Toronto Star

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

IT’S A LONG STORY: The author talking about himself

- by S.N.

ACROSS

1 Programs to

download

5 Czech or Bulgarian 9 Cats or Phantom... 13 Workweek column

headings

18 9-Across’ stagehands 19 Metered car

20 Had on

21 Put __ in (meddle) 22 Start of a memoir

quote

26 Likewise not

27 La bohème hero 28 Serbian tennis great 30 Fence of bushes 33 Chalk remover 35 Opponent of Luther 37 Seized car, for short 38 Beverage on draught 39 Don’t include 40 “Coffee, __ milk?” 42 Laugh syllable

43 Part 2 of quote 50 Orbital extreme 51 Canadian country

singer

52 Racetrack shape 53 Not quite a fortnight 55 What stamp pads

hold

56 TV serial

57 Short poetic tribute 60 Clear, as a

windshield 64 Double-curve shape 65 Author of Unmasked,

the quote’s source 70 Baseball great

Gehrig

72 Window sticker 73 Temper, as titanium 74 Capital of

Kazakhstan

78 Tie the knot

80 Birds with a shrill call 84 Small shorebirds 86 Highway access 89 Highway, for instance 90 Part 3 of quote 93 Compass pt. 94 Calculus pioneer 95 Cairo waterway 96 Henri’s “here” 97 Deep affection

99 Sis or bro

100 Montreal university 103 Ship of 1492

105 Euro-filled fountain 107 Caterpilla­rs’ casings 109 Painter Vermeer 110 End of quote

117 Do __ burn (seethe) 118 Faucet annoyance 119 Smooth out

120 Pins of violins 121 Limited-choice

question

122 Seasoning for fries 123 Extreme anger 124 Office sub

DOWN

1 German “Darn it!” 2 Quid __ quo

3 Temple bench 4 Playground fixture 5 Marquee topper 6 Washroom, so to speak 7 Wood-chopping tool 8 Shook rapidly

9 Nobel, by birth

10 Pay tribute to 11 Expressed out loud 12 What ducks walk with

13 Fannie __ mortgage 14 Explosive sticks 15 Romantic hopeful 16 Nightclub rover 17 Compliment­ary tickets 23 Weed-chopping tool 24 Greek dawn goddess 25 Track down

29 Copier attachment­s 30 Starts on

31 78-Across on the run 32 County near Cornwall 33 Modern moody music 34 Chance of loss 36 Target competitor 39 Follower of orders 40 Hard pull 41 Job-related move, for short

44 __ Heath (Hardy setting)

45 Check the sum of 46 Rival of Frazier and Foreman

47 Old Southwest outlaw

48 Tonally accurate 49 Southwest FL hub 54 Winter glider 58 Full-grown sheep 59 Close-attention letters

61 MRI regulator

62 To each her __ 63 USMC bigwigs 65 Tape player feature 66 Grassy yards

67 “Mind your manners!”

68 Ballet rail

69 Top-tier

70 Car seat holder 71 Peace Prize city 75 “Bird” prefix 76 Hawaiian bird 77 Mythical many-eyed

giant

79 “Dapper” dresser 81 Costner or Kline 82 Standing tall 83 Neighbor of Turkey 85 Repair, as film 86 Hockey great Bobby 87 Member of the clergy 88 February 2 beast 91 Government-issued

“Savings” vehicles 92 Entirely

98 Wicked ways 100Exxon merger partner 101 Commandeer

102 African antelope 103 Launching place 104 Lacking skill

106 Pour __ (exert

oneself)

108 Italian “darling” 109 Major month for

matrimony

111 Not a lot

112 65-Across musical

heroine

113 Trip segment

114 Get a look at

115 GWTW studio

116 Clairvoyan­ce: Abbr.

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