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Edited by: Will Shortz
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Today’s Theme: Raising Capital
Themed answers come in three parts (across-up-across). The central “up”, when read downwards, is a CAPITAL city:
- 6A – : LLION
- 6D [See title] : LIMA
- 25A “I really, really appreciate it!” : THANKS A MILLION! (raising LIMA)
- 14A – : BATE
- 14D [See title] : BERN
- 28A After-the-fact discount : MAIL-IN REBATE (raising BERN)
- 51A – : CROSS
- 51D [See title] : CAIRO
- 69A Britain’s most prestigious military decoration : VICTORIA CROSS (raising CAIRO)
- 57A – : OVER
- 57D [See title] : OSLO
- 71A Fantasizes about : DROOLS OVER (raising OSLO)
- 54A – : RRIER
- 54D [See title] : RABAT
- 73A Block someone’s passage, say : ERECT A BARRIER (raising RABAT)
- 97A – : RTGAGE
- 97D [See title] : ROME
- 110A Bank offering for a property buyer : HOME MORTGAGE (raising ROME)
- 99A – : RLWANTS
- 99D [See title] : RIGA
- 112A 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit : WHAT A GIRL WANTS (raising RIGA)
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I spent the day at my friend’s 70th birthday party, and so just found the time to solve this complex puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.
Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.
Bill
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Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1A Teacher’s summons : SEE ME
6A – : LLION
11A Bench press muscle, for short : PEC
14A – : BATE
18A ___ Basin (D.C. attraction) : TIDAL
19A Progeny : ISSUE
20A Didn’t turn away : ALLOWED IN
22A Texas A&M athlete : AGGIE
23A Prefix with media : MULTI-
24A Person providing a sworn account : DECLARANT
25A “I really, really appreciate it!” : THANKS A MILLION! (raising LIMA)
27A Unspoken communication syst. : ASL
28A After-the-fact discount : MAIL-IN REBATE (raising BERN)
29A Not fresh : TRITE
30A Big movie theater chain : AMC
31A Website that calls itself “the heart of the internet” : REDDIT
32A Paramedic’s skill : CPR
35A Reward for a good puppy : TREAT
37A Harbingers : OMENS
39A One-named singer with the 1994 hit “You Gotta Be” : DES’REE
41A Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball : UNEARNED RUN
44A Like sheep, so to speak : OBEDIENT
46A Degree holder, informally : ALUM
47A Displayed audacity : DARED
48A The Psychedelic ___ (rock band) : FURS
49A Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
50A Explosive stuff : TNT
51A – : CROSS
53A Dancing hippo’s wear in Disney’s “Fantasia” : TUTU
54A – : RRIER
55A Actress Shirley of “The Apartment” : MACLAINE
57A – : OVER
59A “Nice idea!” : SMART!
61A Beethoven’s Third : EROICA
62A David Foster Wallace’s “Tense Present,” e.g. : ESSAY
63A Conspiring cliques : CABALS
65A Judge of diamond value? : AARON
66A Grab (onto) : GLOM
67A Word order : PHRASING
69A Britain’s most prestigious military decoration : VICTORIA CROSS (raising CAIRO)
71A Fantasizes about : DROOLS OVER (raising OSLO)
73A Block someone’s passage, say : ERECT A BARRIER (raising RABAT)
74A Scribble on, say : MAR
75A Egyptian symbol of life : ANKH
76A Exits : GOES
77A Allow to enroll : ADMIT
79A Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys : NIKE
80A Gets more expensive : STEEPENS
82A Vague approximation : GUESSTIMATE
85A Restrictive undergarment : CORSET
86A Word employment : USAGE
88A Pia ___ (brain covering) : MATER
89A Pained yelps : OWS
90A Linings of nautilus shells : NACRES
92A Hired detectives, for short : PIS
94A Slow ___ (Asian primate) : LORIS
97A – : RTGAGE
98A Prefix with -bar : ISO-
99A – : RLWANTS
101A Stayed somewhere temporarily : SOJOURNED
104A Peak of religion? : SINAI
106A “No worries!” : IT’S OK!
107A Number ones : CHAMPIONS
108A You’re doing it every day : AGING
109A “I’ll pass” : NOT ME
110A Bank offering for a property buyer : HOME MORTGAGE (raising ROME)
111A Roommate who doesn’t pay rent? : PET
112A 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit : WHAT A GIRL WANTS (raising RIGA)
113A “T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch’s ___” (Notorious B.I.G.’s breakfast in “Big Poppa”) : GRAPE
Down
1D “Right now!” : STAT!
2D This clue’s number, cubed : EIGHT
3D Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut : EDGAR
4D Top priority on the agenda : MAIN ITEM
5D Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy : ELEKTRA
6D [See title] : LIMA
7D Baton Rouge institution, familiarly : LSU
8D Five Pillars religion : ISLAM
9D Defeat in competition : OUTSCORE
10D Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___ : NEIL
11D Accepts a deal from the D.A., say : PLEADS OUT
12D Spanish folk hero : EL CID
13D Meets head-on? : COLLIDES
14D [See title] : BERN
15D Nabokov novel : ADA
16D Whitesmith’s material : TIN
17D Doc using an otoscope : ENT
20D TV’s Don Draper and his co-workers : ADMEN
21D Took orders, say : WAITED
26D Fortuneteller : SEER
30D Calm : AT EASE
31D “Star Wars” character Kylo ___ : REN
32D Plastic cap? : CREDIT LIMIT
33D Tube-shaped pasta : PENNE
34D Do some road maintenance on : RETAR
36D Et cetera : AND ON AND ON
38D Clear as ___ (not clear) : MUD
40D Western mountain range, informally : SIERRAS
41D Arm bones : ULNAE
42D Christmas display pieces : NUTCRACKERS
43D E.R. V.I.P.s : DRS
45D Classic Italian appetizer : BRUSCHETTA
46D Paper source? : ATM
48D Rage : FURY
51D [See title] : CAIRO
52D Puerto ___ : RICO
53D Player’s club : TEAM
54D [See title] : RABAT
56D Despises : LOATHES
57D [See title] : OSLO
58D Brandy letters : VSO
60D Artist Chagall : MARC
62D Big heads : EGOS
64D Travel a winding route : SNAKE
67D They’re at the ends of some rainbows : PRISMS
68D Test for M.A. seekers : GRE
69D Explorer da Gama : VASCO
70D Following behind : IN TOW
72D Making a comeback : RESURGENT
73D Ambulance initials : EMS
76D “Keep it together!” : GET A GRIP!
77D Summer mo. : AUG
78D Expression of frustration : DEEP SIGH
79D Sam Elliott’s role in “The Big Lebowski” : NARRATOR
81D Suppressed, as emotions : PENT-UP
82D It’s in the pipeline : GAS
83D “___ never fly” : IT’LL
84D Asking for a human’s attention, perhaps : MEOWING
87D They’re often covered with dirt : SEEDS
91D ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics) : CANOE
93D Coastal region of ancient Greece : IONIA
95D The ‘gram : INSTA
96D Pound the pavement? : STOMP
97D [See title] : ROME
98D “You don’t need to tell me” : I SAW
99D [See title] : RIGA
100D ___-Ball : SKEE
101D Any of the U.C.s : SCH
102D Cry of playful discovery : OHO!
103D Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___ : JAM
105D Kitchen intruder : ANT
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