Across
- 1. IN TOLKIEN'S WORK, THE ONE RING GAINED THIS EPITHET IN GONDORIAN LORE
- 6. SERIES OF 33 PRINTS BY GOYA DEPICTING BULLFIGHTING SCENES
- 8. THE ONLY AUTHENTICALLY ROYAL BUILDING ON U.S. SOIL
- 9. A 20TH CENTURY "DELICATE" NICKNAME FOR WHAT NOW MAY BE KNOWN AS A SPLIFF
- 10. INFORMAL DINING CLUB OF ARTISTS WHO MET IN PARIS AND NAMED THEMSELVES AFTER A FRENCH EXASPERATION, KNOWN FOR THEIR ANARCHIC SPIRIT AND BLACK HUMOR
- 13. NARROW STREET OF BEIJING OR OTHER TRADITIONAL CITIES IN CHINA
- 14. SUITE BY DEBUSSY WHOSE THIRD MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN CLASSICAL PIECES OF ALL TIME
- 15. GRANDFATHER OF ACTOR KIEFER SUTHERLAND AND FOUNDER OF CANADA'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, NICKNAMED "THE FATHER OF MEDICARE"
- 18. PLANE MANEUVER IN WHICH A FINAL LANDING IS ABORTED DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OR UNSTABLE APPROACH
- 20. BRITISH SAXOPHONIST CONSIDERED ONE OF BBC'S "100 JAZZ GREATS" AND WHO ALSO COMPOSED THE SCORE FOR "MIRRORMASK"
- 23. LATIN NAME FOR EURASIAN HERBACEOUS FLOWER NAMED FOR ITS PURPLE COLOR IN ENGLISH
- 27. LINGUISTIC DEVICE IN WHICH A SENTENCE OR PHRASE ENDS IN A SURPRISING OR UNEXPECTED WAY THAT CAUSES THE AUDIENCE TO REINTERPRET THE BEGINNING, POPULAR AMONG COMEDIANS LIKE GROUCHO MARX
- 28. FEAR OF IMPERFECTION OR MISTAKE-MAKING
- 31. TYPE OF MEN'S TIE WITH A DISTINCTIVE KNOT
- 36. PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IN THE COLORFUL AND AERIAL MEXICAN STYLE
- 38. "THE X-FILES" EPISODE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" AND WHOSE TITLE IS AN ARAMAIC EXPRESSION RELATED TO ONE OF JESUS' MIRACLE RAISINGS OF THE DEAD
- 40. MENACING AND MONSTROUS, IN OLD-FASHIONED PARLANCE
- 43. EMPEROR WHO FOUNDED THE HAN DYNASTY AFTER THE DEATH OF QIN SHI HUANG
- 44. ONE WHO RIGIDLY IMPOSES A SET OF POLICIES WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF PRACTICALITY
- 47. A CURTAIN OF CHAINMAIL THAT IS ATTACHED TO A HELMET AND COVERS THE NECK, THROAT, SHOULDERS, AND SOMETIMES PART OF THE FACE
- 49. HITLER'S BELOVED GERMAN SHEPHERD WAS NAMED THIS
- 50. A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL STRETCH OF A BODY OF WATER, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED BY BEING NAVIGABLE WITHOUT COMING ABOUT
- 51. MAYA BAT SPIRIT OF FOLKLORE THAT WAS AT THE SERVICE OF THE LORDS OF XIBALBA
- 53. GENRE OF ZIMBABWEAN MUSIC CHARACTERIZED BY A FUSION OF TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS WITH REGGAE OR HIP HOP STYLE DANCE BEATS
- 54. A GROUP OF BIRDS OF THE DABBLING DUCK VARIETY IN THE GENUS MARECA
- 55. MUSICAL WRITTEN BY TWO MEMBERS OF ABBA AND TIM RICE WHICH REFLECTS THE COLD WAR TENSIONS DURING THE 1980S AND WHICH ALSO HAD A HIT SINGLE ON THE CHARTS WITH "ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK"
- 57. SWEET CUBES OF GELATINIZED FRUIT PASTE ROLLED IN SUGAR
- 58. MESOPOTAMIAN GODDESS OF MEDICINE, REPRESENTED BY DOGS
- 60. IRISH MER-CREATURE WITH A MAGICAL HAT
- 63. FAMOUS GENTLEMAN OUTLAW WHO ROBBED STAGECOACHES AND LEFT POETIC MESSAGES BEHIND
- 65. TIME LIMIT TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, OFTEN USED BY PARENTS AND ON MILITARY BASES
- 67. RELATED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH
- 73. YORUBAN ARTIST FROM BENIN WHO ONLY USES RECYCLED MATERIALS AND IS KNOWN FOR "LA BOUCHE DU ROI" AND HIS MASK SERIES
- 74. THE FAMOUS "HOUSE BETWEEN TWO STONES" IN BRITTANY
- 75. MASONRY BRICK OR BLOCK WHICH COMPRISES THE CORNER OF A WALL
- 78. DENTAL HYGIENIC STICK MADE FROM A SPECIFIC TREE AND USED SINCE ANCIENT TIMES IN AFRICA, ARABIA, AND ASIA
- 82. FICTIONAL CENTAUR GODDESS DEPICTED CONTROVERSIALLY IN PAWNEE BY JERRY (GARRY) GERGICH
- 84. FLAT-TOPPED HAT TRADITIONALLY WORN BY PURITANS
- 87. ITINERANT DANCE TROUPE FORMED IN PARIS BY SERGEI DIAGHILEV KNOWN FOR ITS GROUNDBREAKING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN UP-AND-COMING DANCERS, DESIGNERS, COMPOSERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
- 90. POPULAR ARCADE AND AMUSEMENT AREA WITH MANY LOCATIONS, NOTABLY SYDNEY AND THE ORIGINAL IN CONEY ISLAND
- 91. FRENCH WRITER WHO SATIRIZED MASONIC RITES, WORKED FOR THE BBC'S SERVICE IN OCCUPIED FRANCE, AND COINED THE TERM "SCHMILBLICK"
- 92. A WILL-O'-THE-WISP OF THE LOUISIANA BAYOU
- 94. GREENLANDIC INUIT ASSASSIN-CREATURE MADE FROM ANIMAL OR HUMAN REMAINS BY A SHAMAN
- 96. GENRE OF EAST COAST HIP HOP PROMINENT DURING THE LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S AND CHARACTERIZED BY A KICK-SNARE DRUM LOOP HIGH IN THE MIX
- 99. SKILLS RELATED TO SURVIVAL, TRAVELING, AND REAL-WORLD SURVEILLANCE IN INDUSTRIES LIKE AGRICULTURE, GEOLOGY, AND THE MILITARY
- 104. FIFTH WHITE STRIPES ALBUM, WHOSE RECORDING SESSIONS WERE CONSIDERD "CURSED" BY THE BAND AND WHICH IS CONSIDERED ITS MOST "MISUNDERSTOOD" WORK IN THE OEUVRE
- 108. IN INDUSTRY, THIS REFERS TO SOAPS THAT ARE MADE FROM ANIMAL FAT
- 110. FIREWORK WHICH PRODUCES A JET OF SPARKS, OFTEN USED IN CONCERT PYROTECHNICS AND FREQUENTLY CALLED A "FOUNTAIN"
- 113. CARTOON GIRL GROUP THAT ARE COUNTERPARTS TO SIMON, ALVIN, AND THEODORE
- 114. MORTUARY TEMPLE IN THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST TEMPLE IN EGYPT
- 116. MUCH-LAUDED SINGER, GUITARIST, AND LYRICIST OF BATHORY WHO IS CREDITED WITH HELPING TO INVENT THE GENRES OF BLACK AND VIKING METAL
- 117. NAPOLEONIC QUANTITY SYSTEM THAT COMPROMISES BETWEEN THE METRIC AND IMPERIAL UNITS
- 120. GENRE OF ITALIAN MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY
- 122. CONFLICT BETWEEN NORMANDY AND ENGLAND IN THE 12TH CENTURY DUE TO SUCCESSION ISSUES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF KING HENRY I
- 123. ARTFORM IN WHICH A VENEER IS APPLIED TO SURFACES TO FORM DECORATIVE PATTERNS
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- 2. BRAZILIAN DESSERT COMPRISED OF A THIN, SPIRALLED SPONGE CAKE AND LAYERS OF GUAVA IN BETWEEN
- 3. WELL-KNOWN BRAND THAT PRODUCES LICORICE, CANDY CORN, CONVERSATION HEARTS, AND CHOCOLATES, AND BEGAN IN CHICAGO IN THE OWNER'S "PALACE OF SWEETS"
- 4. LAUGH EMITTED BY A WITCH, OR PERHAPS JUST AN OLD LADY
- 5. LATIN NAME OF THE PIED BUTTERFLY BAT ENDEMIC TO CENTRAL AFRICA
- 7. MESSAGE-SENDING BY USE OF SIGNALS RATHER THAN TANGIBLE ITEMS
- 11. STORY ANTHOLOGY BY ROBERT OLEN BUTLER WHICH RECEIVED THE PULITZER IN 1993 AND CENTERS ON CULTURAL COMPARISONS BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE USA
- 12. FAMOUS GERMAN-AMERICAN BRAND OF UPRIGHT AND GRAND PIANOS
- 16. BLACK VELVET MASK WORN BY ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD TO PROTECT THEIR SKIN WHEN TRAVELLING
- 17. CZECH AND SLOVAK SURNAME MEANING "WOLF," SPORTED BY SEVERAL HOCKEY PLAYERS AND OTHER ATHLETES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- 18. ITALIAN ARTIST WHOSE PAINTED PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO IMAGES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, OR IN THE CASE OF "THE LIBRARIAN," BOOKS
- 19. LARGE ROOM IN THE BASEMENT OF A MONASTERY OR MANOR USED FOR STORAGE OF FOOD AND DRINK, OFTEN FOR GUESTS OR TRAVELLERS
- 21. DESIGNER OF THE FIRST BLACK BARBIE DOLL AND MANY OF BARBIE'S OUTFITS
- 22. NEWEST BAND MEMBER OF BABYMETAL, THE POPULAR GROUP THAT MIXES HEAVY ROCK MUSIC WITH J-POP
- 24. GRATING NOISE OR SENSATION PRODUCED BY FRICTION BETWEEN BONE AND CARTILAGE OR FRACTURED BONE PIECES
- 25. FAMOUS ITALIAN SUNGLASSES BRAND THAT ONCE USED A COMMERCIAL WITH VAMPIRES TO EMPHASIZE ITS POWER TO PROTECT EYES FROM THE SUN
- 26. POTATO WEDGES, TO THOSE IN THE NORTHWEST US
- 29. HAVING SIX RADIATING STRANDS, SUCH AS AN ONION
- 30. NORSE FIGURE WHO IN MYTH SPOKE WISDOM EVEN AFTER BEING DECAPITATED
- 32. IN PHILOSOPHY, SUCH AS THAT OF NIETZSCHE, THIS CONCEPT IS A SENSE OF HOSTILITY DIRECTED TOWARD A PERSON OR OBJECT BLAMED FOR THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE SUBJECT, PERHAPS AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM
- 33. ON "GILMORE GIRLS," THIS LATIN PHRASE IS LOGAN'S SLOGAN
- 34. MELANCHOLY DONKEY WHO LIVES IN THE 100 ACRE WOODS, LOSES HIS TAIL FREQUENTLY, AND WHOSE NAME IS MEANT TO BE ONOMATOPOEIC IN ITS AUTHOR'S ACCENT
- 35. EMPIRICAL RULE THAT STATES THAT IN A SET OF VALUES SORTED IN DECREASING ORDER, THE NTH ENTRY VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO N, BEST-KNOWN IN WORD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION STUDIES
- 37. ALSO KNOWN AS BLACKCURRANT, THIS FRUIT WAS USED AS A MAIN SOURCE OF VITAMIN C IN THE UK DURING WWII BUT WAS BANNED IN THE US AS A THREAT TO THE LOGGING INDUSTRY FOR MOST OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- 39. FILIPINA GODDESS OF LOST THINGS AND FADED MEMORIES
- 41. THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHO IN URBAN LEGEND PREVENTED GERMAN FROM BECOMING THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE US
- 42. A BLESSING
- 45. SMALL SPOTTED WILDCAT ALSO KNOWN AS A TIGRILLO
- 46. WELL-KNOWN 1962 PAINTING BY ROY LICHTENSTEIN IN HIS SIGNATURE COMIC BOOK STYLE
- 48. SINGER IN THE YALE A CAPELLA GROUP THAT IS THE OLDEST OF ITS KIND IN THE US AND OF WHOM COLE PORTER WAS A MEMBER
- 49. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY OF PARACHUTING FROM FIXED OBJECTS, SUCH AS BRIDGES, RADIO MASTS, BUILDINGS, AND CLIFFS
- 52. A TYPE OF FISH USED AS BAIT FOR LOBSTERS IN MAINE, IS AN UNWELCOME INVADER IN THE GREAT LAKES, AND IS KNOWN AS A GASPEREAU IN CANADA
- 56. COMPLEX AGGREGATE ORGANISM COMPRISED OF CLONAL INDIVIDUALS AND WHICH ARE CARNIVOROUS AND BIOLUMINESCENT, SUCH AS THE PORTUGUESE MAN O' WAR
- 59. BOULEVARD THAT CIRCUMNAVIGATES PARIS
- 61. SOMETHING WHICH IS DEFINED BY ITS RIGHT ANGLES OR PERPENDICULARITY
- 62. EARLY 20TH CENTURY NOVEL BY RAUL BRANDAO ABOUT LIFE IN A RUNDOWN VILLA THAT EXAMINES THEMES OF MONOTONY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
- 64. AUSTRALIAN CHOCOLATE MALTED BISCUIT
- 66. SHORT-RUNNING ART MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN MEXICO CITY FROM 1942-44 AND WHICH WAS INTENDED TO RECONCILE THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT WITH NEW EMERGING PHILOSOPHIES
- 68. ARTFORM IN WHICH IMPRESSIONS ARE CAST ONTO PAPER OR CANVAS BY SMOKE, FAMOUSLY USED BY SALVADOR DALI, WOLFGANG PAALEN, AND SILAS HOADLEY (THE CLOCKMAKER WHOSE WORK IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENT OF THE TECHNIQUE)
- 69. EXTRA-LARGE OR TO MAKE SO, TO SPONGEBOB AND HIS FRIENDS
- 70. OCCUPANTS OF A TRADITIONAL WHALING SHIP VISITING OTHER SHIPS WHILE AT SEA
- 71. FRENCH PIRATE WHO HELPED DEFEND NEW ORLEANS DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AND ALSO SPIED FOR THE SPANISH DURING THE MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
- 72. A STRETCHER WITH WHEELS
- 76. LARGE GAY CLUB PARTY IN BERLIN HELD EVERY YEAR ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY
- 77. SWEDISH DISH OF BEEF PATTIES MIXED WITH ONIONS, BEETS, POTATOES, AND CAPERS AND FRIED
- 78. TOOL USED TO GRIND OR CRUSH, TRADITIONALLY APPLIED TO WHEAT OR OTHER GRAINS
- 79. FLAVORING DERIVED FROM THE PEEL OF A CITRUS FRUIT
- 80. LOWER QUICKLY OR DROP INTO, ESPECIALLY AS OF SPORTS OR FOOD
- 81. IN ITALY, A WOMAN WHO LOVES AND CARES FOR CATS, EITHER STRAYS, PETS, OR BOTH
- 83. POXVIRUS TYPE DISEASE AFFECTING RABBITS AND REFERRED TO IN "WATERSHIP DOWN" AS THE "WHITE BLINDNESS"
- 85. CEREMONIAL DAGGER ASSOCIATED WITH GARDNERIAN WICCA
- 86. HIGHEST RANK OF JAPANESE ENTERTAINER TRAINED IN TRADITIONAL ARTFORMS SUCH AS IKEBANA, TEA CEREMONY, DANCE AND PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, AND THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO ATTEND IMPERIAL BANQUETS
- 88. INFLUENTIAL FRENCH PIANIST AND COMPOSER WHO LOVED OLD CHURCH MUSIC, WROTE THE SCORE FOR COCTEAU'S BALLET "PARADE," AND OFTEN GAVE HIS WORKS ABSURD TITLES
- 89. SINGER AND/OR DANCER IN A CHORUS LINE OF THE FEMALE PERSUASION
- 93. RIVER IN RUSSIA KNOWN AS RASPUTIN'S FINAL RESTING PLACE
- 95. RARE SANRIO CHARACTER INTRODUCED IN 1985 WHO IS A SPOILED FRENCH CAT WITH A VINTAGE LOOK
- 97. SWISS OUTSIDER ARTIST WHO WAS OBSESSED WITH KAISER WILHELM II AND PAINTED A SERIES OF EROTIC WORKS WHILE IN AN ASYLUM BEING TREATED FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
- 98. COASTAL PLACE IN SOUTHERN WALES WITH AN UNUSUAL NAME
- 100. LIGHT-GREEN WITH A COOL BLUE CAST AND TAN UNDERTONES, NAMED IN FRENCH FOR AN EGYPTIAN RIVER WHICH INSPIRED THE SHADE
- 101. CAPITAL CITY OF LATVIA, KNOWN FOR ITS ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE AND BASKETBALL TEAMS, AND IS THE HOMETOWN OF MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV
- 102. SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA KNOWN FOR ITS WATER SPORTS AND BEACHES, COCONUT CULTIVATION, PORTUGUESE-INFLUENCED CUISINE, AND ONE OF ASIA'S OLDEST MEDICAL COLLEGES
- 103. ANCIENT CELTIC AREA THAT LATER BECAME FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, ETC.
- 104. UNIFORM FOR PRACTITIONERS OF KARATE
- 105. IRAQI OIL FIELD KNOWN FOR ITS "ETERNAL FIRE" WHICH MAY BE OLD ENOUGH TO BE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE
- 106. GHOST SHIP CREWED BY WITCHES AND DEMONS FROM FOLKLORE IN SOUTHERN CHILE
- 107. TAVERN IN MEXICO THAT SERVES A SPECIFIC TYPE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DERIVED FROM AGAVE
- 109. FOUNDER OF A GNOSTIC SECT OF CHRISTIANITY DURING THE FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE THAT BELIEVED IN THE HOLINESS OF THE BODY AND WHICH DID NOT BUILD CHURCHES
- 111. TO SWALLOW WHOLE OR SURROUND COMPLETELY
- 112. CITY IN CENTRAL IRAQ, SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, WHICH IS HOME TO THE LARGEST CEMETERY IN THE WORLD AND IS A PILGRIMAGE DESTINATION FOR SHI'A MUSLIMS
- 113. CANDY WHOSE ORANGE VARIETY IS BELOVED BY RUPAUL
- 115. TRICK-TAKING CARD GAME RESPONSIBLE FOR INTRODUCING THE JOKER INTO THE MODERN DECK OF CARDS IN THE 1850S
- 118. ROMAN-CELTIC GODDESS THAT WAS WORSHIPED AT THE THERMAL SPRINGS OF BATH AS AN ASPECT OF MINERVA AND WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE HEALING AND CURSING POWERS
- 119. TEXT-BASED SOFTWARE, TREASURE-SEEKING ADVENTURE GAME, ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1977 AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PIECES OF INTERACTIVE FICTION
- 121. COUNTRY DEEP BELOW NARNIA WHERE GNOMES AND SALAMANDERS AND OTHER CREATURES OF FIRE DWELL
