WEEKEND CROSSWORD
PREPARING FOR NOTHING ACROSS
1 Pleased5 Rocker Townshend 9 Helper for Frankenstein 13 Jumped ship 19 Member of a canine unit 21 Nada 22 Remove adhesive strips from 23 Start of a riddle 25 Nonstudent resident of a college city 26 Microsoft Word creations, informally 27 Regret a lot 28 First-time fathers 30 Riddle, part 2 36 Prego competitor 37 — -mo 38 Tiny, informally 39 Manner40 Tavern spigot 43 In addition 47 Largest known asteroid 48 Riddle, part3 53 Sch. near Harvard 54 Disposed (of) 55 Actor Sharif 56 Nero’s 2,001 57 Fearful 58 Bro relative 59 — orange (inedible fruit) 61 Smidgen63 “POV” network 65 Huck Finn’s floater 67 Bandleader Arnaz 68 Riddle, part 4 71 Broiling bar 75 Lane of the Daily Planet 77 Nintendo console 78 Tyrant Amin 79 Tree of the pine family 80 “— a deal!” 83 — -chic fashion85 Old horror star Chaney 87 Prefix with Chinese 89 Island guitar, for short 90 Pro-firearm org. 91 Riddle, part 5 95 Joust weapon 97 Pencil add-on 98 Martial arts teacher99 Italian wine city 100 Delhi dress 102 Org. for the Ravens, but not the Falcons 105 Lock lips with 106 End of the riddle 113 Conditionally free prisoner 114 Letters before gees 115 Maui feast 116 Not endless 117 Riddle’s answer 124 12-step support group 125 Chocolate-and-caramel candy 126 Talus 127 Arid expanse 128 Plumlike fruit 129 Hit with a stun gun 130 Brainstorm
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1 Vehicle navig. aid 2 Baseball great Gehrig 3 Lofty peak 4 Salsa, e.g. 5 Mexican coins 6 Decrees 7 Lump in the throat 8 Yolked thing 9 Rack up 10 Thick and sticky 11 Yoko from Tokyo 12 Mended, as a sweater13 “How come, though?” 14 Battery end 15 “I’m the culprit” 16 Valleys, plateaus and canyons 17 “Attack ofthe Clones,” vis-à-vis “Star Wars” 18 Actress Ruby 20 Part of UPC 24 Pooch’s bark 29 D.C. hrs. 30 General discomfort 31 Schedules 32 Responsibility 33 “Our Gang” novelist Philip 34 God, in Madrid 35 Relaxes 36 Musket-loading tool 41 Healing plant 42 Pug or peke alternative 44 — -pah-pah 45 Offensively self-assertive 46 African antelope 47 Kitchen VIP 49 “Rocky and Bullwinkle” villainess 50 Slate-colored 51 Delta, for one 52 Big name in big computers 60 Street poet Scott-Heron 62 Dawn drops 64 Lanka lead-in 66 Gp. often flagging bags 68 Celine of pop 69 — Wafers 70 Actress Falco 72 Old German kingdom 73 Most disgusting 74 Student’s Ph.D. paper 76 Certain wind instrument 79 Ear part80 Wife’s sibling, e.g. 81 Rubbish heap 82 Hot California winds 84 Listens to by chance 86 LA-to-IN dir. 88 Hosp. figures 92 “Pics — didn’t happen!” 93 — II (Gillette razor) 94 Egyptian cross 96 Topaz quartz 100 Unspoken101 Get riper 103 Entertainer Lola 104Makes heavy, dull sounds 107 Auto engine 108 Mello — (soft drink) 109 Tale — (sob story) 110 Troop support gp. 111 Soup scoop 112 Ditty 116 Craze 118 Cyber-guffaw 119 Kit — (candy bar) 120 Kyoto sash 121 Pea holder 122 Suffix with meth- or prop123 In-favor vote