Puzzle of the Week
Use the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell something to build at the beach
ACROSS 1 Take hold of 5 Auction action 8 “Thanks —!” (2 wds.) 12 —-bodied 16 Section of a door 18 Not even 19 Slimming surgery, for short 20 Clever tactic 21 Fashionable flair 22 Sylvester, to Tweety 23 Did a dragon in 24 Four-star review 25 Place for a crown or cap 27 Crowd noise 28 Kitchen counter? 29 Turner or Kennedy 32 Model of the Earth 34 Negligent 36 “What was — think?” (2 wds.) 37 “. . . — he drove out of sight” 38 Driver’s lic. and others 40 Part of a jazz combo 41 Thanksgiving Day event 43 “Good —!” 45 Acted bored 50 Informal language 51 Propelled a canoe 53 See-through, as curtains 54 Imps are little ones 56 “— not!” 58 Capital of Norway 59 Buddy 62 Syrup source 63 Charged particle 65 Cooking meas. 66 Meager, as pickings 68 Tidy 71 Harder to follow, as a trail 74 Like Clooney and Streep 76 It may leave you in stitches 78 Desires 82 Upper bodies 84 Sacagawea, for one 85 Nearly 86 Police, with “the” 88 Actress — Longoria 89 Tissue layer 90 — chi (martial art) 91 Like the Pope 96 Sesame Street regular 98 “To — is human . . . ” 99 Green — 100 Now and — 102 Vast sea 105 Shade of black 106 Win, place, — 107 — Quixote 108 Minimum amount 112 Excursion 113 Ireland, to the Irish 114 Black cuckoo 115 Come up, as an issue 116 B&BS 117 Comes to a close 118 “Hold on a —!” 119 Gathering clouds, say DOWN 1 Family docs 2 Scoundrel 3 “— day now . . . ” 4 Alternative to suspenders 5 Wine store purchase 6 The “potato” state 7 Banned bug spray 8 Part of aka 9 Air freshener option 10 “Carmen” and others 11 Drag behind 12 Tax time 13 Hold responsible 14 Petal-plucker’s word 15 Observers 17 Dicaprio, to fans 26 Shrek, e.g. 27 Made over 28 Lone Star State 29 Helpful hints 30 And others, for short (2 wds.) 31 Nickelodeon’s — the Explorer 33 Orioles and cardinals 35 Beam 37 Barely beats 39 “To thine own — be true” 42 What “&” means 43 Guy’s date 44 Charge 46 “— Let the Dogs Out” 47 Hatchling’s home 48 Snakelike fish 49 Bit of rain 51 Drain connections 52 Like many a newspaper 55 Delivery vehicle 57 British rocker Stewart 59 “Check this out!” 60 Voice in the choir 61 Fibber 64 Afresh 67 — Doubtfire 69 Calendar abbr. 70 Factual 71 — Rapids, Iowa 72 Bonanza find 73 Battering device 75 Flies alone 77 Like presents 79 Tone on a scale 80 Ivan the Terrible, e.g. 81 Cookbook direction 83 Actor Mineo 85 On the safe side, at sea 87 Not outside 89 Meal on a blanket 91 Desert bloomers 92 — squash 93 Teach a skill to 94 Assists 95 Musical trio, often 97 Everyone’s opposite 101 She sheep 103 Carte start (2 wds.) 104 Detective Wolfe 106 Partner of wait 107 Prosecutors, for short 109 Toothpaste brand 110 180° from NNW 111 Top gymnastics score