By Warren Manners
| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Way station | 1 | Twitch |
| 5 | Evian and Baden-Baden | 2 | Confused |
| 9 | “Finesse” singer | 3 | Be superior to |
| 13 | Makes beads | 4 | Morale-weakening activities, in military shorthand |
| 19 | ‘___ Spoke Zarathustra’ | 5 | Life, e.g. |
| 20 | Tone down | 6 | Check writer |
| 21 | English county | 7 | Aver |
| 22 | Ear projection | 8 | Sowing machines |
| 23 | Overly ornate | 9 | Book-to-be |
| 24 | Big Board letters | 10 | Pennsylvania in Washington |
| 25 | Holy Land mount | 11 | Harbinger of spring |
| 26 | Kitchen cutters | 12 | Insolent sort |
| 27 | Ctrl+Y | 13 | Sea-to-sea sluice |
| 28 | Pigeon follower | 14 | Pencil pusher? |
| 29 | Division | 15 | Every body |
| 30 | 2004 Olympics site | 16 | “The African Queen” screenwriter James |
| 31 | Fermat and Trudeau | 17 | Spoil |
| 33 | Back burner? | 18 | Adder’s warning |
| 34 | There’s no truth to it | 32 | Well-connected co.? |
| 35 | 1040 fig. | 34 | Lionel Messi to his friends |
| 36 | Soupcon | 37 | At random |
| 38 | Ditch | 38 | Saturn or Mercury |
| 43 | Super Mario Bros. debuted on it | 39 | Strong inclination |
| 46 | CPU environs | 40 | 2001 NCAA basketball champion |
| 48 | Paul McCartney, for one | 41 | “Annuit coeptis” is written on them |
| 49 | Vanishing sound | 42 | Heat from Uncle Sam |
| 50 | Berlin product | 43 | “We’re innocent!” |
| 51 | Toe line in darts | 44 | CDC concern |
| 53 | Setting of Swed. and Switz. | 45 | (Couldn’t tell you) |
| 55 | Bogged down | 47 | Quiet down |
| 57 | Had a shortage | 49 | A female swan |
| 59 | Hebrew for “law” | 52 | Make bread |
| 61 | Where relief is found | 54 | Held sway |
| 63 | Lucrezia Borgia, for one | 56 | Strikes a chord |
| 64 | Ayers Rock, alternatively | 58 | Pantomime |
| 65 | Comes down a bit hard? | 60 | Oyster, in Oyes |
| 66 | Stallone film | 62 | The Once-___ (“The Lorax” narrator) |
| 67 | Clues | 63 | Co-ruled government |
| 69 | Cheyenne and Choctaw tribes | 66 | Fountain order |
| 75 | Big Head ___ and the Monsters | 68 | Bovine quartet |
| 76 | One in the upper class | 70 | Kith and ___ |
| 78 | Pope from 222 to 230 | 71 | Tests in a tube |
| 79 | “_____ test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching”: Coach John Wooden | 72 | Old computers |
| 83 | General reference book | 73 | Grammy-awarding gp. |
| 84 | Hair piece | 74 | Catches |
| 85 | Noncommittal reply | 77 | Occupation |
| 86 | Zagazig’s land | 79 | Mammilla |
| 87 | Vietnamese Nobel Prize winner, Le Duc ___ | 80 | Baked |
| 89 | Slang for heroin | 81 | Italian peak |
| 90 | Hindu fire god | 82 | Diaphanous |
| 91 | Check out | 83 | Elizabethan or Victorian |
| 93 | Prompted | 86 | Letter opener |
| 95 | Passive principle, in Chinese philosophy | 88 | Old-time illuminants |
| 97 | NASA orbiter | 92 | Blunderbuss |
| 98 | “Should five percent appear too small, be ____ I don’t take it all”: Beatles | 94 | Eases the cost |
| 100 | Decalogue deliverer | 96 | Fed. research org. |
| 102 | Actress Ullman | 99 | “Ah-oooo-ga!” producer |
| 104 | Campus connection | 100 | Breed of horse |
| 105 | Miso ingredient | 101 | Evening affair |
| 106 | 3 morons, 2 idiots | 103 | November activity |
| 111 | Arctic windbreaker | 105 | Sculptor Richard |
| 115 | Office time | 107 | Florida citrus center |
| 116 | Not pobre | 108 | Line or mine starter |
| 117 | Demolition stuff | 109 | Part of a barrel |
| 118 | City on the Mississippi Sound | 110 | It’s written in English |
| 119 | Press | 111 | Fit for duty |
| 120 | Biblical name of ancient Syria | 112 | Fan or fun ending |
| 121 | Argonaut who slew Castor | 113 | Waves on la playa |
| 122 | Beguile | 114 | Was a passenger |
| 123 | Apple starter | 115 | Merry Men member |
| 124 | Site with many pans | ||
| 125 | River in Russia | ||
| 126 | Jewish ascetic | ||
| 127 | “The Metaphysics of Morals” philosopher | ||
| 128 | Black and Red | ||
| 129 | “Riders of the Purple Sage” novelist |
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Solvers: Anthony Amodeo, Dean Apps, Karl Baker, Lois Cappellano, Ann Conway, Todd Dashoff, Jared Dashoff, Nick Franceschine, Steve Gallancy, Philip Gollance, Sandy Gruhlke, Peter Hepokoski, Michael Kosciuk, Kenneth Kudrak, Will Lynch, Jim Muza, Ray Niswander, Russell Spinner, Madhumathi Windon and Steve Altschuld, and Wendy Windsor.
