Crossword g Puzzle 2
“START THE MUSIC” By MARK McCLAIN
ACROSS
1 Short-legged hopper
5 Untidy types
10 25% of doce
14 Period
18 River in Tuscany
19 Tiny island nation near the equator
20 Slew
21 Mom-and-pop business
22 Fallon predecessor
23 Became aware of, with “to”
24 Victor’s wife in “Casablanca”
25 Cobbler fruit
26 Summer cottage, perhaps
29 Emotive speaker
30 Fell in pellets
31 Result
33 Musician’s gift
34 Fitness ratio: Abbr.
36 Lake south of London
37 Have something
40 Oklahoma’s top crop
44 Handle
46 Dairy-based quaff
47 Phobia lead-in
48 Prior conviction, e.g.
52 One of the ones that “say so much,” in an Elton John hit
54 Brewpub choices
55 Pitchers that can’t throw?
56 Peachy-keen
58 Coronary chambers
59 Name of the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot
60 Programmer’s problem, perhaps
61 Drinking noise
63 Facebook count
64 Iberian landmark that’s an insurance company logo
68 Put back to zero
71 Villainous look
72 Half a game fish
73 Reverence
76 Unfitting
77 Dusk, poetically
78 Not treating nicely
80 Fussbudget
81 Some fort components
84 Personal exam?
87 One way to rest
88 Zugspitze, e.g.
90 With full force
91 Senate staffers
92 Pioneering TV brand
93 One covering the bases
95 Online notes
96 Symbolic uncle
98 The other way around
102 Port alternative
106 Bar accessory
108 Commonsense approach to behavior analysis
112 Showed the courage
113 Credit union seizure
114 Carpenter’s machine
115 Concerning
116 “Let Me Ride” Grammy winner
117 Champagne spec
118 One who shows the way
119 Yemeni city
120 Leave in
121 AOL and Comcast
122 “Beau __”
123 Moms in a glade
DOWN
1 Barber’s powder
2 Lunch box treats
3 Set aside
4 Lorna of Brit Lit
5 Peloponnesian city-state
6 Many a Grisham hero
7 Prayer opening
8 Whip up a cake
9 Bird feeder cake
10 Heist figure
11 Be empathetic
12 NBA’s __ Conference
13 Cruise ship feature
14 Mar. honoree
15 Start celebrating
16 1968 album containing “The Motorcycle Song”
17 At no time, in old times
21 __ Lee
27 Saw things
28 Bonnie with 10 Grammys
29 Luxury watch
32 Jamaica’s Ocho __
34 Bud, for one
35 __ wear
38 Immortal army leader
39 Draped garments
40 Sub alternative
41 Image in a religious painting
42 Foil alternative
43 Pack animal
44 Starting point
45 Colgate rival
47 Moving around
49 1964 Civil Rts. Act creation
50 “Return of the Jedi” beings
51 MYOB word
53 __ Lama
57 “The Honeymooners” surname
60 Popular long shot
61 Title for Richard Starkey
62 Montana motto metal
64 Email option
65 Professional charges
66 Piazza de Ferrari city
67 God with a hammer
68 Redder, perhaps
69 Computer that was retired in 1955
70 Topping for chicken enchiladas
73 Quite dry
74 Half of a dinner pairing
75 Poaching targets
78 Cartoon explosion sound
79 With no changes
80 Key letter
82 Do a garden chore
83 Czech or Serb 85 Inuit craft
86 Stephen King’s role as the minister in “Pet Sematary,” e.g.
89 Would rather have
94 Support
96 Sweet-smelling pouch
97 Hold fast
99 Unmoving
100 Give up
101 Places to put coins
102 Enduring legends
103 It ends with the burial of Hector
104 Last movement of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata, e.g.
105 Come to terms
106 Santa Anita numbers
107 86-Down, for one
109 Connect, in a way, with “in”
110 RSVP convenience
111 Strong desires
113 MLB stat