The Hamilton Spectator

WEEKLY CROSSWORD: See To It

- By David Alfred Bywaters Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Across 1 Order not to pay 5 Attention-seeker's

word

9 Make up one's

mind

15 Half of a

theoretica­l duality 19 Frankfurt article 20 Make over 21 Serving from a

buffet station 22 Versed in

23 Part of a successful baker's rep? 25 Ice-cream shop

cry?

27 Irritable

28 Where to find Bend and Bandon: Abbr. 29 Mosaic part 30 Centers

31 Joie de vivre 33 New Age

physician 35 Bundles that may

be cylindrica­l 36 Nocturnal

nuisance

39 Critter that doesn't sound interestin­g

41 Fish in a spread 43 Has too much,

briefly

44 Report on a

sucker? 48 Expressed, as a

farewell 50 Imitated

51 Early Iranian 52 Simple Simon's

request

53 Try to live up to 57 Blue-striped ball 58 Amer. attorney's

study

60 Proofer's “Leave

it alone” 62 Chihuahua kisses 63 W. alliance since

1948 65 “Hadestown”

creator Mitchell 67 Ice skater's small

talk?

69 Verify

72 Metaphor for a

mess

73 Talked

pompously 74 Shell game item? 75 Brown ermine 77 Dumbbell abbr. 78 “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” poet 79 Puerto Rico, por

ejemplo 81 Company with orange-and-white trucks

83 Friend

86 Golf club without

much loft 88 Smashed 90 Humble response

to praise

91 South Africa's __

Town

92 Sound of disgust,

in comics

93 Salon receptioni­st's job?

96 One side of many

rulers: Abbr. 99 Composer of the

opera “Alfred” 101 Oil cartel letters 102 Smartphone

sounds

103 Attempts to beat

on foot

105 Bowler's aversion 108 Desierto's lack 109 Listing in a

revision, perhaps 111 “Juno” actor

Michael

112 Many a bottom

line

114 Wear away 118 Cowardly

committee head? 120 Farmers market

IOU?

122 Bob with jokes 123 Back fin

124 Move like honey 125 Manual reader 126 Some farm moms 127 Swift

128 Potential

opponents of us 129 Carry

Down

1 Group within a

group

2 Lose energy 3 Taxing task 4 Wouldn't leave

be

5 Rainbow, e.g. 6 Egret, for one 7 River to the Fulda 8 Sleep __

9 Tweak for better

flavor, say

10 Text alternativ­e 11 Quartet in many

a string orchestra 12 Least healthy 13 Bit of OED info 14 Thames campus 15 Desert plant in the asparagus family

16 Lunar program 17 “You don't have

to”

18 Pleasantso­unding rock? 24 Polk predecesso­r 26 Sound from a nursery rhyme trio

32 Aesthetic notes 33 “Caught you!” 34 Sleeveless

garment

36 Vocal improv 37 “Uh-uh!” 38 Kitchen fixture 39 Late-night

reading aids 40 Arctic, for one 42 `60s conflict site 45 Guys

46 Greeting card

sentiment 47 Carrier rider 49 Chooses

54 “A Hard Road to

Glory” author 55 Hopper on a pad 56 Fixer's proposed

amt. 59 Hot holiday drink 61 Overjoyed

63 How police might

act

64 Wine drinker's

bonus

66 Big comm.

company, once 68 Dawdle 69 Tobacco plug 70 Winery prefix 71 Making a mess of 74 Summer setting

in K.C. 76 “Take __!”

80 Inc. cousin 82 Keats' “fosterchil­d of silence and slow time” is one

83 Two together 84 Cal. entry

85 Not so pricey 87 “The Fault in __ Stars”: 2014 film 89 Badly timed,

sometimes 91 Easy to see 94 Life-saving

proc.

95 Like crossword

answers 96 Christmas display 97 Bone __ 98 Abrasion

100 Trump game often with 24 cards

104 Icicle sites 106 Gibe

107 G-B-D, say 108 Fill with wonder 110 Added

stipulatio­ns 112 Lipton of tea

fame, for one 113 Cry of trepidatio­n 115 Very

116 Nutrition regimen 117 Basic French

verb

119 Filch

121 Sleep phenomenon, briefly

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