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Every 150 years, Boston College Magazine publishes a commemorative crossword puzzle. This Sesquicentennial offering was created by Michael Dewey ’91, a cruciverbalist (and Catholic secondary school teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts) whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.

ACROSS
1 A Forum for athletes named after an alumnus (’49) and longtime Massachusetts congressman
6 The University’s first president and its first dedicated library
11 In 2012, Notre Dame followed Boston College into this group (but not for football)
14 Like French toast batter
18 Disney’s little mermaid
19 Andean relative of the camel
20 Nonclerical
22 At the ___ of the neck
23 At 81, he founded Boston College (two words)
25 Coax
26 Title of Russian leader when Boston College was founded
27 A ___ of measurement, e.g., centimeter or inch
28 A strategy for troubled businesses (Abbr.)
29 “We Know Why You Fly” carrier’s stock symbol
30 The James ___ Elementary School in East Boston, one of 50 PULSE Program placement opportunities
32 Palindromic Cambodian who overthrew Sihanouk
33 Chinese food platter
34 Figures used at Merkert Chemistry Center (Abbr.)
36 Religious image, typically on wood
38 Unincorporated village six miles west of Boston (two words)
41 Code of crime and punishment
43 He wouldn’t hurt ___ (two words)
46 Musician with Roxy Music, David Bowie, and Talking Heads
47 It’s found on helmets, sweatshirts, and the hillside across from Robsham Theater
49 Charlemagne’s realm (Abbr.)
50 A Basque former soldier known for his Exercises (two words)
56 How the Eagles fared in the 2012 Frozen Four
57 Year, on the Yucatan
58 Boston College created one for the liberal arts in 2007 (Abbr.)
59 “Peachy!”
60 Greek H
62 The first building many students enter at Boston College
64 SuperFans transform the student section into a ___ of gold
65 Fledgling Eagles, informally
66 School where teachers are taught
68 Callie’s best friend in the Hardy Boys series
69 As of 1970, they were everywhere at Boston College
70 Shakespearean assents
71 “. . . and ___ a goodnight.” (two words)
73 Stench
75 Baldwin is one
77 LPs and 45s, informally
78 Squad seen at many Boston College games
81 Sidney, David, or Bing
83 “A few good men” Corps (Abbr.)
84 “Me and the horse ___ in on” (two words)
85 Jason’s vessel
86 Montgomery ’41, Boston College’s first African-American football player
87 “Star-Spangled Banner” contraction
89 An Eagle’s true colors (three words)
92 “Goodness gracious!” in text-speak
93 Wave away, as a fly
95 Numero ___
96 Zeniths
97 Make meat leaner
99 President who oversaw purchase of the 65-acre Brighton Campus in 2007 (two words)
105 Hodgepodge
106 A defensive maneuver in football; an offensive one in war
107 Daredevil Knievel
108 Letters on the Jesuit crest
111 Java dispensers
113 Legal order for EMTs regarding CPR (Abbr.)
114 Currently broadcasting (two words)
116 Ireland’s best-selling solo musician
117 At Boston College, they can be fine, dramatic, or liberal
119 He was captain and leading scorer of the hockey team in 1967, his senior year
121 English translation of “αιεν αριστευειν” from Homer’s Iliad (three words)
123 Darth Vader’s daughter
124 Hawaii’s 2nd largest island
125 It takes 117 credits to ___ B.S. from the Connell School of Nursing (two words)
126 Joe of NCIS
127 One of three branches of government (Abbr.)
128 DDE’s vice president, 1953–61
129 The ___ of 1877 was the first to graduate from Boston College
130 He served as University President for a record 24 years

DOWN
1 Spicy Louisiana cuisine
2 Town where Eagles go to battle Black Bears
3 “___ obstat”
4 For Commencement, there is a large one on the Bapst lawn
5 Massachusetts state tree
6 Censors, audibly
7 Full bore (two words)
8 Henry VIII’s sixth
9 Aerial urban blight
10 Scotland’s longest river
11 In 1957, the Dustbowl replaced this field
12 Where some Boston College students learn to mind their own business
13 “Can I bum a ___ from you?” (informal)
14 Tempt
15 Centerpiece of Maginnis and Walsh’s “Oxford in America” (two words)
16 At Boston College, this number, reflecting four years of work, must be in the top 4.5 percent to achieve summa cum laude (Abbr.)
17 “___ darn tootin’!”
21 Boston College club serving as a national forum for business leadership
24 1980s rockers: Mötley ___
29 A competitor in the NCAA (abbr.)
31 This ’36 alumnus lent his name to a chair, a scholarship fund, and a building housing 1.4 million volumes, informally (two words)
33 “Cool,” in 1990s rap lingo
34 Yours, in Tours
35 Get Rich ___: interactive game from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
37 Fictional world of C.S. Lewis
38 Penny
39 Poetic opposite of 87-Across
40 “Render ___ Caesar…”
42 Spanish home of explorer Ponce
43 In current condition (two words)
44 17th word of 65-Down
45 ___ Giocondo, enigmatic subject of Da Vinci
48 Jesuit motto: For the Greater Glory of ___
51 Concerning, in legalese (two words)
52 Crystal-filled stone
53 Bahamian capital
54 180-degree turns, slangily
55 MBTA stop like the one at Comm. Ave. and Lake St. (Abbr.)
61 Early ___, an option for applicants to Boston College
63 Member of a Jesuit “Corps” (Abbr.)
65 Song by T.J. Hurley, Class of 1885, covered by the Dropkick Murphys (two words)
66 Soap-making compound
67 Toyota alternative
69 Trig. function
70 “Hail! ___ Mater! Thy praise we sing…”
72 Have ___ for: desire (two words)
73 Juliet’s lament (two words)
74 His 1984 Hail Mary was well received (two words)
76 Monogram of South Dakota Democrat who lost to 128-Across
77 Onomatopoeia at the Indy 500
78 Big spring social event for Boston College Law students
79 Leer
80 Temporary senior housing erected in 1970, colloquially
81 Lummox
82 Informal assent
84 New York college named after a Hebridean island
85 Part of CIA, for short
88 Two back from the stage at Robsham Theater
90 She bypassed Boston College during the 1980 Boston Marathon
91 Welsh author who invented Charlie, James, and Matilda
94 Crude container (two words)
98 Respiratory cavity (two words)
100 ___ Park: Band that won a Grammy Award for “Crawling”
101 It might be on a varsity sweater, in brief
102 Acquires knowledge
103 Sra. Perón, and others
104 Dynamic prefix
108 Pre-Columbian Andean empire
109 Cackling scavenger
110 Perm parlor
112 Type of orchestra, found at Boston College (Abbr.)
114 Shape of pathway linking rear of McGuinn, rear of Fulton, and front of Cushing Halls
115 Italian river whose name means “black”
116 World’s fair in Montreal
117 Draft choice at Mary Ann’s
118 Mystery writer Stout whose papers are at the Burns Library
120 Crew team tool
121 NAFTA’s trans-Atlantic equivalent
122 Boston College club dedicated to computerized music (Abbr.)