November 2017 Crossword Answer Key

Across

1. Star Wars: Episode IV—A ___

8. Failed to be

13. Working, maybe

20. Eddie Murray and Rick Dempsey, once

21. Shire of Rocky

22. Jazz-band member

23. Goes to pick Santana up at the Metro but can’t find him? (Wide receiver, 2005–14)

25. Ship on Time cover on October 23, 2000

26. ___ buco

27. Hold onto

28. Guide past the foyer

30. Coffee

31. Deli shout

32. Kirk, if he won a bronze medal? (Quarterback, 2012–present)

36. Like angels

40. Your, once

41. Selfless people

42. Overhead

43. NBA executive and former player ___ Vandeweghe

45. The Redskins, at FedExField

49. Art, if he decides to move to Lhasa? (Wide receiver, 1980–93)

52. Scoop holder

53. Letters on the 6, on phone keypads

54. Ending for hip

55. Indicates “yes”

56. “The Ballad of ___ Hayes” (Johnny Cash song)

58. Clarifying words

60. You and me, casually

62. Did the floor

64. Boat leaving from Miami, often

65. Start of a serious conversation with Ken? (Safety, 1973–80)

70. Like llamas and Lake Titicaca

71. Some Dodges

72. Reeves of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

73. So excited

74. Hawaiian welcome gift

75. Borscht vegetable

76. Collect, as benefits

80. Superior spade

81. Horse-drawn vehicle

84. Mike, while taking a shot at being referee? (Cornerback, 1969–75)

87. Sent a different way, as traffic

90. Stat for Max Scherzer

91. Scraping tools

92. Where to park an ark

94. Hoop

95. “No joke!”

96. Darrell, trying his hand at golf? (Cornerback, 1983–2002)

100. “Take ___ from me . . .”

102. Word for “year” with a tilde

103. Companies that own apartment complexes, say

104. Comfy

105. Is unwell

109. Kurt Cobain and bandmates

113. 31 days to celebrate Mark? (Defensive tackle, 1981–89)

116. Like some law

117. Winning

118. Revenue source for Hawaii

119. Short joke’s length

120. Facial features

121. Chants

Down

1. “Mission canceled”

2. Historical periods

3. Verbally amusing people

4. Alternative to a Swiss roll

5. “Bravissimo!”

6. ___ up (became attentive)

7. City outside Baltimore

8. All-news DC station

9. Initials of Pooh’s creator

10. About to be cut off by the bartender, maybe

11. US-born ethnic Japanese

12. Items on police officers’ belts

13. Paraguay’s capital

14. Old-time “Indeed!”

15. YouTube video preceders

16. Last mo.

17. Text attachment

18. Stylist’s workplace

19. Bending pair

24. Gross counterpart

29. Washington neighbor

31. Marginalized young person’s acronym

32. Weak, as an excuse

33. Treater’s phrase

34. Member of a Western tribe

35. Former fast plane, for short

36. Roles, metaphorically

37. Not much

38. Lowest part of the ear

39. Like clichés

40. Boxing decisions, for short

43. Famous

44. “Sounds like fun,” to millennials

46. Contact, often

47. Licorice flavoring

48. Internet connector

50. Playwright Chekhov

51. Service club since 1915

52. ___ St. Claire, Maryland

57. Guns, as a motor

58. Element called ferrum in Latin

59. Bethesda hospital

61. Hang around a while longer

62. Cobbler’s item

63. Give shelter to

64. ___ & Barrel

65. “Horrible” cartoon Viking

66. In reserve

67. Milked part of a cow

68. Hard to capture

69. Easter treats

75. Upper lip of a cup

77. Lack of hassle

78. Snakes in a Raiders of the Lost Ark scene

79. Discreet hiss

81. Hockey’s Mikita

82. Address for an English queen

83. Saying

85. Mary-Kate Olsen or Pollux, e.g.

86. Accidentally let go of

88. ___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry’s flavor)

89. Spoon-bender Geller

93. Son of Poseidon

94. Puts back to zero, as a timer

95. Getting a buzz from

96. Bread crumbs from Japan

97. Civil War side

98. Joe who managed the Yankees

99. Prefix with -centric

100. Columnist Coulter

101. ___-frutti

104. Token concessions

105. Lionel Richie used to sport one

106. “Let’s do it!”

107. Expose to light

108. Clothing chain that closed in 2011

110. Kilmer of Batman Forever

111. Alex and ___ (jewelry company)

112. Diarist Anaïs

114. Springfield tavern owner

115. Tagged before reaching home, say