Pittsburgh puzzler
ACROSS
1 6 Eager Gathered kids’ in plea a large crowd 12 Lavish party favors 16 Bee-related
17 Bank ID
18 Mister, in Munich
19 Two-week summit to address Europe’s future which ended August 2, 1945
22 More pious
23 Guadalajara gold
24 Your, of yore
25 Severely injure
28 Modern pentathlete, at times 30 Grassy field
32 Simple organism
34 What soon began due to unresolved issues at 19-Across
38 Allow
39 Superlative suffix
41 “__ durn tootin’!”
42 Had on
43 Make into law
45 Scandinavian capital
48 Estevez of “The Breakfast Club” 50 One of the “Big Three” leaders at 19Across
53 Exceedingly
56 Eloquent equine of ‘60s TV 57 Gemologist’s measure 61 When doubled, a Samoan port 62 Folder feature
64 Crew tool
66 Curling surface
67 The “ace in the hole” 50-Across hoped to use to leverage Russia at 19-Across
71 Abhor
73 Williams in Cooperstown 74 World Cup chant 76 Budget entry
77 Kimono sash 79 Immigrant’s subj. 81 Towers over
83 Colloquial quip about “Uncle Joe”’s delays, made by 50-Across in a July 31 letter to his wife
89 Military alliance grp.
90 Equally tardy
91 Stiller’s comedy partner
92 The “I” in MIT: abbr.
93 What a contestant is hoping for 94 School paper
DOWN
1 Beanie or beret 2 GI’s address 3 Minor quibble 4 Message on a dusty car 5 Prefix meaning “inner” 6 Bess, __, Jackie…
7 Brogue or twang, say 8 Discolor by burning
9 R.R. stop
10 Require compliance with 11 Go-getter
12 Nautical pronoun
13 Left base illegally
14 St. Louis landmark
15 Earl __ tea
20 Sporty Italian autos, briefly 21 Winning streak
25 Like drone bees
26 “You said it!”
27 Small bit
29 Pooh’s pessimistic pal 31 “National Velvet” sister 33 Test versions
35 City near Provo
36 Onassis or Shapiro
37 __ Speedwagon
40 Rocky peak
44 Bumper bling
46 It stands for something 47 Paper size: abbr.
49 Large in scale
51 Campus military org. 52 Japanese veggie
53 Water safety org. 54 Brewery vessel
55 Their priority is number one 58 “Hud” director Martin 59 Feel the burn
60 Overflow (with)
63 Formally end
65 Paying attention
68 Inkling
69 Middle of the road? 70 Greets deferentially 72 Ushers’ lines of work? 75 Zapped, as with rays 77 All-inclusive prefix
78 Muffin stuff
80 Venetian blind piece 82 Fortune’s partner
84 Trike rider
85 Phillies’ div.
86 __ Vegas
87 Nest egg acronym
88 Yea opposer