THE BIG X-WORD

6/12

ACROSS

1 “The Da Vinci —” 5 Bosket 10 Metalworker

15 Cargo vessel

19 Jelly bean shape 20 Unseen emanations 21 Victor- — Hugo 22 “Toodle-oo!”

23 Partly: Prefix 24 Sluggish

25 To any degree: 2 wds. 26 Saharan

27 Start of a quip by

Amy Poehler: 3 wds. 30 Closed curve 32 Currier’s partner

33 — Park, Colorado 35 Corn spike

36 Lab compound 38 Makes reference to 40 Old naval rank 45 Parking or postage 46 Day or Roberts 47 Flick

48 — Jima

49 Toward the mouth 50 Club performer

51 Of a prophet 52 Floating ice mass 53 Cacophony 54 Campus buildings,

for short

55 Ale servings 56 Ponders

57 Days long gone 58 Celtic language 59 Fabric for suits 60 Memento —

61 Part 2 of quip: 5 wds. 67 Alaskan island 68 Thing of interest 69 Email command 70 Mal de —

71 One of the Titans 73 Kingly

74 Zonked: var.

75 — -per-view 76 Marksman

77 Like some bomb

blasts

78 “Lorna —”

79 Waxy membrane 80 Free electron 81 Horse opera 82 Broadcast

prototype

83 Angrier

84 Describing some

analysts

86 Fiery felony

87 Scintilla

88 Goose egg

89 Mystical card

91 Pallet

92 An intoxicant

96 End of the quip: 4 wds. 102 Clobber

103 Winchester

105 Nothing more than 106 Seat location

107 Flavoring plant

108 Arab VIP: var.

109 Dry ink

110 Angers

111 Connect

112 Pop

113 Storage room in

old palaces

114 Iowa city

DOWN

1 “— fan tutte”

2 Past

3 Title for Edna Everage 4 Provoked

5 Diving feat

6 Smallest in litters 7 Oka River city: var. 8 Alter

9 Of the beautiful: var. 10 Stings

11 Photo finish 12 Nest-egg letters 13 Material for roofs

and floors

14 Of Greece

15 Means of ascent 16 Complaint

17 Elevator name 18 Walk, in a way 28 Perpetually 29 Employs

31 Put cargo aboard 34 Kitchen item: 2 wds. 36 Spookily

37 Is without equal:

2 wds. 38 Cap-and-gown

event

39 Rainbow

41 Rara —

42 Electrical unit

43 Like a missing GI 44 Some votes

45 Old dial-up device 46 Back: Prefix 47 Comic book genre 50 Greek island 51 Peppershrike, a bird 52 Roll up

54 Cousins to lats

and quads

55 Hazard 56 Antiquated

59 Fine instrument,

for short

60 Chop

62 “L’—, c’est moi” 63 Boring tool 64 Signified 65 Approached 66 Household

appliance

71 “— — I cared!” 72 God of thunder 73 Girl in Britain 74 Performance

highlight 77 Custom-made 78 Aversion 79 Daughter of Lear 81 Ruler of the Aesir 82 Stem

83 Inmate’s weapon 85 Nebula anagram 86 Main road

87 Rocky isle

90 Felt poorly

91 Farm animal 92 Whirlpool

93 Tom, Dick and

Harry 94 Heavyweight 95 Between Kilo

and Mike 97 Extravaganza 98 Island goose 99 Standard

100 Cyma

101 Headland

104 Part of FDIC: abbr.