Pittsburgh puzzler
ACROSS
1 Short but not sweet
5 Manhattan Project product, for short 10 Chitchat
13 Give notice
17 Genesis twin
18 Place for a 99-cent burger, say 20 Pakistani language
21 Female star of 39-Across who was only 19 when filming began
23 Black, to the bard
24 Diplomatic rep.
25 Fury
26 Hebrew name that means “my God” 27 One-year contract, perhaps
28 Ruler’s tenure
30 Child vaudevillian and Hollywood teen star who won the Golden Globe for playing the male lead’s best friend in 39-Across 35 Prefix for metric
37 Clever humor
38 Greek letters that look like P’s
39 It debuted nationwide on April 11, 1952, to modest reviews, but is now widely considered the greatest ever in its genre
45 Nat’l. org. for building designers 48 Year, in Spain
49 “Common” quality
50 Over there, quaintly
51 Express lane tally
53 Wheel-spinning rodent
55 Web address
56 African equines
57 “I hate to be __, but …”: complaint opener
58 He directed, co-choreographed and starred in 39-Across
62 Bargain hunter’s event
63 Bargain hunter’s quest
65 Land in la mer
66 Foreign traveler’s electrical device 68 Top-tier celebs
69 “Bah!” in Bavaria
70 “Li’l” comic strip character 72 Toronto’s prov.
73 The Big Apple, briefly
74 New medium that drives the plot of 39Across
78 Overhaul
79 War on Poverty agcy.
80 De-squeak
81 Tongue-twister song, prep for 74Across, that inspired some desk-top tapdancing
87 Employee group
91 Forestall
92 Coop creature
93 Pic on a pec?
95 Gibson, Tillis or Brooks
96 The Beatles’ “Hey __”
97 Series of musical revues from which quite a few 39-Across numbers were selected
102 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 103 Kept from spreading
104 Region
105 Woodwind essential
106 So-so grade 107 You’ll get a rise out of it 108 Modern message
DOWN
1 Fragrant wood
2 “I can be of service!” 3 Yeshiva leader
4 Soaking spot
5 Declare
6 Exposed
7 “Hurrah,” in Jalisco
8 “__ bien, gracias!”
9 Not worthy of
10 Extremely cold
11 “Is there more?”
12 City transport
13 Valuable chess pieces 14 Rural’s opposite
15 Child’s indignant reply 16 Piano technician 19 Gangster’s gal
22 “No, no, it’s my treat!” 27 Canadian dollar’s nickname 29 Musician’s booking 31 Takes responsibility for 32 Evening, informally 33 Algerian seaport
34 Tai __
36 Brownie mix add-in, often 39 Like most of northern Africa 40 How a fool acts
41 Inclined to wander
42 Memo intro
43 Brontë’s Jane 44 Breadbasket item 45 Oxygenating tool 46 “Nobody here but me!” 47 Proclaims 52 Recipe amt.
54 Some NCOs
55 Luau strings Rob 56 Bayou music style Lindsay 59 Razor mishap
60 K-12, in ed-speak
61 Civil rights theorist Guinier
64 Swear (to)
67 Creative sort
69 Baseball’s Felipe, Matty or Jesus
70 Like, for-EV-er
71 Fraternal org.
75 Sponsored spots
76 Lunchtime, quaintly, or the tiny Texas town where your puzzle-maker’s mother was born
77 Last: abbr.
78 Like a beloved book
81 Collegiate focus
82 Reproductive cell
83 Marsh plant
84 It may ring or ping
85 Bog fuel
86 Peeper problems
88 Love, Italian-style
89 UPS alternative
90 Suddenly attack
94 Part of the Bill of Rights: abbr.
97 Secretly include on an email
98 Fish eggs
99 Golfer Michelle
100 Santa __ winds
101 Back muscle, briefly
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