Trenton Charlson, 25, is a full-time crossword constructor in Columbus, Ohio. He loves words with unusual letter combinations, like 63-Across here, which he’s been trying to use in a puzzle for years. He says, “I value the sort of ‘X-factor’ that makes a
ACROSS
1 Goes wherever
the wind blows?
6 Person who likes all your FB posts, perhaps
9 Key with five
sharps: Abbr.
13 Western film, in
old slang
18 Harriet’s partner
on 1950s-’60s TV 19 China’s Chou
En-____
20 Paul Simon’s
“____ Rock”
21 Tree that Athena
gifted to Athens 22 Inaptly named
bear of a tongue twister
25 Spanish rice
26 Letter-shaped construction piece
27 Endeavor
28 Winter weather
hazard
31 Little black ____ 32 Art of verse
33 Jurisdiction of a Catholic church official
37 Get closer and
closer
40 Mapmaker’s
subj.
41 Literary traveler to Lilliput and Brobdingnag
42 Transfixed
43 Former telecom giant that merged into Verizon
45 Ostentatious
display
48 Kicked back
49 Singer Lisa
51 Pre-euro currency 52 National tree of
the U.S.
53 Paradise lost
54 Scatterbrains
56 Grandma,
to Brits
57 Frenzy
59 Rattlesnake’s
warning
60 Ambrose Bierce defined it as “A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue”
62 Totally over it all 63 Final creature encountered in “Dr. Seuss’s ABC”
68 Far-right state
70 Buckskin, e.g.
71 Something stretched out in a yoga class
74 Has over
75 Go after
78 Like varnished
wood
79 “Pretty please?” 80 Sci-fi travelers
81 Pan-fries
84 Violated a code
of silence
85 Sportscaster Jim with the classic opening “Hello, friends”
86 Opportunities to
win a vacation on “Wheel of Fortune”
90 Stocking stuffer 91 Actress Ana of
“Love, Victor”
92 “Alas ... ”
93 Bistro sign word 95 Francis’ tenure,
e.g.
96 Lively, on
a score
97 Collect little by
little
99 Makes
101 “Which Disney Princess Are You?” and the like
104 Big Ten powerhouse, for short
107 Eye shade
110 Basic skateboard
trick
111 Quick nap ... or a playful description of the 64-Down here 113 Conflagration
114 Diamond who
went platinum 115 Scottish
denial
116 Popeye creator
Segar
117 Footnote abbr. 118 Icelandic work that influenced Tolkien
119 Key for getting
out, not in 120 Like May through August, unlike the other months of the year
DOWN
1 What “piano” can
mean
2 Côte d’____
3 Nickname for
Isabelle or Isidore 4 Fashion designer
Lange
5 Actress Amanda of 2012’s “Les Misérables”
6 What B. B. King
was king of
7 Rattles
8 Opposite of
flatness
9 Members of bevies and broods
10 Tie the knot
11 Mine: Fr.
12 Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
13 “C’est
magnifique!”
14 Spanish composer
Isaac
15 “How to ____ a ____” (popular Google search)
16 One of the Gabor
sisters
17 Radiation unit
23 Member in the genus Troglodytes, so named for its tendency to enter dark crevices
24 “Jeepers!”
25 Generational
divide
29 Former queen of
Jordan
30 Nintendo
princess
31 Order of roses
34 Kilt-wearing Greek infantryman
35 Fixed, as tiling
36 Northern California town once home to the palindromic ____ Bakery 37 Chain that sells
chains
38 “Jeepers!”
39 Levels
40 Old fogy
41 Quiet valley
43 Partner of
glamour
44 Comedian
Fields
46 ____ garden
47 When repeated, one of the Gabor sisters
50 Mercedes-____
54 Stupor
55 Multitude
57 Pac-Man navigates through one
58 Wood-shaping
tool
60 They’re taken out
in alleys
61 Six-Day War
leader Weizman 62 No-nonsense TV
judge
63 Unsightly
spot
64 Sleep indicators 65 Counterfeit
66 Spike the Beanie
Baby, e.g.
67 Having some
pep
68 Alternative to
Advil or Aleve
69 Birthplace of the
Franciscan order 71 Kind of ray
72 Bit of tomfoolery 73 Nervous
state
74 Seven: Prefix
75 Football sideline
reporter Kolber
76 Brand of pretzels
and chips
77 Electric ____
79 Kvetches
81 Pointy-eared dog 82 Big name in car
parts
83 Break away
85 Reason to hang
up
87 Victoria Falls
river
88 Uniform
adornment
89 Center of L.A.,
once
94 Sufficient,
informally
No. 1010
95 Aphids, to
ladybugs
97 Beyond cold
98 Woman’s name meaning “night” in Hebrew and Arabic
99 Pound and others 100 Worshiper of the
rain god Tlaloc 102 Took off
103 One of the Nereids of Greek myth
104 Eleven, en
français
105 Parts of
snowmobiles
106 Exploits
107 “The White
Lotus” airer
108 View from Lake
Como
109 Country music’s
____ Brown Band 112 In a bad way
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