Bending All the Rules

By Warren Manners

Across		Down
1	Leo’s dad	1	4 out of 52
6	Quarry	2	Muscat resident
10	First mate	3	Rattles
14	Multitudes	4	To the ____ (full)
19	Forcefully	5	Matrilineal
20	Advanced	6	Hypotension drug
21	Star in Lyra	7	Campus military grp.
22	Go for	8	Genesis twin
23	White lily	9	Cries
24	Series ender	10	Self-image?
25	___ Called Horse	11	ASOP 37
26	Widow’s inheritance	12	Lab gel
27	Tebowed	13	Lion’s pride?
28	David, for example	14	Pencil wood
30	Crab’s claw	15	Hello, in Hilo
31	Milquetoasts	16	Three, to eight
33	Base	17	Immune system unit
34	Etesian	18	Drift
35	ASOP 33	29	First pope
38	Dependable	32	Olden days
41	KGB successor	34	Brown bear known as the Japanese grizzly
44	Channel changer?	36	Attack
46	–	37	–
51	ASOP23	39	Dis
53	Aspen lift	40	Cookie holder
54	Problem with some models	41	F.D.R. pet
55	Ayers Rock	42	Stupefy
56	Survey	43	Fermenting yeasts
57	Dutch ____	45	Lass
59	Suffers	47	Leaves in the pantry
60	Dolphins Hall of Famer	48	African Corn lily
62	2012 Facebook event	49	Monet medium
63	ASOP 25	50	Car of yore
66	Refuse	51	Clinker
67	Pigeonhole	52	–
68	G-rated	56	That’s a shame
70	Gives a boost	57	Green org.
72	Bow	58	ASOP 18
75	–	61	Decay
76	Some punches	62	Suffix with road or aunt
77	Yentas	63	Players
82	Section of London or NYC	64	Laughter, in Lyon
84	Memo.	65	–
85	Knitting stitches (abbr.)	69	Lumber unit
86	Sliwa topper	71	Length of time
87	Chinese name for the Yellow Sea	72	1968 US Open winner
91	Pope piece	73	Gravy base
92	–	74	Crack, in a way
93	ASOP 17	78	Early Mexican inhabitant
95	As a result	79	One of HOMES
98	___ Boys: Dire Straits	80	Soaks to loosen fibers
99	Mental deficiency	81	Rooting section?
101	–	83	Whole
103	Part of aspirin	84	Personal bearing
107	Acad.	85	NI/E
109	Futures dealer?	88	Feature of aging
114	Manfred von Richthofen, for example	89	Web lang.
115	Flip-flop	90	Corroded
119	Napoleon’s sister	91	Temporary stage
120	Elliptical	94	–
121	Small wild ox	96	John, notably
122	Inca sun god	97	Jr. and sr.
123	Sophia of “Two Women”	100	Cell dweller
124	Patron saint of dancers	102	Loophole
125	Cast	103	Over one’s head
126	Criticizes	104	Trivial complaint
127	Turn inside out	105	Poet’s Muse
128	Sea serpent	106	Tally, in Britain
129	Panache	108	Activates
130	Young oyster	110	____ hitch (kind of knot)
131	Shoulder muscle	111	Personnel chief
		112	Rhone feeder
		113	Slopes
		115	HS exams
		116	Outfit
		117	Lose it
		118	Sicilian hot spot

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