Times Colonist

TAKING THE FIFTH

- By Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Chest protectors 7 The 2000s, with

“the” 14 Camry competitor 20 Fisher of fashion 21 Coming up 22 1943 conference site 23 “Put that Southern state on next month’s agenda”? 25 Like some wedding

cakes and stadiums 26 Sulk 27 Pooh’s pal 28 New York : The Big Apple :: ____ : The Big Guava 30 Pain in the neck 31 Go off course 32 What a male baby-sitter may sport? 36 Panama, e.g.: Abbr. 37 Numbskull 38 Minuscule,

informally 39 Romantic liaison 42 Shared with,

as a story 45 Ending with chick 46 Spoils, in a way 47 Playing a fifth N.F.L.

period, say 48 Romanian currency 50 Capital of Yemen 54 Race pace 55 ____ volente

(God willing) 56 Like a fired

Broadway star? 59 Small handful 62 Comedian

Smirnoff 64 Auric Goldfinger,

to James Bond 65 Leave thunderstr­uck 66 Color in “America

the Beautiful” 68 Do to do 69 A.A.A. and B.B.B. 71 Jai ____ 72 One in a crowd

at a bookstore? 73 Total 74 Billiards feature 75 South American

greeting 76 Eskimo-____

languages 77 Winter hrs. in Vail 78 Sweaty, irritable

rabbit? 83 Suffix with nod84 Follow 86 Really bother 87 Grp. in the Oscar-winning documentar­y “Citizenfou­r” 88 Kunis of

“Black Swan” 89 Stuck 92 Bit of bar food 94 Real hoot 96 Commotions 97 Setting for many

Stephen King novels 99 “The Persistenc­e of

Memory” artist 100 “Pencils down!” 101 What’ll feed everyone at a tailgate party? 104 “What else

could it be?!” 107 Road to the Forum,

e.g. 108 “Lovergirl” singer

____ Marie 109 Christmas-song

contractio­n 110 Broadway star

Rivera 112 Supermodel

Bündchen 114 Reformed

barbarian? 118 Start of a

marital spat? 119 2000s TV hit set

in Baltimore 120 Guinness

entry 121 Vocal quavers 122 A cross might

be given for it 123 Invites across

the threshold

DOWN

1 Held in reserve 2 Queen topper 3 Jostle 4 Move, informally 5 Is unobliged to 6 Soldier, for one 7 Curtain fabric 8 Ticked off 9 Wear and tear 10 Some sporty cars 11 Popular landscapin­g

plants 12 Compact 13 Dreaded comment on a returned exam 14 Lead-in to boy

or girl 15 Island chain? 16 1993 film that garnered Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars 17 Turnaround too tempting to pass up? 18 Wand wielder 19 “What happened

next?” 24 Puzzle inventor

Rubik 29 Brandy fruit 33 Unpopular

baby name 34 Formation fliers 35 Hour in the

graveyard shift 37 Target of a

1972 ban 40 It’s inescapabl­e 41 “Shoot!” 42 Nice piece

of change 43 Plays without

a break 44 “Check out the Argentine soccer star!”? 45 500, e.g. 49 Exercitati­on 51 Grp. that might have

a launch party 52 Where kids get

creative in school 53 Diving equipment co-invented by Jacques Cousteau 56 Shout from

an arm waver 57 Exodus 58 They may have

many chapters 60 Part of the brain that controls involuntar­y functions 61 Reds, Blues

or Browns 63 World Cup chant 67 Start to practice? 70 Schedule

position 79 Baltic Sea feeder 80 2005 horror sequel 81 Undercover

operation 82 Stuffy-sounding 85 Heavenly 88 Picture of health,

in brief? 89 Tense 90 First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar 91 Tivoli’s Villa d’____ 93 Attraction­s

for bees 95 They’re always tired 97 French ice-cream

flavorer 98 Lessener 99 Gossip 102 Moor 103 “____ where

they ain’t” 104 Natural-history-museum exhibits, for short 105 Centers of early

developmen­t 106 Composer who

taught Beethoven 108 “Bill & ____ Excellent Adventure” 111 Pawn 113 Short,

for short 115 1945 battle site, informally 116 2018 Super Bowl

number 117 Internet ____

(what we live in)

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