New York Daily News

SUNDAY CROSSWORD II

- A PC PUZZLE By Kenneth Holt 12/14 © Universal Uclick

ACROSS

1 Analyze grammatica­lly 6 Pen fillers 10 Bring down 15 “Acid” 18 Homeric epic 19 Lake near Reno 21 Warms up 22 Expert fighter pilot 23 Spanish cellist/

conductor 25 Desert green spot 26 Without delay 27 Formerly, formerly 28 Lively spirit 29 Mall attraction 31 Make invalid 33 Skirt length 35 British noble 36 Fixed payment 37 Like careful language 43 Basketball stadium 44 A flat, thick piece 45 Feared fairy-tale females 49 Becomes tangled 51 Old phone feature 53 ___ gin fizz 54 Antlered beast 55 Broke a fast 56 Ache for 58 Great way to listen 62 Flu fighters 64 Bulldog booster 65 Ghost’s word 66 Post-lather step 67 They have subsidiari­es 74 Colgate competitor 77 It may have a general

assembly? 78 Short pencil 79 Play divisions 83 Mnemonic device 87 Jeans fabric 89 Ump’s call 90 Rink surface 91 Bay in the stable 92 Enlarge, as a hole 94 African hunting expedition 96 Particular­ly suitable for children 99 Sandpaper particles 101 Play a set with the band 102 Where motorists should

be extra careful 107 Greek goddess of the

moon 110 Clock pointer 111 Barely gets by 112 Foundation garment

of yore 113 It’s on the game clock 114 Get high 116 Drive 120 Old American competitor 121 Lute’s cousin 123 Mule, at times 126 Uneven? 127 Airs for December 128 Biker’s path 129 Black, in Barcelona 130 “Comin’ Thro’ the ___” 131 Make a statute 132 Apple source 133 Washington’s

successor

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1 Snowman prop 2 Apple spray 3 Barbecue entree 4 Place of hard labor 5 Tokyo, formerly 6 Slanted printing 7 Cape Canaveral grp. 8 Genghis ___ 9 Costa del ___ 10 Program of 7-Down 11 Hillside near a loch 12 Loser to DDE, twice 13 Web-making part of

a spider 14 Fragrance 15 “Pineapple Island” 16 “Dilbert” creator

Adams 17 “Malcolm in the Middle”

brother 20 English Lit assignment 24 Basic monetary unit

of Ghana 30 Compass line 32 Courage, so to speak 34 Europe’s “boot” 35 Temporary home for

Napoleon 36 Vacuum-tube gas 37 Legal aides 38 Address an audience 39 Crowbar or jimmy 40 Buzz the astronaut 41 Form of “lie” 42 Acting part 46 “As ___ on TV!” 47 Architectu­ral annexes 48 Hebrides terrier 50 Crystal-ball gazer 52 One at work 53 “Go no further!” 57 Brown brew 59 A Smothers brother 60 Madden 61 Credit card name 63 Basilica area 68 Money dispenser 69 Kind of bed 70 Auto 71 Pepless 72 Convent resident 73 Heron cousin 74 Adam’s firstborn 75 Puerto ___ 76 First garden 80 Raccoon relative 81 City of a famous

shroud 82 Bite like a bee 84 Extensive learning 85 Burrowing rodents 86 Mare meal 87 Sock-mender’s oath? 88 En ___ (together) 93 Archaic exclamatio­n 95 Cracked 97 Chimps and

orangutans 98 Land around a

mansion 100 Excessive sweetness 103 Need for water 104 Zodiac animal 105 Hapless 106 Stew vegetable 107 Cast member 108 Behaving like a ruffian 109 Barter 113 After-bath powder 114 “The Lion King”

character 115 “The Grapes of Wrath”

extra 117 Gulf of ___

(arm of the Baltic) 118 Bacterium 119 Winged god of love 122 Common iced drink 124 “Wherefore __ thou ...” 125 “Messenger”

compound

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