Pittsburgh puzzler
“FROM HOME TO CAPITOL, 85 STOPS”
ACROSS
1 100 C-notes
5 Aptly named metal polish brand 11 Scratch up
14 Droop
17 Ruthless downsizer
18 Culmination of Holy Week
19 Japanese printer brand
21 Illinois city Abraham Lincoln left by train on Feb. 11, 1861, for his inauguration
23 Political candidate, at times
24 Animal sound in “Old MacDonald” 25 Pitcher’s metric
26 Brynner of stage and screen
27 Ghostly sound
28 Pittsburgh hotel where Lincoln addressed thousands and stayed on Feb. 14. 1861
32 Tourist’s aid
35 Neighbor of Colo.
36 Where to find MA and PA
37 Trio + quintet
38 Tree-lined walkway
40 Make into law
44 Level or lathe
46 New York opera house where cast and audience sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” for him (Feb. 20, 1861)
49 Napoleon’s isle of exile
53 Eye: prefix
54 “__ Kapital”
55 Big sports venue
57 “Eureka!”
58 Spreader of seeds
60 Voice above baritone
61 Classic Pontiac
62 King Lear’s youngest
64 Moral lapse
65 Zagreb native, e.g.
67 Germany-based grocery chain
68 Famed detective who accompanied Lincoln from Philadelphia onward due to an assassination conspiracy
72 1960s satirist Mort
74 Puccini masterpiece
75 Davis of “Thelma and Louise” 76 1980s Surgeon General C. Everett and kin
79 “__-haw!”
81 Lone Star State sch.
83 Psychic’s gift, briefly
84 Philadelphia site where Lincoln raised the first American flag with a 34th star (for Kansas) on Feb. 22, 1861
90 Wilson of “Midnight in Paris” 91 Fleur-de-__
92 Greek goddess of dawn
93 Trail mix bit
97 Yuletide toast
99 Site at the Capitol where Lincoln was sworn in on March 4, 1861
101 Munitions stockpile
102 Matador’s foe
103 Prince Harry’s alma mater
104 Christian grp. that observes Sabbath on Sat.
105 Unspecified amount 106 Jump atop 107 Nevada casino city
DOWN
1 Australian isl. state
2 Business fair
3 Agrippina’s son
4 Fairytale-telling brother
5 “Scram!,” to Shakespeare
6 Battle of Britain grp.
7 From east of the Urals
8 “Shrek” author William
9 1965 Alabama march site 10 Chicago airport code
11 Adjustment, as in tone or pitch 12 “The Jungle Book” wolf
13 Bone in a cage?
14 Didn’t take part
15 “Relax, cadet!”
16 Deep-red gem
20 Courtier in Greek legend with a symbolic sword
22 Only you
26 Word of consent
29 Toe the line
30 Rwandan people
31 It goes with boo, hoo or yoo 32 Barnyard bleat
33 Fifth element?
34 Picketer’s sign
39 Prof’s address ender 41 Negotiator’s refusal
42 In the distance
43 Ruler divs.
45 Time-teller’s contraction
47 Cash, slangily
48 Picturesque 50 Named beneficiary
51 Clothing fasteners
52 “Te __”
56 Outlet sale item, maybe 57 Obamacare, briefly
59 Haphazardly
60 Sign on a jar at a bar
63 Hand out
64 __-cone
66 Metal source
69 Suit to __
70 “A bit of talcum/Is always walcum” poet
71 Brief downtime
73 Nile slitherer
76 Plains Indians
77 “Let’s keep moving!”
78 Oil city of west Texas
80 Asner and Helms
82 Leave stranded
85 Cuban boy in 2000 headlines 86 Author Zora __ Hurston
87 __ rica
88 Legally prohibit
89 Soda bottle size
94 Construction spot
95 Pic to click
96 Taboo
98 De Armas of “Knives Out”
99 Unagi at a sushi bar
100 Old hand
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