“RIGHT FOR THE JOB”
Across
1 Code __
4 “Rubáiyát” poet 8 Regional UN headquarters since 1946
14 Slather
19 Lead-in for
carte or mode
20 “__ la France!” 21 Brought up
22 Jobs creation 23 Australian island state 25 Mysterious 26 Capricious notions
27 Aptly named therapist? 29 Misfortunes
31 Like many a tree at Christmas 32 __-friendly 33 Self-described “King of All Media” 34 Largest continent 35 Frat party wear 36 Electric car brand 38 One of the Gershwins 39 Aptly named
dietitian?
42 Capital with a Viking
Ship Museum 44 With no exceptions 46 Sharp
47 Pull a fast one on 51 Small test 52 Mangabeys, e.g. 54 Thought of but not shared 55 Goes back to the front, perhaps 57 URL ending 58 King’s domain 59 Ties off in surgery 61 Cats native to much of the Americas 66 Unit on the set 67 Mexican coin 68 Prominent Dumbo feature
70 Mine access
71 TV’s Buffy and Faith,
e.g.
73 Moral consideration 77 Set of furniture 78 Startling word 79 Shade-tolerant garden plant
80 Old schoolmaster’s disciplinary tool 81 Avoid trespassing on 85 Turns sharply 86 Bowed, in Basra 88 Chocolate source 89 Constitution VIPs 92 Like hands without mittens, maybe 93 Aptly named easy chair salesman? 95 Big time
97 Works with flour 101 Pub pours
102 Green state? 103 Puzzle part
105 Leak
106 Hip
107 Woodcutter Ali 108 Aptly named
gardener?
111 Thorny plant 113 “MASH” director 115 Scotty on the
Enterprise, e.g. 116 Slowly, in music 117 Spicy cuisine 118 Kerfuffles
119 Rowboat propeller 120 Brinks
121 Many-sided evils 122 Fail miserably 123 Cook in a wok
Down
1 Snitch on
2 Tick away 3 Short races
4 __ Office
5 Knee revealers, and then some 6 Earhart’s art 7 Grim character? 8 Tiny amount 9 Bring home 10 Word on Santa’s checklist 11 Former NHL forward Tikkanen 12 Hunter’s meat 13 Aptly named editor? 14 Makes the cut 15 Dashboard letters 16 Afterword 17 Supremely powerful 18 Amends, as corporate earnings 24 Aptly named sommelier? 28 __ Spring
30 USA Patriot Act, e.g. 34 Including everything 35 Check (off) 37 Take __: enjoy the pool 39 Lose one’s temper 40 Ouzo flavoring 41 Mountain chain 43 Pot top 45 Greenish blue 47 Elicits an “Ouch!” 48 “Inside the NBA” analyst 49 Japanese port 50 Kardashian matriarch 53 Monstrous Tolkien creations
56 They may be inflated 59 Aptly named barber? 60 Labor Day mo. 62 Aptly named policewoman? 63 Loathing 64 Information on a spine 65 Spirited mount 67 TA’s boss
69 Word of regret 72 Kindle download 74 Relative of a knock 75 “I copy” 76 Gorbachev’s land: Abbr. 77 Lines of clothing 80 Winter malady 81 Prepare, as eggs 82 Fitted 83 Agreeing 84 Himalayan pack animals 85 Wacky 87 World’s largest snake by weight 90 Serious competition 91 To be, in Bavaria 94 “Glee” actress __ Michele 96 Move from window to aisle, say 98 Done with
99 Tone deafness 100 Boat shoe brand 103 Corn breads 104 Goad
107 Warner or Ringling
follower
108 Don Juan’s love 109In__land
110 Game of world
conquest
112 Had a bite
114 Williams in
Cooperstown