WEEKEND CROSSWORD

ILK-CONCEIVED ACROSS

1 TV-regulating gp. 4 Dems.’ foes 8 May birthstone 15 Deform 19 Head of corn 20 Farm unit 21 Award hopeful 22 Suspicion 23 *Bunch 25 *Course taken at night 27 “Wish Tree” artist Yoko 28 Meal for an echidna 30 Bic fluid 31 Slogs 32 *Comment to a very generous person 35 Defeat 36 Martinique, par exemple 37 Cobwebby room, often 38 Operating 39 Pol Paul 40 Shape 41 Original texts: Abbr. 42 Hightailed it 44 Forest and desert, e.g. 46 Siam or Sudan ender 48 Cat coater 49 *Credit card feature 54 A portion of 57 Pal, to Pablo 59 Sister of Bart Simpson 60 Verse writer Nash 61 Spur 62 47-Down or 96-Down fuel 63 It precedes Tue. 64 Got tangled 66 Actress Sothern 67 *Gravity, e.g. 71 Eden figure 72 Stool pigeon 74 When doubled, a Gabor sister 75 Horse kin 76 La — Tar Pits 77 Hawke of film 78 Kazan of film 80 R&B singer Marilyn 82 Stalin’s fed. 83 *Z-to-A data-alphabetizing arrangement 86 Start dozing 88 Mao — -tung 89 Not stray from, as a schedule 90 Connector to the WWW 91 Elhi support org. 94 Split couple 97 Misfortunes 99 Take back, as the title 101 Esau’s father 103 Family ride 104 Possesses 105 *Emphatic print 107 Silky cats 109 Actress Lucy of “Kill Bill” 110 iPhone voice 111 Enzyme suffix 112 *Hollywood publication for 80 years 115 Word with synonyms at the ends of the answers to the starred clues 118 “Dame” Everage 119 Stately street shader 120 Elderly 121 Counterpart of masc. 122 Chop — 123 Sows again 124 Loch — 125 Rx watchdog

DOWN

1 Sprinkling of 2 In — (conspiring) 3 Hybrid bakery treats 4 Norma — (Field part) 5 Dazzling effect 6 We, he or it 7 Melees 8 Denver-to-Detroit dir. 9 Not lingering 10 Edit, as text 11 Hockey site 12 DiFranco of song 13 Like pre-Easter periods 14 Abases 15 Savage 16 Slow tempo 17 Put on eBay, say 18 Went beyond 24 Greiner of “Shark Tank” 26 Chop or crop 29 Gear holder for the slopes 32 Orange tuber 33 Tan color 34 English architect Jones 35 Grounds 39 Eye layer 40 Combine 43 Region west of Catalonia 45 Brunch fruit 47 Kitchen appliance 48 Narc, e.g. 49 This and that: Abbr. 50 Tenor played by Lanza 51 Goof-offs 52 Riles 53 Make beloved 54 Showed clemency to 55 Florid 56 Year’s 12 58 Prominent 63 Advanced music or drama deg. 65 Burning crimes 67 Monetary penalties 68 Web mags 69 Broadway’s “August: — County” 70 Mediator’s skill 73 Almanac fill 76 Future leaf 79 Digs 80 Econo Lodge, e.g. 81 Throngs 84 Member of Devo, say 85 Germinated 87 Taylor boy of old TV 90 Fuming mad 91 Is profitable 92 Narrowed gradually 93 Air hero 94 Avoids, as capture 95 Site of Kubla Khan’s palace 96 V-8, for one 98 Lower-priced 100 Promiser’s proviso 102 Doe partner 104 Suffix with invent 105 Bar brew, in France 106 Quotes as an authority 108 Big skin cream brand 109 Low-cal 113 Apt. parts 114 “Sure thing!” 116 Pub. house hirees 117 Sumac of song