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Technique • August 26, 2011 • 17
Theme Crossword: Geometry 101 By James Barrick United Features Syndicate ACROSS 1. Gourd 5. Brolin or Elliott 9. Condescend 14. Like a storied piper 18. Sea in Asia 19. Poem division 20. “-- -- Grows in Brooklyn” 21. Gaelic 22. Country music enthusiast: 2 wds. 24. Song-and-dance group: 2 wds. 26. Big Easy suburb 27. Pale 29. Colossus of -30. Turner and Hentoff 31. Plagiarize 32. Catcall 33. Be slow 36. Arab VIP 37. Injured party 41. Great name in tennis
42. Borrower’s limit: 3 wds. 46. -- Jima 47. Old monarch: var 48. “Harper Valley ---” 49. Angers 50. Indigo dye 51. Take in 52. Race of Norse gods 54. Inclinations 55. Speckle 56. Medical condition 58. Raw materials 59. “Seven -- for Seven Brothers” 60. “Auntie --” 61. Fugitive 64. Sound loudly 65. Wright Brothers’ town 67. Spreads to dry 68. Mizzen cousin 72. More skilled 73. First name in etiquette 75. Stupefy 76. Twisted
77. Film -78. Insignificant 79. -- poetica 80. Supporting structure 81. Pewter ingredient 82. Jumping-off place: 2 wds. 86. English queen 87. Galvanizing 89. Oka river city 90. Combines 92. Fishes caught 93. Genus of dogs 95. Salamander 96. Roasts anagram 99. French composer 100. Sinusoid: 2 wds. 104. Scabs’ barrier: 2 wds. 106. Diamond events: 2 wds. 108. -- vera 109. Downy creature 110. Blore and Burdon 111. Colorize 112. Breaks down 113. Exploits 114. Be worthy 115. Kind of crime
DOWN 1. Something sometimes read 2. Toledo’s lake 3. Gasp 4. Desert plant 5. Ian or Joplin 6. In olden days 7. Jeanne d’Arc, e.g 8. Friend of Hamlet 9. Russian country house 10. A Barrymore 11. Press 12. Eurozone mem.
13. Concern of Freud 14. Jai alai ball 15. Rainbow: prefix 16. Bondman 17. Letters 19. A kind of business alliance 23. Watch part 25. Call 28. Slave 31. Coat with grease 32. Underworld god 33. Old hat 34. Very, in music
35. Old game show: 3 wds. 36. Complete 37. Prehistoric tool 38. Simple picture: 2 wds. 39. Doubly 40. Omelet fixings 43. -- dixit 44. Fearful feeling 45. Wash 50. Rap sheet entry 52. Protective gear 53. Paradise 54. Sitcom family name
55. Fore 57. Horse opera 58. Eyelike spots 59. Verve 62. Bird with long legs 63. TV chef 65. “Divine Comedy” poet 66. Seething 69. Org. relative 70. Peace goddess 71. Old instruments 73. Letter’s successor
74. Cider press residue 75. Bundles 78. Swaggered 80. Give up: 2 wds. 82. Unmoving gaze 83. Bar -84. Barbecue VIP 85. Corrects a text 88. Throttles 91. Old tableware item 93. Flogged
94. Declares 95. Sibling’s child 96. On -- -- (equivalent) 97. Storage structure 98. Highlander 99. Midway attraction 100. Bad mood 101. Sneakers brand 102. Express 103. Punta del -105. Fiction 107. Nest egg letters