Book Notes
HOW TO PLAY (no pun intended): This puzzle is about a certain group. Twenty of the Down answers are one letter too long for their allotted spaces. Whenever this happens, simply enter that extra letter into the vacant square at the base of that column, in the row containing 132 and 133 Across.
ACROSS 1 Titanic VIP 6 Fail miserably 10 Hailstones do it 14 Pageant topper 19 Flintstone’s boss 20 “No way” 21 Often-dunked treat 22 Van Gogh locale 23 Place where this group’s music may never appear? 25 1920s chief justice 26 Does hard-hat work 27 Part of a dog 28 Reed in a pit 29 Lipton rival 31 Put into play 32 CIA forerunner 33 Preserve, in a way 34 Stiff 37 Blues great Smith 41 Good place to view this group at a concert? 46 Pin’s place 47 Tuscan hill town 48 Schools for Jules 49 Pronto, briefly 50 Flintstone’s wife 51 ___ Helens 52 Grade for a tween 56 Something this group can only dream of? 60 Spanish river 61 “May ___ your order?” 62 Motel machine sign 63 Gandhi opposed it 65 Love-letter hugs 66 Stiff drink 69 With 83 Across, typical comment by the group after a song? 73 Sartre play 75 Fine and dandy 76 Movie, in Variety 78 Mrs. Romney 79 “Psycho” setting 81 Boo-boo 83 See 69 Across 90 Whale finder 92 Major in astronomy? 93 Electricity pioneer 94 Concerning 95 Sweetheart 97 Bite-size treats 98 Prickly plant 99 What critics of the group are known for? 103 Slackened 104 Connect 105 Beat the house 106 Polite wd. 107 Not to mention 108 Joan of Arc, e.g. 112 It rolls in the aisles 114 Loverboy 118 All thumbs 121 Analgesic target 122 What the group is planning after this weekend? 124 Japanese-American 125 Neck and neck 126 Lip application 127 Extra 128 Brief brawl 129 Salad often 130 Pub pints 131 Girl in “The Gondoliers” 132 With 133, the name of the band whose members appear in the theme answers. (They disbanded in 2012 after raising millions for literacy, but they’re reuniting this weekend for one last concert.) 133 See 132 DOWN 1 Tinseltown terrier 2 Single-masted boat 3 Bugle tune 4 Bart and Lisa’s bus driver 5 Mens ___ (criminal intent) 6 Future plants 7 Where Lima is 8 Mickey or Mighty 9 Common preservative 10 Ominous sign 11 Wipe away 12 Went home, e.g. 13 Carry-on item 14 Spotted, Tweety-style 15 In ___ straits 16 Refer (to) 17 Famous parting place 18 Thumbs-up 24 Hangman’s loop 29 “Peter Pan” dog 30 Reveille no-show 32 Texas resource 33 Scam artist 35 Olympian Jesse 36 Actor Davis 37 Spill the beans 38 Comfort 39 Restful resorts 40 Doubting Thomas 41 Choice fish cut 42 Do follow-ups? 43 Lipton rival 44 Campus 100 miles NW of L.A. 45 Chopper feature 47 Soy juice brand 50 What to do “if the shoe fits” 51 Big truck maker 53 Microsoft game console 54 Counselor Deanna on the starship Enterprise 55 Photo session 57 Instruction part 58 Harry Potter’s girlfriend 59 Chanted word 64 Baby kangaroo 66 Alpert’s Tijuana ___ 67 Caramel candy brand 68 Similar 70 Ex-NPR host Liane 71 “My Way” lyricist 72 Charlotte ___, V.I. 74 N.Y. city where Twain is buried 77 Rude dude 80 Leftovers 82 City near Venice 84 Parts of hearts 85 Bird-related 86 Big Ben sound 87 Band together 88 Ontario tribe 89 Bovine bunch 91 Musburger or Scowcroft 96 “Up and ___!” 97 Sierra Club founder 98 Air gun ammo 99 Smarts 100 “Of Mice and Men” guy 101 Most freezing 102 Munster portrayer 103 Justice Samuel 106 Some golf events 109 Makes a recording 110 George’s sitar pal 111 One to one, e.g. 112 Kentucky resource 113 Stroll along 114 ___ one’s time (wait) 115 Extremities 116 Burns out of control 117 ___ Choice 119 Adoption option 120 Spanish uncle 122 Jazz grp.? 123 Krazy ___