PUZZLE

SET PIECES by EVAN BIRNHOLZ

ACROSS 1 Arriving after the bell 5 Power for some 19th-century velocipedes 10 Bungee jumper’s rope 14 “The Aviator” actress Blanchett 18 Award for the musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” in 1998 19 NASA program whose name would have been apt for solar probe missions 20 ___iD (tool that lets you customize your own cookies) 21 Miles off 22 Mercury, Venus, Earth ... 24 Suspend, as production 25 See 56 Down 26 Longoria of Hollywood 27 High-fiber pod 28 Vowel-rich sauce 30 Doesn’t hide, say 31 The fleur-de-lis, to French royalty 33 Tales in tomes 35 Actress Getty or Harris 37 Sounded like a banshee 38 Washington, Adams, Jefferson 40 “Who ___ can it be?” 41 Drafts an email, say 42 Artistic sort? 43 Cerulean, denim, ultramarine ... 46 Remove, as a troll from a forum 48 Group of half a dozen 52 Discontinue 53 She gets a head in a Strauss opera 55 North or South follower 56 Where a child is parked while driving 59 ___ borealis (northern lights) 60 Stop by for a bit 61 “Go, team!” 62 Aspiration, hope, wish ... 66 Tally up 67 Informal attempts 69 Positions 70 Gives a charge to 72 Like the Willis Tower 73 Walk with a purpose 74 Intellectual power 76 Piacenza-born designer 78 Pension plan letters 79 Weakling, wimp, wuss ... 83 Hairlike parts of a cell 85 Toe holds? 86 Sharp part of a fork 87 Emo, grunge, metal ... 92 Cleared for takeoff, in a way 94 Romantic Paul Anka hit with a Spanish title 95 The G of Roald Dahl’s book

“The BFG” 96 Beverage made using outdoor light 97 Screen ___ (idle computer animation) 98 Beyond Burger eater, perhaps 100 Indian restaurant drink 101 Droll 103 Seller of Lycksele Lövås sleeper sofas 104 “Be with you in a few ___” 105 General, lieutenant general, major general ... 109 “Dang it!” 110 Bygone alternative to Ritz crackers 111 Area of interest in an Intro to

Western Civilization class 112 Once again 113 Drs. treating laryngitis 114 Academic site of the Tony

Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning 115 “Welcome to Dead House” author 116 Emulates the participants on

“Married at First Sight”

DOWN 1 Actor seen in “Halloween”? 2 “Most important ...” 3 Treat with espresso and mas carpone cheese 4 Snaky creature 5 Word before bank or donor 6 “___! ___! ___!” (1970 war film) 7 “Fin” director Roth 8 Brewery creation 9 Umayyad Mosque art 10 Third party VIP, maybe? 11 By word of mouth 12 Disburden 13 Braille cell symbol 14 Where potential job applicants may receive promotions? 15 Off track 16 Prevent a Bill from progressing any further, say 17 Feature of some pens 19 Tried to get clarification 23 Fruit juice brand 29 MD’s and RN’s station 30 It’s got the goods 32 Spreads, as colors on some wet laundry 33 Yank living abroad, say 34 Sneak ___ 36 Perceive 37 Blog setting 38 Purple body parts in “The Witches” 39 Pay no mind to 41 Most overdone 44 Starts of snapdragons 45 Slavic ruler, once 46 Brand once known as “Famous

Olde Tyme Root Beer” 47 Baseball family name that fills i n the blanks of “b_ _l f_ _r” 49 El-Dorado ___ (31,000-carat gemstone) 50 Skip over, as in speech 51 Takes care of 53 Leather purse material 54 Fiends 56 With 25 Across, nation that abolished its military in 1948 57 Temple structure 58 Asgard or Midgard, in Norse mythology 59 Carne ___ (Spanish for “grilled meat”) 60 Game in which you try to place five stones in a row 63 Pertaining to the upper chambers of the heart 64 Israeli prime minister who was born in Kyiv 65 Cylindrical bottle insert, often 68 Some burrito legumes 71 “... no?” 73 Grain repositories 74 Jack up a three-pointer, say 75 Comportment 77 Comparatively kind 79 It moves while chewing 80 Alcoholic beverage fermented from a grain 81 Like interest on a loan that hasn’t been recognized as income 82 “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” author Vizzini 84 [chef’s kiss] 85 Fighting positions 87 Dwell (in) 88 One from Japan’s “City of

Water” 89 Like stealth operations 90 Encourages misbehaving 91 Org. in “Body of Lies” 92 Allman who played lead guitar on “Layla” 93 “The Walking Dead” character played by Katelyn Nacon 96 Geometric figure 99 Feedback for a spelunker 100 “We’ve gotta hurry!” 102 Taxaceae family trees 104 Duchess’s pronoun 106 “For crying ___ loud!” 107 Complement to a CT scan, at times 108 Judge’s purview

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