Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PATRIOTIC PUZZLER

- RUTH ANN DA ILEY “Pittsburgh Puzzler,” launched in 2005, has evolved to “Patriotic Puzzler”: themes of Americana with a focus on Pennsylvan­ia. Solution published here next Sunday. Direct questions and comments to ruthanddai­ley@hotmail.com.

ACROSS

1 Minor inventions? 5 Fast freshwater fish 11 LP player 16 Vicinity 17 Like Santa’s visit 18 Less polite 19 Image that appeared in 30-Across 21 Trojan War epic 22 Bro’s sibling 23 “Maria” 24 Intend 25 Petty quarrels 28 Be in debt 29 “If called by a panther/Don’t anther” poet 30 Medium through which the message of 46-Across spread 35 Holler 36 Messy place 37 “Pinafore” 38 Roman poet who wrote, “To be loved, be lovable” 40 Mailbox opening 42 Zippy start? 43 Blow, as dough 44 Consume

46 Rallying cry of 1754 50 Hi- monitor 51 Cow chow 53 Dove’s sound 54 Waikiki welcomes 56 Garden entrance 57 Derby or bowler 58 T or F, on tests 60 Politico Gingrich 63 Source of the slogan, in the form of 30-Across 67 Melody 68 pro nobis: Pray

for us 69 One way to go with

a wager 70 Go to 73 “Wheel of Fortune”

purchase 74 “Lord, is ?” 75 Actress Tea 76 What 19-Across represente­d and what 63-Across wanted to unite against the FrenchIndi­an alliance 81 Place for dinero 82 Move out 83 Powerful wind 84 “Luck and Pluck”

author Horatio 85 Start of a famous

JFK quote 86 Sulky state

DOWN

1 Not close 2 401(k) relative 3 “Wanna ?” 4 Didn’t fidget 5 Salon supply 6 Two-time opponent

of DDE 7 Escaped 8 See the world 9 Sommer of cinema 10 Deli bread 11 Catholic cleric 12 Fad of the ‘50s 13 Viking war god 14 Shipshape 15 Novus seclorum: Great Seal motto 20 Shopping aid 24 Fourth planet 25 Nathan Hale, e.g. 26 “The Raven” writer 27 You’re “in good

hands” with them 28 Columbus Day mo. 29 Titled 31 What “:” means on

some exams 32 “Moonstruck”

Oscar winner 33 Hype too much 34 Supreme Court

count 39 Cavity filler’s deg. 41 Breakfast drinks,

briefly 42 Petting place 43 Observe 44 Omelette necessity 45 Omani or Yemeni 47 Part of Caesar’s

boast 48 Invariable reply to the Little Red Hen 49 “Casablanca”

heroine 52 Prison term, e.g. 55 Vague notions 57 Round of applause 58 From Libya or

Liberia 59 Gun lobby org. 61 Nintendo console

with a remote 62 Spike TV, once 64 Former

sophomore 65 “Syndrome” developed by some bodybuilde­rs 66 Defense grp. since

1949 70 Actress Jessica 71 Blue-green shade 72 Half an ice grabber 73 Cries of triumph 74 “Sorry if you

down” 76 New Deal

dam org. 77 Oklahoma Indian 78 Writer Fleming or

McEwan 79 Inventor

Whitney 80 Harden

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