Marked Down

ACROSS

1 Archaeo

logist’s find 5 “Fire” crawlers 9 Cartoon

explosion word 13 Trickster 18 Where the iris

is

19 Country dance 20 German camera 21 Trilateral trade deal

22 Silo in a rural

valley? 24 Allegro __: very

fast, in scores 25 Like some statues at night 26 Surrounded 27 A+ for a struggling student? 29 Opposing

teams

30 __ chin

31 Like a sudoku

solution 32 Allergic

reaction

35 “A Writer’s

Life” writer 37 What a red handset icon may end 38 Ought to 40 Humongous 41 Neat places to

get beers? 46 Nightmare? 48 Authenticity

on the street 49 Pound or

stone

50 Bier chiller 51 Police dept.

rank

52 Place for an

updo 54 Ancient temple complex 56 Grab the tab 59 Alma mater of Clinton and Ford, briefly 61 Marina sights 62 Terse Supreme Court decision for lions? 65 House Speaker

before Pelosi 68 Actress O’Hara 69 Position paper,

e.g.

73 Many have pins at one end

74 Kunta in

“Roots” 75 Prefix with

warrior 77 Animation

letters

78 In a trice 79 Rides the

bench 80 Challenge from an expresident? 83 Southern tavern accents? 86 Texas’ __ Duro

Canyon 88 Grimm girl 89 Tied 90 Afghans’

neighbors 92 Inspected

prior to a job 93 Bellamy’s sister on “The 100” 97 Underworld

figure 98 Military sch. 100 Wall Street

bear?

102 How Albee’s “The Zoo Story” is written

106 Grammatical

separator

107 Senator Hatch 108 Classic audiophile’s equipment, and a hint to eight long puzzle answers 109 Adrien of

cosmetics

110 Misleading

move

111 Greeting from

Kermit

112 Marginal mark 113 Good __: enjoyable books

114 Fictional navigator Phileas

115 Negotiation

obstacles

116 Note recipient,

at times

DOWN

1 Arrogance, in

slang

2 Range feature 3 Sporty Spice,

familiarly 4 Cause of a

walk

5 Came up 6 Most recently

made 7 Aggravated,

with “off” 8 Camera initials 9 “Take care!” 10 “Hungarian Rhapsodies” composer 11 Palm tree

berry

12 Most of Italy, to 14-Down residents 13 Warm and

cozy

14 See 12-Down 15 Company with

a quacking

mascot 16 Crete peak:

Abbr.

17 Pi __, “Life of

Pi” hero 20 Least plausible 23 Ineligible for

kiddie rides 27 Bass et al. 28 Miner’s find 30 Digger’s find 32 Strength 33 Group in a loft 34 Casino, to

gamblers 36 Gamer’s game

face

37 City near Le

Havre

39 MASH staff 41 Nod off 42 Pops, as a

bubble

43 Last Stuart

queen 44 Iranian dough 45 NYSE listings 47 54-Across’

land 48 Missouri senator McCaskill 52 Most squad

cars 53 Alaskan native 54 Stout

container 55 US Open stadium namesake 57 Make it to 58 Unnamed

persons 60 Caps

61 Ground cover plant also called periwinkle 63 Hesitant

sounds

64 Nike rival 65 Padlock

hardware 66 Matty with a .307 lifetime batting average 67 Unkempt sort 70 Skedaddles 71 Match 72 Investor’s

concern 74 Firing device 76 Texter’s “Holy

cow!”

79 Really quit 80 “Chocolat” co

star 81 Mystical

secrets

82 Lost driver’s disappointments 84 Exposes 85 Intensely

supportive 86 Unmistakable 87 Cracked a bit 90 Sealing, as a

package

91 Don Quixote’s

squire __ Panza 93 Grumpy

Muppet 94 Task list entry 95 Buccaneers’

home 96 Dangerous

companion? 97 Thyme bit 99 Pacific salmon 101 Nabisco bite 102 “With ya so

far”

103 Tommie of the 1969 Miracle Mets

104 Biological unit 105 Not kosher

108 Role in “Evita”