THEME CROSSWORD

STEP ON IT!

ACROSS

1. “Hey, over here”

5. __ Picchu

10. Gripes

15. Fence post

19. Rapier cousin

20. Van __ belt

21. Clear of the bottom, said of anchors

22. Saharan

23. Strand, as a ship: 2 wds.

25. Arms smuggling

27. Fascinate

28. Levels

30. Spin

31. Angered

32. Dye plant

33. Sheer fabric

35. Scintilla

38. Home to billions

39. Rail track foundation

43. Trip

44. After enough time: 4 wds.

49. The constabulary

50. Girl in Savannah

51. Blathered

52. Judgment of __

53. Imprison

54. “Dieu et __ droit”

55. Type style

56. Imposes a penalty

57. Vehicle in miniature

58. Yardbird

60. Imagination

61. Reallocate

62. Parts of churches

63. Dawdling

64. Chair bottomer

65. Fixed dishonestly

67. __ -release

68. Medicinal solution

71. Equipped a certain way

72. Spies

73. “__ __ en Rose”

74. Night goddess

75. Feather scarves

76. Irreligious

77. Sprites

78. Bit to drink

79. Tiny colonist

80. Ordinary: Hyph.

82. Proofreader’s instruction

83. Rife

85. Copies

86. Morganite

87. Entertainment award

89. Spots on a card

90. Transport

92. Wine variety

95. Part of op. cit.

97. Worst 101. Fast-moving lizard 103. Nearly out of: 2 wds. 105. Parastas, an architectural element

106. Jockey

107. Musical work 108. City near Mauna Loa 109. Sweetheart 110. Black

111. French painter 112. Summertime

garments

DOWN

1. Around: Prefix

2. Whirled

3. Remitted

4. More watery-eyed

5. Homer’s wife

6. Audibly

7. Bit of evidence

8. Farm denizen

9. Not subject to dispute

10. Roll type

11. Vingt- __ __

12. Cofounder of Dadaism

13. Softwood tree

14. Sham

15. Breathed with difficulty

16. Opera highlight

17. Yarn fuzz

18. Rim

24. Encircle

26. Ryan of baseball

29. Small vessel

32. Blanched

34. Variety of iris

35. Emboss

36. Kind of guard

37. Certain candidate: 2 wds.

38. Essential oil

40. Harrison Ford film of 1982: 2 wds.

41. Keen

42. Lived

44. Did a household job

45. Designates

46. Thought

47. City in France

48. Earl __ tea

51. Demonstrated

53. Desire wrongly

56. Reproductions

57. Chops

59. Wise old fellows

60. Incite

61. Craig or Radcliffe

63. Seasoned rice dish

64. Polite

65. Morocco’s capital

66. Substance used in perfumery

67. Ghana neighbor

68. Hacks

69. In a turbid state

70. Oust

72. Japanese comic book style

73. Fruits

76. Driver’s problem

77. Pelted

80. Stair part

81. Very small space

82. Delectation

84. “The Island of Doctor __”

86. Char

88. Musical refrain form

89. Cider relative

90. Motorcycle make

91. A star sign

92. Crosspatch

93. Lois of “Superman”

94. Official proceedings

96. Hammer part

97. Tight

98. Wiesel or Tahari

99. Food fish

100. Playing cards 102. Beak

104. Western Indian