Gulf News

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis “BEFORE TEA” BY LAURA EFFINGER-DEAN & CHRISTINA IVERSON 4/20/14 xwordedito­r@aol.com ©2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

ACROSS

1 Humidifier output 6 Ratio phrase 10 Dweeb

14 Hubbubs

18 Angry

19 Twosome

20 Fencing implement 21 Dark beer

22 Give orders, even

while dreaming? 25 Muse of poetry 26 Tolkien creature 27 Contribute­s

28 Swiss chocolatie­r 29 Light beer

30 Tanning bed fixtures 33 Stripped (of) 35 Bauxite, e.g.

36 “Don’t lose hope!” 38 Mining engineer who became president in 1929

40 Maine college town 42 Request from one robot to another in ‘Futurama’?

44 In the centre of 47 List unit

48 Flit

49 Update, as charts 53 Vintage ski lift 54 Davis of “Grumpy Old

Men”

56 2022 World Cup city 58 “Dune” director Villeneuve

60 Ancient character 61 Small battery 63 Target of some bark

beetles

65 Gets there in no time? 67 Rapper will.__

70 One who starts a fight over the last crustacean at a seafood buffet? 74 “Hip Hop Is Dead”

rapper

75 Episodic option in

some games

77 Feel crummy

78 Bobs and weaves 80 Put on board 81 Colleague of Sonia

and Ketanji

83 Latch (onto)

86 Like Wiccans and

Druids

90 Domain

91 Diploma word 93 Monogram pt. 95 Humorist Barry 96 Not as harsh 99 Decoration­s for a “Bob the Builder” birthday cake? 102 Via ship, e.g.

104 Brewpub handle 105 Large grinders 106 Polite title

108 Face up to

110 Found loathsome 111 Poet who wrote, “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt” 113 __-Roman

114 Darling

116 Narrow inlet

119 Chateau-dotted valley

120 “Oh, you’re not acting so brave now, are you!”?

124 Word with circle and

tube

125 Capri, for one

126 Voting no

127 Pizza slice, say 128 Charge (with)

129 Really, really overcook 130 Deli array

131 Introducto­ry course

DOWN

1 Hard-to-describe feeling

2 “East of Eden” brother

3 Old incarnatio­ns 4 Extra NFL periods 5 Outdoor gear giant 6 Old Apple devices 7 Beachfront property? 8 Links

9 RN workplaces 10 Came through

11 First act

12 Swamp grasses 13 Didn’t stray from

14 Razor brand 15 Maintain forest health with a planned fire?

16 Word with space and

planet

17 Put away for later 21 Rarely

23 Was out briefly 24 Thin shard

31 Iron deficiency

32 Fall flower, for short 33 Pentagon org. 34 “Mrs. America” political cause, briefly 36 Advertisin­g award 37 Red __: spicy candies 38 Protagonis­t 39 Available, in a way 41 Dragracer’sfuel,briefly 43 Awful

45 Sleigh driver

46 Lock of hair

50 “Enter Sandman”

band

51 Fresh

52 Caplet

55 “Gentle, gentle” 57 Jungfrau, e.g. 59 Germ

62 Sighed line

64 Many an exec

66 Hold (up)

67 Quran faith 68 Breakout gaming

company 69 Illustrati­ve tools in a

neuroscien­ce lab?

71 Wallpaper unit 72 Inkling

73 Fix unlawfully 76 Hide-and-seek word 79 Preparetor­ide,inaway 82 Ghostery, for one 84 Cleaning up the mess, say

85 Audio jack abbr. 87 Cate Blanchett’s “The Lord of the Rings” role

88 Declare

89 “Queer Eye” expert Jonathan Van __ 92 Prior to today, poetically

94 “The Savages” filmmaker Jenkins 97 Artist known for optical

illusions

98 __ Speedwagon 100 Hairy Addams cousin 101 “__ so fast!”

103 Old English

104 Ring of color

106 Go 50-50 on

107 Massey of old films 109 College newbie

110 Sister’s attire

112 Long haul

114 Thoroughly cooked 115 “ÀC—mo __ usted?” 117 Ancient Cuzco dweller 118 Like much cheddar 121 Hawaiian-style pizza

topping

122 Record collector’s

collection

123 Carnival maker

 ?? ??

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