By Warren Manners
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| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Stage | 1 | Double curve |
| 6 | Monastery man | 2 | Repose |
| 11 | Turkish river | 3 | Nabokov novel |
| 15 | This is only a test org. | 4 | Wind instrument? |
| 18 | Mendicant | 5 | Otoro |
| 19 | Bridget portrayer | 6 | Ham in Lecce (alt spelling) |
| 20 | Wryly amusing | 7 | To face a wall with stones |
| 22 | Iberian nation | 8 | Serpent tail end? |
| 23 | To a great degree | 9 | Not ‘neath |
| 25 | Minister’s residence | 10 | Put in new cable |
| 27 | A.k.a. Salk vaccine | 11 | Ukrainian capital |
| 28 | Silent communication syst. | 12 | Link letters |
| 29 | Part 1: There once was a _____ | 13 | Bulg. neighbor |
| 34 | Retail center | 14 | Cuckoo bird |
| 37 | Resistance unit | 15 | Ticker tapes? |
| 40 | Hung. neighbor | 16 | Messi owns five of them |
| 41 | Grammar best-seller “Woe __” | 17 | Shady |
| 42 | Norwegian mathematician famous for discovering Abelian functions | 21 | Total |
| 44 | Formerly known as | 24 | Bacteria that grows in the digestive tract |
| 45 | Irritable | 26 | Hip Hop Is Dead rapper |
| 47 | Cold War initials | 29 | Indian plantain |
| 49 | Musical combo | 30 | Field hockey’s Irish cousin |
| 50 | Molecule synthesized from mRNA | 31 | Cloister |
| 51 | Object of many prayers | 32 | Not surfeit |
| 52 | Active volcano in the Philippines | 33 | Delta route |
| 53 | Sign of neglect | 34 | Flemish painter from 1466-1530 |
| 54 | “Moops” | 35 | Thief’s aide |
| 55 | False witness | 36 | Rent |
| 56 | Part 2: Who knew of _____ | 38 | Ford or Fonda |
| 59 | Before the buzzer | 39 | Tsp. or tbsp. |
| 61 | Abrogate | 43 | Rabbit tail |
| 62 | Salty sauces | 46 | Deadly gas |
| 63 | 18 for voting in the US, e.g. | 48 | Type of quartz |
| 65 | Real vs Atletico football match | 50 | Boardroom VIP |
| 68 | Dug with the snout | 54 | Nuclear particle |
| 73 | Mellows | 56 | Make one |
| 75 | Degrees for a NASA worker | 57 | Old harps |
| 77 | Suck it up? | 58 | Tongue bone |
| 78 | Desert vine having a massive rootstock filled with water | 60 | Fosses |
| 84 | This is the end | 64 | Citation |
| 85 | Hop stems | 66 | Mandrills |
| 86 | Sandwiched between Ghana and Benin, or a sandwich order | 67 | Picked up by passing |
| 87 | Pindar poems | 69 | Part 4: He decided to _____ |
| 88 | ____-Novo (African capital) | 70 | Kudos |
| 89 | Agreed! | 71 | Bay State symbol |
| 90 | Olive colored songbird | 72 | Overthrew |
| 91 | Galley need | 74 | Nor’easters |
| 92 | Some pitchers | 76 | Augur |
| 93 | Fed. property manager | 78 | Part 3: Death consumed _____ |
| 94 | 1992 Eddie Murphy movie | 79 | …is two |
| 96 | Interstellar’s TARS and CASE, e.g. | 80 | X |
| 98 | Nautical term | 81 | Curved arch |
| 99 | Mama’s boy | 82 | As requested |
| 100 | Leans into it | 83 | Hired guns |
| 101 | Calloused | 85 | Diamond corners |
| 104 | Ta-_____ | 88 | Noodge |
| 106 | To see in Spain | 90 | Covenant |
| 107 | Wickerwork material | 94 | Bohemian in Berlin |
| 108 | Part 5: His hat in and _______ | 95 | High nests |
| 114 | Abrades | 97 | Sundial hour |
| 118 | Actually present | 102 | On the cover of a Norwegian passport |
| 119 | ____value, a.k.a. characteristic root | 103 | Mad |
| 120 | Piano piece | 105 | Band aids |
| 121 | French article | 106 | Trucks |
| 122 | Impersonates | 108 | El ____ (Spanish hero) |
| 123 | Frenches, in Britain | 109 | 401(k) alternative |
| 124 | Coral islands | 110 | 1/6 fl. oz. |
| 111 | Tiller | ||
| 112 | Blood | ||
| 113 | Yesteryear | ||
| 115 | ____ Bird, basketball player | ||
| 116 | Common email attachment | ||
| 117 | His to Henri | ||
Solutions may be emailed to cont.puzzles@gmail.com
In order to make the solver list, your solutions must be received by June 1, 2018.
Previous Puzzle: AAA Credit Rating
Solvers: Anthony Amodeo, Dean Apps, Steve Gallancy, Allen Katz, Ken Kudrak, Jim Muza, Alan Putney, Zig Swistunowicz, Doug Szper.
