A CENTURY AGO: What happened in 1923
Across
1 Discontinued
Swedish cars 6 Advanced math
class
10 Resulting from 15 HQs for fighter jets 19 Name on Aida’s
Broadway posters 20 Et __ (and others:
Lat.)
21 Hoops great Shaq 22 Necktie fabric 23 Harlem nightspot that opened in 1923
25 Animation icon who founded his company in 1923 27 Stick-to-it-iveness 28 Dracula costume
part
30 NASA countdown
phrase
31 Denier’s words 32 Synagogue scholar 33 A-listers
34 Rustic houses
37 “I want to be
alone” actress 38 Copters’ rescue
missions 42 Oscar-winner
Witherspoon 43 Dorothy Sayers sleuth introduced in 1923
45 Time period with a
name
46 __ Prof. (rank for
some teachers) 47 Is unable 48 Turndowns 49 Promote
aggressively 50 Many sports page
stats. 51 Its Big Apple boardwalk opened in 1923 55 Ambitious urge 56 Refined diners 58 Regretful about 59 Persuades gently 60 Made mistakes 61 Swiss capital 62 Close pals 63 Preposterous 65 Worked with wicker 66 “Bad News”
baseballers of film 69 Abdomen,
informally
70 His “Stopping by Woods …” poem was published in 1923
72 Sara __ cakes 73 Chicago paper, for
short
74 Auction transaction 75 Boathouse
implements 76 Ladled-out meal 77 MD specialty
78 His “clock-handdangling” Safety Last! was released in 1923
82 Colander cousin 83 Utmost extent
85 Is staggered 86 Shaved in a
workshop
87 Even once 88 Senior members 89 Prosperous period 90 Didn’t have to retake 93 Mardi Gras wear 94 Kraft cheese product 98 Victor in the first Rose Bowl stadium game in 1923 100 88 Down craze
that began in 1923 102 Mideast money 103 Comedic genre 104 Of prime quality 105 Old-style
“Awesome!”
106 Hourly charge 107 Type of chicken 108 Ongoing annoyance 109 City near Bonn
Down
1 Offshoot group 2 Soothing plant
extract 3 Mail-routing abbr. 4 Burbank, e.g.
5 Icy summer treat 6 Spiny houseplants 7 Treaty partner 8 Lucy of Elementary 9 Meter calculation 10 Cellist’s stroke
11 12 Down in sushi
bars
12 Sushi bar fish 13 Image on an arm 14 Recycling candidates 15 Home of St. Francis 16 Fictional rafter 17 Spectrum portion 18 “The __ the limit!” 24 Petty complaints 26 Express indirectly 29 Shortened form,
for short 32 Dilapidated
33 Held tightly in a
workshop 34 Wrecking ball
holder
35 Ancient fable teller 36 “Empress of the Blues” who first recorded in 1923 37 Trait transmitters 38 Included with 39 His novel Bambi was
published in 1923
40 Stash of valuables 41 Great thinkers 43 Fitted with glass
sheets 44 Preposterous 47 Hollowed out 49 Portrait holder 51 Indian cuisine staple 52 Greek peace goddess 53 Not as iffy
54 Swiss chocolatier 55 Iffy emotion
57 Bit of bread
59 32-piece pastime 61 Genesis 11 city 62 Barbershop
harmony
63 When Sunday
brunch might start 64 Overcooked 65 Spectrum portion 66 Copier paper
holders 67 Superman star 68 Did darning 70 Less often seen
71 Early spring prank victims
74 Severed, as a branch 76 Silver-gray cats 78 Be still in the air 79 Bedroom furniture 80 Faucet flaw 81 Camera cover 82 Austrian neighbor 84 Mortar partner 86 Straw vote 88 Movement on a floor 89 Special Forces hat
90 Emulate 76 Down 91 Where most
people live 92 “Amscray!” 93 Nativity scene figure 94 Cargo movers 95 Expected landing
hrs.
96 Beach bag
97 Soon, in odes 99 Horseradish
holder
101 Weed whacker