HERE - Merl Reagle`s Sunday Crosswords
Book Notes By Merl Reagle HOW TO PLAY (no pun intended): This puzzle is about a certain group. Twenty of the Down answers are one letter too long for their allotted spaces. Whenever this happens, simply enter that extra letter into the vacant square at the base of that column, in the row containing 132 and 133 Across. ACROSS 1 Titanic VIP 6 Fail miserably 10Hailstones do it 14Pageant topper 19Flintstone’s boss 20“No way” 21Often-dunked treat 22Van Gogh locale 23Place where this group’s music may never appear? 251920s chief justice 26Does hard-hat work 27Part of a dog 28Reed in a pit 29Lipton rival 31Put into play 32CIA forerunner 33Preserve, in a way 34Stiff 37Blues great Smith 41Good place to view this group at a concert? 46Pin’s place 47Tuscan hill town 48Schools for Jules 49Pronto, briefly 50Flintstone’s wife 51___ Helens 52Grade for a tween 56Something this group can only dream of? 60Spanish river 61“May ___ your order?” 62Motel machine sign 63Gandhi opposed it 65Love-letter hugs 66Stiff drink 69With 83 Across, typical comment by the group after a song? 73Sartre play 75Fine and dandy 76Movie, in Variety 78Mrs. Romney 79“Psycho” setting 81Boo-boo 83See 69 Across 90Whale finder 92Major in astronomy? 93Electricity pioneer 94Concerning 95Sweetheart 97Bite-size treats 98Prickly plant 99What critics of the group are known for? 103 Slackened 104 Connect 105 Beat the house 106 Polite wd. 107 Not to mention 108 Joan of Arc, e.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 7 8 24 27 28 38 39 41 46 26 77 83 91 95 70 72 79 84 85 73 88 89 65 74 86 87 94 98 103 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 DOWN 1 Tinseltown terrier 2 Single-masted boat 3 Bugle tune 4 Bart and Lisa’s bus driver 5 Mens ___ (criminal intent) 6 Future plants 7 Where Lima is 8 Mickey or Mighty 9 Common preservative 10Ominous sign 11Wipe away 12Went home, e.g. 55 80 102 104 53 64 97 112 It rolls in the aisles 114 Loverboy 118 All thumbs 121 Analgesic target 122 What the group is planning after this weekend? 124 Japanese-American 125 Neck and neck 126 Lip application 127 Extra 128 Brief brawl 129 Salad often 130 Pub pints 131 Girl in “The Gondoliers” 132 With 133, the name of the band whose members appear in the theme answers. (They disbanded in 2012 after raising millions for literacy, but they’re reuniting this weekend for one last concert.) 133 See 132 54 36 60 93 96 132 18 45 63 71 92 119 120 35 59 78 100 101 107 17 31 52 62 82 16 48 69 90 44 58 76 15 30 51 68 81 118 25 43 61 99 22 42 57 75 14 34 50 67 13 21 47 56 12 33 40 49 11 29 32 66 10 20 23 37 9 133 13Carry-on item 14Spotted, Tweety-style 15In ___ straits 16Refer (to) 17Famous parting place 18Thumbs-up 24Hangman’s loop 29“Peter Pan” dog 30Reveille no-show 32Texas resource 33Scam artist 35Olympian Jesse 36Actor Davis 37Spill the beans 38Comfort 39Restful resorts 40Doubting Thomas 41Choice fish cut 42Do follow-ups? 43Lipton rival 44Campus 100 miles NW of L.A. 45Chopper feature 47Soy juice brand 50What to do “if the shoe fits” 51Big truck maker 53Microsoft game console 54Counselor Deanna on the starship Enterprise 55Photo session 57Instruction part 58Harry Potter’s girlfriend 59Chanted word 64Baby kangaroo 66Alpert’s Tijuana ___ 67Caramel candy brand 68Similar 70Ex-NPR host Liane 71“My Way” lyricist 72Charlotte ___, V.I. 74N.Y. City where Twain is buried 77Rude dude 80Leftovers 82City near Venice 84Parts of hearts 85Bird-related 86Big Ben sound 87Band together 88Ontario tribe 89Bovine bunch 91Musburger or Scowcroft 96“Up and ___!” 97Sierra Club founder 98Air gun ammo 99Smarts 100 “Of Mice and Men” guy 101 Most freezing 102 Munster portrayer 103 Justice Samuel 106 Some golf events 109 Makes a recording 110 George’s sitar pal 111One to one, e.g. 112 Kentucky resource 113 Stroll along 114 ___ one’s time (wait) 115 Extremities 116 Burns out of control 117 ___ Choice 119 Adoption option 120 Spanish uncle 122 Jazz grp.? 123 Krazy ___
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