by Michael J. Parris
Note to solvers: In addition to the theme limerick, this puzzle contains an extra challenge. The eight clues marked with * are not ordinary clues but are anagrams of the desired answers which are 19th and 20th century coins (singular and plural).
| Across 1. Paté de foie ___ 5. Boris or Peter, e.g. 9. Word to a noisy child 14. Popular Japanese soup 18.* Veal 19. Mother of Apollo 20. Ornamental wall bracket 21. High on the draft 22. Start of a limerick 26. Hotel option 27. Pretty little thing 28. MDs neighbor 29.* Poses 30. Actress Elaine 32. Type of bean 34. Ouster 36. Hold onto 38. Australian State; abbr. 40. Incessant complainer 41. Line 2 of the limerick 52. Buckeye state 53. Honolulu’s island 54. Winning combo in tic-tac-toe 55. Type of tent 56. Bad cars 59. Tattler 62. Boisterous play 63. Polite title; abbr. 64. Shell propeller 66. In the manner of 67. ___ Angelico 69. Sheepshank, e.g. 70. Line 3 of the limerick 75.* A nob 78. Winnie the Pooh character 79. Radio City corp. 80. ___ Cone 81. Poetic twilight time 84. Spanish plain phenomenon? 85. Theodolites 89. How baddies act 91. Passenger ships 94. 6 on the phone 95. NJ cagers 97. Cut of meat 98. Line 4 of limerick 103. Buddy 104. That thing in Spain 105. Supplicate 106. Type of auction 110. O.T. son of Seth 113.* Sea pest 118. American territory 119. 480 makes a tr. Oz. 121. Aromatic chemical 123. Nonsensical 124. Last line of the limerick 128. Half of CVI 129. Chargers 130. Attar of ___ 131. Part of Q.E.D. 132. Cap. of Yemen 133. These come before tees 134. Leg joint 135. ___ Sea of Antartica |
Down 1. Lens 2. Made a stencil over 3. French 1 verb 4. Early arms pact 5. It opens la porte 6.* Chic zone 7. Aleutian island 8. Haley opus 9. M.I.T. or N.Y.U. 10. Cowl 11. Like some mothers 12. Type of triangle 13. Men 14. Desponds 15. Running or occupied 16. Merida mister 17. Trees of the genus Quercus 20. Early Danish king called Forkbeard 23. Fire 24. Carnival locale 25. Perigree’s counterpart 31. Dernier ___ 33. Highfalutin tie 35. Role 37. Junior’s exam 39. Word to dobbin 41. Actress Celeste 42. “Attention, please!” 43.* Demi 44. Bill’s partner 45. Toast choice 46. Slangy greeting 47. Bolts down a meal 48. Dried meat 49. Atop 50. Verne captain 51. Retained 57. Figures; abbr. 58. German wine region 60. Comedian Bert and family 61. Cupid 65. Calamitous outbreak 68. Q.E. II’s daughter 70. Type of tube or ear 71. Campus quarters 72. Sweet decoration 73. Tar’s 103 Across 74. Election time; abbr. 75. Paris airport 76. TV and film actor Scott 77. Japanese aborigine 81. O.T. son of Zebulun 82. Author Wiesel 83. Part of ANS address 87. Type of pollution 88. Word with gap or light 90. World labor agency; abbr. 92. Umpire’s decision aid 93. Clean a deck 96. Gasp cause sometimes 99. Lands gently 100. Certain chamber works 101. Norma ___ 102. Lanvin perfume intro ca. 1925 106. Craze 107. Forcefully; arch. 108. Where Miletos and Ephesos were 109. Desiccates 111. Kirghiz oblast and town 112. Desolate, sever 114. Enroll 115. Bull; comb. form 116.* Nanas 117. Religious groups 118.* Loss 120. Dirk’s relative 122. Harrow’s rival 125. Mao’s “middle” name 126. Mdse. 127. Ecclesiastical seat of jurisdiction |