ACROSS

1 Third word of “America”
4 Sword’s superior
7 Merest trace
11 Hunk of meatloaf
15 Guitar-like instrument
17 Director Kazan
18 In fine fettle
19 Fly Midwest to Los Angeles
and see movie stars’
homes here
21 Punta del ___
22 Feminine Italian ending
23 Wall St. whiz, for short
24 Hot-dish mount
26 Fly Midwest here and
vacation at the beach
31 Golfer’s “perfection”
34 Carter’s middle name
35 Periods of powerlessness
38 In great difficulty
40 Uses soap
42 Dadaist Hans
43 Debater
44 Untarnished
45 On the ocean
46 Fly Midwest to Denver and
vacation at this ski resort
50 Inquires
53 Scratches (out)
54 Out of commission
58 All-American dessert
59 Met defiantly
61 Coloring substance
62 Auditions
64 Tummy trouble
65 Neck wrap
66 Fly Midwest here and
vacation in “The
Sunshine City”
70 Tennis great Gibson
72 Null tennis serve
73 Pa Joad, for one
77 Microphone holder
78 Fly Midwest here and visit
the Lincoln Memorial
83 Irish author O’Brien
84 “I cannot tell ___”
85 One who integrates
86 Open season quest
87 Substance from which the
universe was created
88 Loafer
89 Cross-shaped Greek letter

DOWN

1 Haircream holder
2 Reverend and Alibi
3 Ford Explorer and Toyota
4Runner
4 ___ diem
5 Angled annex
6 Napoleonic marshal
7 Unusual
8 “Would you look at that!”
9 Part of RSVP
10 Beyond the standard invoice
payment period
11 Aussie lassie
12 Fly Midwest here and play
at the casinos
13 Der ___ (Adenauer nickname)
14 Borscht ingredient
16 Flip (through)
20 Considerable winnings,
informally
25 Snitches
27 Flap-door shelter
28 Dubya’s spouse
29 Curator’s charges
30 Wanderer
31 “Eureka!”
32 Roller coaster unit
33 Joule fraction
36 Prior to, to prior
37 Fancy bath
39 Copies a tape recording
40 Tempted
41 Geometric curves
44 Toy dog, for short
45 Actor Tamaroff
47 A Russian unit of distance
48 Root of diplomacy
49 More than willing
50 Qualified
51 Title of respect
52 Fly Midwest to Denver and
vacation at this ski resort
55 Rookie socialite, for short
56 Game with “Draw Two” cards
57 Elhi org.
59 Take for a ride
60 Destroyed gradually
61 EPA-banned chemical
63 Miss ___ (teacher in “Peanuts”)
64 ___ Spumante
67 Borden’s spokescow
68 Fix, as cuffs
69 Make a boo-boo
70 Tucked in ______
71 Mother _____
74 Make a muffler
75 Brain flash
76 Color similar to almond
79 Everything
80 Pencil stub
81 Bearded antelope
82 Robbins or Russert