Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

THE ADAMS FAMILY: Not necessaril­y blood relatives

- By S.N. | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Elegant quality 6 Six-Emmy Alan 10 Socially unacceptab­le 15 Poet Angelou 19 Strive for 20 County of Hawaii 21 Online payment option 22 Highest level 23 Scott Adams job before Dilbert 25 John Adams’ new home in 1800 27 One way to leave the airport 28 Sunshade 30 Musical talent 31 Telltale sign of a shark 32 Building supports 33 They’re essential to email addresses 37 Aggregated 41 Cuban “line” dance 42 HS exam 43 “Alley __!” 44 Constructi­on 32 Across

45 Ansel Adams’ field

47 Wall St. takeover 48 Squarish 49 “Mötley” rock group

50 Is in debt 51 Middle of the fifth century 52 Unrefined 53 John Quincy Adams’ postpresid­ential job 57 Shape of some

cheeses

58 Eroded

59 Betting stats

60 Citi Field player 61 Ctr. of many small towns 62 Flatten 64 Congestion setting 65 On the way out 66 Had discussion­s 68 Preliminar­y races 69 Very much

70 __ cit. (footnote notation)

73 Lois Lane colleague 74 “Audience” for Douglas Adams’ . . .

Guide to the Galaxy

76 Yoko __

77 Two state trees 78 Innate talent 79 Four and five 80 Genesis shepherd 81 Relaxing resort 82 Edie Adams’ spouse and partner in comedy 86 Unhandy

87 Vb. designatio­n 88 Obscures, with “up” 89 Written permanentl­y 90 Twitches

91 Curt denial 93 Thug 94 “Mamma __!” 95 Harry Potter pal 96 __ nova (Brazilian dance)

97 Library endower 102 __ Institute (Patch Adams medical facility)

106 Character in John Adams’ opera

Nixon in China

108 Metal in magnets 109 Be melodramat­ic 110 Just hanging

around

111 Smoothie flavor 112 Stare (at) 113 Poet Mark Van __ 114 Auction signals 115 Beasts of burden

Down

1 USCG rank 2 Former money in

Milan

3 Frenzied

4 Herb in some stuffing 5 Attacks from above 6 Mideast capital 7 Mary follower 8 Expected soon 9 Circulatio­n aid

10 Time, for one 11 Spanish figureskat­ing figures 12 India-born director 13 Winter hrs. in Oregon 14 Spotted speedsters 15 New Zealand native

16 Simpsons shopkeeper 17 “May I help you?” 18 Firefighti­ng tool 24 Corrosive

26 Too fast 29 Shakespear­ean schemer 32 Unhappy spectator 33 Rocky Mountain resort

34 Two film awards won by Amy Adams 35 Bluebloods 36 Went bad, in Britain 37 Only inanimate zodiac sign 38 WWII sub

39 Don Adams’ TV spy role

40 Be too interested 41 Steam engine sounds 42 Handle roughly 45 Gearshift letters 46 Apples for baking 49 Needing decipherin­g 51 Facial feature 53 Assembly of witches 54 1940s computer 55 Electronic instrument, for short 56 Crumple up, so to speak

57 Bides one’s time 61 “And to all a goodnight!” poet 63 Scrapes (out) 64 Number of hills of Roma 65 Secluded valleys 66 Hammers at an angle 67 NFLer’s honor 68 Stereo systems 69 Get __ out of (savor) 71 Early afternoon 72 Stallions-to-be 74 Depend (on) 75 Making no sense 78 Sensible and wellbalanc­ed 80 Santa __, CA 82 Actor Zac 83 New York senator Gillibrand 84 Difficult duty 85 Thiamine. for instance 86 Beach of Rio 90 Gents

92 Main stem of a sycamore 93 Nightclub 94 Matching socks 96 “To __ not to . . .” 97 How gazpacho is served

98 Pilot projection­s 99 Revs

100 Bus Stop dramatist 101 What flattery feeds 102 Band’s date

103 Span of history 104 Farm female 105 Managed care grp. 107 Fuss

 ??  ?? Last week’s answers appear on the last page of Puzzle Island 9/16 © 2018 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.
Last week’s answers appear on the last page of Puzzle Island 9/16 © 2018 Creators Syndicate. All rights reserved.

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