THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS
1 Metronome
marking 5 Beat 10 Moving a little 15 Rushed 19 Wings 20 — -craftsy 21 River in France 22 Dip out 23 A dessert: 2 wds. 25 A dessert 27 Immunoglobulin 28 Forward 30 Concatenated 31 Rare bird 32 Tiny amount 33 Squeal to
the cops 34 Mother superior 37 “— and Dolls” 38 Musical work 42 Green quartz 43 A dessert: 2 wds. 46 Nest egg letters 47 — Fifth Avenue 48 Clearing 49 Machine
assembly 50 Glaswegian 51 Common
contraction 52 Substantiate 53 Leaf parts 54 Jobs 55 Blue mineral 57 Kind of ’60s
dancer: Hyph. 58 Something for a
newborn 59 “— Bede” 60 Ropes 63 Hut of a kind 64 Aliens anagram 66 Schmaltz 67 Bishop’s throne 71 Eidolon 72 The hard stuff 74 Environs 75 Barrier 76 Kind of dive 77 Precipitation 78 Coarse fabric
of jute 79 “— kleine
Nachtmusik” 80 Deer 81 A dessert: 2 wds. 83 Depend (with “on”) 84 Armaments 86 Facile 87 Rugby player 88 Lowbred 89 Grayish shade 91 4th rock from the sun 92 Curio 95 Anthology entries 96 Term 100 A dessert: 2 wds. 102 A dessert: 3 wds. 104 “God’s Little —” 105 Agalloch 106 Incensed 107 “La — Bonita” 108 Told tales 109 — Dame 110 Rock bottom 111 Hotbed
DOWN
1 Spotted cavy 2 — -a-Dale 3 Haul 4 Eldritch quality 5 Billy clubs 6 — — Triomphe 7 Sojourn 8 Expression of
sympathy 9 “Pint” and “lint”
e.g.: 2 wds. 10 Walk 11 Greens 12 Cafeteria item 13 Roadhouse 14 Adjustable chair 15 Wheel’s projecting
part 16 Spindly 17 Lip 18 Do a garden job 24 Too heavy 26 Chop 29 Celtic language 32 Buckskin 33 Performance
highlights 34 Orbital point 35 Well done! 36 A dessert: 2 wds. 37 Road material 38 Darling 39 A dessert: 2 wds. 40 Treasure — 41 “Gunsmoke” was one 43 Cluster 44 Work shoe 45 Stock character in
sci-fi 48 Dirt 50 Hackneyed 52 Flat surface 53 French department 54 Soft, low sounds 56 Verona’s river 57 Certain retailer 58 Tune 61 Intense 62 Exiguous 64 Muscular
strength 65 Soaproot 68 Old British
composer 69 Practice area 70 Ruler: Var. 72 — -Coeur 73 Wan 74 Prize at Pimlico 77 Jack-of-all-trades 78 Bota bag 79 Brainiac 81 Bridge position 82 Yoked animals 83 — Ulysses Grant 85 Set a value on 87 Less trusting 89 Serious 90 Sublet 91 Start for media 92 Girasol 93 Start for meter 94 Provoke, in a way 95 Cabal 96 Twosome 97 — dixit 98 Some landscapes
and portraits 99 Unmixed 101 U.K. rockers,
for short 103 Period