New York Daily News

WELL-ARMED

- Potter Stern

ACROSS

1 Hindu “sir” 5 Common aquarium fish 10 “The Wizard of Oz” character 15 “September ___” (Neil Diamond

hit) 19 Black as night 20 Able to jump through

hoops? 21 Permeate throughout 22 Fit of shivering 23 One adept at drawing? 25 Autos’ emergency replacemen­ts 27 “Buns of ___” 28 Cloister leader 30 Colorful call to arms? 31 “Mona ___” (Leonardo da Vinci

masterpiec­e) 34 “At ___!” (boot camp command) 35 Skin product suffix 36 Patterns of experience, in

psychology 40 Cancel, as a launch 43 “Grim” character in some

horror films 47 Cold and blustery 48 Ancient Roman senate 50 “Million” ending 52 Take potshots 53 It may be inflated, massaged or

bruised 54 Biathlon stops 57 Ocean 58 Brief and to the point 61 A bit that can be split 62 Traditiona­l Japanese wrestlers,

slangily 64 Hammer or Spade, e.g. 65 Passionate states 67 Victim of erosion 69 Highway distance marker 71 “Super ___” (Rick James hit) 73 Coin replaced by the euro 76 French social philosophe­r

Georges 77 Chew the fat 80 Deep-sea fishing booking 82 Dunderhead 85 “Alamos” opener 86 Big bone 88 Bucket contents? 90 “Gandhi” role 91 “Aah!” companion 92 Survivalis­t’s structure 96 James Bond creator Fleming 97 Apple attachment­s 100 “Stop!” to Captain Bligh 101 The fable guy 103 Org. that deals with class

issues? 104 College applicatio­n parts 106 Brightest star in Cygnus 108 Slow-flowing syrup 110 Antlered deer 112 Closure for some jackets 114 All dried out 115 Chinese restaurant

vegetable 119 Black of “Nashville” 121 Bullish comment 125 Enticing, as a look 127 They may need sharpening 130 Car rental company 131 Wynonna’s mom 132 Go in 133 Bone below the elbow 134 Cotton used for stuffing

cushions 135 Anteater’s feature 136 Choir’s platform 137 Blue blood

DOWN

1 Does a certain dog

trick 2 Be flush with 3 Common shape for a dog

biscuit 4 Insincere 5 Comedic unit 6 “Eewww, gross!” 7 Bread served with falafel 8 Academy attendee 9 Mate and buena 10 “Desperate Housewives”

lane 11 Baby sitter’s headache 12 A lift, in Aspen 13 Like bacon, pastrami and most

hams 14 Advice taker 15 Regular character in

“Blondie” 16 Grimm monster 17 “Shoulda, woulda, coulda”

one 18 Abode for a bird 24 “Sacro” addition 26 Allowed weights 29 “American Beauty” prize 32 Belittling comment 33 Airy courts 36 “Mata Hari” star Garbo 37 All fired up 38 Some fleshy seafood

entrees 39 Does a baking task 41 Amphorae 42 High-ranking Muslim

woman 44 Beats with a firearm 45 Blunted fencing weapons 46 Acknowledg­e a stimulus 49 Coolly detached 51 Eighteen-wheelers 55 Afghan title 56 One of the Seven Sages of

Greece 59 Put into piles 60 A good way to stand 63 Canary’s relative 66 Title of respect in colonial

India 68 Researcher’s place 70 Tennis’ Sampras 72 Skewered barbecue dish 74 “Lymph” follower 75 “Cheers” barmaid 77 “Almost!” 78 Owl cries 79 Like tournament chess

games 81 Carved Native American pole 83 About to blow 84 Albacore and blue fin 87 “... ___ to leap tall buildings” 89 Chihuahua cash 93 Ancient language of India 94 “Laughing” African beast 95 Actor’s character 98 “My Little Chickadee” co-star 99 Airy supernatur­al being 102 Analyze grammatica­lly 105 Airborne gaggles 107 Carnival pitchman 109 Satire 111 Tempting one 113 One-hundredth of a markka 115 Boo-boo cover 116 “Blame It on the Bossa ___” 117 Don’t keep in 118 “Am-scray!” 120 Young lice 122 Behold amorously 123 Russo or Descartes 124 Alexandra’s Nicholas, for one 126 “Down under” fowl 128 “___ fi fo fum” 129 Act human, proverbial­ly

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