Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

THEY’RE NOT THAT: Despite what they’re called

- By Fred Piscop | Edited by Stanley Newman (stanxwords.com)

Across

1 Scratchy voice 5 Too wild to tame 10 Sites for stalactite­s 15 Bit of hair gel 18 Two-tone marine

predator

19 Rust, for instance 20 Single-handedly 21 Significan­t spans 23 It’s a rodent

25 It’s an insect 27 Heartfelt 28 Balance owed 29 Share, as a story 30 Shading source 31 Numbered rd. 32 Cook-off fare 34 Wine and dine 35 Plaintiff 36 Mandlikova of

tennis

37 Sit in on a class 38 Make resentful 41 It’s a caterpilla­r 43 “Like a Rock”

singer Bob 47 Nitwits 48 Geological time

measure 49 Pre-med student’s

major, often 50 Bradbury of sci-fi 51 Sunrise to sunset 52 It’s a marsupial 56 Unstructur­ed 58 Unseal, perhaps

with a knife 62 Accumulate 63 Shows’ initial airings 64 Network junctions 65 Was a plunderer 66 Betray, in a way 67 Made one’s case 69 Sanctuarie­s

70 Got $200, in

Monopoly 73 Elevates

74 It’s a rodent 76 Start of a Barrett

Browning poem 77 Pre-testimony

pledge 78 Directiona­l suffix 79 “Bravo!”

80 Apt (to) 82 Messages with

emojis

85 It’s a bird

89 Military assaults 90 Transforme­d 92 Relax, as a grip 93 Resonated

94 Solar orbiter 96 Kitchen utensil 97 Director DuVernay 98 Play in a play 101 Poolside seat 102 Cravings

103 Worthy of your

attention

105 It’s a lizard

107 It’s a hare

110 As to

111 Postal Service

symbol

112 Writer Zola

113 Attorney’s pro __

work

114 Visual perception 115 Not as damp

116 Cut into cubes 117 Mail-routing abbr.

Down

1 Cordoned (off ) 2 Orderly

arrangemen­t 3 Cause for alarm 4 Major annoyance 5 Imposed (on) 6 Phillips __ Academy 7 Free (of ) 8 Needless fuss 9 Piano piece 10 Court precedents 11 Crime story

statement 12 Battery measure 13 SASE, e.g. 14 Become furious 15 Take the air out of 16 Computer screen

font

17 Moisten in the

oven

22 What to call a sow

or cow

24 “Encore

performanc­es” 26 Name meaning

“kingly”

28 Soft tennis shot 32 Fine dinnerware 33 Shakespear­ean

prince

34 Gossipy story 35 Prearrange­d 37 Diva’s deliveries 38 Betting figures 39 Young zebra

40 It’s a bat

41 Before you know it 42 Santalike

44 It’s a rodent 45 Cardinal point 46 Bakery assortment 48 Scrapes (out) 53 Italian ancestor 54 Italian emotion 55 Model-plane

material 56 Start of a suggestion 57 Bassoon kin

59 Talk up

60 Lyrical tributes 61 __ XING (street

sign)

63 Court VIPs 65 Model of virtue 66 The latest thing 67 Dismounted 68 Taunt, so to speak 69 Glaringly vivid 70 Carpet fabric 71 Depleted

72 Hasn’t paid yet 74 Quipster’s query 75 Tough puzzle 80 Fiesta target 81 Bylaw, in brief 83 Intern, for instance 84 Sound judgment 86 Ramble

87 Rowboat gear 88 Bring to bear 89 Enjoyed a lot 91 Transferre­d, as

property

93 Really irritate 94 App holder

95 NBA great Bird 96 Portraitis­ts’ family

name

98 Monastery head 99 Director Eastwood 100 Grand __ National

Park 101 NL Central

team

102 Guru’s student 104 Swedish superstar

singers

106 Roof sealer

107 West Wing

presidenti­al nickname

108 “How __ doing?” 109 Presidenti­al title:

Abbr.

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