The Stepword Fives

NOTE: Two wellknown “step”-related titles are hidden diagonally in this puzzle — both of them run in straight lines (although one makes an appropriate turn) and both are 18 letters long. Can you find them? (Answer next week.) ACROSS 1 Evenly matched 6 Swiss ___ 11 Once around the pool 14 Pearl Jam’s genre 15 Listener to Mark Antony 16 Guy on a pumper 20 Hit, as a hide-out 21 “My Fair Lady” lady 22 Highly spiced smoked beef 23 Put out, as stamps 24 Symbol of authority 25 Like the music of Mingus or Monk 26 “For shame!” 27 Grand Canyon transport 28 Women’s mag, or man’s name 29 Commandment verb 30 Compact item? 31 3-D hosp. procedure 32 Babe Ruth’s number 33 Comes to 34 Call a halt to 35 Contest mailings 37 Plain people? 38 Fruit drink brand 39 Soccer scores 40 Connects emotionally 41 Fleet member 45 Do a string thing 46 Second-highest world capital 47 Tot’s vehicle 48 ___ spray 51 Slalom challenges 52 Mazda model 53 Denzel Washington film, “The Book of ___” 54 Smoky stone 55 Shaw’s “Jaws” role 56 Entertainer Gaynor 57 Take all the fun out of 58 Keats subject 59 Kicks on fourth 60 Sentimental Scaling needs 62 61 Document certifiers 64 Popular Carlo? 65 JFMAMJJA SOND 66 Webs, e.g. 67 Rough-and-tumble 68 Writer Gorki 70 Put it to 71 “Nuts!” 72 Eloi portrayer in “The Time Machine” (1960) 74 Dark suit? 77 Source of down 78 Boxer-actor Rosenbloom 79 On the ___ 81 Boo’s partner 82 Mighty mount 83 Trial location 84 “Sesame Street” character 85 Maria’s introduction? 86 Artist Frida 87 Chart anew 88 Earlier 89 Together again 91 1992 candidate 92 Piercing target 93 Theoretically 94 MacDowell of L’Oréal ads 95 Thai and Chinese 96 Ship letters 97 Longest river in France 98 1814 treaty city DOWN 1 Wipeout? 2 Traitor 3 Inappropriate 4 Author and film critic James 5 Showed (the way) 6 Paper airplane folds 7 1982 Fleetwood Mac hit 8 Buddy 9 Bring down the house? 10 Test subject on “CSI” 11 Inventor of the symphonic poem 12 Pretentious, perhaps 13 For each 14 Big name in fairy tales 16 Rattles 17 Group with “kingpins” 18 Fishy 19 Dorothy, to Aunt Em 22 Covers some ground? 24 Tiresome talkers 25 Monologue material 28 Owner of Easter Island 29 Like some attitudes 30 Condemn openly 32 Have fewer points than 33 Wish list items 34 About, before a date 36 Bottom line? 37 Slangy establishment 38 Papa Doc ruled it 40 God portrayer 41 Patsy Cline hit 42 Become frosty 43 Miss ___ of “Dallas” 44 Control, with “the” 46 Throws in the towel 47 Church donation 48 Planes, trains and automobiles? 49 Cook’s protector 50 December addressee 51 iPod items 52 Mathis classic 55 Idiosyncrasy 56 Saxophonist-composer Jimmy, known for his big-band arrangements for Benny Goodman and Count Basie 57 TV host who idolized Barbra 59 People from the paper 60 Lawn care buy 61 Renee in “Chicago” 63 Emirate emigrés 64 Answered a cattle call? 65 Jackie’s predecessor 67 Drive through Beverly Hills 68 Comedy of errors 69 ___ stew 71 Playing surface 72 Animal on a Florida license plate 73 Unknown quantity 74 One of Xavier’s exes 75 Perk (up) 76 Deplete 77 Procaine predecessor 78 Clinton’s “My Life,” e.g. 80 Societal customs 82 Fills to the gills 83 “Rigoletto” composer 84 Els who has tees 86 Gymnastic maneuvers 87 City near Sparks 88 Luxurious 90 Flagstaff sch. 91 Buddy 92 There’s a price on it