Unscramble the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell a delicious afterdinner treat

ACROSS

1 Talk, talk, talk 4 Says“ When?” 8 Brazilian dance 13 Dog with a blueblack tongue 17 Mine find 18 China problem 19“ Hasta la vista!” 20 Strauss of denim fame 21 Deception 22 Spanish house 23 Actor Fernando or Lorenzo 24“-zoic” things 25 Crop growers 27 Part of Superman’ s attire 28 No-can-do 30 Software program, briefly 31 K follower

( shopping spot) 32 Leave out 33 FBI or CIA employee 36“— funny!” 37 Sword fight 38— and cheese 41 Chums 42 Carson’ s successor 43— off( repel) 44 Nutmeg spice 45“…— he drove out of sight”

Work it out!

46 Formal wear, informally 47 Air freshener option 49 Grassy yards 50 Dig, like a gopher 52 Chaplin prop 53“ Holy cow!” 54 Norway’ s capital 56 Blouse, e. g. 57 Kicker’ s target 59 Brewer’ s need 62 Fairy tale’ s second word 64 Liveliness

68 Back street 69 Nervous 71 Implore 72 Tiny battery 73 Clever tactic 74 Agile 75 Like Easter eggs 77 Frisbee, e. g. 78 Took a chair 79 Feng— 80 7th Heaven’ s Jessica

81 Large swallows 82 Convene 83 Tipplers

84 Raiders of the Lost— 85 Audio-— 88 Raggedy dolls 89 Signs of a cold 93 Sacred statue 94 Brightly colored 96 Stopped sleeping 97 Flightless bird 98 Hint 99 Wear away 100 Center of an egg 101 Increase, with“ up” 102 Wriggly fish

103 Stitched 104 Singles 105 Vegas opener

DOWN

1 Hit the links 2 Opera solo 3 Brewski 4 Agree to, as terms 5 Like some

Cheddars 6 Smooch 7 Pampering resort 8 Pay 9 Modify 10 Silent performer 11— constrictor

12 Fictitious, as a name

13 Sports-shoe gripper 14 Basil, e. g. 15 Elliptical 16 Chip maker 26 Staffs 27 Burnett or

Channing 29 Nothing at all 31 Chess pieces 32 There are eight in a cup 33 Assist in a crime 34 Wise man 35 Biblical garden 36 Annoy 37 Campus bigwig 38 Bird of prey 39 Zits

40 Bungle, with“ up”

42 Break in the action 43 Envelope part 44 Where Bangor is 46 Irritable 48 Desktop images 49 Telling a fib 51 Meddlesome 55 Factory yield 56 Cereal box tiger 58 Obey 59 Sounds in pounds 60 Jazzy Fitzgerald 61“ Thanks—!”( 2 wds.) 63 Frasier actress Gilpin 65 Commuter line 66 Sound astonished 67 Tibetan beasts 70 Fixes words 71— canto 74 Bookcase parts 76“ Absolutely!” 77 John Wayne nickname

79 Last word of“ America, the Beautiful” 80 Became close 81 Natives of Athens 82 Open-back shoes 83 Catty, as a remark 84 Lower-leg joint 85 Bad habit, so to speak 86 Inactive 87 Music category 88 Acknowledge firmly 89 Sometime today, say 90 Great enthusiasm 91 Thompson of Sense and Sensibility 92 Dines 95 Anger 96 Neb. neighbor

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