THE BIG X-WORD

10/10

ACROSS

1 Wherry or ferry 5 Ceremonial staff 9 Opinion

15 Incautious

19 — podrida

20 Extinct wild ox

21 One of the Furies 22 Pier

23 Truce: hyph.

25 Cherry bomb

27 Upset

28 Comestibles 29 Beamed

30 Jodie Foster role

in “Taxi Driver”

31 Like pork rinds

33 Pig farm 34 Strongboxes 37 Aggregate of sand 38 Make expiation 39 Sponsorship: var. 40 Combat hazard: 2 wds. 44 — simple

47 Flit

48 Coffee beverage 49 Bizarre

50 Charter

51 Old cry of greeting 52 Itty- —

53 Gets along 54 Countrified

55 The recently enriched:

2 wds.

57 Yogurt relative 58 Loving touch 59 Relatives

60 Gluts

61 French philosopher 62 Discussion among

enemies

64 Agreed

65 Handled, in a way 68 Mint candy brand 69 Plus

70 Transition

71 Coral reef

72 Cause for complaint 73 Stream

74 — plexus

75 Submit (with “in”) 76 Word in place

names

77 Ask for trouble: 3 wds. 79 Mimic

80 Pulls

81 Fake news 82 Consecrate 83 Allotted provisions 86 Nether

88 Court jester 90 Region of Spain 91 Helicon

92 Channel Tunnel train 96 Smokejumper 98 Beleaguered: 2 wds.

99 Hardy girl

100 Most peevish

101 — praetexta

102 Sign

103 Aperture

104 Counting and

gambling

105 Thunderstruck 106 Interpreted

DOWN

1 — Raton

2 Friend of Ivan

and Vlad

3 Jai —

4 Most appetizing 5 Civvies

6 A star sign

7 Milk product 8 Native of: Suffix 9 Perplexed 10 Crime-fighter Ness 11 Bad, bad Brown of

song

12 Frosted 13 Common abbr. 14 Gave up 15 Wisconsin city 16 Bracelet location 17 Direct

18 Robust

24 “I’m all —” 26 Ammonia

derivative 31 Resembling fat 32 Girl in Cannes 33 Moves

34 Portable chair 35 Fiber plant 36 Timberland’s

guardian: 2 wds. 37 Tune 38 In the style of 40 Stern

41 Merits

42 Lazed 43 Andropov and

Gagarin 44 Tenement

feature: 2 wds. 45 Ages

46 Fish sometimes

pickled

50 Smarts 52 Ossuary contents 53 Parties

54 Fiber plant: var. 56 Slippers 57 Japanese

dance-drama 58 Macaw cousin 60 Tendon 61 Panetela 62 Forefeet

63 Buffalo of the

Celebes

64 Baby kangaroos 65 “Odd Couple”

name 66 Housetop parts 67 Tinters

69 Boasts

70 Up to now: 2 wds. 73 Snobby, in a way 74 Oxford, e.g. 75 Requires: 2 wds. 77 Test copy

78 Foils 80 Compendium 82 Churlish fellow 83 Balsas

84 Disney princess 85 Parts of feet 86 Instruments 87 Too heavy 88 Falsify

89 Greek nymph 91 Word on a road

sign

92 Sufficient,

old style 93 Duration 94 Bailiwick

95 Tear

97 Viscous stuff

98 Reptile genus