RUMOR HAS IT: A hint to take literally
Across
1 Neighborhood
shops
6 Move slowly 10 Brooklyn Net, for
one
15 Captain of industry 19 Circus site 20 Family nickname 21 Wonderland visitor 22 South American
capital
23 Author’s chief work 25 Dollar amount 27 Rogues
28 Spots to build on 30 Bakery array 31 Stratagems 35 Done, in Verdun 36 Cobbler’s concern 38 Maryland state bird 39 Marching band
instrument 40 Roots for
44 Au pair
45 Fruit source 47 Commando weapon 48 Shallowest Great
Lake
49 Spot for a
horseshoe 50 “Clumsy me!” 51 Encouraging word 52 Fleece source 53 Enter the Dragon,
for one
57 Gleamed 58 Alphabetic trio 59 Objectives
60 More amiable 61 Rotisserie part 62 Disguises
64 High winds 65 Beatle drummer 66 Makes amends 68 Former French
first lady 69 Minor
disagreement 70 Flow back 73 Needing a scrubbing 74 Bauxite, for
example
76 Sauce source
77 Fill with cargo 78 Pitt of pictures 79 Source of
cinnamon spice 80 Take a break 81 Anger
82 Mariah Carey
Christmas song 86 UN member since
1964
87 UN member since
1966
89 David Copperfield
clerk
90 Baby food,
frequently 91 Paradisiacal place 92 Tour of duty 93 Considers
94 2009 Peace Prize
recipient
97 Coke rival 98 Defers, with “off ” 99 Oscar winner at
age 10
102 Corny stuff
108 Deep Blue and
Watson
109 Mythical
multiheaded beast 110 Press for
111 Muscat resident 112 Manuscript encl. 113 Rumpled
114 Parting words 115 Tinkered (with)
Down
1 Hydroelectric project
2 Span of history 3 Relay race segment 4 Bed-and-breakfast 5 In a brazen manner
6 Digital music
players
7 Midday breaks 8 Brain of a PC 9 Element #108 10 More spiteful 11 Jazz genre 12 Objectives 13 “Green” prefix 14 Fault caller 15 Shamrock, for
instance
16 Fan mag
17 40 Down
conclusion 18 Sunshine,
essentially 24 Spouse
26 Bellowed like a
bovine
29 Having as a hobby 31 Hopeless cases 32 Genesis landfall 33 Free shipping requirement, at times
34 Off-white color 35 Inconsequential
material
36 State of repair 37 The lady’s 39 Publicizes 40 Messiah singers 41 Japanese athlete 42 Form of oxygen 43 San Francisco
NFLer
45 Frog habitats 46 Sheltered inlets 49 Thick pieces 51 “The Goddess of
Pop”
53 ... Cuckoo’s Nest
author
54 Deprive of
weapons 55 Metric prefix 56 Indian, for one 57 36 Across with
wheels 61 Desolate 63 Opening chip 64 Garish
65 Have on
66 Speak off the cuff
67 Wonder Woman
headgear 68 Dignified nature 69 Popular success 71 Kicked out 72 Detour 74 Property crime 75 WWII craft 78 __ one’s time (be
patient) 80 Country singer
Evans
82 Sir’s opposite
83 1/3 of the Survivor
motto
84 Exodus author 85 Aquanaut’s vehicle 86 Wanted poster
component 88 Perplex 90 Sampras of tennis 92 Chars, as a steak 93 Parliamentarian’s
concern 94 Elevator innovator 95 Rum-soaked cake 96 S&L conveniences 97 Walkers, for short 98 Call for
100 Resistance measure 101 Spike Lee alma
mater
103 Have a sample of 104 What the 10 longest answers have in common 105 Could possibly 106 Early afternoon 107 Relieved (of )