Edmonton Journal

“WHAT ABOUT BOB?”

- BY ROBIN STEARS

Across

1 Narratives of deeds 5 Dental alloys 13 Hamlet relative 20 Bubbly name 21 Attacked aggressive­ly 22 It’s usually taken in twos 23 Flop 25 He plays Armstrong in “First Man” 26 Cub : bear :: cria : __ 27 Not quite cuatro 28 Relative of tsk 29 Silent letters? 30 Article in Die Zeit 31 English class assignment 34 Colorful Bobby Vinton album (and hit song) 38 Certain flower cultivator 40 Town __ 42 Eur. land on the Atlantic 43 Gravlax herb 44 Perform at the Improv, say 45 Blows 49 1936 Edward G. Robinson gangster film 55 Troon turndowns 56 It borders three oceans 57 Carpet layer’s concern 58 Entirely fill 59 Fine-tunes 60 Baseball’s “Stan the Man” 63 Gillian’s role on “The X-files” 65 Justificat­ion 67 Finesse 68 Sun metaphor 73 Like sashimi 75 Currency replaced by the euro 77 Two-master 78 Search for provisions 80 Waiter’s handouts 81 Medication container 85 Usher 87 Sign sometimes upsetting 88 Clobber 89 Make extreme efforts 93 Shoot for, with “to” 95 Use a password, say 96 1985 movie with three possible endings 97 Asian holiday 98 Something in the air 99 Lemonade-and-lager drinks 103 1998 Stephen King “haunted love story” 107 Mike __,“Glee” character 108 “United Shades of America” channel 109 “Xanadu” gp. 110 Pub pal 111 “Lucky Guy” playwright Ephron 113 “Band of Gold” singer Payne 115 Help 118 “You’re in my space, pal!” 122 Like many a covered bridge 123 Selfish 124 Saltimbocc­a meat 125 Time frames 126 Property tax payer, e.g. 127 Links numbers

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1 “Epitaph for a Spy” author Eric 2 “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper 3 AFC South team 4 Elementary particle 5 DOJ division 6 Miss Piggy tagline 7 Trig function 8 Suspicious 9 Taunt 10 Muchos meses 11 “Newhart” production co. 12 Audible sign of distress 13 Hard to pin down 14 U-235 and C-14 15 Records in a collection 16 Rapper __ Nas X 17 Sans-serif typeface 18 Infomercia­l cutlery brand 19 Author Madeleine L’__ 24 Spenser’s “The __ Queene” 28 Round-bodied flatfish 32 Bank deposit 33 Huevos rancheros condiment 34 Collector’s items? 35 Girl in Byron’s “Don Juan” 36 Postal creed word 37 Former Alabamabas­ed grocery chain 39 He lost to Ike twice 40 Pool room 41 Nutritiona­l amt. 46 Broad view 47 Many a “Stranger Things” character 48 Old draft org. 49 Ole Miss rival 50 Ones taking things the wrong way 51 “I’m only going to say this once” 52 Great Seal word 53 Raise 54 Giga- x 1,000 59 Angels baseball cap feature 61 Five-spots 62 Inebriated 64 Whatever or whichever 66 Polar worker 69 Yielded 70 Ore that’s a source of silver 71 Piece in a still-life 72 Tell all 74 Make (one’s way) 76 Suddenly, in music 79 Crossed the lake, in a way 80 “Jerry’s Kids” telethon org. 82 Not near the coast 83 Cherish 84 Apple’s apple and Target’s target 86 Russian cottage 89 Wager without looking at one’s cards 90 Energetic spirit 91 Close-knit group 92 Panda’s skill, in a 2008 film 94 Foul caller 99 Vertical mine accesses 100 Summer cooler 101 Win the love of 102 Corgi complaints 103 Name probably derived from scat singing 104 Coeur d’__ 105 Hopeless case 106 “them” author 107 Snappish 111 Barracks bosses, briefly 112 “The Grapes of Wrath” figure 114 Invitation letters 116 Peyton’s quarterbac­k brother 117 __ Schwarz 118 Actress Arthur 119 Reno and others: Abbr. 120 Shakespear­ean cry of disgust 121 PRE-A.D.

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