“TWISTS AND TURNS”

Across

1 With 22- and 126-Across, saying about the difficulty of dieting?

7 1956 hot spot 11 Healthful getaway 14 Lodge

18 Social classes 19 Trick joint? 20 Consequently

21 Big name in spydom 22 See 1-Across

25 Part of Kurdistan

is in it

26 Code word 27 Bluesman

Redding

28 Nada, across

the Pyrenees 29 Grocery section 30 Mrs.Addams,

to Gomez

33 Deck (out)

34 Like the most

popular beaches 36 Proverb about creeps getting their just deserts? 42 World Heritage

Site org. 45 Surgeon’s patient? 46 __ Aviv

47 Difficult position 48 Middle Xor O 49 “Things FallApart”

novelist Chinua __ 52 Crisis of the

middle ages?

54 Flour may be

made with it

55 “__, SingAmerica”: Langston Hughes poem

57 Prynne’s stigma 58 Street fleet 61 Irregularly

notched

63 Tidal extreme 66 Calf-roping loop 68 Cartoon genre 69 Handles every

objection? 72 __-Roman wrestling 73 Like cornstalks 74 Cadillac SUV 77 Mercury astronaut

Cooper, to friends 78 Website

for techies

79 Big celebration 81 More than tickle 82 Troy, N.Y.,

tech school

83 Lao Tzu’s“way” 85 You don’t have to face

the music to do it 87 Cremona crowd? 88 Lined up, with“in” 90 IV league? 92 Democratic donkey

designer

93 Tickled

96 Fed up with a

corporate VIP? 101 Comic book artist’s

supply

102 __ Friday’s

103 Winter cord

106 Plant life

109 “__ Nacht”:

German parting 110 Vintner’s prefix 111 Lingerie item 113 Noble title

114 Spars during

dance music? 119 Biblical brother 120 Principal

121 Whaler’s direction 122 Home to Napoli 123 Like a yenta

124 “Not impressed” 125 __-Coburg: former

German duchy 126 See 1-Across

Down

1 Vinegary

2 Attended

3 Japanese beer brand 4 Shades-wearing TV cousin

5 “Didn’t I tell you?” 6 Original Dungeons & Dragons co.

7 Trail access aid 8 Tolerant

9 Fish that can swim backwards

10 What’s at the heart of every calzone? 11 Reacted skittishly to 12 Broke

13 “The Ice Storm” director Lee 14 Islamic worshippers 15 Experienced crew 16 __ agreement 17 Press release? 20 Dilutes 23 Mechanically, after“by” 24 Business

29 Hearth residue 31 Google Maps lines: Abbr.

32 Kool-Aid alternative 34 Bygone blade 35 “Enchanted”girl in a 2004 film 37 Bygone bird

38 Graffiti and such 39 Hydrated magnesium sulfate

40 Baggy

41 Eye affliction 42 Payment made each mo.

43 Gp. joined by Montenegro in 2017 44 Environmental activist 50 Canadian tribe 51 German gentlemen

53 Italy’s largest port 56 Had

58 Ultra-aloof type 59 Nova Scotia hrs. 60 Strong request 62 Cambodian currency

64 English race place 65 Small partnership 67 “Bravo!”

68 RSA ruling party 70 Ed.’s request 71 Ferrara family name 72 Start playing for money 75 Challenge 76 Checked out 77 Screen __ 78 Assemble, as a

computer system 80 Going rate? 84 J.Lo’s main

squeeze 85 Deficiency

86 ‘ 60s hot spot 89 In a strange way 91 Firm in principle 92 “Buffalo Stance”

singer Cherry 94 Big mouth

95 A, in Acapulco 97 Paternity suit

evidence 98 Thumb

99 Brush aside

100 Very funny one 104 Dagger-shaped

editing marks 105 Exhaust

106 Custard concoction 107 Western wolf 108 Mining haul

110 Dept. of Labor arm 112 Hardly more

than not at all

114 Nonstick cooking

spray

115 UFO crew, so it’s said 116 Big success

117 WWII command 118 Emeril catchword