Crossword Puzzle 2
“NO RHYME, NO REASON” By PAM AMICK KLAWITTER ACROSS
1 Just one of the fam 4 Quayle successor 8 Part of PBR 13 Brazilian dances 19 1881 face-off spot 21 “... only God can make __”: Kilmer 22 How some bills are paid 23 Costuming choice for a “Cats” performance? 25 Move to protect a king 26 Put away 27 Mag. edition 28 “Hulk” director Lee 29 Retired flier, briefly 30 Fair-hiring abbr. 31 Narrow inlets 33 Crowded subway metaphor 36 Prince in “Frozen” 37 Proctor’s nightmare? 41 Tree surgeon’s challenge? 44 Just right 45 Yucatán’s yesterday 47 Reeves of “Point Break” 48 Self-descriptive adjective 49 Prof’s assistants 51 One skilled at squandering? 57 “Mamma Mia!” song 58 See 87-Down 59 Midori in a rink 60 Brother of Macaulay and Rory 61 Like each succeeding eye chart line 63 Butterflies 66 Broad bean 67 Fathered, biblically 70 Sweeping thoroughfare? 72 Mont Blanc’s range, to its west 73 News source, perhaps 74 Pool slip-up 75 Author of kids’ Busytown books 77 Showing faith in 79 Bit of animation 80 “We’re gonna be late!” 81 Utter 84 Expert on current energy options? 88 Classic ending? 89 “Mi __ es tu __” 90 Wide receiver Don who played in five Super Bowls 91 Shanghai money 93 Part of a Norwegiansounding ice cream name 95 Dud of a car that Stephen King might write about? 100 Chophouse bandit? 102 All over 103 Lasagna layer 105 More than half 106 H.S. dropout’s goal 107 Small shot 109 Piece of TNT? 110 First lady Hoover 112 Garlicky spread 116 “Aladdin” backdrop 118 Lazy son, visà-vis his lazy dad? 121 They bite 122 Sleep disorder 123 Fib 124 Prominent Syrian family 125 Bette’s “Divine” nickname 126 Editor’s backpedaling 127 Self starter?
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1 What’s underfoot? 2 DIY furniture brand 3 Robbie Coltrane, e.g. 4 Curling stone 5 Hockey great 6 Salad slice 7 Some annexes 8 Kung __ chicken 9 Rose oil 10 1971 Peace Prize awardee 11 Golfer Garcia 12 Talks acronym 13 Unleashes (on) 14 Med school subj. 15 Mic wielders 16 Flat-bottomed boat 17 Comparable in distance 18 “Blimey!” cousin 20 Run or work 24 English homework 29 Rocker Bob 32 Blackjack holding 34 “Up and __!” 35 Zap in the kitchen 36 Indoor buzzer? 37 Sporty muscle cars 38 Milk Dud rival 39 “CSI” actor George 40 Egg-hunt holidays 42 Sells aggressively 43 __ B’rith 46 Deluge result, perhaps 50 The best one is airtight 52 Ending for hip 53 Bilbao bulls 54 Con game, say 55 Roof edge 56 Genetic strands 58 Trace 61 “Brava!” 62 Cookbook author DiSpirito 64 Protective shot 65 Dutch wheels 67 Diner menu staples 68 MIT Chapel designer Saarinen 69 Caesar’s France 71 Writer of really old stories? 72 Valiant’s son 74 German wine region 76 Abstract expressionist Mark 78 Chihuahua choo-choo 81 Stuffing stuff 82 Well offshore 83 Reb’s rival 85 Transmitting truckers 86 Sphere opener 87 With 58-Across, area with severely declining industry 89 Bar in Baja 92 Dickens title starter 94 Verbal attack 95 First European to sail to India 96 Juarez winter months 97 Gold and silver 98 Well-armed swimmers? 99 Shutout feature 101 Good luck charm 104 Fork “fingers” 107 Frequent flier 108 Singer Lance, or the part he sang with *NSYNC 111 Leftover scraps 113 Check out creepily 114 Island chains 115 Ticks off 117 Barnyard bleat 118 Thanksgiving tuber 119 Whale group 120 World Cup cry