Þ—ACROSS&DOWNêKân«Ô•â1.2c¼ððý|ñNANTIC.BLEW.TYRACERTS.OBOE.ROOSTHISISLANDEARTHSIX..HER.DICKEY...SPAR.CENT...WATERWORLD.SLOGABATE..AUTO.USEINTHELINEOFFIREVEE.NERD..FAGINERRS.AIRAMERICA...PADS.DARE...ESKIMO.CHI..PIETHEFIFTHELEMENTREEF.FEAR.VIRGOESPY.SATE.AXMAN-----.----.---------.----.----------------------..---.------...----.----...----------.---------..----.---------------------.----..---------.----------...----.----...------.---..----------------------.----.---------.----.-----Universal Pictures - February 22, 2008by Pancho Harrison / Edited by Patrick Berry© 2008 The Chronicle of Higher EducationEscapadeVariety-show lineupBig name in popProduct with a rabbit mascot“___ My Party” (1963 #1 hit)CBS show with two spinoffsSquanderedLively Spanish danceAngle ironOne billion yearsUnwilling to give up on, as an ideaSupermodel BanksDevelopment sitesHistoric walled city in northern EnglandRepetitive learning techniquePallid“Two mints in one” productSound of the duck in “Peter and the Wolf”Outback jumpers, informally1955 sci-fi film ridiculed in “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie”“England and America are two countries separated by a common language” speaker“Ich bin ___ Berliner”Pirandello’s “___ Characters in Search of an Author”Part of HMSFalse front?Practice for a prizefightAdam’s third sonGet smart?Debt waved off by cashiersDetective’s findInfamous 1995 box-office bombPut asideUnion major general DoubledaySpudTime offUnleisurely walkComposer Boccherini“Hamlet” courtierJeff’s co-star in “The Fly”DiminishMercury or Saturn, e.g.Buyer’s bidEmployClint Eastwood thriller of 1993First ones at the plateGreek rainbow goddessCabbie’s customer1960s peace signBookish typeThe Artful Dodger’s mentorMakes a bad callDressed to the nines1990 Mel Gibson action comedyShow allegiance (to)Reader responses, possiblyAdds to unnecessarilyParisian palTest of one’s gumptionWith 57 Across, an ice-cream treatRaison d’___“___ Gone” (Hall & Oates song)Remain freshX, to XenophonShoot the breezeSee 53 AcrossCosmetology procedureThe Congo River’s ___ FallsPrince William attended it1997 Bruce Willis film, and an essential component of Aristotle’s universe (along with parts of 17, 26, 38, and 47 Across)Afternoon mealZsa Zsa’s sisterEdit a soundtrack, sayKeel scraper“To ___ the worst oft cures the worse”: ShakespeareSpica’s constellationCable sports awardMalaysian meat dishPink-slip distributor