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10 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK DECEMBER 22, 2021
“THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT” By JEFFREY WECHSLER
King Arthur’s
2 Pot boiler in “Macbeth”
Providence 55 Term starter 59 Chopped liver
DiFranco
87 “No big deal” 88 Summer at the
varieties
26 Sweaters in
1 Saves, with “away”
past
18 __ Arc, Arkansas 21 Common ID
27 Quaint word of
buffs
52 Gold in La Paz 54 Sch. near
assignment 115 85 Singer
Chicago pizzeria franchise, familiarly Security source Hotel bed request
court? 29 “Ciao!”
3 Remove, as a knot
revulsion 28 South Asian lentil dish
116 117
30 Shiraz’s country
31 PC shortcut key
32 Earth goddess
34 Offshore retreat
purveyor 61 Something
Sorbonne 89 Bygone
4 Female driver Ortiz of “Fast & Furious” films
33 Evaluate 35 Sam-I-Am
taken on a bus 63 Transfer point
118 Valley with geopoliAticanl swers arveintonnerspage 11
104 Allows access, poetically
106 Major appliances
111 Dieters’ interim report on smaller-
for comedians? 43 NL West team
5 Augur
offering
abbr.
93 Wears down
119 Course goal for many
1 Make a face, perhaps
ACROSS
sized clothes? 119 March
45 Unicellular alga
46 Onomatopoeic rap4p7ingThing thrown 47 Notebook type from a tree? 51 Network for film bu4ff8s Hotel selection 52 Gold in La Paz 49 Director Kazan 54 Sch. near Providence
7 Tab on old cash registers 13 Tarkington tween
19 Disagreeable 122
20 Brunch fare
22 Like zebras and donkeys
23 __ pin: metal fastener
24 They know their stuff
25 Plants with flavorful and irritating
120 Out of the loop
50 Clog (up)
121
55 Term starter
Prison with a Greek eponym Worshipper
Lead off
1 Saves, with “away”
2 Pot boiler in “Macbeth”
3 Remove, as a knot
4 Female driver Ortiz of “Fast &
53 Amsterdam’s 59 Chopped liver purveyor
123
124 Kitchen gadget
125 Defy
126 Biological quintet
127 Members of the genus Vipera
Anne Frank 61 Something taken on a bus
63 Transfer point
64 Sammie with crunch
House, e.g.
56 Swindle
57 “Best ever” 66 Bay of Bengal’s oceanacronym
65 Twenty quires
varieties
26 Sweaters in King Arthur’s court?
29 “Ciao!”
30 Shiraz’s country
31 PC shortcut key
32 Earth goddess
34 Offshore retreat for comedians? 43 NL West team
47 Thing thrown from a tree?
48 Hotel selection
49 Director Kazan
50 Clog (up)
53 Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House,
57 “Best ever” acronym
58 Harsh-smelling
60 Spectrum maker
62 Query to a U.K.-focused think tank? 68 Pic, in Peru
DOWN
67 Sound system 58 Harsh-smelling 71 Madonna compani6o0n, iSnpmeucctrhuamrt maker 73 Put away 62 Query to a U.K.- 74 Dresden “Drat!” focused think
75 Word on old tablets tank?
76 Hook partner 68 Pic, in Peru
Furious” films 5 Augur
77 The VW Amarok, e.g.
6 Rookie
7 Cosa __
8 Missouri River city
9 Ordinal for Uranus
70 Utah ski resort
69 Buffalo QB Josh 78 __ fresca: pico de gallo
79 Little ones
83 Bismarck-to-Tucson dir.
72 Altered the
revealing side of 84 Journalist Hemingway’s assignment
85 Singer DiFranco a dress?
e.g.
56 Swindle
10 Bygone fruit spray
11 Longtime TV host who gives
87 “No big deal” 80 Work with pupils
69 Buffalo QB Josh
70 Utah ski resort
72 Altered the revealing side of a
100 Dedicated verse acronym
101 Engenders 86 Venue for the
automotive advice in “Popular
88 Summer at the So8rb1onMneazda two-
Mechanics”
12 Caesar’s penultimate words
13 Mortar partner
14 Congo line?
15 More than cold
16 Currency of 30-Across
17 In the distant past
18 __ Arc, Arkansas
21 Common ID
27 Quaint word of revulsion
28 South Asian lentil dish
33 Evaluate
35 Sam-I-Am offering
36 Rutgers URL ending
37 Android alternative
38 Won all the games
39 Official note from the boss
40 What beaux do
41 Texter’s letters for two cents?
42 “That’s unfortunate”
43 Simon who played Scotty in 2009’s
“Star Trek”
44 Distant
Your child’s life is precious.
Don’t wait.
Vaccinate.
89 Bygone geopolitical absber.ater
93 Wears down
82 Adverb for
95 Meteorological lines Descartes
97 Put on display, with “out”
99 Go back 83 Police force
premiere of 102 Brutus Buckeye is its mascot: Abbr.
dress?
80 Work with pupils
81 Mazda two-seater
82 Adverb for Descartes
83 Police force acronym
86 Venue for the premiere of Handel’s
105 Intrinsically
Handel’s “Water 107 Made an official choiceMusic”
108 IRS option 90 Genesis
109 More amiable casualty
110 Marquee names 91 Come across 111 Enjoy the kiddie pool
“Water Music”
90 Genesis casualty
91 Come across
92 Capital of Yemen
94 Allows access
96 Diner counter array
98 Siblings who produce court orders?
Yemen
112 Cupid analog
92 Capital of
113 Sreenivasan of PBS News
94 Allows access
114 Oft-corked container
96 Diner counter
115 Chicago pizzeria franchise, familiarly 116 Security source array
117 Hotel bed request 98 Siblings who 118 Valley with vintners produce court 119 Course goal for many orders?
101 Tusked beast
103 Like the lower half of the Polish flag
101 Tusked beast
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12/19/21
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