P12 OTHEGLOBEANDMAIL | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019
ACROSS
1 Enemy
4 Spidersspinthem
8 Pollution
prevention org.
11 Toilet paper
thickness
14 Place for
pampering
17 Way to be
there if you
can’t be there
19 Designer Jacobs
21 Carly Jepsen
22 That dude’s
23 International
time boundary
24 Its webpage says
“Our site uses cookies.
We make them too”
25 Big bird
27 Cautious about
one’s possessiveness?
30 “Child’s play!”
31 “You too, Brutus?”
32 “Despacito”
singer Fonsi
33 Went first
35 Nail polish site
36 Capital of Senegal
39 Reggae’s Bunny
40 Tool on (and in)
board
43 So naive as to
be captivating?
47 Designer Picasso
49 “ the ramparts ...”
50 Makes airtight
51 Always thinking
rationally?
58 Not look forward to
59 Small cut
60 Like some patches
61 Make with needle
and thread
62 San ___ Comic-Con
63 Abacus parts
64 Conditions
67 Decorated aviator
69 Some paintings
70 In a strange way
72 Attention-grabbing
yet not paying
attention?
76 Sweatabsorber
78 Boxer’s caretaker
79 Box up, say
80 Not miserable
enough?
87 Rock ’Em Sock
’Em Robots, e.g.
88 To-dos
89 Double
conjunction
90 Cokie Roberts’
longtime network
93 Provo resident
94 Real estate
measure
96 Was clothed in
97 Hog food
100 Content with
being out of it?
105 NASCAR tune-up
break
107 It might be a
shortcut
108 Start of a
complicated
answer
109 “Mon cher ___”
110 Birthday number
111 Classic soda
brand
112 One applying
decorative
coatings
113 “Full Frontal”
channel
114 Acid
115 Cul-de-___
116 Word after
salad or glory
117 The “e” in i.e.DOWN
1 Move restlessly
2 Running by
itself
3 Executor’s
charge
4 Feral
5 Pennsylvania
county by a
Great Lake
6 Secure with
rope
7 Some Pilsners,
familiarly
8 Symbol such as
“Thinking Face”
9 Trims
10 ___ of expertise
11 Without shame
12 Rodeo ropes
13 Still
14 LaBeouf of
“Transformers”
15 Photos, for short
16 In need of lotion
18 Ecuador neighbor
20 Joint effort,
briefly
26 Zebra in the NFL
28 Cosmonaut
Gagarin
29 Trompe l’___
34 Alcatraz’s city,
to some tourists
36 R2-D2, for one
37 Common tattoo
sites
38 Similar to the
“Ode to a Nightingale”
poet
39 Thin and strong
40 Gem made of silica41 Everyone
42 Hi-___ image
43 “Kid” in “Casablanca”
44 ___ voce
(in a hushed tone)
45 Business card no.
46 Average
47 Dermal opening
48 Over again
51 Jewel case
contents
52 Vote into office
53 Bruce who
played Watson
54 ___ wait (conceal
oneself)
55 Spoken exams
56 “Have a good trip!”
57 Useful connections
62 Beats by ___
63 Spoils
64 Wedding affirmatives65 Smoke goes
up in it
66 Method (Abbr.)
67 Tucked in
68 Remains
70 Go down
71 ___ citizenship
72 Not at home
73 Name that sounds
like “Eve”
74 Cartoon frame
75 The scoop
76 Small songbird
77 Performance
artist Yoko
81 Hard clams
82 Like some bike locks
83 Rush letters
84 Kind of bowling
85 Houston division
86 Like some face
cards’ faces90 Pad thai bit
91 Uses shears on
92 Getaway locale
93 “Big ___!”
(expression of
respect)
94 Greeting near
Mauna Kea
95 Skeptical sort
96 Contents of coolers
and cellars
97 Got rid of one’s
mouthwash
98 Tree branch
99 Singer Redding
101 Treats by cooling
102 Horne who played
Glinda in “The Wiz”
103 Brit’s “Goodness me!”
104 Los Angeles
NFLers
106 “Hola, que ___?”SATURDAY
CROSSWORD
UNUSUAL PERSONALITY
TRAITS
CRYPTIC CROSSWORDBY FRASER SIMPSON
ACROSS
1 Challenge to a bluffer cultivating lilac (1,4)
4 Slash misses pirates’ swords (9)
9 Flip out, tossing batter’s barely struck
strike (4,3)
10 Concur about a lime, olive or avocado
retaining oxygen (5,2)
11 Doesn’t discard picture puzzles not
using bee (6)
12 Few beets spoiled entree eaten with a
spoon (4,4)
14 Firm without backing half develops
human prototypes (4,3,3)
15 Creep popular with church (4)
18 Amusing mug as a gift for boy lacking
love (4)
20 Chicago icemen hack blocks, according
to Spooner (10)
23 Announce chair, a key member of a
tribe (8)
24 Everyone except neighbour consumes
two litres (3,3)
26 Gandhi headwear taken by family
member (7)
27 The rain battered part of a cafeteria
worker’s uniform (7)
28 Of course Disney’s components could
build it (3,6)
29 Protagonist finally conquered Biblical
king (5)
DOWN
1 Snitch, about to get fellow traveller’s
tip (9)
2 Peppery salad green Gus endlessly fed
to Laura Wilder (7)
3 Protestant left university over the cost (8)
4 Certain Egyptian police officer ahead
of time (4)
5 EviscerateRentset used in the
afternoon? (3,7)
6 A doctor and I atop fort, wandering (6)
7 Got up late, initially secreting
hunger-inhibiting hormone (5,2)
8 Strength is given a boost with mint (5)
13 Corrupt grown-up at emergency room
had a sandwich (10)
16 Paused uncertainly, very emotional when
adopting pose (9)
17 Juvenile not finishing chili bowl (8)
19 State leaves stranded trees (7)
21 Online conference put on about backing
writer (7)
22 False bishop in retreat where Mary Baker
Eddy founded her church (6)
23 Grant covers medium-sized Toyota
model (5)
25 Dull report Thursday, the first of
December (4)LASTSATURDAY’S CRYPTIC ANSWERS
ACROSS
1 LAST (2 defs.), 3 PLATITUDES (anag.),9M+IN+IVAN, 11 ERE + MITE, 12 A + B + BOT,
13I+NAB+IND., 15 TA(XII)NG, 16 SUCCESS (letter bank), 18 NIB + BLED, 21 MO + UNTIE,
23 A(GAIN) + ST, 25 B + LIMP, 27 BO(L)O TIE, 28 STY + LIST, 29 DI’S + TRESSES, 30 SETS
(H-to-S letter change)DOWN
1LAMB+A+STING, 2 SANDBOX (banned socksspoonerism), 4 LI(o)N KING, 5 T(HE) RAMS,
6 TREVI (hidden), 7 DWINDLE (hidden), 8 SLEW (2 defs.), 10 VI(TRIO) + L, 14 O(STEOP)ATHS
(poetsrev.), 17 CRUMBLY (anag.), 19 BEATLES (anag.), 20 DON + KEYS, 21 M + ATISSE (siestaanag.),
22 THI(s) + N ICE, 24 ASTI + R, 26 ABE + DSOLUTIONSThis Saturday’s crossword answers will be in next week’s section | Last Saturday’s crossword, KenKen and Sudoku solutions in today’s Pursuits section
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Fill in the grid so that each row of nine squares, each column of nine and each section
of nine (three squares by three) contains the numbers 1 through 9 in any order. There
is only one solution to each puzzle.| PURSUITS