Daily Press (Sunday)

YOU’VE BEEN SLIMED

- By Timothy E. Parker

ACROSS

1 Sundance’s

cohort

6 “That’ll be ___ day!” 9 Coral islet

12 Totally vertical

17 Ravel musical classic 18 Dory mover

19 Had a bone to pick? 20 Humongous power of 10 21 Slimy explanatio­n (pt. 1) 25 Some soft leathers 26 ATV word

27 Certifies under oath 28 Hymnal holder

29 The whole nine yards 31 Sit moving back? 32 Refreshing breeze 36 Mocking birds 37 Middle-aged dude, e.g. 38 Arcade locale

42 Hall’s sound effect 43 Word to a king

44 Not the present or

future

45 Highly spiced stew 46 Slimy explanatio­n (pt. 2) 52 Acquire bronzed skin 53 Berry of health

supplement­s

54 Gossipy one

55 Ninth hour after

sunrise

56 Cork, essentiall­y 58 Director’s focus 59 Prepare for one’s day 60 Definitely not

up-to-date

61 Keyboard key

63 Poppa

64 Enemy

65 Edge sideways 68 Bassoon inserts 70 Flapjack cooker 74 Blue-dye plants 75 Boston Garden, e.g. 76 Hymn of

praise (var.)

77 Be a snitch

78 Slimy explanatio­n (pt. 3) 83 Equine pace

84 “Don’t say a word!” 85 Playful kiss

86 Western plateau

87 Make blades sharper 88 Legendary giant

outfielder Mel

89 Golf or badminton, e.g. 91 Bar regular

93 Type of valuable

collection 94 Coast-to-coast

travel enabler 95 Sleep-clinic study

abbr.

96 Griffith of

“Working Girl” 100 Whistle blower? 101 With no troubles 106 BONUS PUN

110 Made-to-order 111 Ambulance

letters

112 List-curtailing

letters

113 Tennyson’s “___

of the King”

114 Colorado tourist

attraction

115 Suffix that

maximizes

116 “Hey, ewe”

utterance?

117 Beasts that bray

DOWN

1 Hogwash 2 Elbow-wrist link 3 Squad

4 Like pie crusts

5 More virtuous

than thou

6 Play horseshoes

7 “A likely story!” 8 “Before” of yore 9 Growth of hard

work?

10 Not perfectly vertical 11 “May I help you?” 12 “Designing Women”

woman

13 Rob of “The Grinder” 14 Disgruntle­d

sounds

15 Castle’s means of

defense

16 Some deli orders 17 Some undergradu­ate

degs.

20 Became enthusiast­ic

about

22 ___ up (clinch) 23 Tibetan priest 24 Boris’ cartoon

sidekick

29 Greek sandwich 30 Over, once more 32 Lemon peel pieces 33 Fancy display 34 Type of graph?

35 “By what means?” 36 Long skirt

37 Like thick,

compacted hair 38 Was in an auto

race

39 Without

accompanim­ent 40 Rulers’ creations 41 Fine-grained soil

deposit

43 Dwarf in the sky? 44 External part of

the ear 47 Dry, as a maple 48 Like summer tea 49 Lincoln Ctr.

locale 50 Gardener’s

banes

51 Cause of ruin 57 Contaminat­e

waterways

58 Old type of pad 61 Collar, as a

fugitive

62 Blood sucker 64 One in a German

household 65 Speaks like King

James? 66 Prelude, briefly 67 Fancy mustard

choice 69 Spillway locale 70 Goos on follicles 71 Dish towel user 72 Roper’s tool 73 “Boyhood” actor

Hawke

75 Land or

property owner 76 “Over here!” 79 Element No. 90 80 Black, in very old

poetry

81 “Yeah, why not!” 82 Clock time std. 89 Most up-to

something? 90 Legal prefix

91 Old name for

Iran

92 De-faults? 93 “Three Sisters”

writer Chekhov 94 Conceals,

as a magician 95 “Their Finest Hour”

fighters 96 Mineral used

in auto paint 97 Some big birds 98 Say “thumbs” for

“sums,” e.g. 99 Cost of a poker

hand

101 Cola name?

102 Bainter and

Wray

103 Anger

104 Some sharp

angled letters 105 Serpentine

character?

107 Peg under a ball 108 Spider’s

network

109 Landing

approx.

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