Edmonton Journal

““STRETCHES ACROSS””

- BY ROLAND HUGET

“Stretchesa­cross” Byrolandhu­get

Across

1 Lakeskimme­r 7 Bitterly harsh

14 In flames

20 Free bakery treats? 21 “Orphan Black” star

Maslany 22 Primpartne­r 23 Uses a salamander,

perhaps 24 Handsaniti­zer

ingredient

25 Glossy fabric 26 *Termsfor tenants 29 “Great” detectiveo­f

kid-lit 32 Qbsanddhs 33 Winter coaster 34 Kerfuffles

38 Prefix with tourism 39 Backup

41 Refer to 44 Stopdither­ing 45 *Question in a famousbalc­ony scene

53 Emission from

radioactiv­e decay 54 Wrestling legendric 55 Nycfilm festival

locale

56 Actorepps

57 Ocelot, e.g. 59 Harmonseri­es 60 __-O-honey candy

62 Bud

63 “Mudbound” director

Rees 65 Bag-screening org. 68 *Southeaste­rn evergreent­hat soundslike a college 73 *“Tennesseew­altz”

composer 77 Run-downtheate­rs 78 Bea little shy? 80 Admitdefea­t

81 Fury

82 Test run

84 Fictional sleuthwolf­e

85 Well-known

88 Device thatmay

displayawk­ward momentsont­he jumbotron 90 Abalone eater 94 “Queensugar”

creatorduv­ernay 95 *“Leave this tome” 99 Quick qualifier

100 Court dividers

102 Wear a longface

103 Notgoodat all

104 Radiate

105 Lugs around

107 Sandwich

letters

110 Motorless aircraft

112 *Financial report

section 117 “The Night Watchman” Pulitzer

winnererdr­ich

119 Marshmallo­w-filled

treat

120 Biblebookw­ith 150

poems

123 “__ Restaurant”:

classic Guthrie song 124 Quarterbac­kwhowas MVPOF Superbowls XLIIANDXLV­I

125 Pabstbrand

126 Smartphone­screen

borders

127 Supplement­ed

128 “Foryoureye­sonly”

singershee­na

Down

1 Snarky remark 2 Dropthebal­l 3 Excessivel­y 4 Graphicnov­elby Rainatelge­meier

about a girl with braces

5 Iron-rich leafy

vegetable 6 Raeof“the

Lovebirds” 7 Unsteady, quaintly 8 “Comingat you!” 9 Cultural values 10 “Knivesout” writer/

directorjo­hnson 11 Rock groups 12 Howsun-dried tomatoesma­ybe packed

13 Pasadena

engineerin­g sch. 14 Lhasa __

15 Breakfast cereal fiber 16 Much, informally

17 Bigmonkey 18 Snooze symbol

19 Eastend? 27 Londonluxu­ryhotel

thatopened­in 1889 28 __-proof

29 Rookie, casually 30 Tooth trouble

31 Duking it out

35 Not imported

36 Gp. with reserves

37 Ancient portico 39 “Buona__”: Italian

greeting 40 Over yonder 42 Gobad 43 “Heart& Soul” country singer Church

46 Male sheep 47 Irsconveni­ence 48 Theworks 49 “Gnarly, dude!” 50 __-tac-toe 51 Swap 52 Kimonosash 57 Styles 58 Concert mementos 60 Favebud

61 “__ bedarned!” 62 Horsd’oeuvres spread 64 “Fargo” actor Mcgregor 66 Weeklynbcs­how with a musicalgue­st 67 Gogray, maybe 69 Burgerorde­r 70 Appletv+ device 71 “Comprende?” 72 Razzieawar­d adjective

73 Nobel category 74 Needle hole

75 Tipof thealps? 76 Macraméuni­t 79 Coin-in-a-fountain thought

82 Sticking point 83 Frilly trim 85 Autographh­ounds 86 “Sans” opposite

87 Test for solvers 88 Keystonefi­gure 89 Bigdhoopst­er 91 Schedule component, andwhat the answers tothe starredclu­es literally

contain

92 Abudhabi ruler 93 Goesbad

95 Wow

96 Partofmvp

97 Talk with one’s hands 98 Orbital circuit shape 101 Water channel

104 Literaryaw­ards namedfor a Baltimorew­riter 106 “Thejoyofpa­inting”

prop

107 Fair, inaway

108 Jeffof thetraveli­ng

Wilburys

109 Lukewarm

111 Prefix with gramor

cart

113 “Room” novelist

Donoghue

114 Mapline

115 “It __ over till it’sover” 116 __ Park: Queens area 117 Forensic facility

118 Worldcupch­ant

121 Old conductanc­e

unit

122 ID with

twohyphens

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