Answers to the 11 theme
clues (in bold) are from
The American Thesaurus
of Slang (Thomas Y.
Crowell Company, 1966).
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ACROSS
1 Source of rope
5 Che! star, 1969
11 Bobby, whose only
major hit was “Sunny”
15 Did laps, maybe
19 ___ surgeon
20 Singer Julius
21 Nanette’s notion
22 Chronicle
23 Bass viol
25 Ump’s call
26 Feat on ice
27 Collared
28 Deadly slitherer
29 Of blood
30 Some loaves
31 Like webs
33 Less confining
35 Method: abbr.
37 Xylophone
41 It runs in the house
45 Raiser of Tarzan
46 ___ Lanka
47 Member of the
Arab League
48 Be ungracious
49 HS junior’s exam
51 Organ lesson?: abbr.
54 “Buenos días,” e.g.
56 Bus driver’s
assignment: abbr.
57 Drums
61 Rx overseer
62 ___ de guerre
63 Hud Oscar winner
64 Didn’t participate in
66 Costa del ___
67 Bounces along, as jazz
68 Radio quiz show
ca. 1950
70 Trombone
72 Tree of life site
74 Spark plug features
76 Manipulate
78 Matisse and
Rousseau
80 Word of honor
82 Christina O’s dad
83 One of Ingrid’s
daughters
84 Upright tuba
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87 Maude portrayer
88 Attorney, to Mimi
92 Ford make, for short
93 Long lunch?
94 “The Raven” subject
96 Uninvolved
99 Chapel Hill sch.
101 Biz bigwig, abbr.
102 Groom with a secret
103 Bassoon
107 Eyes, in verse
109 Prayer book
110 Kenny Rogers hit,
familiarly
111 Coop crew
114 Work ___
116 Apr. 16 partier?
117 Common conjunction
118 1940s foe, with the
119 Bank offering
120 Oboe
125 Dish list
126 Humdinger
127 Sea nymph
128 Sound of resignation
129 Bait and switch, e.g.
130 Plant supporter
131 Hush-hush meetings
132 Fast-food option
DOWN
1 Greedy type
2 Stray
3 Quotable chairman
4 14th-century scourge
5 Narrow aperture
6 Harrison in space
7 Wild Asian sheep
8 British actress Flora
9 14-legged
crustaceans
10 Automatic
transmission?
11 Poet’s name for
Ireland
12 Big cheese from
Europe
13 Bartók and Lugosi
14 Guitar
15 Fledgling company
16 Like coated fruit
17 Boating term,
hard ___
18 Alice’s restaurant
24 Taboo things
29 Ones with will power?
31 Drinks slowly
32 Accordion
34 Tricky
36 Margaret Mead’s
area of study
37 Hair producer Joseph
38 Humorist Lebowitz
39 Varieties
40 Guy’s partner
42 Harmonica
43 Halt legally
44 Abounds
50 Some Romanovs
52 Take ___ from one’s
book
53 Garden-party farewell
55 Airborne whatsit
58 Former champ
59 Snack
60 Building boss
65 Louise or Turner
66 Sorbonne’s river
67 A place in the sun?
69 Vibraphone
71 Stiffly decorous
73 Tittle
74 Saratoga star, 1937
75 Words after dance
or wound on
77 ___ Tomé
79 Prepare to operate
81 Abelard’s “crime”
83 Kitchen utensil
85 Bane of teens
86 Follicle base
89 Subway alternative
90 Home coverage
91 Doughnut-shaped
95 Phalanger’s cousin
97 Coin-___
98 1992 Spassky beater
100 PC storage medium
104 Table linen
105 Gazes angrily
106 Closest to 100
percent
108 Sleuth Wolfe’s creator
111 Easter entrées
112 Office VIP
113 Historic ship
115 Revolutionary with
a regret
117 Subtle bids at
auctions
120 Stick with a kick
121 I. M. Pei’s alma mater
122 Monterrey uncle
123 Silly Putty holder
124 Pi follower
