“SCRAPPER”S DELIGHT” By ROBERT E. LEE MORRIS

Across

1 Check alternative 7 Sacred beetle 13 Tijuana pair 16 It can be natural 19 Creed in Rocky films 20 Winter melon 21 MPG-testing org. 22 Wordsworth work 23 Attorneys’ firm offering 25 “Day __”: 1965 hit 27 Way out 28 Put on a pedestal 29 With no one behind you 30 Capital NW of Boston 33 Secure at the pier 34 Pooch in pictures 35 Backtalk 38 Potential soldier 42 Storage unit 43 In hot water 45 Prefix with gender 46 Sorento or Soul 47 Cocktail party snacks 48 Tommy who teamed with Cheech 49 Queen’s “__ One Bites the Dust” 53 “Cool, dude!” 54 Drumstick 56 Buckeyes of the Big Ten 57 Handy sack 58 Sham sawbones 59 Lubricate 60 Church recess 61 Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in “The Lion King” 63 Road annoyances 64 Complete 66 Navy NCOs 67 Oodles 68 Thor Heyerdahl craft 69 Auspices 70 Pool tool 71 “Little Birds” author Anaïs 72 Provider of much change 75 Cracker-__: homespun 78 Everlasting 80 Deliver a stemwinder, say 81 Snake oil, allegedly 82 Multivolume set in the reference sect. 83 African capital 84 Veteran on the briny 85 Green Bay Packers coach LaFleur 87 Chatty Cathy is one 90 Deli choice 91 Many opera highlights 92 “National Velvet” author Bagnold 93 Site of a major part of the Bible? 95 Mid-20thcentury First and Second Lady 97 Shoulder wrap 99 Snippet of dialogue 103 Hold back 104 Scrapyard commodity ... and what’s hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers 108 Charge 109 Infant suffix 110 Alphabetically first U.S. national park 111 Catholic devotion 112 OTC drug agency 113 __ Plaines: Chicago suburb 114 Homer, in baseball lingo 115 Tarzan, e.g.

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1 Ashen 2 High point 3 “Smarter than the average bear” bear 4 “Republic” philosopher 5 Word with caps or clear 6 Spanish article 7 Off-the-wall 8 Pricey delicacy 9 “Keep dreaming” 10 Risqué 11 Former Japanese prime minister 12 __-relief 13 Abhor 14 Part of OWN 15 Common word in a novel’s dialogue 16 Overtake 17 “__ Fideles” 18 Maker of iComfort mattresses 24 Mingo portrayer on “Daniel Boone” 26 Dabble in 29 Where many speeches come from 31 La Brea attraction 32 Brand similar to Spam 33 Fencing maneuver 35 ’60s White House daughter 36 Apple offering 37 N.W.A’s debut single 39 Focus of some committees 40 Bit of stoneware 41 Arrange in sequence 42 Library sect. 44 Retire at home, say? 46 Solemn sound 48 Lad 49 Bit of checkpoint deception 50 Coal train component 51 Exxon, once 52 Feels bad about 54 Seasoning in Indian cuisine 55 At lunch, say 58 California state bird 60 TLX autos 61 Western writer Grey 62 Came down 63 In __ daylight 64 Ancient German 65 Storybook fiend 69 Vintage video game name 70 Symbol of a year, perhaps 72 Tech news site 73 Explorer Amundsen 74 Estrada of “CHiPs” 75 Calls at home 76 Hard to grasp 77 Running behind 79 Helix-shaped pasta 81 Curly-haired pet 83 Genesis brother 85 Sounded like the wind 86 Tennis great Gibson 87 Govt. securities 88 __ Mansion, NYC mayor’s residence 89 Lizard feature 91 Calvin’s spaceman alter ego, in comics 92 Force to leave 94 Motrin alternative 96 Footnote abbr. 97 Whole bunch 98 “Nothing lived in

him but fear and hatred” 100 List member

101 Family nickname

102 Flair 104 Common cleaning supply

105 Tourism opening 106 Target of a cheek swab 107 Common cleaning supply