 37 “The Art of War”

author 39 Montreal-based

shoe retailer 40 Mountaineer’s tool 41 Mogul-dodging path 43 Brutal 45 Evil-smelling 47 “Not interested” 49 Near East product 53 Poetic monogram 54 Evening affair 55 Sound-activated

infomercial gadget 56 It’s a real knockout 58 Webmaster’s code 59 __ circus 60 “__ Shoes”: 2005

Cameron Diaz film 61 Abstains from 64 Monet subject 65 It may be a sign of

chilling 68 O’Hara home 70 Construction site

sights 72 Moon-related

phenomena 73 Postgame

postmortem 74 Gorbachev’s land:

Abbr. 75 Perfume, as at High

Mass 76 Parts of some baby

splits 78 Laundry supply 81 2012 Stanley Cup

champs, initially 82 Swatch, e.g. 84 Port of Crete 85 It can be used in

dating 87 Baseball teams 88 Ducked down, say 89 Some IRAs 91 Some hieroglyphic

squiggles 94 Top parts 98 “Call me” 102 “It’s All Coming Back

to Me Now” singer 103 Grimm menace 104 Maple yield 105 Plays guitar chords,

in a way 106 Atlanta-based airline 107 Sandwich order 109 Flimsy 110 Biweekly stub,

perhaps 112 Somme summer 113 “Sometimes you feel

like __ …” 114 Let use for now 115 Fruity quencher 116 Post-op stop 117 Retreat 118 Welcome center

offerings 119 Work measures 120 Go-ahead 121 Talk Like a Pirate

Day mo.

DOWN

1 Los Alamos test

subjects, informally 2 Wells’ island doctor 3 Baker’s container 4 Transmission

selection 5 Pocket protector

insert 6 Tropical hi 7 Flower part 8 Not yet shared 9 Peter Sellers film that began production after his death 10 Spine line 11 Figure skate feature 12 Epic with a trip home

to Ithaca 13 Texas oil city 14 Kitchen meas. 15 Where to catch the

sound of music? 16 Game with meshed

sticks 17 Pre-coll. 24 “Capisce?” 27 Busy time for a CPA 30 __ Steaks 34 Nobelist of 1903 and

1911 35 Missing person? 36 Universally accepted

principles 38 “Valley Girl” cosongwriter Frank or Moon 42 Toronto-to-D.C. dir. 44 35mm shooter 46 They’re often email

addresses 48 TV prototypes 49 Law gp. in red serge

tunics 50 “The Life __”: “Mary

Poppins” tune 51 Leadership nucleus 52 Swamps 54 Cause of eyelid

redness 57 What one may be

taken for? 58 “I’m sorry, Dave”

speaker of sci-fi 60 Moths with colorful eyespots on their hind wings 61 CD precursors 62 Prima __ case 63 Euro forerunner 65 Spout 66 Boston Garden

legend 67 Convene 69 Cathedral part 71 Nominees for them are announced in January 73 Rodeo performer 75 Brooch fastener 76 Texter’s “Don’t go

there!” 77 Barmaid, to the Bard 78 Learning ctr. 79 Pickup feature 80 Guam Air Force base 83 “To recap ...” 85 Anger 86 Rock bottom 90 1994 Olympic gold

medalist skater Baiul 92 Piano part 93 Hits with force 95 Award-winning sci-fi

writer Connie 96 Perceive 97 Buy quickly 99 Vietnamese holiday 100 Basketry fiber 101 Place to follow

politics 103 Page with

sentiments 106 Applied henna, e.g. 108 Colorado State

athlete 111 Bustle