PUZZLE

IN OTHER WORDS

by EVAN BIRNHOLZ

ACROSS

1 Aircraft carriers? 5 Work well together 9 Office initials 13 Milk, cheese and such 14 Maize cultivator of the 15th century 15 Ballet class handrail 17 North, south, east and west 21 “Citizen ___” (1941 classic) 22 “How can you ___?” 23 Crocus container 24 In ___ land (daydreaming) 26 Snake oil salesman’s practice 28 Rodent given drugs 31 They’re called Italian tomatoes despite not originating in Italia 32 Request earnestly 35 Noise after the home team scores a touchdown 36 Taps on kegs 38 1929 novel by William

Faulkner, or a hint to 17

Across’s circled words 41 Whup 42 Not glossy 43 “Would you like to check your balance?” device 46 Pine Tree State town with the same name as a European capital 51 Slide down powder 54 Pejorative used in proselytization 57 Synthesizer brand 58 Knight who loved Isolde 61 Variety of chile pepper 62 Not on the premises 63 Booze cruise brews 64 1952 novella by Ernest

Hemingway, or a hint to 46

Across’s circled words 71 Public discussion venue 72 Endurance event for Olympic gold medalists Gwen Jorgensen and Flora Duffy 74 Chow chow checker 75 Destroy, as a developer would 76 Puts down turf 77 ___ out a narrow victory 78 6, for Big Bird 79 ___ Gobb, love interest for Mr.

Bean 80 Granola cereal grains 82 Stuff glistening on blades 83 Diner dish served in the morning 89 Energy field 91 Lily family plant 92 Part of the eye beneath the sclera 95 1995 western starring Sharon

Stone and Gene Hackman, or a hint to 83 Across’s circled words 102 Pacific giant 103 Stringing along 105 Drum setting 106 “Let us not look back in ___, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness”: James

Thurber 107 Like “The Haunting of Hill

House” 108 Distinctive period 109 Org. filling in the blanks of

“cla_de_tine oper_tions” 110 High garden locations 111 Fails to include 112 House party, briefly?

DOWN

1 They touch hot coals while firewalking 2 ___ and abet 3 Courage in the face of hardship 4 Last word of a Jan. 1 song title 5 President before Franklin 6 Index’s place in a book 7 Comp ___ (aspiring programmer’s major) 8 Lampoon locale 9 Preschool education lessons 10 Fill to excess 11 “For a Good Time,

Call ...” actress Graynor 12 Opening statement? 13 Pastry with cherry and cheese filling, perhaps 16 Captivate with love 17 Proofreading mark for inserting a word 18 Final word in the Pledge of

Allegiance 19 Have couscous, say 20 Grayish in color 21 Secret service that dissolved in 1991 25 Bottom’s head turns into the head of this beast in “A

Midsummer Night’s Dream” 27 John who wrote the song

“Roundball Rock” 29 Soft, feathery accessory 30 Campaigned for a seat 31 Split between friends 33 Type of car from the French

for “cut” 34 One in several billion 36 Quaint, negative contraction 37 With 65 Down, Joel Cairo’s portrayer in “The Maltese Falcon” 39 Org. whose website allows listeners to access

“StoryCorps” stories 40 “OK, I really did not need to hear the details there” 43 “Ooh, look at this!” 44 Spike in a forest 45 Cutter in a jungle 47 “ Sure, that’d be fun!” 48 Second word of 9 Across 49 “___ Lisa” (Louvre attraction painted in the early 16th century) 50 Negotiators for actors and authors 51 Made resolute, as for a difficult task 52 Bar numbers? 53 ___ and outs 55 “Suddenly ...” 56 Feature of a goat 59 Skeptical or understanding reply 60 Jam ___ (informal musical gathering) 65 See 37 Down 66 Play area? 67 Tunes played while you’re on hold 68 Hang like the leaves of many an unwatered plant 69 Pertaining to some waves 70 “___ la vista, baby” 71 Fertility clinic eggs 73 Word before blood or moon 79 Conflict in Ahmed Saadawi’s novel “Frankenstein in

Baghdad” 81 Crams for an exam 83 Activist and community organizer Newsome 84 Phony sorts 85 Cherry pie ___ mode 86 Pugsley, to Morticia and Gomez 87 Rocker who sings with the

Pharmacists 88 “Don’t ___ go there!” 89 Country shower 90 “Star Trek” role for Nichelle

Nichols 93 Showing great interest 94 Be smitten with 96 “Yeah, see, that’s ridiculous” 97 “And what’s he then that says I play the villain?” speaker of a

Shakespeare play 98 Staff symbol 99 Abound (with) 100 “Mata ___ at the Moulin

Rouge” (musical about a spy) 101 Change the subject, say? 102 Wall Street Journal language columnist Zimmer 104 Time out on a hammock

Solution on page 26

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