PUNCH LINE
ACROSS
1 Pepper spray 5 Writer’s problem 10 Brandished 15 Duds, pre-riches 19 Cousin to John and
Sean 20 Alfa — 21 River in Missouri 22 Underground
passage 23 Start of a quip by comedian Buddy Hackett: 6 wds. 27 Beseeches 28 Marine phenomenon 29 More mellow 30 Sleeves 31 Ten-spot relative 32 Seta 34 Say over and over 37 Spiked 38 Luxurious 39 Dressing variety 40 Drinks in cans 41 A flower, for short 42 Emissary: Abbr. 45 White-tailed eagle 46 Interrogate 47 Debris anagram 49 Low 50 Earthbound bird 51 Roof support 52 “Alfie” star
Michael — 53 While broadcasting:
Hyph. 55 Peterson AFB agcy. 57 Inaugural 58 Earthy pigment 59 Part 2 of quip:
5 wds. 64 Springs 65 Troglodytes’
milieu 66 Steel plow inventor 67 Vanquishes 68 Mister from
Madrid 69 As luck — have it 71 Zero 74 Deed 75 Aftershock 77 Modified leaf 78 Punta del — 79 Abbr. on a roadmap 80 Jewish month 81 Retinue 82 Stage name 83 Praline ingredient 85 Coastal cities 86 Cotton thread 87 Encourage 90 Get away from 91 Fish sauce of old 93 Heart chambers 94 Role in “Cheers” 95 Monarch’s wife 99 End of the quip:
6 wds. 103 Faction 104 French artist 105 Trencherman 106 Aarnio or Saarinen 107 Periods 108 Litigants 109 Worthless
matter 110 Low grades
DOWN
1 Street performer 2 The Bard’s river 3 Pitch 4 Captivate 5 The best part 6 Cheers 7 Elec. units 8 “Simpsons” character
Sideshow — 9 Like a work
in verse 10 Sylvan 11 Ray flower 12 Vessels 13 Kind of ideal 14 Tierra — Fuego 15 Devil-may-care 16 Skillful 17 Third Hebrew letter 18 Cubic meter 24 City in Australia 25 Yields 26 Rainbow 31 Sioux — 32 Propeller part 33 Like a churl 34 First Nations people 35 Detriment 36 Proclaim 37 “Family Guy” wife 38 Column base 40 Coarse 41 Grain for the mill 42 Secretary 43 Current 44 The Pentateuch 46 Fescue 47 Reveals 48 Not clean 51 Most faithful 52 Fruity beverage 54 Kind of escape 56 Tobacco kiln 57 Prefer 58 Silvery fish 59 King of the
elephants 60 Put up 61 “The — Cometh” 62 Lord’s property 63 Infer 68 Car type 69 Drop a line 70 Nosebag filler 72 Type style: Abbr. 73 — majesty 76 Tortoise-and-hare
event 77 Laden 78 Provoked 81 Body of water 82 On the qui vive 83 Lithographs 84 L’—, c’est moi 85 Braids 87 Opening in a
bow for a cable 88 Old anesthetic 89 Palm tree 90 Duck 91 Powdery residue 92 Animal habitations 94 Force unit 95 Josip Broz 96 “Get — to a
nunnery ...” 97 Withered 98 OT book 100 “— Pinafore” 101 — -de-vie 102 Seaman