crossweek

Across 1 Toronto media inits. 4 Baseball score 7 Make use of 10 Hosp. area 13 Speak to rudely 17 Robot banker 20 U.S. coppers, abbr. 23 Swill for swine 25 Title in Berlin

26 Hit the bottle

27 East coast state (abbr.) 29 Bisected, say 31 Fancy 33 Auditioner's aim 34 Font option 35 Actress Falco of "The Sopranos" 36 Fades or declines 37 Jane Austen novel 38 Cavalry mount 39 Boat in "Jaws" 40 Singer India.__ 41 Shakespearean ''soon'' 42 Egyptian symbol 43 For fear

44 It has a canal 45 Tenet 46 Goldbrick 47 Energy drink maker 48 Canadian city 51 Canadian city 55 Canadian town 57 Ask for

58 Goes to bat 60 Particle in a charged state 61 Flanders, cartoon neighbour 62 CPO'S group 64 Tuna type 65 Words of a worrier 69 Sinatra wear 71 Visitor 74 Vegetable in Cajun cooking 76 Cornerstone abbr. 80 Booty 81 Silky-voiced singer 82 Bargaining shrewdly 84 Compass direction 86 Provoke

87 ___ and bear it 88 Juvenile

89 TV company, part of Disney 92 Sheep noise 93 Threaten, with at 94 Convention orator 96 Maryland's capital 98 Do some tailoring 101 Concrete reinforcement material 104 Simple task, e.g. 106 Cause jaws to drop 107 Ferdinand, e.g. 108 Discontinue 110 Lucky fish 111 Wranglers alternative 112 Auction off 113 Canadian singer 119 Canadian actor and comedian 121 Canadian actor 126 Chinese and Japanese 127 Insinuating 128 Nobelist Wiesel 129 Winding road shape, often 130 Actress, Long 131 Kicks out

137 Rub the wrong way 138 Hodgepodge 139 Catastrophe 140 Global taxi company 141 Schemers

142 Bag

146 Famous Henry's number 148 Wrestling holds 151 Perfectly matched 152 Personal statement intro 153 "Possibly"

158 A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I 159 Annapolis sch. 160 Sauntered

164 Cares for deeply 165 Fun house sounds 167 Type of poker 168 Business watchdog for customers (abbr.) 170 Predatory group 174 Certain condiment's origin 176 Page of music 178 Vegas quarter gobbler 182 Burrow

183 __ be nice if ... 184 Budweiser 187 Chinese dollar

189 Real thing 191 Unventilated

192 Ariz. neighbour 195 Garlicky sauce 196 Memory developing technique 198 Mormons, initially 199 Passed out in a bad way 203 Nicholas II'S dynasty 205 "Time's a-wastin'!" (for short)

206 Latex paints

211 Court figure

212 Buds

213 Say again

217 Rime

221 Longish dress

222 Fair fare

223 Army V.I.P. 224 ''Jaws'' sighting 226 Superman's mother 227 Pan-fry

228 ___ Island, N.Y. 230 Canadian actor and musician 234 Canadian actor and comedian 236 Canadian figure skater and choreographer 238 Pearl Mosque locale 242 Type of bread or whiskey 243 Lummox 244 Barber's motion 245 Those with clout

246 3 in Roman letters 247 Not quick on the uptake 251 Shakespearean performer, e.g. 253 Sanctify using oil 255 Adult

261 For all to see

262 LAX info

263 Med. drama sites 266 Space-saving abbr. 267 Eisenhower and Turner 268 Government safety org. down south 269 Corp. exec. 270 Empire State building locale, briefly 271 Innocuous quality 277 Fuels

281 Palm hit 282 Houston ballplayer 284 S.A tubers 285 The fugitive had

___ (was going to be caught) 287 Sounds

288 Howler

290 Coll. major 292 "Murder, ___" 293 Rightful

294 Inlaid

295 Ella Fitzgerald specialty 296 Airport authority, abbr. 297 Canadian TV producer 301 Canadian actor and model 307 Canadian actress 314 Cartoon character Krabappel 315 Nabokov heroine and others

317 Pick up 318 Investment return, abbr. 319 Slender shoe description 321 Wrangler rival 322 British princess 323 Midsummer babies 324 Muddy up

325 Cue stroke 326 Agenda point 328 Basketball Hallof-famer Archibald 329 Strong team

330 Major or Minor Bear 331 Historic English city 332 Train in boxing 333 Beasts of burden 334 Figure (out)

335 Walk on 336 Helgenberger of "CSI" 337 Stake

338 Enzyme suffix 339 Checkup sounds 340 Lowest digits

341 A gal. has eight 342 Business going public 343 Some switch positions 344 Caustic substance Down 1 Network showing 2 Capitol Hill proceedings 2 Pancakes and sour cream 3 Ski lodge drink 4 Sale indicator 5 To the point 6 ''The Faerie Queene'' character 7 "No doubt about it" 8 Some alerts, for short 9 Aphid, to a gardener 10 Settle a deal 11 Acquire

12 Dispirit 13 Circumspect 14 Gate-crasher

15 Like a canyon's sides 16 Stockholm native 17 Absent without leave, for short

18 Cast

19 Book before Nahum 20 Dickens "A Christmas ___" 21 Extended family 22 Navigate 24 Hunger sign

25 One that listens 26 Gives away 28 Stoolie user 30 Fragrance, US spelling 32 Soprano group 33 French licoriceflavored liquor 49 Goat's-hair fabric 50 Resort island near Venice 51 Airline to Karachi 52 ''Portnoy's Complaint'' author 53 Make lovable

54 Phil Collins: "Can't ___ back the years" 56 Charlie and Martin 59 Legal helpers, briefly 63 Droop

65 First name in gymnastics

66 Toot your own ____ 67 Destroy 68 11,000-foot Italian peak

69 At no cost, in Germany 70 Spans of time 72 "Tarzan" author's monogram 73 Government security agency, abbr. down south 74 German border river 75 First-aid, for one

77 Sir or Mrs.

78 "He's __ nowhere

man" (Beatles lyric) 79 Turquoise

81 Top star

83 From the top 84 Unagi, at a sushi bar 85 Old cartoonist Hoff 88 Dots on a map 90 "Porgy and ___" 91 Henry VIII'S first queen 94 Capital of Ukraine 95 Spy's "covert" activities 97 Bread in a Paris cafe 98 Clarinet vibrators 99 Plain Jane of fiction 100 Scratch 102 Squeaks (out) 103 Tropical constrictors 104 Profits

105 Half a laugh 107 Diamond stats 109 Bluenose

113 Some sports cars, for short 114 "Love to know" 115 Running water sediment 116 Bottom duster 117 System 118 Compass direction, abbr. 120 Golf peg 121 Referring to an economic theory 122 Open, in a way 123 French for nothing 124 Ideal locations 125 Deadly sins number 132 Sandwich bread 133 Spanish bear 134 Michigan's

___ Canals

135 West ender? 136 Compass point 139 Cause for a shootout 140 Not new 141 Question 143 "Hey!"

144 The "E" in

E.R.: Abbr. 145 "Shane" star 146 Certain intersection 147 Internet addresses 149 Founded: Abbr. 150 Baton Rouge sch. 153 "___ a Song Go Out of My Heart" 154 Driven obliquely

(as a nail)

155 Movie format 156 Taking away 157 Caribbean music 160 "Delicious!"

161 Yes, in French

162 Fig. in identity theft, down south 163 Berlioz's "Les nuits d'___" 166 Pig's home 168 Convention group 169 Young guys

170 Phone trio

171 Giving ___, in a lowball game

172 Vane direction 173 Educational certificate 175 Speed limit, at times 177 Heartburn relief tablet 178 Fi lead-in

179 Think (over)

180 Time ___ half 181 Plaster mold 184 Preconception 185 Billion-year period 186 "All over the world" singers, for short 188 Fleshy fruit

189 Jersey sound

190 News channel

192 Social outcast, maybe 193 Country estate

194 Poem for the dead 195 Words of agreement 197 Madame, for short 199 Rain gear

200 O.J. trial judge

201 Atlas abbr.

202 Family head 203 Irregular

204 Dairy case item 207 One-named supermodel 208 Credit-card name 209 Earliest garden?

210 Spill the beans 214 Creepy cinema street 215 Laser beams

216 Where sports events may be held 217 Favourite hang-out 218 Sharers' word 219 Lawyer: Abbr.

220 "Cold Mountain" extra 224 Italian auto maker 225 Dope

227 One hole in a golf contest 228 Dirties

229 Small branch 231 Culturally affected 232 Educator Bill 233 Nearby 235 Advance, slangily 237 Bugs

238 Pet protection org. 239 Satiates 240 Automaton 241 Piercer

248 Ryder of Hollywood 249 Treacherous road condition 250 Letters of compassion

251 Bill producers 252 Look for again 254 Desktop pictures 255 ___ print

256 Four stringed instruments 257 Pinkish-red 258 Home of the Nobel Peace Prize 259 Detective's query 260 Part of the neck 262 Historic time 264 O.R. workers 265 Time measurement 271 Dear

272 Billing abbr. 273 Check beneficiary 274 Tartness 275 Cheeky, to the max 276 On ___ (like much freelance work) 278 Parrot variety 279 Crowned

280 Goes with Spumanti

283 Go back over 286 Ordinal suffix 288 Beating 289 Bourbonbarrel wood 291 They get changed 292 Old Testament book

296 Halves of sawbucks 297 Peach ___, a dessert 298 Think tank nuggets 299 $100 bill 300 Parkinson's treatment 302 Mater starter 303 Brewer's ___ 304 Cowboy's rope 305 Pupil's locale 306 Add 308 Playback speed, briefly 309 Austin resident 310 Cuban leader Castro 311 Join

312 Take back 313 "The Family Circus" cartoonist 316 Some cameras, for short

319 Not pro 320 "Modern Maturity" org. 327 Submissions to eds.