Hybrid Crossings
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Personal ad abbr. 4 Dry and crack 8 Film rating org. 12 Muse of comedy 18 1986 Gene Hackman film 20 Paths for threepointers 21 “The Truth About Cats & Dogs” genre 22 Without 3-Down, artful deception 24 Gone 25 Usher’s creator 26 Actress Hatcher 27 Left end? 28 “The X-Files” extras 29 Shallow crossing point 31 Dress 33 Cocktail hour array 34 Prefix meaning “bee” 37 Without 32-Down, stinging insects 41 Bit of public relations deception 42 Discussion group 44 Ran quickly 45 Others, on the Orinoco 46 Revealing, as some gowns 49 Name again 52 Without 30-Down, separate matter altogether 57 Maker of ProX skin products 58 Where balls are often caught 59 Catch but good 60 Engine part 61 “The Waste Land” monogram 63 The King 65 “Errare humanum —” 66 Poll no. 69 Ratted 70 Trickery 72 Field of study 73 Without 76-Down, arrive where one must decide between options 80 Original model 81 It counts 82 Gave a darn 83 Lazy 88 Repeated phrase in Ecclesiastes 89 Latin wings 90 Without 90-Down, be evasive 94 U.K. award 95 Vulnerable bone for a catcher 96 Uncommon 97 Poet Silverstein 101 Valhalla VIP 102 Cholesterol initials 103 “Momo” author Michael 106 Winner’s medalla 107 Unlike golf, as a rule 110 Without 100-Down, classic children’s novel 114 Absolute ruler 115 Native Rwandan 116 Religious dissensions 117 Little hooters 118 Blood type, briefly 119 Giant great 120 Poem originally performed with music
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1 Stubby-legged Capp critter 2 Beau 3 Driving hazard 4 Theater 5 “The Birds” actress 6 Strong-— 7 Telepathy, e.g. 8 Popular chocolate treat 9 Defend from attack 10 Spanning: Abbr. 11 Biblical beast 12 One-ups 13 Takes to the cleaners ... or cleans 14 “Right on!” 15 Readout using polarized light, briefly 16 Chit 17 Band aid 19 Rested, in a way 22 Sunscreen letters 23 Spanish wine region 28 “Scram!” 30 Critter orchestrally imitated in Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite” 32 — alert 33 Pfeiffer of TV’s “Cybill” 34 Patriots’ Day month 35 Bench site 36 Orch. component 38 Move, to a Realtor 39 Hebrew leader? 40 LPGA star Cristie 41 Happy hour seat 42 Zahn of TV news 43 “That shut her up like —”: Tennessee Williams 45 Footnote abbr. 46 Bowl game star, briefly 47 Like some service 48 Reagan prog. 50 Actress Bening 51 Fund-raising gps. 53 Chemical suffix 54 Three-time Masters winner 55 Half a sawbuck 56 Former NBA center Dampier 61 Schlepped 62 Place for a coin 64 Tre + tre 66 Preface 67 Break off 68 Small amounts 69 Little laugh 71 Setting for Dickens 72 — Army: links group 73 Tree with pods 74 GUM rival 75 Hal of the 1985 World Champion Kansas City Royals 76 Aid in a stirring experience 77 Czech hockey player Nedved 78 Lukas of “Witness” 79 Disbelieving accusation 84 Words said while stretching, maybe 85 Non-Rx med 86 Formal will 87 Always, in verse 90 Golfer’s garb 91 White wine aperitif 92 Summer cooler 93 Halter? 95 Photograph 98 Stroked into the cup 99 Uneven, as a leaf’s edge 100 Shipboard account 101 Drink too much 104 Odd couple? 105 Letter with curves 107 Altar avowal 108 Green 109 Internet access letters 110 Comic Margaret 111 Follower of Attila 112 Omega, to a physicist 113 Many a Wikipedia article