Crossword-Puzzle-29

Puzzle No.29

by Janie Smulyan, edited by John Chaneski

ACROSS

1
Lender's offering
6
Scrabble supports
11
Royal digs
17
Charades shoo-ins
22
Amateur radio operators
26
McCartney's "I Owe It ___ You"
27
Ground units?
28
Lacking 9-Down
29
Retro toothpaste brand
30
To no small extent
31
Agree
33
Stroke, not strike
34
Agree
36
VW came under its scrutiny in 2015
37
Site with crowd-sourced ratings
38
Lonely fish?
39
Cinch and contour, for two
41
Annie of Oklahoma!
42
Anthemic preposition
43
1-Across topper: var.
46
1-Across gets a rise out of this
49
Greek peak, Mount ___
51
Support for Manet, Monet or Matisse
53
"Cool beans!"
55
With 57-, 59- and 61 Across, "So glad we agree"
57
See 55-Across
59
See 55-Across
61
See 55-Across
63
Yell akin to "Yee-haw!"
66
Lists, but doesn't itemize
68
Galileo's sci.
70
Fitness trackers track them
72
Bahamian home of the Junkanoos
76
Maven
77
Syrup source
79
Be so good as to
81
Psychic glow
83
Laugh-a-minute sort
85
Payroll svcs. behemoth
86
Agree
89
It may be on the table, but beware if it's hidden
91
Agree
95
Hatcher or Garr
96
Bane of the food industry
97
Big deal on Wall Street
98
Swimming (in)
99
Goodie's companion
100
Cornerstone abbr.
101
Role for Tyler Perry
102
Pattern derived from the Clan Campbell tartan
103
Takeout for Tomiko
104
Make like Manet, Monet, or Matisse

DOWN

1
Bags at Fenway
2
"A" as in "Abraham"
3
Competition for 29-Across
4
Tours when it's hot
5
Moviedom's Myrna
6
Assess
7
One kind of clerical assistant
8
Staple in French cuisine
9
Musical home
10
LA vis-à-vis SF
11
Designer ___ Rabanne
12
Dumbfounded
13
Like fuzzy pix
14
It can make masculine nouns feminine in France
15
1948 musical movie remake of 1939's "Algiers"
16
Threat-ending word
17
Bobble
18
"Thanks, but no thanks"
19
Labor Day month in most of the world
20
Knock-out blow, so to speak
21
Put one's two-cents in
22
When it's old, it's passé
23
Disengaged emotionally
24
Dunstaple staple
25
Novel notion
32
Brontë's Jane
35
Small truck manufacturer
38
ESPN or CNN, e.g.
40
Made a temporary gift of
44
Super ending
45
Got out of bed
47
Recurrent soap issue?
48
Emphatically "yes" in Yucatán
50
Cheesecake competition in Guys and Dolls
52
Most like a piece of cake
54
It changes rock into a range
56
South American camelid
58
Working without a net, say
60
Connection between patience and virtue
62
Digging
63
Fritter away
64
See 65-Down
65
When it breaks, it 64-Down
67
Confuse
69
Having a little bite, perhaps
71
He'll manipulate your image
73
Broadway restaurateur
74
Bldg. on campus
75
Having a cow?
78
"Excuse me!"
80
Portuguese navigator da ___
82
In the pink
84
Roman emperor with a three-month reign
87
Musician CuDi
88
Cohort of Wynken and Blynken
90
A bit of work
91
A bit of California red?
92
Be beholden to
93
Do one better
94
Guido's high note

Janie Smulyan has been a published puzzle constructor since 2011 and, to date, her byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Los Angeles Times. A lyricist, performer, freelance writer and crossword-blogger, Janie makes her home in Manhattan -- but she is an unapologetically proud native of (the oft-times beleaguered) Baltimore, MD. You can take the girl outta Baw'mer, but ya can't take the Baw'mer outta the girl! Hon…

 










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Puzzle No.29

by Janie Smulyan, edited by John Chaneski