Toronto Star

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

CONTAIN YOURSELF: With various metaphors

- By Mark McClain

ACROSS

1 Sunrise

5 Far from wordy

10 Sandwich shop

14 Regional plant life

19 “Peculiar” prefix

20 Inventor Howe

21 Big birds Down Under

22 Jeans brand

23 Diverse populace

25 Traffic jam

27 Double __ (two meaning term)

28 Snacked on

29 Movie crowd group

30 Give a hoot

31 Take advantage of

32 Two less than penta

33 Health foods label word

36 Land measure

38 Puts on a pedestal

43 Very enjoyable time

45 Much-sought goal 46 Get rid of

47 Basic education, informally

48 Quite a walk

49 Forearm bone

50 Before, poetically

51 Japanese electronic­s giant

54 Japanese peak

55 In dreamland

57 Japanese honorific

58 Ballpark crew

59 Living room seating

60 Old Glory color

61 Nautical pronoun

62 Jalopy

65 Brief affirmatio­n

68 Passport permit

69 “Shall we?” reply

70 Great Flood witness

71 GPS reading

72 Ill will

75 Mercedes alternativ­es

76 Lab’s __ dish

77 Bygone insecticid­e

78 Apple desktop

79 Middle of “middle”

80 Room to relax in

81 Narrow shoe size

82 Jocular source of funds

85 Source of troubles

89 Gave a task to

90 Frog’s hangout

91 Henley event

92 Unusual

93 Pic taker

94 Roseanne of TV

95 Snowmobile brand

99 Little dog

100 “We should try that!!”

104 Source of troubles

106 Retire for the night

108 Japanese film genre

109 Spherical prefix

110 Worthwhile quality

111 Star Trek: TNG counselor

112 Doled (out)

113 Unkind

114 Country music guitar

115 Normandy invasion town

DOWN

1 Little money

2 Port of Yemen

3 Droop, as dandelions

4 Orator’s reference

5 Strand of ivy

6 Painter from Crete

7 Ready for picking

8 __ Paulo, Brazil

9 Superlativ­e suffix

10 Lower in value

11 Overdo it on stage

12 Minstrel’s instrument

13 Suffix like -arian

14 Showing off one’s pecs

15 Mardi Gras follower

16 More than

17 Prosperous, in Panama

18 Pops a question

24 Totally silly

26 Sports artist Neiman

31 Large coffee brewer

32 Flooring selection

33 Preoccupy

34 Extremely avid

35 Novelist Graham __

36 “Natural” hairdo

37 Mongrel

38 Marvel Universe trickster

39 Gloater’s exclamatio­n

40 Jewelry chain founder

41 Mozart’s __ kleine Nachtmusik

42 Sharp rebuke

44 Pat down

45 Muslim head cover

48 Fits of pique

51 Three-dimensiona­l

52 Keep entertaine­d

53 Shelter org.

54 Covers, as a bill

55 Chapel centerpiec­e

56 Some “bar” food

59 Meaty meals

60 Ink smear

63 Bull on glue labels

64 Without stopping

65 With outstandin­g bills

66 “...__ a moment too soon”

67 Greek brandy/wine blend

68 What a British queen wasn’t called

72 Glittery mineral

73 Pop singer Tori

74 Southeast Asian land

75 Bit of some bracelets

76 Remain unresolved

79 Played CDs for guests

80 Novelist Brown

81 Russian monarchy supporters

83 “My bad!”

84 Fund, as a foundation

85 A 99-Across

86 Any satellite

87 Extend as far as

88 Go along

90 Antes up

93 Mark for a pause

95 Shady scheme

96 Welles’ media mogul

97 Still contending

98 Capitol crown

99 Genealogy product

100 Crash probe org.

101 Pub projectile

102 Earth sci.

103 Sony cofounder Morita

105 Current-slowing measure

106 Snacked on

107 “Equal” prefix

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5/12/24

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