Times-Echo Crossword Puzzle

Reel Frights of the '80s

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ACROSS

1. German town

6. Reveal

13. Hemingway’s strong female character in “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (he also named his fishing boat after her)

14. Beauty regimen (Ellen Degeneres has a line called Kind Science for it)

15. Andean animal (also featured in a series of children’s books where he wears red pajamas and is mad at Mama)

16. One who pauses before acting

17. “___ boy!”

18. Actress Alyssa from “Charmed”

19. “You’re oversharing!”

20. Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic with Jack Nicholson

22. This used to be a prefix for phone

23. This emperor was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasy. He began his rule when he was 15 and ruled for 61 years, the longest of any emperor in Chinese history) (anagram of kaxing)

24. Actor Hemsworth from “The Cabin in the Woods”

25. The plural for sea gods that could change shape (anagram of portie)

26. “You ___ bother!”

27. Oar holders

28. Belonging to Ms. Tortelli from “Cheers”

29. ___ out (eliminated)

30. Like a laser pointer

31. Latin for Kings

32. The literal French plural for tales or short stories “_de ma mère l’oye” — Mother Goose Stories

33. Southern California abbr. (but backward)

34. A reason to restart a race

38. China, formally (Abbr.)

39. The Joker’s last name, in “Batman” (played by Jack Nicholson) (also, oddly enough, Alan’s last name who played Alfred in the 1960s Batman series)

40. “The _ of the road, the clarity of the destination” — Travel proverb to remind you to stay focused on your ultimate destination

41. Offers thanks before dinner

43. Traditional French patterned cloth: _ de Jouy

44. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” adverb meaning “soon after”

45. Comedian Wanda of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

46. Guided

47. Computer operators

DOWN

1. Water balloon sound

2. Cultivated land (rhymes with filth)

3. Winged

4. Old-fashioned roses with a heady scent

5. “La la” preceder

6. Brand of bottled water

7. Cupcake topper

8. Say no to a bill

9. Conway Arkansas university

10. These “saints” are also known as Mormons

11. 1984 comic horror film with little troublemakers

12. Supremely spooky (Like The Boodega of convenience stores)

14. He was a Pope from the year 269 to year 274 when he died (also the name of a cartoon cat)

16. Door parts

18. Made, as money

21. Non-locals, to Hawaiians

22. 1987 vampire film set in Santa Carla and starring Kiefer Sutherland (and Tim Cappello’s performance of “I Still Believe”)

24. An archaic way to say certainly, or verily — “_, she did; the kitchen-vestal scorn’d you.” — from “The Comedy of Errors” - William Shakespeare

25. White blood cell that “eats” bacteria

26. Ramble on

27. 1996 classic film about a coven of high school girls starring Fairuza Balk

28. “I __ clearly now, the rain is gone” — Johnny Nash

29. Suggests (or asks to marry)

30. Prolonged crying spells heard in countless little cribs

32. _ _ Gown — needed to walk for graduation

34. Denmark’s ___ Islands

35. In the same fashion

36. King or queen

37. Lock of hair

39. Hidden in the word Bangor

42. Like the direction from Eureka Springs to Hot Springs

43. Nashville sch.

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