Crossword Puzzle 2
ACROSS
1 More than a little unkind 5 Tolkien monsters
9 One hanging in
a 2000 election 13 Tiny tweet 17 Leaking slowly, as a faucet 19 Pacific salmon 20 Juno’s Greek counterpart 21 Sassy “Cheers” waitress
22 Prime growing month for a citrus fruit? 24 Culturally affected 25 Broadcast booth sign
26 Sources of current information 27 Recon pro
28 Take a dip 29 Belgrade resident
30 Song sung by a French fruit lover?
33 First fruit site 35 Fields for fillies 36 New Balance rival
37 Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat logo
41 Starts the show 43 Gulf of __: Arabian Sea arm
44 Comics impact 47 “No juice in my mojito, please”? 50 Duck Hunt console, briefly 51 Trait carrier
52 Chef lead-in 53 Midwest native 54 Mideast potentate 56 Masters of allusion
57 Verse sometimes sung 58 Kid’s punishment 59 Mosquito mating maneuver
61 Not too sharp, as an image 62 Vintner’s prospects?
66 Lack on some gowns
68 Toy line? 69 Temporary pause
70 Styron protagonist Turner
73 Visually rapt 74 1987 Best New Artist Grammy winner Watley 75 Tortilla dough
76 “Carpe diem,” in textspeak
77 Wood shop tool 78 Paul on guitar 79 One removing fuzz from fuzzy fruit?
82 Leadoff double? 83 Bit of power
84 How some items are auctioned 85 Explorer da Gama
86 Sorority letters 87 Intangible quality
88 Drink brand with a lizard logo 91 Fruit farm’s cash flow?
96 “Little Shop of __”
101 First AfricanAmerican majorleague coach Buck
102 General and private
103 Hip-hop label co-founded by Jay-Z
105 Barrel component 106 Painter Nolde
107 Write-up on a fruit?
108 Solution strength
109 Busy as __ 110 Cream color 111 Kirsten of “Spider-Man” 112 Reserved __ 113 Fail to make contact with 114 VA concern 115 Chile money
DOWN
1 Mighty sharks 2 Draw out 3 Emmy-winning producer of
“The Fugitive” Alan __
4 Muslim face covering
5 Pump figure 6 Runaway victory 7 Deep fissure 8 Vegan protein source
9 Dances with shuffle steps 10 Medal awardees 11 Keyboard contemporary of Vladimir
12 Market speculator
13 Hat that originated in Ecuador, strangely
14 Keats’ Muse 15 Yale of Yale fame
16 Fruit lover’s gadget
18 Most weak
21 Kurt of Nirvana 23 Make __ dash 27 Play setting 31 Primordial substance, in physics 32 Designer __ Saint Laurent 34 Bad blood
37 “I get it”
38 Crucifix
39 Lawn choice 40 Abbr. on a teeing ground sign 42 Fruit-filled dessert, often 43 Circus highlights 44 Self-appointed pub experts
45 Pay to play 46 It calls for sweeping action
48 Court game 49 Kitchen add-on? 51 One may come with a train 54 Apiece
55 “I pity the fool” speaker
56 Billiards type
58 It’s at one end of the back
59 Do a vet’s job 60 Jazz guitarist Montgomery 61 Purple hue 63 Wreck with a ball
64 Marked on a ballot
65 Behind
66 File menu option
67 Letters for one with weekend plans
71 Knighted Guinness 72 Snowblower maker
74 So-called “river of wind”
75 “Little Red
Book” writer 76 Vocalist Sumac 78 Placed
79 Compulsive fire starters, informally
80 Jack of old oaters
81 Like plump pets, perhaps 83 Pequod, for one 84 Belt parts 86 Ornamental hedge shrub
87 “__ Song”: John Denver hit
89 “Dang it!” 90 Dull-sounding critter
91 Runs, moneywise
92 Let loose 93 Spanish lasso 94 Poetic pairs 95 Build
97 Gun, as an engine
98 NFL pass blockers as a unit, in football lingo
99 Like “Harvard Yard,” as spoken by some locals 100 Took care of 104 Scull crew 107 Get-up-and-go