Gulf News

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- ‘PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF’ BY MARK MCCLAIN Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Brownie group? 6 Francis, most recently 10 Scornful comment 15 Self-righteousl­y proper

sort

19 Fancy to extremes 20 Caspian Sea feeder 21 Come after

22 Single

23 *Attraction with exotic

animals

25 It may be skipped 26 SLR setting 27 Self-absorbed 28 Works in a museum 29 Oops provoker

30 Got rid of 32 Knob-handled tools 33 *Former NASA project 35 Range option 38 Massage therapist’s

employer

39 Dismiss casually, with

‘at’

40 Piece of land

41 Release predecesso­rs 43 Embellishe­d 47 *Jump-start connection point

52 Word on an Irish euro 53 Basics

54 Tickle pink

55 Silent __: White House

nickname

56 Pet store rodent 58 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

showrunner Rhimes 60 Flier in a show 62 Bishop’s purview

63 *IT executiveÕ­s

concern

68 Go downhill fast 71 Obsolescen­t wrong

number cause 72 Omelet request 75 Move stealthily

77 It may need massaging

78 Brown shade 81 ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ nickname

83 Jazz home

84 *Berlin monument that’s a symbol of Germany’s reunificat­ion

87 Sleeping bag alternativ­e

90 Wonderland cake

instructio­n

91 CafŽ lightener 92 Contemptib­le 95 Trauma ctrs.

96 Causes of much yawning

97 *Something to go back to when things aren’t working out 101 Moved like the wind 103 Potato color

104 Crop unit

105 Fireplace duct 106 Forget where one put 110 Golden rule word 111 Bert’s chum

113 *Brew pub sampler 115 Wise adviser

116 Its code is BOS

117 Murray with a star on both the Canada and Hollywood Walk of Fame

118 Judge who excelled in the Field of Dreams game

119 Notice

120 Avocet cousin

121 Puts in

122 Climate activist

Thunberg

DOWN

1 String section instrument

2 Fall figure

3 Vegan protein source 4 Rocky projection 5 HRH part

6 Eye opening 7 Rigorous exams 8 Scorecard standards 9 Moose cousin 10 Model 3 maker 11 Marxian activities 12 Arthur Ashe Stadium

is its main court 13 Sister

14 Achieved a baby

milestone

15 Classic wall worker

16 Awaken harshly 17 Mole’s collection 18 Crystal-bearing rock 24 Hoover was the only

president born there 29 Twitch, say

31 Taverna aperitif 32 Meridian opening 33 Trunk item

34 Aquatic carnivore 35 Iraqis, mostly 36 12-Down contest 37 Doesn’t ignore 38 Editor’s ‘keep it’ 40 Sched. uncertaint­y 41 Club rules

42 GPS projection 44 Avian bills 45 Pennsylvan­ia county or its seat 46 Editor’s ‘cut it’ 48 ‘Power’ accessory, perhaps

49 Cold treat brand 50 Dealer’s pursuer 51 First Dominican MLB manager Felipe 56 Somersault­ing dive 57 Kitchen suffix

59 Dory’s friend 60 Gestural comm. syst.

61 Sturdy shoe 64 River through Frankfurt

65 Capital of Latvia 66 Particle also called a K meson

67 Sound barrier breaker

Chuck

68 E-ticket’s lack 69 __-Eating Tree: ‘Peanuts’ phenomenon 70 2010 Apple debut 73 Common prayer 74 Invaders of ancient

Rome

76 Discards

78 Trimming target 79 Thyroid MDs

80 ‘Big Blue’

82 Actor Billy __ Williams 84 Poster’s medium 85 Company with an

antlered animal logo 86 Pleasant feeling 88 Pooch with a large

tongue

89 Horizontal door beams 93 Congo tributary

94 __ media

96 Major Nebraska product

97 Puts under 98 Accumulate 99 Houston MLBer 100 Ain’t perfect?

101 Barista’s creation 102 Entices

105 Ward (off)

106 Wearer of hot pants? 107 Fairy tale monster 108 Useless, now

109 Sicilian mount

112 Hogwash

113 Shearing day sound 114 Jet __

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

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