A FHYMING DICTIONARY

ACROSS 1Mythical monster

7Australian palm

12Twist-off item

15Supercharge, with up

18Go over the cuttings

19Tickets: sl.

21Previous

23Skate

25Cleared of trees

26Determination

27Colonel McCoy

28State, e.g.

30Three Rivers Stadium player

32Bargain hunter, at times

33Half a response

34Used a coupon

38Rubik of the cube

40Something to shake

43Vanderbilt, and Meg's sister

45CSA gen.

46Shikoku sport

48Galway tootler

50Slate

53Match

55Pull down

56Give the old heave-ho

57Editorial word

58Peak title

59Mixture

61Water carrier

62Break the ___ (start)

63Tears

64Throne claimant

69Give a shove to

73Never to Nietzsche

75TV's ``Jeannie''

76Spreads, at times

78Common contraction

80Superintend endings

81Type of fromage

83Heraldic border

84US currency overseas

86Plate

88Scene in ``Quo Vadis''

89Bones

90N.Z. is one

91Seasoned

92``Treasure Island'' auth.

93Part of a train

95Lowered, socially

98___ Who

99Wavy

102Put away a claymore

106Crate

111Prince Hirobumi

112P.E.I., e.g.

113``The touchy tribe ___'': Horace

114Date

117Remains awhile

118Scottish landowners

119Shilly-shally

120Dolt

121Koch, et al.

122Snooze away

123Wimsey creator

DOWN

1Pearson and John

2Cancel

3As ___ (usually)

4Tate

5Volga feeder

6Caught a monarch

7Furniture style

8Towel off

9Tint for linen

10Effected

11___ sum (considerable)

12Imogene

13Tree toad, e.g.

14Mate

15Active place

16Stormy petrel, e.g.

17Jaunty

20Snick or ___

22Heavy reading

24Where the Liffey runs

29Opening night

31Minus

35Acts humanly

36Encounter

37Actor Ron

39Miss Russell, informally

40Racing sled

41Ordinal formers

42Before along

43Santa Ana's target

44Wall d'ecor

46Produce a large amount

47Importuned

49Late

50Droplet

51___ Binh, Vietnam

52Andy of the comics

54Before log or gram

57Hammerhead parts

60Grate

65Unwinds

66Ferber namesakes

67Aquarium swimmer

68Forage in the fridge

70Town of Inverness

71Looked over

72___-do-well

74Ike's field

77Some MIT grads

78Throw

79A son of Zeus

81Winter pear

82Call companion

84Some play by this

85Homonyn for lieu

86For shame!

87Poise

94Group of seven

95Small segment

96Hammett's schnauzer

97Lendl wear

98Neighbor of Albany

100Set or polish

101Novelist Alexandre

103Corny

104Steel user

105He follows Tinker

106___-dos

107Salamanders

108Ledger pers.

109Final followers

110Beastly being

111Member of N.Y.C. force

115Hydrox ender

116Thumbs up