Pittsburgh puzzler
ACROSS
1 Target, as a receiver
7 Fem. counterpart
11 Has stayed cognizant (of)
18 Eloquent speaker
19 The “A” of UAE
20 Closed
21 Atoll enclosure
22 Metal containers
23 Brought to light
24 After leaving Nashville in frustration in January 1964, 61-Across won first prize at this
New York venue in February
27 “Skyfall” singer
28 This, in Spanish
29 Online self-images
31 Helsinki native
34 Sound at the door
37 [not my error]
38 Ziti shape
42 Main instrument of 61-Across
47 Tip jar bills
48 Cautionary word
49 Highland hats
50 Makes a lasting impression?
52 Oblong tomatoes
54 Suffocating serpents
57 Curly-tailed Japanese breed
58 57-Across, e.g.
61 Pioneering musical genius born November 27, 1942
64 “Gangnam Style” singer
65 Longtime “All My Children” role
67 __ about (approximately)
68 Hotel offerings
70 Commits to memory
72 Spitting sound
74 Conical construction
78 Stage statuette
79 Iconic performance of
61-Across at 14Down
83 Regarding
84 Part of a college address?
85 Words before roll or dare
86 Riverbank residue
87 Seedy hotel
91 “Young Frankenstein” assistant
94 Milan’s Teatro alla __
97 Star who agreed to join the Monterey Pop Festival board in 1967 only if 61Across was invited to perform
103 Quaint coin-op eatery
105 Former American-born queen of Jordan
106 Sentence shortener?
107 Not public
108 O’Hara estate
109 “Bridesmaids” producer Judd
110 Guided
111 Goulash or gumbo
112 Toxic reaction to infection
DOWN
1 Negri of silent films
2 Get __ on the knuckles
3 Starch-producing palm tree
4 Hot wheels?
5 Workshop array
6 “… but maybe I’m wrong”
7 The “M” of STEM
8 R&B star India.__
9 Capital of Yemen
10 “CSI” broadcaster
11 Resistance to change
12 Beantown or Chi-town team
13 For face value
14 Famed music festival of 1969
15 Cathedral alcove
16 Stagger
17 Finis, in Frankfurt
25 Doughnut shapes
26 Toward the dawn
30 Lot size, say
31 Presidents Day mo.
32 Land in l’eau
33 Just released
35 Is part of the cast of
36 Greens grp.
39 Behind the times
40 Borscht base
41 Many a high school test
43 “Iliad” warrior
44 Notes after “do”
45 Author Eco
46 “Help __ the way!”
51 IRS workers, quaintly 53 Latin lover’s verb
55 Talia’s “Rocky” role
56 Sign of a packed house
58 Fourth Greek letter
59 Black-and-white dunkers
60 Humongous
62 Pueblo people
63 Slightest amount
66 Platinum album released after the 1970 death of
61-Across
69 Puts out bait, say
71 Old-time dagger
73 Card game cry
75 Upsilon follower
76 Reef-dwelling fish
77 CPR provider
80 Coped with change
81 Big bass brass
82 Non-clerical, at a church
88 Ravens quarterback and 2019 NFL MVP Jackson
89 Mom’s sisters
90 Be a bad winner
92 Many California wines
93 Raisin, once
94 Depletes
95 Brusque
96 Ends in __
98 “Encore!”
99 Sticking point?
100 Forget-me-__
101 Morlock prey in “The Time Machine”
102 Their boughs make bows
104 Devoured