El Dorado News-Times

UNITED KINGDOM

- BY ANDREW ZHOU / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS 1 Mayhem 9 Bowfishing need 14 Happy event after a

split?

19 Really happening 21 “Don Juan” girl 22 Prince of ____ 23 *Law enforcer with

the Coast Guard 25 “____ we lucky?” 26 Nat ____ Wild (cable

channel)

27 More decisive 28 Place for stars 30 Buffet heater

33 *It passes on some

bits of informatio­n 37 What the last letter of

107-Down stands for 38 Very puzzled 40 Record collection? 41 Constellat­ion next to

Corona Australis 42 ____ Jahan, leader who commission­ed the Taj Mahal 43 ____ Jorge (part of

the Azores) 44 Little sucker? 48 *Philosophe­r who wrote, “Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made” 53 “Works for me” 54 Company known for combining expertise? 55 Presidents Taft, Ford, Clinton and both Bushes 59 Remain

60 What the Tower of London was for over 850 years 63 Adhere (to) 64 Utter, as a sound 65 One put in bed? 66 *Celebritie­s working

for the U.N., perhaps 71 Dispositio­n 72 Internatio­nal fusion

restaurant chain 73 Hall-of-Fame Bruin 74 Tater 75 Common Korean surname 76 Low-quality bank offerings whose acronym suggests stealthine­ss

79 A little teary 83 Peevish 85 *Certain photo poster 88 Island nation that was once part of the Spanish East Indies 89 TV’s NBA on ____ 91 Tribe that gave its

name to a state 92 Grp. of people

puttering around? 93 Tow truck

96 You might pass one in a race 98 Onetime Yankee nickname 99 *Business bigwigs 103 Seep through 105 Like a bogey

106 Tie up quickly? 108 Cleveland athlete, familiarly 109 Educator Montessori 110 Sex appeal … or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues

117 Main force 118 Bring to a full amount

119 Bratty

120 Big instrument in electronic music, informally 121 Pillow covers 122 Washington newsmaker of 1980 DOWN 1 Start to call

2 U.N. workers’ grp. 3 Handle in the entertainm­ent industry

4 Solar system model 5 Home-testing-kit target 6 Early seventh-century year

7 Very long spans

8 In a mischievou­s manner 9 Actress Woodard 10 Big seller of outdoor gear

11 Ocasek of the Cars 12 Call with a charge? 13 Geniality 14 Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logo 15 Some patterned floors 16 Fox Islands dweller 17 ____ Elise Goldsberry, 37-Across winner for “Hamilton” 18 Poly- follower 20 TV producer Michaels 24 Cheese often served

with olives 29 Hebrew name meaning 62-Down 30 Unadventur­ous 31 Crooner with the autobiogra­phy “It Wasn’t All Velvet” 32 U.S.S. Missouri’s

resting site 34 Person who’s

dreaded? 35 Publisher of the magazine America’s 1st Freedom, for short

36 Prefix with system 39 ____ Bo (workout system)

42 Golf’s Slammin’ Sammy

45 It helps keep things

straight

46 First sign of spring 47 Wacky tobacky, in

part

49 Lingo 50 One-third of a B-52

cocktail

51 “____ iacta est” (“The

die is cast”) 52 First phase

53 Draft status? 56 Mastered, Britishsty­le 57 Conversati­on fillers 58 “____ me?”

61 Take responsibi­lity for

something 62 Safari sighting 65 Site of biblical

destructio­n 66 Davis of “Thelma & Louise”

67 Heat center of old? 68 War on Poverty prez 69 Things displayed by mannequins 70 “The Lady of the Camellias” author, 1848

71 Dot on a screen 76 One suffering from numbness, maybe 77 Unit of petrol 78 Browning vessels 80 Do make-up work? 81 Plants with bellshaped blooms 82 Pokémon card transactio­n 84 Penn State symbol 86 Old Pontiac 87 Western city bisected by I-80

89 B’way buy 90 Eleanor Roosevelt ____ Roosevelt 94 Soviet ____ 95 Diamond figures 96 Ten or twenty 97 Little bits 98 Big-bang creator 99 Rooster displays 100 Gynecologi­st’s concern 101 Many a late-night cable show 102 Bounds 104 Word with crime or bar 107 Acronym for an acting/singing awards sweep 111 Plays performed in shozoku robes 112 Hoppy quaff, briefly 113 Closemouth­ed 114 Utmost

115 One in 100: Abbr. 116 O.R. figures

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