The Commercial Appeal

FISHING EXPEDITION

- BY BONNIE L. GENTRY

Across

1. Olive ___ (uniform color) 5. Where you might store

heirlooms

10. Scotland Yard rank

(Abbr.)

14. The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody,” originally

19. 60 minutes in Spain

20. Water filter brand name 21. What’s clipped from

sheep

22. ___ Center (Disney World

attraction)

23. Last stronghold of the

Vietnam War

26. Misdirect and then some 27. Weekend getaway spot,

initially

28. “Oh yeah? Give an

example!”

29. Mistreats, figurative­ly

speaking

31. More than misty-eyed 33. Syndicate snitch

34. Use the divining rod 35. Great Chicago Fire

scapegoat

39. Singer of the national anthem “Der er et yndigt land”

43. Prez who wore a top hat 46. MTV awards symbolized

by astronaut statues

47. Sprayed via inhaler,

perhaps

48. “Things could be worse” 49. Pill that goes down easy 52. Windows 10 runners,

briefly

54. Internet address, in brief 55. One possible answer to

“Where are you?”

56. Lofty principles

57. The TT in TTFN

59. Iditarod participan­ts

61. Comics character with a

blanket

62. [Fingers crossed]

64. Vegetation in

underwater forests

65. ipad owner’s read

66. Pep up, as an engine 69. West Point, initially

73. First Secretary of State under Reagan, Alexander ___

75. Lords and ladies

76. Speed skater Apolo ___

Ohno

77. Two-event sporting

competitio­ns

82. City’s smaller kin

83. Author of “Little Women”

and “Little Men”

84. Honest-to-goodness

85. The Thunder, on score

boards

87. Thus far

88. Shouts heard at a rodeo 89. Whines and complains 90. Prominent part of an

anteater

92. Peasant of yore

94. Unbuttered, like toast

95. Kristen voiced her in

“Frozen 2”

96. Beeline, at times

100. Theme park annoyances 102. Take a turn at home plate 103. Peacock’s feathers

107. Torre’s successor

110. Warrior of feudal Japan 113. ___ cotta (kind of clay) 114. Month between

diciembre and febrero 115. Steve Irwin, familiarly 118. Unabridged dictionari­es,

et al.

119. Eccentric individual

120. i.e., spelled out

121. Thermostat adjuster,

often

122. Flavoring for sambuca

and absinthe

123. Some Father’s Day callers 124. Kilns for drying hops

125. Wimbledon match

sections

Down

1. Abu ___, UAE

2. Like the Super Bowl

numerals

3. “___ you forgetting

something?”

4. Oscar winner for “No

Country for Old Men” 5. TV network with much Shondaland programmin­g

6. Window over a door 7. She plays Liz on “30

Rock”

8. Thing, in an express

checkout

9. Surveillan­ce tool

10. Wartime poster phrase

(3 wds.)

11. Rudolph has a red one 12. Urgent request to the

USCG

13. Layered building material 14. Nautical time units

15. Added liquor to a party

beverage

16. Decorates a cupcake

17. “What did I ___ deserve

this?” (2 wds.)

18. Prep school near

Windsor Castle

24. Steel support beam

(Hyph.)

25. Plank of wood

30. “That’s adorable!”

32. Says, “I’ll be there,”

perhaps

34. Flashlight battery,

perhaps

36. Portable workstatio­n

37. Prisoner’s dream

38. Ukraine and others, once

(Abbr.)

40. Traveling o’er the waves 41. What par isn’t for most

golfers

42. Barely makes do, with

“out”

43. What gymnasts have to

be

44. Make shadowy

45. Barack’s second Supreme Court appointee

48. Worldwide (Abbr.)

50. Taken by surprise

51. The Ice Bucket Challenge

benefited it (Abbr.)

53. Not at all lenient

55. ___ fixe (persistent

thought)

58. Tie at an old royal race 60. Myocardial infarction

detectors, for short

62. Victor who wrote “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

63. Sarcastic “I can’t wait”

66. Window frame part

67. The ‘Stros joined it in

2013

68. Many a summer resident 70. Showed respect for the

national anthem

71. Hang glider’s lack

72. Visibly impatient

74. “I get it now!” cries

76. ___ mode (topped with

ice cream)

77. Univ. with the cheer “Roll

Tide!” 78. Toolbar graphic

79. ___ angle (slanting)

80. What finger wags

indicate

81. Toffee bar with a crown

in its logo

83. Incredibly bad

86. Belt-tightening acts

90. Bits of burlesque biz

91. Phrase in a Spanish

Valentine’s Day card

93. Most stringy

96. PBS’S “___ the Science

Kid”

97. TV news anchor’s place 98. Swan’s “Swan Lake” wear 99. Touches up, as text

101. Stopped hitting snooze,

say

104. Wheelchair-bound “Glee”

character

105. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The

___ Gatsby”

106. Viscount outrankers

107. Words before “grip” or

“life”

108. Sharing, as a secret

109. Singing syllables after

“do”

110. Within a relatively short

time

111. “Club Can’t Handle Me”

rapper Flo ___

112. Brews that may be pale 116. Passenger in Kanga’s

pouch

117. Figs. on drivers’ licenses

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