Pittsburgh puzzler
Editor’s Note: The four groups of circled letters portray descriptions of a main character, created in the title’s medium, much as they appear in the book’s illustrations.
ACROSS
1 Arizona’s “Red Rocks” city
7 __ Picchu
12 Floppy-eared hound
18 Chemical cousin
19 Doesn’t do much
20 Tourist town and “Coast” of Salerno 21 Faucet
22 Last name in tractors
23 Focus (on)
24 Wall St. inits. Since 1792 26 41-Across’s main human character, a farmer’s young daughter with a punny last name
28 Chicks’ noises
32 Playbill heading
34 St. Pete’s state: abbr.
35 Parisian plural possessive 36 Twin-blade razor brand
37 Purchase price
38 “Pacem in __”: “Peace on Earth” 41 Classic children’s book by E.B. White published October 15, 1952
44 Popular houseplant
48 Heart on a bicep, say
49 Speed Wagon maker
50 Tracking systems
51 __-cone
52 Customer
55 Word before garden or party
57 The “E” of HOMES
58 Ross and Rigg
59 Pet annoyances?
61 “Dies __” (Requiem Mass hymn) 64 Bad stat for a QB
65 Fatherland, to Flavius
66 Stately tree
69 Farm animal saved by the title character’s legwork
71 Quaint contraction
72 Juliet’s cry
74 Leaves out
75 Book illustrator whose depictions of 41-Across are recreated by the grid’s circled letters
79 Mental health
81 “Beloved” novelist Morrison
82 Tart sorbet flavor
83 CPR expert
86 Number that only rises
87 One-word warning
88 Standish of Plymouth Rock
89 What 41-Across’s title character is
93 TV explorer with a talking map 95 Playwright Eugene
96 Publicist’s concern
98 Eaves dripping?
103 Nielsen of “The Naked Gun”
104 Closer to maturity
105 Bend slightly in the middle
106 Balance sheet list
107 Grove makeup
108 Hungarian horseman
DOWN
1 Female sib
2 Sixth sense, briefly
3 “__ have to?”
4 Texter’s “Holy cow!” 5 Ultra-bright colors
6 Culturally pretentious
7 Israel’s locale
8 Sports drink suffix
9 Chin dimple
10 “Present!”
11 Access charge
12 Overseas market
13 Part of BSA: abbr.
14 Frozen foods brand __ Lee 15 Messy roommates
16 Submit taxes online
17 Rake projections
25 Glasgow native, e.g. 27 Workers’ rights agcy. 28 Accords
29 Vermont patriot Allen 30 Greek poetry muse
31 Hair line
33 Backs of boats
37 Fall forecast phrase
38 What it takes to tango
39 “__ tree falls in the forest…” 40 Entree add-ons
42 Hubs of activity
43 Good to go
45 Subway unit
46 Psychic Geller
47 Pgh, Pa.-to-Richmond, Va. dir. 50 Stuffed pasta pockets 53 Quaint lodging
54 Break a fast
55 New Year in Hanoi 56 Always, to a poet
58 Financial liabilities
59 Language of Afghanistan Rob 60 English noble title Lindsay 61 __ Jima
62 Outer edge
63 Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala
65 Cherry filling?
66 Inbox filler
67 “__ at ’em!”
68 Exodus leader
70 Winningest Olympic team
71 Attempt
73 Like garage rags
75 1958 musical starring Chevalier and Caron
76 Was humiliated
77 Asks “What if?”
78 Really digging
80 Pizza’s birthplace
83 Deadly African virus
84 Lions’ prides?
85 Lock of hair
87 Hang gracefully
88 Asian gambling mecca
90 Khartoum’s river
91 Narrow cut
92 Mideast leader
94 Well-off
97 “Aw, shucks!”
99 Reaches online, in a way
100 “60 Minutes” network
101 Meadowland
102 Get something wrong