236 Part II: Tackling the Puzzles
Across
- Operatic villains, often
- Bit of a tiff
- Oration location
- Sneak ___ (look quickly)
- Mark’s successor?
- Early South American
- Yukon hero
- Jack London sailor
- Tick’s cousin
- Dry with a twist
- Tater topper, perhaps
- Elation
- Good, on the street
- Bring to a boil?
- Skip a turn
- Diminish, in a way
- Commandment
violation - Mezzo’s colleague
- Medical soap?
- 1961 chimp in space
- Precious eggs
- At pique’s peak?
- Tropical root
- Dis
- Do followers on a music
scale - Starring role
- Small paving stone
- Bit of broccoli
59. Wife of Charlie Chaplin
61. Be a little hoarse
65. Long-running kid’s
show
68. The African Queen
screenwriter
69. First name in game
show production
70. Neptune’s realm
71. Marsh plant
72. Say grace
73. Feature on an old
Lincoln?
Down
- Camden Yards marker
- Followed suit
- Withering
- Musical repeat sign
- Musician Turner
- Junior’s namesake
- Minor stroke
- Chord whose notes
are played in rapid
succession - Rocky peak
- Condition of needing to
be fixed - Member of the
opposition - Elvis, to many
- Ratted, in mob lingo
18. Preacher’s closing
19. Meadow mother
24. Stare amorously
26. Telescope piece
27. Procreate, biblically
28. Sphere of competition
29. Generous sort
31. Fire proof?
33. Setting for a bachelor’s
last day
34. Washington, for one
35. Pumps have them
37. Depopulated
41. La Scala show-stopper
42. Tube patron
43. Brad of Hollywood
49. Seabees’ branch of the
military
50. Like Jack Sprat’s diet
53. Notable time
55. Slightest evidence
56. Rhinoplasty reminder
57. Capitol Hill worker
58. Cousin of a foil
60. Gumbo pod
62. ___ code
63. Fly high
64. Fishing hole, perhaps
66. Street urchin
67. Whipped cream serving
Puzzle 105: What’s Your Rank?
Tough