CROSSWORD PUZZLE/Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis
“AMAZEBALLS*”
ACROSS
1 Takes the odds 5 Flop’s opposite 10 Anchored
16 Braying beast 19 Audition piece
20 1988 Summer Olympics site
21 From C to C
22 __ Victor 23 *Convenient carrier 25 *Small, flat legume 27 Braille bits
28 Poet Pablo Neruda, e.g. 30 “My treat” 31 Distinctive Rolls Royce feature
34 Many a text writer 36 Hikes from the center 37 Wilson of “Pitch Perfect” movies
38 Heinz Field player 39 Rapid __ 41 Nickname for young Skywalker 42 Ramshackle shelters 43 One way to get you 44 *Octal system
47 *Item found in a parlor 51 Like Fran Drescher’s voice 52 Cheerleaders’ handfuls 56 Your cousin’s 81-Across, maybe
57 Plague critter 60 Pudding starch 61 Carne __
63 Subject of a Dean Martin classic 64 *Pneumatic silo declogger 66 “Your table’s ready” gizmo 67 Chekov on “Star Trek” 68 Directed
69 Last to arrive 70 French article 71 Proclaims 72 Passionate 74 *Fund for fun
77 *Path for a promising young exec
81 See 56-Across 82 Fouls up, as plans 85 “The Crow” actress Ling 86 “The Star-Spangled Banner” quartet
89 “Les Misérables” girl 90 __ Ste. Marie
92 Prefix with centric 93 Barbaric 94 Worrisome engine sound
95 Teatro __ Scala
96 Old copiers
98 Right on the map
99 *It covers the Batmobile 101 *Brie, e.g.
107 Ottoman bigwig
108 Cooling-off period? 109 City of NE Italy
110 Garbage hauler
111 B-day numbers
112 “Full House” surname 113 Award for “Mr. Mercedes” 114 Lift one’s spirits?
DOWN
1 “Phooey!” 2 Significant time 3 Bronze component 4 Tack room item 5 Ice __
6 Shade of green 7 What Indiana sought 8 “What did I tell you?” 9 Chopper 10 Calder pieces 11 Telescope eyepiece 12 Weasel relative 13 Pro follower 14 102-Down opposite 15 “__ Rosenkavalier” 16 Spots for sports 17 Trattoria entrée 18 Least extreme 24 Weevil’s target 26 Tied-under-the-chin topper 29 Prefix with gram 31 Take the wrong way? 32 Sofer of soaps 33 Sacred Nile bird 34 Longtime “60 Minutes” reporter
35 Small price to pay 36 Backtalk
38 Sonic the Hedgehog maker
39 “Mr. Citizen” autobiographer 40 Regrets
42 Santa has a famous one 45 Acclimatize
46 Art supporter? 47 Fashion first name 48 Pixel pattern 49 Secret stuff
50 Target rival 52 Worrywart, at times 53 Eye-fooling genre 54 Extraction sites 55 Golden or Walden 57 Drink from a bowl 58 Spender of rials 59 Group of 13, traditionally 60 Genealogy chart 61 Spaced out
62 Lustful deity 64 Portfolio listings
65 Wee
69 Rents
71 “Frozen” princess 72 Conviction
73 “Cast Away” setting 75 Fanatic
76 Anise liqueur 77 Dieter’s concern
78 Lie next to 79 Birdsong
80 Toy with a tail 82 Skeptic
83 Italian noble family 84 Budget bin record 86 Ramshackle
87 One taking a lot of notes 88 Soothes
89 React to an awkward moment 90 Military band
91 Bear witness
93 Queen lead guitarist __
May
94 Track figure
96 Animal lovers’ org. 97 French city where William
the Conqueror is buried 98 Italian smoker
100 Many an IKEA buy 102 14-Down opposite 103 Newton fruit 104 Green prefix 105 Sponge (up) 106 Woolly mama