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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 ___