Spring Mushroom Hunt

by Kevin Wald

All of the shaded squares have something in common. 53 and 55 Across form a single statement about the grid that can be interpreted in two ways. Taken one way, it states that there are other squares that I could also have shaded; taken another way, it states the theme of the puzzle.

ACROSS 1. Mounted soldiers (abbr.) 4. Geographical diagrams 8. Girl 12. Religious ceremony 16. Our honest president 17. Emotionally distant 19. Abominable snowman 20. Type of sax 21. The genus of the true morels 23. Species name for 25 Across 25. Seasonal precursor of morels 26. The first American name for a fungus in this group 28. Cubic meter 29. One of the names for a black morel 31. Inside (prefix) 32. Where the water is white 34. 28 and 38 Across, say 38. 1/63,360 of a mile 42. Of ____ I Sing 43. Rascal 47. Fish eggs 48. Capital of Ontario 50. Upper house 52. ____ nobis pacem (give us peace) 53 & 55. [See instructions.] 57. Mr. Onassis, for short 58. Authority on Jewish law 60. How something starts? 61. The earliest of the true morels

65. False morel often confused with 61 Across 70. Put down 71. Marciano, Balboa, and a flying squirrel 73. Kinds of hair goo 74. Function 75. Obligations 76. Get ready 78. Pungent relative of the lily 79. Comingle 81. Like Noah's animals 83. Enumeration 86. The earliest of these genera to fruit 87. Where stars go to dry out 92. Another name for a black morel 96. Black morel or 86 Across 97. Largest genus of false morel 98. White morel or 97 Across 101. "It's ____ to Tell a Lie" (1936 song; two words) 102. Month preceding Rosh Hashanah 103. Drive off 104. Set 105. Agents 106. Erotic 107. Suspicious 108. Redactors (abbr.)

DOWN 1. French essayist Albert 2. Halt 3. Author of Around the World in Eighty Days 4. Composer of Das Lied von der Erde 5. ____ jacta est (the die is cast) 6. One running for office, say 7. A note to precede la 8. A brand of spandex 9. Prefix for foil or dynamic 10. Old hat 11. When people don't rise in protest 12. Former DC mayor Barry 13. Inter ____ (among other things) 14. Zap with a taser 15. Mystic intoxicant of the Vedas 18. False fronts 22. Contemptible dog 24. Become, at last 27. @@@@@@@@@@ 29. Spartan magistrate 30. Recline 33. ____ boy! 35. Raymond Burr TV series 36. Author Morrison 37. Chair or bench 38. Hairy cousin on The Addams Family 39. Japanese drama 40. Less like crunchy peanut butter 41. Terrible

43. Sneerer, perhaps 44. Native of the West Indies 45. Fed on 46. Gibson or Brooks 49. Simon or Sedaka 61. Run-down neighborhood 62. Relaxation 63. Anger 64. Move up and down 66. Musical drama 67. Partner with faith and charity 68. Middling grade 69. Inquire 72. Less thickly distributed 75. Religious philosohpy of Jefferson and others 77. Tear 80. Particles that make quarks stick together 81. Vim 82. In a humorous manner 84. Pigpens 85. Championship 86. Like calf meat 88. Osaka-to-Tokyo direction (abbr.) 89. Depend (on) 90. Did something 91. Phoenician deities 92. Growing medium made from algae 93. Wall Street trading site (abbr.) 94. Hold firmly 95. Essential point 96. One providing prompt service? 99. Stitch 100. Bookkeeper (abbr.)

This crossword first appeared in the Spring, 2003 issue of Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming.

 

 

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