Gulf News

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

“START THE MUSIC” BY MARK MCCLAIN

ACROSS

1 Short-legged hopper 5 Untidy types 10 25% of doce 14 Period

18 River in Tuscany 19 Tiny island nation near the equator

20 Slew 21 Mom-and-pop business

22 Fallon predecesso­r 23 Became aware of, with ‘to’

24 Victor’s wife in ‘Casablanca’

25 Cobbler fruit 26 Summer cottage, perhaps 29 Emotive speaker 30 Fell in pellets 31 Result 33 Musician’s gift 34 Fitness ratio: Abbr. 36 Lake south of London 37 Have something 40 Oklahoma’s top crop 44 Handle 46 Dairy-based quaff 47 Phobia lead-in 48 Prior conviction, e.g. 52 One of the ones that ‘say so much,’ in an Elton John hit 54 Brewpub choices 55 Pitchers that can’t throw? 56 Peachy-keen 58 Coronary chambers 59 Name of the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot 60 Programmer’s problem, perhaps 61 Drinking noise 63 Facebook count 64 Iberian landmark that’s an insurance company logo

68 Put back to zero 71 Villainous look 72 Half a game fish 73 Reverence 76 Unfitting

77 Dusk, poetically 78 Not treating nicely 80 Fussbudget 81 Some fort components 84 Personal exam? 87 One way to rest 88 Zugspitze, e.g. 90 With full force 91 Senate staffers 92 Pioneering TV brand 93 One covering the bases

95 Online notes 96 Symbolic uncle

98 The other way around 102 Port alternativ­e 106 Bar accessory

108 Commonsens­e approach to behavior analysis 112 Showed the courage 113 Credit union seizure 114 Carpenter’s machine 115 Concerning

116 ‘Let Me Ride’ Grammy winner 117 Champagne spec 118 One who shows the way

119 Yemeni city

120 Leave in

121 AOL and Comcast 122 ‘Beau __’

123 Moms in a glade

DOWN

1 Barber’s powder 2 Lunch box treats 3 Set aside

4 Lorna of Brit Lit 5 Peloponnes­ian citystate

6 Many a Grisham hero 7 Prayer opening 8 Whip up a cake 9 Bird feeder cake 10 Heist figure 11 Be empathetic 12 NBA’s __ Conference 13 Cruise ship feature 14 Mar. honoree 15 Start celebratin­g 16 1968 album containing ‘The Motorcycle Song’

17 At no time, in old times

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29 32 34 35 38 39 40 41

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50

51 53 57

60 61

62 64 65 66 67 68 69

70 __ Lee

Saw things Bonnie with 10 Grammys

Luxury watch Jamaica’s Ocho __ Bud, for one

__ wear Immortal army leader Draped garments Sub alternativ­e Image in a religious painting

Foil alternativ­e Pack animal Starting point Colgate rival Moving around 1964 Civil Rts. Act creation ‘Return of the Jedi’ beings

MYOB word

__ Lama

‘The Honeymoone­rs’ surname Popular long shot Title for Richard Starkey Montana motto metal Email option Profession­al charges Piazza de Ferrari city God with a hammer Redder, perhaps Computer that was retired in 1955 Topping for chicken enchiladas

73 Quite dry

74 Half of a dinner pairing 75 Poaching targets 78 Cartoon explosion sound

79 With no changes 80 Key letter

82 Do a garden chore 83 Czech or Serb 85 Inuit craft 86 Stephen King’s role as the minister in ‘Pet Sematary,’ e.g. 89 Would rather have 94 Support 96 Sweet-smelling pouch 97 Hold fast 99 Unmoving

100 Give up

101 Places to put coins 102 Enduring legends 103 It ends with the burial

of Hector

104 Last movement of Beethoven’s ‘Waldstein’ Sonata, e.g. 105 Come to terms 106 Santa Anita numbers 107 86-Down, for one 109 Connect, in a way, with ‘in’

110 RSVP convenienc­e 111 Strong desires 113 MLB stat

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