THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS
1 Disarrange
5 Heir
10 Love letter msg. 14 El—
18 News item, for short
19 Le — in northern France
20 Flora and fauna 21 Not up
22 Stiff hair
23 “— — — man who wasn’t there ...” 24 Start of a quip by P.J. O’Rourke: 2 wds. 26 Shivers 28 American Beauties 30 Coral islands 31 Puddle
32 Oak tree fruit 33 Abilities
34 Part 2 of quip: 2 wds. 38 Engage
39 Abbr. in a citation 40 “Hello, My Name is —” 41 “The — & Stimpy Show”
42 Drivel
45 Royal hunting ground 48 Chronicle: abbr. 49 Mil. rank
51 Soccer position 54 Pipe fitting
55 NYSE event 57 Slight
58 Stands on hind legs 59 So-so 60 Undivided 61 Stanza of six lines 62 Part 3 of quip: 5 wds. 67 Some streaming videos 68 Antelope 69 Harvest 70 Between Pisces and Taurus
71 Less fat and calories 72 Come online: 2 wds. 74 Quilting event 77 Very fast, in music 79 Back muscle 80 Forefoot
81 “For real!”: 2 wds.
83 Part of SSS
84 Work at
86 — and true 88 Nosebag filler 89 Blunt-end sword 91 Part 4 of quip: 5 wds. 95 Old court dance 97 Work parties 98 Warbled
99 Decree
100 Genus of waterfowl 101 Botches
105 End of the quip: 3 wds. 107 Obliterate 109 Ruined sea in Asia 110 Philippines tree 111 Splines 112 Weapon sometimes rattled 113 Agreeable 114 Marsh plant 115 Dried up 116 Disreputable 117 What’s done
DOWN
1 Just short of every 2 Taxi alternative 3 Venue
4 Black Friday chaos 5 Great Civil War battle 6 Llama or alpaca, e.g. 7 Currier and — 8 Scrap
9 Region that includes Greenland
10 Mum
11 Bowls over
12 — — standstill 13 Whitewater activity 14 Conditional release 15 As clear as — — 16 Closes 17 Bettor’s concern 20 Iraq city 25 Recipe direction 27 Droid cousin
29 — and aahs 32 Concur 33 Female pronoun 34 Use a strainer 35 Hautbois
36 Mud
37 French department
41 Tragic lover 42 Founder of the Academy in Athens 43 Broadcast 44 Nuisance 46 Most hackneyed 47 Decorates 49 Obscure 50 Bolus 52 Flavoring plant 53 Noted tale-teller 56 Macaw genus 57 Glowed 59 Aviates 60 Lawman — Earp
61 Yarn coil 62 Concern 63 Climbing plants 64 Dancer Gene — 65 Lamb, alternatively 66 Assn. 67 Charts 72 Father of Oedipus
73 Was indebted 74 Pulsate
75 O.T. book
76 — est percipi 78 Candor 80 Move along 82 Cursive writing 85 Shelter
86 Fork part in U.K. 87 Obsolete 89 Steered clear of 90 Jack and Jill’s container 91 Catch fire
92 Has no food 93 Diner
94 Abbr. in business 95 Cost
96 Make confused 99 Actor — Sharif 100 Remotely 101 Bunyan’s blue ox 102 Pennsylvania port 103 Marathon 104 Winter ride 106 Grand — Opry 108 “Norma —”