X-Word 5-Minute Mystery


X-WORD
BY MERL REAGLE

THREE-FOURTHS
OF JULY
July 4, 1997

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ACROSS DOWN
1 Ty's outhitter 1 Interior beat
5 Charles of cosmetics 2 Oxford size
11 Max. 3 Run through the lab
14 Jiang Qing married him 4 Animosity
17 European monarch, 1948-80 5 Nobelist Bertrand
19 Some engines 6 Chicago trains
21 'Thais' composer 7 Old, in Nogales
22 Broadcast picker-upper 8 Sound of body, in Latin
23 Pan-Amer. Union successor 9 Scott Turow book about his first year in law school
24 Allen and Conway 10 Restless folk?
25 Sultry singer who married Jack Webb 11 Morris and Stewart of Arizona
27 Decorative hole 12 Star car
29 Easily bruised spots? 13 Sea bird
31 'Batman Forever' star's first name 14 Variety of French red wine
32 Frost poem, 'Fire and ___' 15 'Drop me ___'
33 Tennyson's '___ of the King' 16 Barcelona bear
35 Samovars and sampans 17 Wharf
38 Female title 18 Reverse of 113 Down
41 Boy who cries wolf, e.g. 20 Cruel credo
44 Early rocket engine 21 Average guy
48 Showed plainly 26 Way to go?
51 Si, to Simone 28 Property claims
52 Calvin, for one 30 U.S. agcy. in charge of maintenance
53 Tanning parlor letters 34 Young'un
54 Miniature-tree art 35 Notorious Henry
55 'What's in a name?' utterer 36 'Cope Book' aunt
59 Explosive stuff 37 Reindeer raiser
60 News item 38 Bankruptcy cause
63 La-la intro 39 Bard's river
64 Nothing more than 40 Southern comforter?
65 Actress who married Bruce Springsteen, with 67 Across 42 Wake up
67 See 65 Across 43 Francis, for one
70 Rub followup 45 'The Party's Over' tunesmith
72 Versailles VIP 46 'As long as you both shall live'
73 Water bead 47 London Gallery
74 Di's successor? 49 Composer Orff
77 Madrid-born vocalist 50 Letters before O, in a refrain
81 Later 52 Poker challenge
83 Anthropoid ancestor 55 Country singer Frickie
84 'Indeed ___!' 56 Community standards
85 Foundation stone abbr. 57 Grand Canyon visit, e.g.
86 Classic TV western 58 A fair judge?
87 Sleep 61 Slow and stately, in music
89 Like some volcanoes 62 Chem. ending
93 Freshwater duck or shade of blue 66 '___ supra' (where mentioned above)
94 Housing honcho 67 Boris Karloff's real name, William Henry ___
96 '___ Falling Star' 68 Koppel competition
99 'A clue!' 69 Pour ___ (accelerate)
101 Pluralized y 70 Not shut all the way
102 Primary 71 Fool
104 Hassle 73 Tiddlywink
108 Chef salad ingredient 75 A shah's name
112 Spilled salt, to some 76 Leaning type: abbr.
114 Von Frisch subject 78 Seine feeder
115 Be behind schedule 79 First step to innovation
116 'Battle Hymn' penner 80 Cauterize
119 Reader of 'Cart & Driver'? 82 Golden Horde member
120 Answer to 'What kind of juice would you like, Brutus?' 86 100 dollars on Whirlaway, e.g.
121 Ant. opposite 88 How to take Sabin's vaccine
122 Green and Yankovic 89 Fwy. across the southern U.S.
123 1970s 'What's My Line' host Larry 90 Rhinoplasty
124 Top Ten list adjective 91 Present (en Francais)
92 Susan Dey's role on 'L.A. Law,' Grace ___
95 Closet pile
97 Tyke in Madonna art
98 Deal with
99 ___ of one's peers
100 Chinese province of spicy food fame
102 SE Asia's ___ Peninsula
103 Has ___ of its own
105 Re
106 Emulates a material girl?
107 'Get my point?'
109 '___ fine musician ...'
110 Catchall abbr.
111 Throw
113 Mil. rank
115 Hwys. and byways
117 I.D. checker info
118 Towel label


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