Brain games

Use the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell a unique winter creation

One of a kind ACROSS

1 Makes a wager 5 Q-tip

9 Paper purchase 13 October’s birthstone 17 Door sign 18 Scrabble piece 19 Clearasil target 20 Roman robe 21 Does and bucks 22 “do you good” 23 Young years 25 Start from 27 Butter substitute 29 Oomph 30 Aggravate 31 Aces, sometimes 32 Bosc or Bartlett 33 Singer Chesney 36 Detailed account

37 and hers 38 Couch 42 Middle of March

43 “The Way

We ” 44 Sylvester, to Tweety 45 Take the gold 46 Poorly lit

47 “Bingo!”

48 “Much to my ” 51 Hit the road 52 Coming to a halt 55 Beaver’s work 56 Gets the lead out?

58 Get firm

59 In the know 61 Parking place 62 Pudding-like dessert

65 “Go team!” 66 Family tree entry 71 Right on the map 72 Transmits 75 Atlantic catch 76 No. on a business card

77 Chowed down

78 Freshly painted

79 Cornfield bird

81 Cookers

82 By way of, briefly

84 Ballpoint, e.g.

85 Fill- up filler

86 Lake vessel

87 Have to have

89 - esteem

90 Center X or O

91 Took five

94 Chick’s sound

95 Gets smaller

99 On hand

101 Ballet wear

103 Baking sheet

104 Darn, as socks

105 Actor Neeson 106 Barbra’s Funny Girl co-star

107 “This joke!” (2 wds.) 108 Hunted 109 Mamas’ boys

110 Sunbeams 111 Give up

DOWN

1 Sleep sites 2 Board member, for short 3 Ticket info, maybe 4 Puts through a sieve 5 Cinnamon unit

6 Gone the Wind 7 Completely 8 Fit in

9 Revs 10 Audio effect

11 Wheel of Fortune buy 12 Free-for- alls 13 Additional ones 14 Like some excuses

15 All excited

16 Madam 24 Genetic stuff

26 “Don’t give up!”

28 Grassland 31 Propel, in a way

32 bread 33 Joshes 34 Cut, maybe

35 Disney’s fish 36 Actor Connery

37 Pound 39 Has dues due

40 Dandy 41 Aardvark fare

43 Like sheets after bleaching 44 Ivan the Terrible, e.g.

47 Planet of the

49 Its license plates say “Famous potatoes” 50 Like a canary 51 Light bulb unit 53 “Check this out!” 54 Attend to a plot 57 Highway

60 “Hold it!” 62 Stew ingredient 63 Swearing- in words

64 -friendly 67 Biol. branch 68 Try for size ( 2 wds.) 69 Emphatic no

70 “If all fails...” 73 Blown away 74 Michelangelo, for one 80 Call, as a game 81 California’s ocean

21 across

83 Higgledypiggledy 84 Piano parts 85 Charge 86 Garage contents 88 Wriggly fish 89 Appears

90 Day after Wed. 91 Turnpike turnoff 92 “Did you ?!” 93 All there 94 Agenda

95 “Don’t go!” 96 Sniffer 97 Giving

98 gin fizz 100 High school class, for short 102 Actress

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