Crossword

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

ACROSS

1 “Get lost!” 6 Indian tourist stop 10 Poly finish 14 Horne’s namesakes 19 Game setting 20 One of Red’s characters 21 Literary governess 22 Primatelike 23 1958 Danny Kaye film 26 Capital of unoccupied France, 1940-44 27 Elec. unit 28 Afflictions 29 ___ one’s stripes 30 Type of contract 32 Files a countersuit, e.g. 34 1976 Jodie Foster film 37 Judge in a TV drama 38 Myrrh-men? 39 Slogan addition 40 Tone-___ 42 Structure starter 45 “O Captain! my Captain!” subject 47 “Made you look!” prelude 49 Like a ballerina 51 Wrap material 52 Place for a bill 54 Throw to the wrong base 56 Archipelago unit 57 Edda territory: abbr. 58 Badly 59 Economist Smith 62 Prophet ending 64 Singer Sumac 65 With 73 Across, a 1962 Tom Courtenay film 70 1947 Gerald Mohr film 73 See 65 Across 75 Study under Strasberg 78 Beatles hit, “___ Back” 79 Oft-reserved item 80 Revenuer’s tool 81 “Land sakes ...” 82 Language of Iran 84 “Are you talking to me?” 86 Fashion magazine 88 Move stealthily 89 More than happy 91 Puppy bites 94 Capp and others 95 Gillette razors 96 Low dam 97 Swiss canton 99 Prestigious sch. 101 Bother 102 1932 Marlene Dietrich film 105 Old snapshots and campaign buttons 110 Run 111 Calculator features 112 John Irving’s Meany 113 Online address 114 Self-imposed state, sometimes 116 1955 Alan Ladd film 120 Was a fan of 121 Word in a Haggard title 122 Yves SaintLaurent’s birthplace 123 Conservationist Gibbons 124 Very passionate 125 Ticked (off) 126 White House section 127 She played Loretta

DOWN

1 Philippine island 2 Donut filler 3 Wields a sickle 4 Actress Blyth 5 She’s crazy 6 Pounded 7 Cagney portrayer 8 Taping abbr. 9 Pseudopodal life 10 U.S. or Russian place 11 Redgrave et al. 12 Heavy-metal combo? 13 “Say ...” 14 Palindromic city NW of Montreal 15 Shows 16 Prude 17 ___ blond 18 Move suddenly, as when startled 24 The lead Soprano 25 React to Fey 31 Sound processors 33 Like some bars 35 Part of IGY 36 “Yum yum, ___ up!” 38 Braveheart guy 41 Greek cheese 42 “Who ___?” 43 Night, in Bonn 44 Louis of the FBI 45 For quite a while 46 Came by 48 Traps, in a way 50 Part of the Hindu trinity 53 Woolly 55 Good ones help when playing video games 58 Hole-___ 60 Silty spot 61 “___ would have it ...” 63 Put away 66 Cousin of an ism, in French 67 “___ knew” 68 Available, as a doctor 69 Man of the sewer 71 Bond film, ___ Majesty’s Secret Service 72 Temple of Zeus site, once 74 Workout actions, often 75 Not too many 76 He and Joshua entered the Promised Land 77 Off-road two-wheeler 83 On-sidewalk four-wheeler 85 Prestigious sch. 87 Young one 88 Beats 90 Bud, to a surfer 92 Like some walls 93 Former Italian coin 98 Burning up 100 “Its fleece was white ___” 101 Iowa State city 103 Indigent 104 With 106 Down, Barbara Bel Geddes on Dallas 105 Erin of Happy Days 106 See 104 Down 107 Toothpaste containers 108 Some exams 109 In a furtive way 114 Little worker 115 Midnight hour 117 Homophone of a certain scream 118 Day of the wk. 119 Affirmatif answer