“WORD FOR WORDS”

Across 1 Did a triathlon leg 6 Pepper spray alternative

10 At full speed 15 Slightly

19 Taste enhanced by shrimp paste 20 Otherworldly glow 21 Multi-colored spring bloomer 22 Bugs or Porky

23 Pet Airways security device? 25 Narrative from novelist Levin? 27 MIT, for one

28 Govt. investment 29 Grand Mosque locale 30 Luxury hotel chain 31 Essence

33 Pyrex sister brand 35 It precedes Flames’ home games

37 The Yankees during the Babe Ruth era? 40 True

43 Chicago Blackhawks’ broadcaster

44 Give

45 Wine glass-making component? 50 “Your point being?” 51 Betel nut tree 53 Church reading 54 Memorable Louis 55 A/C measures 57 Agenda

59 Dress policy at some fancy restaurants 62 Enzyme ending 64 Shot at a bar

65 Big name in anti-itch cream 66 Slow-cooked dishes

69 Alley designation? 72 “The Highwayman” poet

73 “Don’t sweat it” 75 “Of course!” 76 __ Paese cheese 77 Like some celestial paths

78 Isn’t being used 81 Dust jacket ID 85 City bus path: Abbr. 86 Expose

88 Where __

89 Green Day drummer __ Cool 90 Seminar on Hughes’ poetry?

94 “Amen to that!” 97 Inseparable 98 Utterly lost 99 Hockey contract

negotiator? 100 Solo performance 103 Actor Cumming 105 Lat. and Ukr.,

formerly

106 SpaceX CEO Musk 107 Put a damper on 110 Memorize things,

maybe

112 Part of U.S.

115 Association of

gamblers?

117 Injury treatment

for a top pitcher? 119 Not worth __ 120 Resort rental 121 Apple Watch

assistant

122 Exposed

123 Body imperfection 124 Dover souls 125 Warmhearted 126 Plot spoilers?

Down

1 Tampa NFLers 2 Apple since 1998 3 Nepal Airlines headquarters 4 First-responder letters

5 Call the shots 6 Hand, to Jorge 7 Uncle Henry’s wife 8 Wading spot 9 Corn holder 10 Cap-__: from head to toe 11 Jacobs of fashion 12 Jungle crusher 13 Genesis father of twins

14 1785-’90 U.S. capital 15 Ferocious Flea foe 16 Like hardcovers 17 Ancient neighbor

of Lydia

18 Big bang producer 24 Come before 26 Dance in a line 29 Beauty mark 32 And so on: Abbr. 34 Language of Andorra 36 “It’ll be fun!” 37 Striker’s bane 38 Habit

39 Flying start? 41 Little devils 42 Daring exploit 45 Reject with contempt 46 Forearm-related 47 Slangy rejection 48 Like critters counted at night

49 City in southern France

52 One of the Van Halens 56 2005 horror sequel 58 “If __”: “So be it” 60 Hamlet, for one 61 Alfalfa sprouts concern 63 USMC rank 65 West Yorkshire’s largest city 66 Show contempt 67 Sacher dessert 68 Receded 69 Risotto relative 70 Show with numbers 71 Shiny, in adspeak 74 January birthstone 76 Home to the Congressional Country Club 78 Variety

79 “__ of My Soul”: Isabel Allende novel 80 Not of the cloth 82 Took a course under duress? 83 __ Mawr College 84 In order 87 “Madam Secretary” star

91 Almond Joy ingredient 92 Cat-__-tails 93 Close

95 “Hold your horses” 96 Cabinet dept. 99 Apprentice 100 Creator of

tasty cups 101 John of rock 102 Ugly marketing

battle

104 Computer

acronym

108 Home run pace 109 Scrapes (out) 111 eBay competitor 113 Like fine cheese 114 Doc’s orders 115 Unenviable 116 Doing the job,

briefly

117 “Don’t __ me!” 118 Deserving