Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh puzzler

- RUTH ANN DAILEY

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

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