The Hamilton Spectator

WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Hacker Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

- By Jean O’Conor

Across 1 Roasting aid 7 Monopoly token introduced in 2013 10 Preserve, in a way 14 Hardly eyecatchin­g 18 Fifth-century plunderer 19 Woodcutter Baba 20 Venice’s La Fenice, for one 23 Oatmeal? 25 Smooth con man’s tool? 26 Bridge 27 Building sites 28 Roman statesman 29 Refer (to) 30 Bit of climbing gear 32 Words before DVD 33 Celebrity entourages 34 Victoria’s Secret ad? 38 People at the supermarke­t counter? 39 Fifth of a century 40 Fictional barber Sweeney 41 Leeds leave-taking 46 “Don’t reckon so” 47 New member of the faith shaking things up? 52 Pisa’s river 54 Exhilarati­ng 55 Makes better 56 “You’re looking at her” 57 Queen dowager of Jordan 59 Unstable particle 60 Felicity 61 Soup kitchen scene? 68 Jordan’s only port 69 Award-winning 2012 film thriller 70 Token replaced by 7-Across 71 Hill of “Psych” 72 Tickle 74 One to ten, say 77 German one 81 Skewed priority? 84 Soft slip-on 85 Bee student 86 Wave to from the curb, maybe 87 Courtmate of Elena and Ruth 89 Drying-out problem 90 Foot pain location? 94 Café 98 Orly arrival 99 Subject of the 2008 biography “The Man Who Made Lists” 100 Kutcher of “No

Strings Attached” 101 Marathon prep run 102 “Wuthering Heights” setting 104 Befuddled 107 Edam? 109 Tired of watching “Downton Abbey”? 111 Good thinking 112 Diplomatic VIP 113 “Katie” host 114 Diamond datum 115 Stag, e.g. 116 Spot markers? 117 Collectibl­e Fords Down 1 Cries from Emeril 2 On 3 Attach to the luggage rack, say 4 Less resonant 5 Hillary Clinton, e.g. 6 Dwindled alarmingly 7 Cook, for one: Abbr. 8 “Ah, me!” 9 Handicappe­r’s help 10 Beethoven’s “Pathétique,” e.g. 11 “Bridesmaid­s” co-producer Judd 12 Show you know 13 1989-’90 Broadway one-man show 14 American Girl collection 15 Chaka Khan’s original band 16 Remark to the audience 17 Nice infants 21 Wyoming natives 22 Chlorine or fluorine 24 Used up 28 Like cottage cheese 31 III, in modern Rome 32 “You’d never guess, but ...” 34 Pres. Carter’s alma mater 35 Cape Fear’s st. 36 Congratula­tory contractio­n 37 Place for a hog? 38 Mid-century year 42 Archfiend 43 Send in 44 Gaeilge, to its speakers 45 Baseball’s Mel and Ed 47 Bok __ 48 Flying prefix 49 Clunk cousin 50 The “I” in I.M. Pei 51 “Pleeease?” 53 Seaman’s 12:30 58 “Chopsticks __ fork?” 59 Phone button letters 60 Fella 61 Provide with gear 62 Triple-meter dance, in Dijon 63 Suffix with 48-Down 64 Language that gave us “clan” 65 Like much wine and cheese 66 Houseplant spot 67 Raised on a farm 68 Totals 72 Flammable solvents 73 Bar in a brown wrapper 74 Snowboardi­ng gold-medalist White 75 Bit of change 76 Word sung after midnight 78 “Can’t really say” 79 “The Third Man” genre 80 Digitize, in a way 82 Antique grayish-pink shade 83 Trembled 87 Part of a line: Abbr. 88 Father of the river gods 90 Reluctant 91 Lookalike 92 Enterprise counselor 93 Ancient odist 94 Baroque musical dynasty 95 Has sex appeal 96 He-Man’s twin sister 97 Statistica­l tool first used to monitor the quality of stout 98 Hum __ 102 Cultural idea that may go viral 103 Round bodies 105 First Best Actor Oscar winner Jannings 106 Basics 108 Soil holder 109 Adderley’s instrument 110 City close to Ben-Gurion Airport

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