O'ACROSS&DOWN~M6À?—™1.3els Challenger|WATERSPANIELS..TAURUSIVEGOTASECRET.MORDENTFORACERTAINTY.IACOCCATIED.PREP.ISLANDS.TANYDS.WHIR.MEDICOS.LAND..ALOES.DEBASES.PENNISEHORN.PEDANTS.HANGINCLERK.PREINCA.LASTLEGASIA.THEJAKE.LASSOERSMINNESOTANS.RUMBAS...PEZ.MONEYS.DAMIEN.PAT...RENINS.CANINETOOTHSTRINGED.CHILEAN.SPEECHEDDAR.CAESARS.TALUSHEDGES.FANSITE.BIGAPEEMEER.MUSTSEE.CATER..DIVS.POSTOPS.BONO.TAMURE.CASSINI.PEST.ARTELALOOSH.REEFERMADNESSEGOISTE.OSCARNOMINEESREPLAY..NEEDLESSTOSAY-------------..-------------------.--------------------.-----------.----.-------.------.----.-------.----..-----.-------.-----------.-------.-----------.-------.-----------.-------.-------------------.------...---.------.------.---...------.-------------------.-------.-----------.-------.-----------.-------.-----------.-------.-----..----.-------.----.------.-------.----.-----------.--------------------.-------------------..-------------Themeless Challenger #6by Trip Payne© 2009 Trip PayneSome retrieversAirheadedDuckShe married John Kerry"Ods bodkins!"Bird described by Marco PoloBritish comedian Fry___ Island (Marine training facility)Flower whose name comes from the Greek for "star"Tide typeIn France, in France"Mr. Cub"Song that replaced "Beat It" at #1 on the chartsFashion-themed reality show of 2008One of the earth signsAnimals collectively called a "knot"Compass creationsJapanese vegetableAny national flag except Nepal'sMore extraordinarySports reports, sometimesTV show whose theme song was "Plink, Plank, Plunk"Certain musical ornamentPhaedra's fatherWithout any doubt"Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" authorIn a no-win situationGet readyThey're wet on the outside"Pocket rockets", in pokerWhat you might do in a bed with the lights onFabric-store quantities: Abbr.Fast-spinning soundWhat joules measurePhysiciansU-turn preventersPolaroid cofounder EdwinSlow movementsMadagascar floraNautical acronymCorruptsSpinners spinners, perhapsFormer Finnish coinEn ___ (method of capturing a pawn)Onetime Giants player JasonRascalMooing mascotNitpicky peoplePut onPersevereSubject of a "Where Are They Now?" featureOne of the narrators in "The Canterbury Tales"Like Peru's Moche civilizationLess authenticHomestretch of a journeyThin layersAtlas sectionCleveland Indians' ballpark, informally1992 rival of ClintonSome rodeo participantsThe singing candelabra in "Beauty and the Beast"Al Franken's constituentsEditor, oftenSome ballroom dancesWent overCandy that comes in "bricks"Get one's ___ worthDemonic child in "The Omen"Kindergarten-age Girl ScoutsTriteTall ornamentalsReveled in"___ Three Words" (Stevie Wonder song)Kidney enzymesRelief map featuresCuspidMan over board?Largest tributary of the MissouriLike some instrumentsSoftware product that coordinates calendarsCasino near Treasure IslandImprove, as a downtown areaPablo Neruda, for oneIt's spoken in Hong KongGerman admiral of WWIIt can be sharp___ PalaceUtterly rigidBone that connects to the fibulaOne of the Jackson 5Maze walls, sometimesWhere surfing devotees goCommotionLummoxTrinity College's teamArab chieftainNot-to-be-missedIsraeli politician DayanProvide the fare for1980 Carl Sagan bookLeague components: Abbr.Surgical patients, afterwardMeat pieSinger who was one of Time's 2005 Persons of the YearCapital where Einstein once livedMary Tyler Moore famously tossed oneFlounderingNeeding organizingSinger MidgeHe discovered the gap between the rings of Saturn___ NostraNoodgeC++ alternativeComedian JohnsonWhat A sometimes stands forNuke ___ (Tim Robbins's role in "Bull Durham")Friction reducerJoint production of 1936?It's hotE, in telegraphyMen's fragrance with a 1990s commercial featuring screaming women slamming their windowsMeryl Streep is often among themPinball player's aimObviously