CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pays too much at auction 6 Circus performer 11 Got a perfect score 14 Verdi opera 15 Feather wrap 16 Tree type 18 Citifying 21 Currency related 23 Fork prongs 25 Tissue mass 26 Apple drink 27 Foot ender 28 Consumer 29 Old hag 31 Assault 32 Laurel or Kenton 33 Goes with carte or mode 34 Carpenter’s tool 35 Ore deposits 36 Cut of pork 37 Determined 39 Type of eclipse 40 Loving touch 42 Insignificant, silly 43 Leg bone 44 Entrance hall 45 NY cager 46 Thick slices 47 Olympic events 48 Morsel 49 Relinquish 50 Judge’s cry 51 Motor vehicle 53 Otherwise 54 Tinged with sadness 56 Hand out 57 Refusals 58 Conduits 59 Actor Tommy Lee 60 Of the kidneys 61 Spoiled by excess 62 Lost color 63 Camping shelters 64 More adorable 65 Bundled together 66 Development stage 68 Like some windows 70 Bloodsucking bugs 71 Loaded down 73 Undergarments 74 Comes in last 75 Batman nickname: “The — Crusader” 76 Lacking moisture 77 Hive insects 78 Circles 79 Terminate 80 Writing instruments 81 Pound sound 82 Plant anchors 83 Hay unit 84 Bus fees 85 Brawn 87 Ranking with the best 90 The Borden cow 91 Creative expression 92 The sun rises here 93 Skilled cook 94 Winces 95 Sailing tools

DOWN

1 Notice in the newspaper 2 More unique 3 Baby covers 4 Crete mountain 5 QB Marino 6 Tolerate, put up with 7 Rocket’s nose 8 Car cloth 9 Dwellings 10 Basic belief 11 Play division 12 More gabby 13 Senior staff member 17 After auction or musket 18 Nervousness 19 Golf goal: hole — — 20 District, area 21 Scrooge type 22 Chestnutcolored horses 24 Small landmass 26 Fragrant wood 29 Dull thud 30 Evaluate 31 Something extra 32 Tender spots 34 Location 35 Woodsy workmen 36 Tier 38 Chilling 39 Go away 40 Halley’s discovery 41 Reddish horse 43 Darts about 44 Loses color 45 Metric measure 46 Satisfied fully 47 Avarice 48 Long-distance friend 49 Windshield sweeper 50 Possessed 51 Competitors 52 Woe is me! 54 Waited, tarried 55 Boot bottoms 56 Thick-headed 58 Liver spreads 60 Total again 61 Biblical betrayer 62 Dueling steps 63 Trio number 64 Happy-go-lucky 65 Speech impediments 66 Littermates 67 Iliad hero 69 Film critic Roger 70 Incisor 71 Made sheep sounds 72 Seabird 74 Plunderer 75 Prison cubicle 77 Fundamental 78 Reason 79 Wagons 80 Spaghetti and macaroni 82 Medical pros 83 Dull person 84 Speedy 86 Santa helper 87 Shake of a tail 88 Average grade 89 Careless, negligent