Gulf News

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis “SUPPORT GROUPS” BY PAUL COULTER

ACROSS

1 Part of a sea urchin’s diet

5 Rest of the afternoon

11 ÒBeat it!’

15 Big first for babies

19 Wellsian race

20 ÒLife of Pi’ director

21 ÒBoo’d Up’ singer __ Mai

22 Mani mate

23 *Hotel convenienc­e

25 Manicurist’s assortment

27 Beholden

28 George who plays Stokes on’CSI’

30 Minneapoli­s’ Target Center, e.g.

31 Roger of ’Cheers’

32 Stand

34 Hotel offerings

37 Cat’s attentiong­etter, maybe

40 *Address essential details

45 Caspian feeder

47 Novelist Rita __ Brown

48 Pitcher John on three different MLB championsh­ip teams

49 Bonanza find

50 Scholars

54 Roofing support

55 Really cool

56 *Wannabe lawyer’s milestone

59 Most clever

61 Brian of rock

62 Evening affairs

63 NYC congresswo­man, in headlines

64 Saint-Sa‘ns’s’__ Macabre’

66 Paid informer

67 EPA-banned chemicals

71 Swing site

75 RN workplaces

77 Nantucket arrivals

79 Ò... __ he drove out of sight’: Moore

80 Board game bonus

85 *Keep one’s identity secret, say

87 Big name in chips

88 Enmity

90 Place for an anchor

91 Denver-to-Omaha dir.

92 Eyepiece

93 Reverence

95 Kid’s retort

96 *Prepare emotionall­y for, as something unpleasant

102 What’/’ may mean

103 Prepared for cooking, as corn

104 Consort of Psyche

105 Yours, to Yvette

107 Carry away

109 Biblical scribe

111 Exhibits unease, maybe

115 Harbormast­er’s

chart

118 Miami Sound Machine and others, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters

121 On deck, perhaps 122 High-tech workers 123 Words from behind a

door, maybe

124 Blue hue

125 Go on

126 Acronym on a protective vest

127 Battery terminals 128 Back talk

DOWN

1 Visored French cap

2 Brio

3 Byron’s title

4 Stingy sort

5 Important coastal drainage river in South Carolina

6 Swallow

7 ÒGood grief!’

8 35mm camera type

9 Leaves in a cup

10 Sea at one end of the

Dardanelle­s

11 Texter’s button

12 Stand-up types

13 ÒAladdin’ prince

14 1960s chess champ Mikhail

15 Ornamental shrub

16 Astronomer’s tool

17 Fall place

18 Galileo’s birthplace 24 Ò__ your pardon’ 26 Like many rich foods 29 School room encouragin­g creativity 32 Fancy neckwear 33 Dolly, for one 35 ÒFamily Matters’

nerd

36 Spain’s peninsula 37 Mashed, as oranges 38 Grande dame of pop 39 Doyle’s narrator 41 Composer Shostakovi­ch

42 Big galoot

43 Singer Kristoffer­son 44 Breakaway group 46 Arles article

51 Choir supports 52 Mayo is in it 53 ÒHooray, the weekend!’

54 Dorm figs.

55 Big name in kitchenwar­e

57 Chick magnet? 58 Distressed cry 60 Thickets

65 Goes out with

67 One in a pod

68 Call out

69 Asian sultanate 70 Cosecant’s reciprocal

72 Overhaul

73 Game stick with a

net

74 Jamie of’Bosch’

76 ÒIn the Bedroom’ Oscar nominee

77 Some mil. bases

78 One of eight Eng. kings

80 Beat it

81 Carry on

82 Antiglare wear

83 Occupied

84 Alexandria’s area

85 One often seen in curls

86 TV pioneer

89 __ de mer

92 Attack

93 Back

94 Is no longer

97 Best at putting things away?

98 World’s largest peninsula

99 Mother of note

100 Middle ear bone

101 Archaeolog­ical find

106 Apple varieties

107 List-ending abbr.

108 Three-time WNBA MVP __ Leslie

110 Gusto

111 List of appts.

112 ÒOnly Time’ songwriter

113 Old food label nos.

114 IRS IDs

116 Sit-up targets

117 Fiddle stick

119 Taylor of fashion

120 Sulu portrayer John

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4/20/14 xwordedito­r@aol.com ©2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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