‘Plays Well With Authors’
ACROSS 1 Dashboard stat 4 Camden’s river 12 “Stranger in a Strange Land” author: inits. 15 Calla lily’s plant family 19 Treasure of the Sierra Madre 20 1971 Heston film, with “The” 21 President pickers 23 Author’s favorite singing group? 25 Getting wider 26 Glowing coal 27 Fruit drink brand 28 Nahuatl speaker 29 Animal fat 30 Terrific review 33 “I’ll catch up after I rest a bit,” to an author? 39 Nabokov novel 40 Smallish battery 42 Rand’s dad 43 Oklahoma native 44 Takes certain court action, to an author? 48 Scott of “Charles in Charge” 49 “Swan Lake” attire 50 ___ Kan (dog food brand) 51 Fresh from the pool 54 Bill’s partner 55 Central church area 58 Sat, waiting for a click 60 Overact, author-style? 63 Start of Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work” chorus 66 Tin that inspired the Frisbee 68 Scratch 69 With 78 Across, author’s favorite line from a classic Southern song? 75 Long, Peeples or Vardalos 76 Simple to prepare, as a meal 77 Part of PETA 78 See 69 Across 82 “Hey, your show started!” 84 Armored vehicle 85 Sphere 86 Cause of a flashback, perhaps 87 Corrida cry 88 Chiming-in comment 91 There’s no “I” in it 93 Proposal from an author? 100 Intertwine 103 ___ room 104 Marx collaborator 105 Him, to Henri 106 With 119 Across, author’s favorite song from the ’60s? 109 Zip; nada 110 Gear teeth 111 Riverbank frolicker 112 Palindromic constellation 114 Set up shop elsewhere 115 Clown College city, south of Tampa 119 See 106 Across 123 Famed Argentine 124 Pretend to be something you’re not 125 Junior’s junior 126 Lightbulb unit 127 Old spy org. 128 They’ve been around the block a few times 129 Author of “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” DOWN 1 Early autos 2 Put together earlier 3 German-style bistro 4 Busy one 5 Dash sizes 6 “Go Set a Watchman” author 7 Turkish official 8 Took place 9 Mine, to Mimi 10 Dressing choice 11 Dash sizes 12 No-parking area 13 O’Connor’s successor 14 Mount St. ___ 15 Try: abbr. 16 Versailles resident 17 It may fill a niche 18 Chow mein additive 22 Chocolate bean 24 Massive ref. 28 Excited 30 Huck’s ride 31 Two 32 Left-hand page 34 Russian river 35 Fireplace shelf 36 Pass, as a law 37 Alphabet quintet 38 Wilt 40 Tempe sch. 41 Fishermen cut holes in it 45 Cover girl Gwen 46 Got rich 47 Guy in a pers. ad 52 Actor M. ___ Walsh 53 Show how 55 Zip; nada 56 ___ Zion Church 57 Floor cleaner, briefly 59 Blow, as dough 60 Male deer 61 Ending for meth 62 Quisling 64 Bay window 65 Some exams 67 Mentor’s charge 70 Actor Chaney 71 Photogs 72 Color TV pioneer 73 Took off 74 Utah’s state animal 78 Lavished attention (on) 79 Woman’s name meaning “peace” 80 Popular variation of a game in which players shoot each other with paint-pellet guns 81 Tom Swifty wd. 83 Expenditures 87 One way to store data 89 Poe work 90 Surgery sites, brief ly 92 Half a cocktail 94 Joan, the Maid of ___ 95 Not too far off 96 Anonymous 97 “Fantastic!” 98 Flutist Zukerman 99 Contempt 101 Not too far off 102 Corrida co-star 107 Kruger and Klemperer 108 Toyota subcompact that anagrams into a country 110 Grand Banks catch 113 Wander 114 Fannie ___ (some securities) 115 Follow a pattern, maybe 116 Actress Gardner 117 Chinese calendar critter 118 Fitting 119 Word after blue or bird 120 Campaign season org. 121 The Yellowhammer St. 122 ___ Arthur Conan Doyle
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