i ACROSS&DOWNÊK*⯋ãùt1.2c ²õwðýJMOLDS.LOCH.TABSIDIOT.ALOU.UTAHCOLOR.NERD.ROBEARTHURGORDONPYM...ADA..ALOT...EBENEZERLEPAGE.BRR.LEAH..SILLSBURG.STORM.LEAPSNORT..DEUS.ANA.TRISTRAMSHANDY...FARE..HUG...JALFREDPRUFROCKALAI.ASIA.FELONMOST.TENT.LEDTOBETH.YAKS.ESSEX-----.----.---------.----.---------.----.-------------------...---..----...--------------.---.----..---------.-----.---------..----.---.--------------...----..---...-------------------.----.---------.----.---------.----.-----By Any Author Name - October 26, 2007by Gary Steinmehl / Edited by Patrick Berry© 2007 The Chronicle of Higher EducationCasting choices?Silicate used as an insulatorIncense emanationPleasing rhythmMr. Scott’s portrayerFilled pastryRelative of a firth“Metropolis” directorMuffin spreadHorse-breaking localeFootball conferenceFolder protrusionsBeat a hasty retreatOn the roof ofHandle with careTraveler aboard Noah’s ArkNumskullFormer Giants managerMexican Cession portionBeauty-shop optionSocial nonentity1953 Biblical epic, with “The”“The Narrative of ___” (though he didn’t write it; Edgar Allan Poe did)Brings down the house“I probably shouldn’t have done that”Mathematician LovelaceHeaps“The Book of ___” (though he didn’t write it; G.B. Edwards did)Rolls outPrimary impactDialog-box prompter, maybeAdvice to a sitophobe1970s spinoff showGather leftoversAntelope with twisting hornsMinnesota murmurJacob’s first wifePigeon perchesAvoid cat litters?Town, informallyLos Angeles’s ___ ObservatoryReason to stay indoors2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducteeDragon voiced by Eddie Murphy in “Mulan”Sudden transitionCorrida soundHouse of Romanov ruler, e.g.Ditat ___ (Arizona’s motto)Action before a cutGet ___ for effort“The Life and Opinions of ___, Gentleman” (though he didn’t write it; Laurence Sterne did)Peace-talks objectiveSinus Arabicus, todayShares the same viewMeter reading, maybeTight squeeze?“The Love Song of ___” (though he didn’t write it; T.S. Eliot did)Opening sidePlant with tubular flowersHang in thereLike cowherb bloomsDesert ___ (British WWII division’s nickname)Part of REOSheep shelterFirst U.S. secretary of warKyrgyzstan’s ___ MountainsMost valuable holding in RiskRacketeer, e.g.The vast majorityWhere Achilles famously sulkedBrought aboutPiano-playing March sisterShoots the breeze2nd Earl of ___ (Robert Devereux’s title)