Crossword

Note: This puzzle is part of Merl’s best-of series.

ACROSS

1 “___ in ‘apple’ “4 La Prensa article? 7 Carry 11 Antique 16 ... a Hart to Hart star acting a little wooden? 19 Delphi know-it-all 21 ... a Today show host in a fowl mood? 22 Pitching style 24 Result of a sap judgment 25 Relation 26 Grammarian’s gripes, perhaps 28 Perfect square 29 Giant star 30 Weather eye 32 Pen mom 33 Valued violin 34 L.A. campus 35 Sizzling site 36 A few laughs 39 Actress Falana 41 Queen Victoria’s granddaughter 42 Mill man 44 ... a Cheers star acting like a stud? 47 Plants used in shampoos 48 Smidge 49 Headstone inscription 50 Surfer’s pals 51 Trailer puller 53 “Thereby hangs ___” 55 Erechtheum esses 58 Cable car’s turnaround 59 Na Na preceder 60 Grimm grotesque 62 Tokyo sport 63 By way of 66 ... actress Jane in a cheesy outfit? 70 Fort ___, N.J. 71 Staring pair 73 Drug VIP 74 Yug. neighbor 75 Firepower? 77 1940 tune, “___ Cannonball” 79 NL Western Division player 81 Most exalted, in Mexico 84 “Holy moly!” 86 Monterrey uncle 87 French possessive 88 “___ think so” 90 ... the Impaler looking a little battered? 94 Gat 95 Moths with wing eyespots 96 Town near Caen, France 97 Satisfactory 98 Dog or scoundrel 99 Sutter’s Mill find, to Luis 100 Bumbling bunch? 102 Claw-foot item 104 Hawn-Gibson film, Bird on ___ 106 Not to 107 Cal or Texas follower 108 Watergate judge 111 “___ said before ...” 112 High, shallow fly ball 113 Help-offering comment 115 ... an actress saying, “You like me (honk!), you really like me”? 118 Home Journal readership 119 ... a baseball star of high caliber? 120 Painter Édouard 121 Secluded corner 122 Lili St. ___ 123 Roguish

DOWN

1 Consequently 2 Magnet or pheromone 3 Author Anya 4 Music notes 5 Bullet-train taker, perhaps 6 “I ___ with my own eyes!” 7 Little one 8 Island where Marcos died 9 Very, non? 10 Actresses Best and Purviance 11 Teak alternative 12 Goddess of discord 13 Early man? 14 Really cheap, as a stamp 15 ... a Bloom in wet soil? 17 A long way 18 Sidelined 20 Verdi opera 21 She had hissy hair 23 Rescue reward 27 Alchemist’s quest 30 Megadeath madness 31 Taken, in a way 33 Name in NYC restaurant lore 35 Donna of Saturday Night Fever and TV’s Angie 37 ... an ex-candidate being taken for granite? 38 Land east of the Urals 40 Ruins through bungling 43 Duck or color 44 Roof sealant 45 Poise 46 Photo originals 48 Hitchcock film 52 Plaything place 53 “So!” 54 Mind’s I 56 Guy de Maupassant rogue, Bel ___ 57 Name of two baseball teams 59 Layers 61 Groucho in Duck Soup, ___ T. Firefly 63 Take an oath 64 Mad About You cousin 65 ... a columnist who wouldn’t talk? 67 Listening device 68 Drink with rarebit 69 Stranger 72 Egypt’s Port ___ 76 Swan lady 78 Charley horse 80 Italian film producer’s first name 81 Go out with 82 Vehicle fleet, on the base 83 In a burdensome manner 85 Earthiest, as language 87 Air lanes 89 ___ l’oeil 90 Volunteer org. estab. in ’64 91 Poet Amy or Robert 92 Decant 93 Its mbrs. get free maps 94 Shade 98 Like fresh celery 101 Role for Valerie 103 Buffalo 105 Singer of sewing fame 106 Pays 108 Hook’s sidekick 109 Roman statesman 110 Member of the chorus 112 Movie ratings 114 Take all the marbles 116 “Mighty ___ a Rose” 117 Invisible cushion?