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Will Shortz Portrait Puzzle Art by Ken Knowlton (knowltonmosaics.com) Words and Clues by Frank Longo

ACROSS 1. Nephew of Caligula 3. Metric unit equivalent to .033815 fl. oz. 5. Father 7. Old hand 11. Selling at a sidewalk stand 17. North Pole laborer 20. Magoo's title 22. Business org. 23. "O Sole ___" 24. E-mail alternative 25. Solo of Star Wars 26. Reindeer relative 29. New Hampshire's capital 32. Viscounts' superiors 36. A trucker may have a handle on it 38. Cobb of baseball 39. Tramp 40. Sign of things to come 42. Driver's license info, briefly 43. Maine mail-order giant 46. Mi-sol linkup 47. E=mc2 formulator 50. Underhanded secret-police organizations 53. Possesses with foolish passion 57. Nile reptiles 58. Ticklish Muppet 59. Sink-___-swim 60. Cupcake seller 64. Taco Bell supply 66. Cowgirl Dale 68. Regatta accessories 70. Winter ailment 72. Cookie container 73. Kennel cry 75. Piggy bank feature 76. "Electric" fish 77. Wears the uniform of 80. Upper heart chambers 83. Like tanks and knights 85. Featuring a glass-fitted opening in the roof 87. Puts into movement, in Manchester 90. Throw 91. Successfully salted, as a road in winter 93. At home 94. Shot size for an air rifle 95. Sands of ___ Jima 97. 20/20 coanchor Sam 99. One who corrupts 101. "Here comes trouble!" 103. Take a breather 104. Construct skillfully 106. Quoter of a selected book passage 108. Casey Stengel, for one 111. Exodus novelist Leon 112. Suffix of doctrines 114. Counting everyone 117. City south of Moscow 118. 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet 120. Old Russian ruler 121. Actor Pacino 122. Strands of smoke 124. Singer Merman 126. That guy 127. Benjamin Hoff's The ___ of Piglet 128. ___ mater 130. Common sedimentary rock 133. Low plain region surrounding Rome 136. Poker variety 138. Exclamation of surprise 139. ___ route (on the way) 140. A centipede has many 141. Clueless star Silverstone 143. Follow as an additional development 145. Seat belts and leashes, e.g. 147. Loosened, as a shoe 149. Sink down 150. Signify 152. Letters for Old MacDonald 153. Tune for two 155. Uncapitalized: Abbr. 156. Pistols, slangily 159. Jr.'s dad 160. Half of VI 162. Unlocks 164. Hard ___ rock 166. Spacecraft segments 168. City that's home to Indiana University, where Will Shortz got his degree in 326-Across 171. Seventh scale degree 172. Large ice mass flowing between mountains 176. Director's shout before a shoot 179. Columbia is its cap. 180. Eccentric 181. Wall-climbing plant 182. White House fashion designer of the 1960s 184. Grind the teeth together 185. Sprints 187. Cinemax competitor 189. In a short time 192. Syllable for Santa 193. Many millennia 194. "___ Abner" 195. Yes, in Yucatán 196. Bother incessantly 198. The "D" of D.J. 201. "I can just see ___" 202. Yale student 203. Major blood type 205. Kind of 210. Interfere 211. ___-ROM 212. Feature of 428-Across that Will Shortz is concerned with 215. Coffeepot with a spigot 217. Interview With the Vampire novelist 220. Preliminary race 222. Tool storage site 223. All right 224. Leno of late-night 225. Thailand, formerly 227. Bench presser's pride 229. How some threats come across 230. The Bluegrass State: Abbr. 231. Neighbor of Earth 234. Title that doesn't indicate marital status 235. Short shuteye 236. "Who ___ I kidding?" 238. Irish dance 239. Drop heavily 242. Warmed up again 248. Boastful 250. Chemical symbol for silver 254. "___ blame me!" 255. Roanoke loc. 256. Ostrich's cousin 257. ___-Hur 259. Submarine sandwich meat 261. Misplaced 262. Flower holder 265. Japanese sash worn over a kimono 267. 1997 French Open winner Majoli 270. ___ rays (sunlamp emission) 271. Put into words 272. Calif. metropolis 274. Hollow cylinder 276. Explorer ___ de León 277. Wilde actress Jennifer 279. Where Nashville is: Abbr. 280. It's restricted to an 850-word vocabulary and a few rules of grammar 283. Promise to marry 286. Pulverize 287. Oscar-winning dancer Fred 290. Genetic material 292. Dusk 293. "Hey, you!" 295. Rebounded sound 296. Post again, as a letter 298. President between HST and JFK 299. Give lip to 300. Person buttering bread, e.g. 302. Carpenters, at times 304. Rank between Maj. and Capt. 306. River Styx ferryman 307. Having only one center of revolution 310. 1983 Hawaiian Open winner ___ Aoki 312. Small battery size 313. One who doesn't bother using the wastebasket 315. It's checked when you're carded 316. Anchorage's st. 317. Tendency to lie 319. Attack like a turtle 321. Repeating structural unit of a striated muscle fiber 324. Indian state whose capital is Shillong 326. The study of puzzles, in which Will Shortz holds the world's only degree 328. "___ luck!" 329. Days ___ Our Lives 330. Behind bars 332. Intertwine 335. Christmas carols 336. Cigar dropping 338. Boob tube 339. Buddy 342. Train system, for short 343. Like awful food 345. Lessening of levies 348. #1 Bee Gees hit of 1977 351. Element in a U.S. coin: Abbr. 353. Against all things Hibernian 355. "___ t'aime" (French for "I love you") 356. ___ Alamos 357. Attempted 359. "___ vey!" 360. Was a gathering place for 362. Colorful Apple computer 363. Folk singer McKennitt 365. Ethyl ___ (compound that smells like pineapple) 367. News-making boy refugee González 368. Take to court 369. Humphrey Bogart's High Sierra costar 371. XXX × X 372. Queue 373. What "@" means 376. Lightened up 378. Hosp. worker in white 379. Numbered hwy. 380. Essence 382. Most compassionate 384. 10 star Derek 385. Neighbor of AZ and UT 388. Supposing that 390. President and CEO of Wal-Mart 393. Airport guess: Abbr. 399. Gym class, for short 401. "Let ___ pray" 403. Bill Clinton's home st. 404. River from Belgium to France 406. Sports arbiter 407. Throat-checkup sound 408. Abbr. before a letter addendum 410. "There's ___ in sight!" 411. Fraternity letter 413. Yes, to Yves 414. Posterior 416. Prefix with friendly or system 419. Price 421. Breakfast drink, briefly 423. Holy 424. Washington's loc. 426. Land of pyramids 428. Will Shortz's employer 435. Tested the tea, e.g. 437. "...man ___ mouse?" 438. Pierre's place: Abbr. 440. Theatrical producer William or golfer Scott 442. Intended target of a show with mature themes 443. Distance of 3.26 light-years 444. Name on a tractor 446. Opposite of "from" 447. "___ all ears" 449. Endangered pinniped 450. It merged with Time Warner 451. Percentage for the offering plate 452. Memo starter 453. Unit of three ft. 455. Dorm supervisor, for short 458. Iraqi or Saudi 461. How artistic works are pleasing 466. Give a PG to, e.g. 470. Mil. branch 472. Sediment particles 475. Alternatives to cherry pies 483. Firearm utilizing compressed air 485. "Mi casa ___ su casa" 488. Triumph for a 489-Across 489. Brett Favre or Doug Flutie, for short 490. White vegetables 491. Basketballer's target 492. Moo ___ pork 493. In the direction of 497. Debtor's note 498. Spendthrift 499. French philosopher Jacques 501. Huge land mass 504. Sound off 505. That is: Abbr. 506. GI entertainment gp. 507. Indian physicist who won the 1930 Nobel prize 509. Successfully mimics 511. Emerald Point ___ ('80s TV series) 512. Common four-year deg. 513. Government in power 515. Auctioneer's shout 517. Mind one's p's and ___ 518. Where steel bands are popular 520. ___ of the 'Wells' (Arthur Wing Pinero play) 522. Skirt fold 523. Historic periods 524. Shed tears 525. Single-file line 527. Advocates of ancient Greek and Roman styles 529. Spouse's assent 531. Sports center 532. Charlotte's Web author White 534. Person enrolling again 537. Beaver's construction 538. Serving a purpose 540. Acorn producers 541. Takes too much, briefly 542. Soup ___ jour 543. 52 wks. 544. Tour de France vehicle 545. Plant seeds 546. Let get too much sun, e.g. 547. Myself 548. The Lone Star St.

DOWN 1. "Absolutely not!" 2. Apartment unit 3. Do-re-___ (moolah) 4. London lavatory 5. Sharp pain 6. Paul Bunyan's tool 7. Kind of camera for making facsimiles 8. Papua New Guinean port on New Britain Island 9. Lightswitch position 10. That '70s Show character Michael 12. Charlotte's place: Abbr. 13. Perform 14. Cause to be permeated 15. Rose Bowl org. 16. Proceed 18. Bill Clinton's first Secretary of Defense 19. Lipids 21. Alternative to Pepsi or Coke 22. Legendary pitcher Young 23. ___ Better Blues (Spike Lee film) 24. Iron's chemical symbol 27. Pound: Abbr. 28. The Piano costar Harvey 30. Speed star Keanu 31. Process of breaking a link 33. Lie restfully 34. Bart Simpson's sister 35. Tin, to a chemist 37. Disney deer 38. Gang's territory 41. Do damage to 42. Fast Internet service: Abbr. 43. State-run games 44. Compounds containing the univalent group C6H5NH- 45. Super Bowl org. 48. 212-Across events held annually in Stamford, CT, hosted by Will Shortz 49. London is its capital: Abbr. 51. Plant's flowering period 52. Graduating girls' purchases, perhaps 54. Red star in Taurus's eye 55. Of the ankle 56. Spanish for "treasure" 58. Rob of Melrose Place 60. Fishhook feature 61. "___ you sure?" 62. Former wife, e.g. 63. Hairy Himalayan beast 65. Queen, in Córdoba 67. Greek letter before xi 69. Least likely to be seen 71. Animal shelter 72. 473-Down, for Will Shortz 74. Actress Winona 78. Assisi resident canonized in 1255 79. Sound engineers 81. Knot anew 82. "Isn't that precious!" 84. Prince William's mother, familiarly 85. Boston Red ___ 86. Not at all hidden 88. Road to Rio costar 89. It secretes oily matter for lubricating hair and skin 92. "Sunny-side up" servings 96. Place for drawing water 98. Tennyson's title 100. Open-handed hit 102. Immunization-promoting org. 105. Seattle loc. 107. Franklin stove fuel 109. Fingerlike projections that form a brush border on the surface of epithelial tissues 110. Barley beards 113. ___-mo replay 115. In an indigent manner 116. Good-deed-doing dog 119. Rugrats dad 123. Sacred song 125. Must 126. Egg layer 129. Armageddon combatant 131. Negative reply, in Rio 132. ___ Marcus (big name in mail order) 134. Rescue helicopter 135. Survive despite difficulties 137. Kofi Annan's org. 142. Standard of perfection 144. "___ infra" ("see below") 146. Pawls engage with them 147. The "U" of UHF 148. The Empire Strikes Back director Kershner 151. Figure skater Lipinski 154. Avails oneself of 157. Most snobbish 158. Taxpayer's dread 161. ___ Tabarro (Puccini opera) 163. Snow remover 165. Lhasa ___ (small terrier) 167. Mystery novelist Deighton 169. Contemptible 170. Opposite of 'neath 173. Boulevard: Abbr. 174. "God Rest ___ Merry, Gentlemen" 175. Gross national product, e.g. 177. Towel storage sites 178. ___ factor (specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells) 183. Finalize 186. Bro or sis 188. You may step on it when leaving the shower 190. Head supporter 191. Life story 197. What "&" means 198. Like some martinis 199. ___ Minnow (Gilligan's vessel) 200. The Screwtape Letters author Lewis 201. Infamous Amin 204. Ding-dong producer 205. "Eeew!" 206. Dallas-to-Cleveland dir. 207. "How come?" 208. Titan ___ (animated sci-fi film of 2000) 209. Sweet potato 212. Ballplayer's headpiece 213. You and I 214. Q-U linkup 216. Printing proof, for short 218. Suffix with beat or neat 219. Paradise and Lunch musician Cooder 221. Pothole filler 223. Paul Bunyan's Babe, e.g. 224. Opposite of "nein" 226. Four-time Indy 500 winner Foyt 228. India's locale 232. Crimson or cardinal 233. Period when travel fares tend to be relatively low 235. Football's "Broadway Joe" 237. List of entrées 240. Neighbor of MN and MT 241. "Back at ___!" 243. Green-eyed one 244. One of the Gabors 245. Box on a calendar 246. Mao ___-tung 247. Quickness 248. New York City suburb that's home to WIll Shortz 249. "Very funny!" 251. Decay 252. Sufferings 253. 200th anniversary 256. Vote into office 258. Airiness 260. Start of the workweek 262. Vice ___ 263. Canonized one: Abbr. 264. Affectionate act 266. Musician's degree, often: Abbr. 268. ___ cavae (major blood vessels) 269. Difficult to detect by echolocation, perhaps 271. Bashful 273. "You Belong to Me" singer Stafford 275. Marlon of The Godfather 278. 51, to Caesar 281. ER hookup 282. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Warren 283. Exist 284. 1958 Bobby Day hit 285. Horse trainer's shackle 286. Tannin, saponin or salicin 288. Rooms, in Rome 289. Poetry expressing the tradition of a people 291. Racial rights org. 294. "___ Blue Eyes" (Frank Sinatra) 297. British crown colony in the West Indies 301. City south of the Finger Lakes 303. Summer capital of India 305. Hat-trick number 308. Close at hand 309. Symbol on a statistical graph 311. Unemotional 314. ___ Sanders (international law firm) 316. Strong as ___ ox 318. In the style of 320. Tropical yellow fruits 322. Computer science field, briefly 323. Boston Bruins legend Bobby 325. Gorilla or chimpanzee 326. Pollution-fighting org. 327. Fails, as a business 331. Having luxurious tastes 333. Feeling of utter fear and helplessness 334. Close tightly, as the teeth 337. Pigpen 340. Coeur d'___, Idaho 341. South Korea's capital 344. Easter flowers 345. Hailed vehicle 346. Big person's T-shirt size 347. Authoritative decree 348. Therefore 349. Water nymph 350. VCR format 352. That thing 354. Kol ___ (Yom Kippur prayer) 358. Title alien of a sci-fi smash 361. Washington-to-Colorado dir. 364. Cooling system, for short 366. Rocked on the edge 370. Flyer of the Jurassic period 372. Not solid or gaseous 374. "___ and behold!" 375. ___ Tower (Toronto skyscraper) 377. Word of greeting 381. The "I" of TGIF 383. Protect 384. Skeleton segment 386. Oft-incarnated Hindu deity 387. Photo ___ (Kodak moment) 389. Commotion 391. "Here's something to ponder" 392. Valerie Harper sitcom 394. Royal hue 395. Honolulu hello 396. Reached by airplane 397. It expresses the acidity or alkalinity of a solution 398. Toward the sky 400. One running the show 402. Something to mop 405. What Will Shortz calls 212-Across creators 407. Actress Aimée 409. Dermis or epidermis 412. "___ Johnny!" 415. Objectivist Rand 417. ___ scan (medical x-ray) 418. Dust Bowl figure 420. Windows or Unix, e.g.: Abbr. 422. Push roughly 425. Snug as a bug 427. Prof.'s aide 429. Actor Asner 430. "Slippery" tree 431. Chinese TV chef who "can cook" 432. Hwys., e.g. 433. Earl Grey, say 434. Rapper ___ Hammer 435. After-shower powder 436. A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison 439. Female deer 441. The math ratio 3.14 443. People using cyanide, e.g. 445. Dying words from Caesar 448. Mother 450. Currently 454. Debussy's "Clair ___ Lune" 456. Gallery hangings 457. For example: Abbr. 459. Camper, briefly 460. Trumpet or tuba 462. Zebra markings 463. Discard 464. Hemming-and-hawing syllable 465. Interests 467. Water, south of the border 468. People that software developers have in mind 469. Kind of printer that's not an ink-jet or a laser 471. Enya and Yanni, e.g. 473. Will Shortz is one 474. Cephalopod with an ink sac 476. Car enthusiast's magazine 477. Kind of 35mm camera 478. Residential college within Yale University 479. Note in the F major scale 480. Spanish hero ___ Cid 481. Ancient system of jurisprudence 482. Kigali resident 484. Alexander Pope pieces 486. Biting comedy 487. Physician, for short 490. Bring about 494. Metal-bearing rock 495. Return to custody pending trial 496. "Quiet!" 500. "___ if I care!" 502. It's a free country 503. Year, in Ypres 508. Prefix with film or brewery 510. Make ready for use 512. Jazz pianist Eubie 514. Jacob's biblical twin 515. Swindle 516. Soap ingredient 517. Status ___ 519. What a colon means in an analogy 521. ER actor Noah 522. Vegetable in a pod 526. Spoon-bender Geller 528. Gas guzzler 530. Anonymous John 531. Infomercial, e.g. 533. Near 535. Poet Cummings 536. The Waste Land poet Eliot 539. "War___ hell"