134 Part II: Tackling the Puzzles
Across
- Fish steerer
- Earth tone
- What Oscar winners do
at the podium - “___ matter of fact.. .”
- Scarlett of Gone With
the Wind - Robinson Crusoe’s
creator - Son of Cratchit
- William Thackeray hero
- Rose supporter
- Fifties automotive
clunker - Bovine outbursts
- They may be checked
- Poe and Pound, for
example - Ivanhoe setting
- Chili hotness unit
- Pop up, as a question
- Catch participant,
perhaps - Like the Marx Brothers’
comedies - Instrument with 88 keys
- Robust
- Complete
- Date night option
- Blue-haired mom
44. It starts January 1
46. Non-European New
Zealander
48. Played for a sucker
49. Leader of the masses?
50. Lions and Tigers and
Bears
54. Lowly laborer
57. “My dog ate my
homework,” for example
60. Face off
61. 45-degree serving of
pizza
62. Bandleader married to
Ava and Lana
63. Winter hazard
64. Elaborate yarns
65. Taxi ticker
66. Took the initiative
Down
- Jackie Gleason’s role in
The Hustler - “Who ___?” (Response
to a knock) - Familiar trademark
- Sound of amazement
- Snappy comment?
- Something to shake or
lend - Gets it wrong
8. The Farmer’s Daughter
star Martha
9. Results of some QB
passes
10. Surrounded (with “in”)
11. Underway, to Sherlock
Holmes
12. Restrictions
13. Shoes once made
by the United States
Rubber Company
19. Westernmost county in
Texas
21. Take the plunge
25. High school facility
27. Small bill
28. Labyrinth
29. Panache
30. Born yesterday, so to
speak
31. Wood feature
32. ___ one’s pockets
(profited unfairly)
35. Harum-scarum type
36. Rootless plant
37. The yearling, for one
39. Courteous
40. President after Grant
42. Damage
43. Union label?
44. Bully
Puzzle 54: Breaking Bread
Tricky