THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS
1 Freshet 6 Arquette or Curtis 11 Kind of oak 15 — -favored-nation 19 Brother of Moses 20 Most distant 21 Indigo 22 — prima 23 Temporize: 3 wds. 25 Wing it: 3 wds. 27 Wet 28 Amerindian 30 Marmalade plum 31 Feedback source 34 In medias — 35 Firstborn 37 — Jima 38 Some flowers 40 Fake 41 Warm-up area for
pitchers 45 Pointless 46 Feign slumber: 2 wds. 49 St. Erasmus 50 Juveniles 51 Smell — — 52 Tons 53 Succor 54 Rule 55 Make expiation 56 Cousins to tams 58 “Gomer —, U.S.M.C.” 59 Sets apart 61 Colony type 62 Makes a mess of 64 Greek philosopher 66 Fond du — 67 Buddhist doctrine of
nonviolence 69 Onto land 71 Craft 73 Cavalli opera 76 Rubber vessel 77 The Dog Star 79 Enciphered 81 Banned pesticide 82 “Exodus” hero 83 Low beams 84 Falls behind 85 Border on 86 Silent star Theda — 88 Be cautious: 3 wds. 91 Candied, as fruit 92 English poet 94 Bigwigs 95 Collapsed 96 Youngster 97 Light lunches 99 Paroxysm 100 Drug letters 101 — australis 104 Basic: Abbr. 105 Imperfect 108 Cooperate: 2 wds. 110 Pun: 3 wds. 115 Except 116 Scottish Gaelic 117 Devoured 118 U.K. racecourse 119 Geraint and — 120 Roe 121 Clothed: Arch. 122 Irish poet
DOWN
1 Tree exudate 2 Crony 3 Altar constellation 4 Some dogs 5 Compel
obedience to 6 Wires 7 A chordophone 8 Travel a circuit 9 Abbr. in grammar 10 Made available: 2
wds. 11 — lazuli 12 Fjord 13 — media 14 Greek paradise 15 Post with
streamers 16 Margarine 17 Louver 18 Counterweight 24 Works in verse 26 Cry 29 Bouquet 31 Nourishing 32 Of an ancient Cretan
culture 33 Live dangerously:
3 wds. 36 Ballad 39 Reply: Abbr. 40 Custard dessert 41 Utter failure 42 Act ruthlessly:
2 wds. 43 Hirsch or
Durkheim 44 Stem joints 46 Poetry’s opposite 47 Rail 48 Commemorative
pillar 51 Monkey genus 55 Winglike 56 Drops 57 Rural parts of
England 58 Yoo-hoo! (sotto
voce) 60 Bar serving 61 Likely 63 Surrounded by 65 Tiny grooves 68 Leafy barrier 69 Bedouins 70 Vaughan the singer 72 Frost-covered 74 Infers 75 Pay heed 78 In a lazy manner 79 Reunion-goer 80 Clumsy fellows 85 Totality 87 Blended, as metals 88 Went by bicycle 89 Slogged 90 — sack 91 Torii 93 Pasternak
character 95 Old snow 97 “— and Sensibility” 98 Rags-to-riches
author 99 Facade 101 Church area 102 — Bator 103 Shankar the
sitarist 106 Certain votes 107 Measured amount 109 Mineral 111 Roman god 112 Electronics giant 113 Speck 114 Paved ways: Abbr.