“MUSICALVARIATIONS” ByGARRY MORSE

ACROSS1 Kitchen cover6 Outlaw played

by Tyrone in1939

11 Speculate15 Letter-shaped

beam19 With 62-Across,

many a sonata20 Skateboard

maneuver21 Copied22 Living __23 SHARP26 Student’s

complete file, toa teacher

27 Enters carefully28 Hardships29 Trees whose

fruit yields amoisturizingbutter

30 Author Rand31 SHARP36 Some U.S.

Army transports39 Palmer with

trophies40 Nasty smiles41 SHARP46 Mole’s activity49 Cause of an

allergicresponse

50 Pilot maker51 Unwelcome sign

for a 49-Acrossowner

54 ActressVardalos

55 Western,calendar-wise

57 Medicated58 Cravings60 Tech sch.

overlooking theHudson

61 Signing,perhaps

62 See 19-Across63 Ruth around

bases66 NATURAL72 Tests for

advanced-deg.seekers

73 Didn’t feel well75 Drawn: Abbr.76 Sense of self78 Burning up79 Old enough80 Game show

host for 50years

86 __ garden87 Capital of

Kazakhstan89 Earthen building

material

90 Before, in verse91 1990s TV judge93 FLAT97 Ferris Bueller’s

girlfriend100 Tough as __101 Some deposits102 FLAT106 Incidentally, in

texts108 Kindle reading,

briefly109 Online search

results110 Ill-fated 2006

Kentucky Derbychampion

114 Fighting115 FLAT120 Connections121 “Sweet is the

breath of __”:Milton

122 Bordeaux bye123 Time being124 Dost possess125 60-Across, e.g.:

Abbr.126 Fall plantings127 Boss mocked

by Nast

DOWN1 Church area2 Naan relative3 One of eight

teams thatnever won aWorld Series

4 Like many fleetautos

5 Cacophonous6 He frequently

toured with Joel7 Architectural

add-on8 Sneaky9 Comical Caesar

10 Slogan ending?11 Layer of bricks12 Political

surprises13 Welcomes14 Teacher’s deg.15 President before

Millard16 Ma Rainey,

notably17 Draw a bead

on18 Dodger

teammate ofRobinson

24 Preacher’ssubject

25 Lady in a lea29 Increases31 Devil’s wear, in

a 2006 film32 Dispirit33 Bird’s beak34 Shampoo, e.g.35 Cozy home36 Maritime safety

gp.37 Whaler’s

direction38 Deco designer39 Latin lambs42 Smack43 Architectural

order includingcircular columntops

44 Mushroom inJapanesecuisine

45 Violinist’ssupply

47 Bridget Fonda,to Jane

48 Noble __52 “Milk” Oscar

recipient

53 One of a cube’sdozen

56 Receive57 Look for water59 Strictness63 Faux felt64 Put on65 Tabulae rasae67 Life of the party68 Radio code

opener69 Backup option70 Sweets71 Jewish spiritual

leader74 Parish officials77 Hebrides native80 Herb in pesto81 “Strange as it

may seem ... ”82 Shows of

respect83 Dullea of “2010:

The Year WeMake Contact”

84 Fish-eating flier85 Stds. of conduct88 Plush carpet92 Academic

expert,facetiously

94 LikeShostakovich’s“Symphony No.2”

95 Folder aid96 Hardly

intellectual98 Impulse-

conducting cell99 Proofer’s finds

102 Not o’er103 __ vincit amor104 Direct105 PC port106 “Phooey!”107 Nine Inch Nails

founder Reznor110 A/C units111 Tops112 Political contest113 Pigged out (on)115 “Enough details,

please”116 Chocolate pet117 Student’s email

ending118 Van Gogh work119 First st. admitted

to the Unionafter the CivilWar

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