I'll post the clues later today. They are largely cruise-related, largely Regent-related, and largely KLT-related. I'll give you a hint for 1 across:
SPLENDOR
Unlike some crosswords, I'm not going to tell you if there is more than one word. I'm not going to tell you if there's an abbreviation. And I'm not going to tell you if it's a foreign word. We're going to do this one just like Tina Turner would do it, nice and hard.
You can work on your own, or you can work it together, as you wish. But if you post the answer to any single clue here, I will update the graphic with those correct answers occasionally.
If you see any omissions, just let me know. But chances are you can figure things out from the other clues, and a few of you are probably already finished.
Across
1. Luxury Perfected ™ 8. Columbo: Any old one in a storm 11. Numbered eatery 16. Drawn sailor's gal 18. Princess of Wales' landmine cause 20. Cartoon stills 21. Wildebeest 23. Services not included (Use 113 across) 24. Coleridge wrote of an old one 26. One billionth 28. Fremantle 30. Egyptian spirit 31. Roth for one 33. One A&M-er 35. Ireland 37. Where grapes grow 39. It's tin, man 40. A farmer's dog 41. Henry, Peter, or Jane 43. Excise exercise 46. Bottom Cat 47. He was shot in Dallas 48. There's no basement there 50. Space probe 52. Per person 55. Doug Ross worked there 56. That's right 58. Teacher hit me with one of these 59. These are often rooster-ed 61. Baby catcher 63. Aqualung was a poor old one 64. East boot port 65. 2017 Explorer Transatlantic 68. He lost a paradise 69. Yamaha series 71. Shamu 72. 200 km from this port to get a shave and a haircut 76. Anadromous fish 78. A penthouse gets one 79. It's not the size of the boat, it's the this of the ocean. 80. A good shape 82. Myanmar river 83. The distance from Earth to the Sun 84. Swiss Internet suffix 86. French article 88. The girls there really knock me out, they leave the west behind 89. Peter Pan was almost this 92. With fronds like those, who needs these 96. Between Nice and Monte Carlo 98. Croatian cash 99. Vertical rotisserie meat 100. Godzilla foe 102. Fish eggs 104. Cyrillic letter 105. Passers-by puzzle 110. Bean toss game 111. Width of a ship 112. Character with long distance phone plan 113. Shipboard funny money 114. To let die naturally
1. Chartreuse victim 2. Lizard pub 3. Train with altitude 4. Some knights say this 5. They're very versatile 6. Langafrígedæg 7. Dining room flower 8. At least 200 nights sailed 9. Where the all-inclusive salt goes 10. The Lido is full of it 11. Measure for your Yokohama's 12. Cold as a Foreigner song 13. In baked Alaska 14. Quick Draw's Kabong's first name 15. Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Bering, Caribbean, Caspian. 17. West in Flanders 19. A tie 22. Worn-out horse 25. Prince Henry was one 27. Brit and Aussie speak for hey 28. Big bamboo eater 29. People who need people 32. Speedwagon 34. Indonesian for tail 36. Cruise activity 38. California born __-n-Out 41. I'd love to visit Norway, but I can't a... it 42. You can call Paul Simon this 44. Aft on deck 5 of Explorer and Splendor 45. Hugs and kisses 46. Bottom Cat 49. Band help 51. One Ephesus thingamabob 53. Not in port 54. Berkeley's best 57. In the military, it's where they work 59. YVR is there 60. They take your money 62. Texas shindig 64. Jackson knows for one 65. Embroidery stitch 66. Not short buffalo home 67. Marc does this every day 70. It's all happening there 72. Regent exec 73. Genesis sold England by the this unit of mass 74. Flightless bird 75. C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out 77. Extended play 79. Go up and see her sometime 81. Des Pins 85. Airport serving baseball's team of cheats 87. Of the sea 88. Topeka code 90. Not off 91. Teapot gatherer 93. Russian no 94. Jim Morrison's was rising 95. Old Standard Oil 97. Ancient city in the Jordan valley 101. Tax line 103. Something to row, row, row your boat with 106. Same as 38 down because I'm a bad puzzle-master 107. 2^30 bytes, technically 108. Bill W meetings 109. Jerry Rice was one 111. Doonesbury quarterback
I need a break so I decided to quickly look this over.
21 across GNU ( I certainly should know that) 28 across PERTH (as all the Regent World Cruisers know) 47 across JR (I should know that) 52 across PP 84 across CH 96 across EZE 98 across KUNA
Down: 54 FOGMALKIN 38 IN 42 AL 12 ICE 28 PANDA 32 REO 108 AA 75 GTO 91 KAREN 72 MONTAGUE 8 PLATINUM 9 RIM 103 OAR 41 FJORD 106 IN 90 ON 65 FRENCH KNOT 7 ROSE 13 MERINGUE
16 across - OLIVEOYL 85 down - HOU 82 across - KOK 74 down - AUK 114 across - DNR (111 down - BD) 106 down - IN 101 down - AGI 97 down - ZOAR 107 down - GB 71 across - ORCA 113 across - I think it should be ONBOARDCREDIT but there are not enough letters allowed. 58 down - RULER 88 down - KS
I made three edits. All were inconsequential, I think.
The first was that I had #67 under "across," but it should have been under "down."
The second is in the Jim Morrison clue. I used the word "rising," but it should have been "risin." The phrase used in the song was an anagram from "Mr Jim Morrison," and there is no "g" in there.
And finally, I forgot to put my signature in the bottom row, there - I do this on all my crosswords!
So here's the updated puzzle graphic for Tuesday morning
62 down - BOOTS (61 across - OB) 50 across - VOYAGER 45 down - XO 35 across - EIRE (29 down - HR) 34 down - EKOR 27 down - OI 87 down - MER 83 across - AU 79 down - MAE 79 across - MOTION 39 across - SN 17 down - YPRES (23 across - SPA) 11 down - PSI
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