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crossword puzzle

- “Space Exploratio­n” by Merl Reagle

NOTE: The hidden name in last week’s puzzle was in one of the far right columns: WIT + KNEE + HUE + STUN = “Whitney Houston.” And while I’m in a words-jumping-overblack-squares mood (hint, hint), here’s a puzzle with a similar idea. Explanatio­n next week.

ACROSS 1 Run in the wash 6 Show appreciati­on 10 Clothing line? 14 Palindrome start 19 What Jay has that Jan lacks 20 Laugh like crazy 21 Turquoise cousin 22 Portable players 23 Actor Diffring or Walbrook 24 Beastly boss, e.g. 25 Drags along 26 This paper, briefly (with “the”) 27 Cousteau’s milieu 28 Mongrel or scoundrel 30 Conference center? 32 Ricochet 34 Gold and silver, e.g. 37 Flip response? 39 Free-___ 42 Henna handler 43 “The Hustler” co-star 45 Wind-farm sights 47 Grooms, as plumes 49 Number of astronauts in NASA’s original lineup 51 You, in Jalisco 52 Mascara ruiner, maybe 53 Nonetheles­s, briefly 55 Rat 57 Layered ’do 58 Insect sci. 61 “___ Poetica” 62 Trading-floor area 65 Public spectacles 67 Ersatz fat brand 68 Harangue 70 Banzai Pipeline site 71 Very distant or different (and a hint to what’s hidden among the Across answers, in their logical order, from top to bottom) 74 Boris’s actress “bride” 75 Truck types 77 Rockers, the J. ___ Band 78 Regard 80 True or false, for ex. 81 Reuters alternativ­e 82 One of this puzzle’s hidden answers, in Latin 83 Part of a griffin 84 Unplanned side trip 86 Benefits agcy. 88 Reach the age of 89 Boxer Roberto 92 Lackland or Langley: abbr. 95 Now you see it, now you don’t 97 Quiet ___ 99 Went wacko 101 Recipe binders 105 Greeley’s advice

106 Teatro alla ___ 108 Leaves for a while 110 Euripides tragedy 112 All thumbs 114 A in French class? 115 Game of Clue need 116 “___ go on?” 118 Oscar role for Penn 120 Nut job 122 Madonna played her 124 Marla’s predecesso­r 125 Dr. Skoda on “Law & Order” 126 “Holy moly!” 127 Of subs and such 128 Garden-party goodbyes 129 Keep from littering? 130 With 40 Down, a cake maker

131 Night lights DOWN 1 Held responsibl­e 2 Godforsake­n 3 Grilled salmon, e.g. 4 Freud’s “mediator” 5 Part of S.Y.T.Y.C.D. 6 Laugh gleefully 7 Jam ingredient? 8 Wrong 9 Skirt features 10 Soup cracker 11 “... created ___” 12 NFL preseason time 13 Like der, in Ger. 14 Severe, stormrelat­ed downdraft 15 Saw 16 Inactive 17 Rowdydow 18 Yahoo! rival 29 Felix the neatnik 31 Burma neighbor 33 Rep. of S. ___ 35 Well-dressed goober 36 Anagram of 38 Down 38 Old gun acronym 40 See 130 Across 41 Trip preparatio­n? 44 ___ of one’s former self 46 Striker’s sign 48 Way more than a snit 50 Robust energy 52 Leon Uris novel 54 Jittery 56 Speak grandly 57 Burn but good 59 Tom Swift’s Electric Rifle, commonly 60 Put ___ (behave haughtily) 62 Add insult to injury 63 “Ghosts” playwright 64 Type of group 65 Nap site, maybe 66 Won every game 67 Surgery sites, briefly 68 Case workers, briefly 69 Many Floridians 72 Repugnant 73 Blood-bank supply 76 Hermosillo hello 79 Punch hard 82 ___-la-la 84 Mrs. Everage, famously 85 Cleanser-label list 87 Manifesto points 88 Interprete­d 89 Bumstead’s nickname 90 Military diversion? 91 Tiger’s dinner 93 Rhett Butler adverb 94 Dark Knight portrayer 96 D.C. landmark, the ___ 98 Onetime Arapaho foe 100 Pompeii neighbor 102 Peeping Tom’s eyeful 103 Johnny B. Goode’s forte 104 Terrific bargains 107 Tiny hairs 109 Hammer parts 111 Skunk River city 113 Frat party wear 116 __ relude to “pick” 117 __ ongoria of TV 119 __ rchin 121 __ ool for rowing 123 __ versized pot

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