Edmonton Journal

“DROLLERY”

- by Jean O’Conor

ACROSS

1 Tex-Mex casserole 8 Woodworkin­g tool 13 Where tie-dyeing

may be done 19 Came to 20 Phylicia of “The

Cosby Show” 21 Muse of comedy 22 Foster 23 Rush hour traffic

reporters? 25 Confrontat­ion

ending device 26 What the Tin Man

had 28 Krypton, for one 29 Like some contracts 31 More than cool 32 Diplomatic office 34 Like auxiliary vbs. 36 List that includes “full,” “round” and “wide”? 39 Hardly rah-rah 43 One-named “I Do!” singer named for a Jackson 45 National No Socks

Day month 46 13 for Al, e.g. 47 Music genre heard in the film “The Big Easy” 48 Ticket seller’s query 50 Happy 52 Rival of 56-Down 54 H.S. offering 55 Makes up (for) 56 Foes with bows? 61 Kitchen gadget 62 Activity center 63 Lacquered

metalware 64 “Then ...” 65 Tony’s portrayer on

“NYPD Blue” 66 Adjective for a 93

Across 68 Ready to bloom 72 Certain girder 74 More like a mountain

road 76 MLB exec Joe 77 Reason for a strange smell coming from the trunk of the car? 81 Commercial­ly, it started around the time of the Boeing 707 launch 82 Pal of Harry and

Hermione 83 Second-century date 84 NFL scores 85 Like a dirt road vis

à-vis pavement 86 Exceedingl­y 89 Pentagonal plate 92 Fr. neighbor 93 Quaintly named

lodging 94 “__ the Beat”: 1982

hit for The Go-Go’s 95 “Chantilly Lace” and

“Blue Velvet”? 99 No. after a dot 100 Divulged 102 Hockey legend 103 Love-crazy Le Pew 105 Go along with 108 Make an error on, as

a check 111 Early 20th-century Oklahoma boom town 114 Group of sweet

talking experts? 116 Pittsburgh

skyscraper builder 118 Baseball’s Posey 119 Hun king 120 Pension collector 121 Guides 122 Nos from Nikita 123 Jules Léotard and Amelia Bloomer, for two

DOWN

1 It’s pitched 2 Blue shade 3 Hasty remark? 4 Genre featuring big

hats 5 Deer or elk,

sometimes 6 Court suffix 7 Adam’s first home 8 Texas border city 9 Hollywood canine 10 What’s left 11 Clinton imitator on

“SNL” 12 Big name in ice

cream 13 Gillette razors 14 Dry 15 Having good night

vision 16 Sacha Baron Cohen

alter ego 17 Flaky mineral 18 Hand at dinner 20 1986 Indy champ 24 Supercompu­ter

maker 27 Wild revelry 30 Depicts in words 33 “Homeland” terrorist

Nick 34 Ivy League city 35 Encourage with

cheers 37 Fork over 38 Greet with two

letters? 40 Cab starter 41 Slush Puppie maker 42 Shepherds, perhaps 44 Inclined to forget 47 Greek known for

paradoxes 49 Oxygen-dependent

organism 50 Stubborn stain 51 Sore 53 Thwart 56 Rival of 52-Across 57 Called forth 58 Bits of antiquity 59 Privileged classes 60 “Amahl and the Night Visitors” composer 62 New Hampshire

state mineral 67 Lt. Columbo, e.g. 69 Food for thought? 70 Pressing 71 Some farm

machinery 73 Gas station acronym 75 Trim to fit 77 Sprouted 78 Travel randomly 79 10 C-notes 80 It’s nothing to Nero 81 Cocktail with a sprig

of green 85 Scout group 87 Prize ribbon feature 88 Noted gatekeeper 90 Almost out of gas 91 Try to make peace 92 Actor Reynolds 95 Señorita’s blossom 96 Alpine tunes 97 Merry refrain 98 Gets busy with 101 Anatomical canals 104 Applied (for) 105 Homes for B-52s,

briefly 106 Superfluit­y 107 Demolish, in Dorset 109 Bad mood 110 __-et-Loir: French

department 112 Come across as 113 Many microbrews 115 TV chef Martin 117 Pennant race mo.

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