HIGH WATER By Ross Trudeau, edited By David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Spanish for “the bull” 7 Morning hair woe

14 Take the lid off

19 Unable to quit

20 Political consultant James 21 Pitched perfectly 22 Banknote that doesn’t feature a D.C. building

(hint: look up at letter 5)

Bad smells

“Mon ___!”

Tiny bits

Small battery

Concoctions

It’s a given

List-ending letters

Jacket

Soccer legend Hamm

NBA coach Steve

Hold up

Classic causality dilemma

(... letter 7)

It’s “just a number”

Hearty’s partner

:-) :-) :-)

Sheeplike

Scoundrel

The “E” in QED

Certain sib

Thickly populated

Martial arts role for Jaden Smith, with “The” (... letter 1) Alpine climber with horns Texans : NFL :: ___ : MLB Constantly crabby

Bites like a baby fox

Turn down

Dodge Charger, e.g.

Baby foxes

Ideas that prompt serious reflection (... letter 3)

A little, in music

Records that don’t last long? (Abbr.)

75 Old man

76 Common wedding coif 77 Votes in

79 Pastry whose origin is, oddly, Austrian

Los Angeles Chargers, e.g. Bumped into (... letter 6) Spud

Uncle, in Oaxaca

Opposite of “da”

Holy Roman Emperor crowned in 962

Actor ___ Jackson Jr.

Military readiness status Profs, often

Seemingly forever

Games that include wheelchair tennis (... letter 5) 100 Sky lion

101 Gala who inspired a surrealist 102 Wriggly fish

103 It flows in Hawaii

104 Country that won the 2019

Women’s World Cup 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 35 37 40 41

44 45 46 47 48 50 52 53 54

56 58 61 62 63 64 67 68

73 74 82 83 84 87 89 91

92 93 95 97 98