WEEKEND CROSSWORD
TORMENT OF THE TIMID ACROSS
1 Garam — (spice mix in Indian cuisine) 7 Core PC component 10 Praiseful poem title starter 15 Cheering yells 19 Off the mark 20 Some little batteries 21 “Time waits for —” 22 Dismounted from a horse 23 Start of a riddle 26 Musical pitch 27 Moisten again 28 A — (like some logic) 29 Like ore 30 Set of rules 31 Riddle, part 2 35 San Luis —, California 38 — Poke (candy brand) 39 Singer Lovett 40 With 50-Down, happened to meet 41 Laundry-day spray 46 Great sorrow 48 Top-floor storeroom 52 Riddle, part 3 56 Reptile with a spiny back 57 Like meat prepared per Muslim law 58 With 97-Across, like late payments 59 Felt sick 61 Plum parts 62 Engine conduits 64 Suffix with acetyl 65 Fa follower 67 Parking area 68 Riddle, part 4 73 Grizzly baby 76 Joanne of “All the King’s Men” 77 Male doll 78 Rambled on and on 82 Adam’s second son 84 Neuters 86 Mars, to Greeks 88 — time (ever) 89 Invalidate 91 Riddle, part 5 94 Singer Adams 95 “The Greatest” fighter 96 Beaver, e.g. 97 See 58-Across 98 Kind of tide 100 Moo goo — pan 102 Traps, as by a winter storm 105 End of the riddle 113 Diner grub 114 In most cases: Abbr. 115 Repair, as a shoe bottom 116 Longtime Toyota 120 Andean ancient 121 Riddle’s answer 124 Den noise 125 Kagan of the court 126 Teacup part 127 Frozen fries brand 128 Long dagger 129 Winona of “Mermaids” 130 — -Caps (candy brand) 131 Cooking oil brand
DOWN
1 Bryn — College 2 Arthur of the court 3 Ragout, e.g. 4 James of “Gunsmoke” 5 Portable computer 6 Passing vote 7 Island near Naples 8 Politico Sarah 9 Make — (employ) 10 Nobelist Eugene 11 ICU figure 12 Atlanta university 13 Not too wild to domesticate 14 Counterpart of roundtrip 15 Increase by degrees 16 Detached 17 Dhoti wearer 18 Mill metal 24 — -Locka, Florida 25 Start of the old Ipana toothpaste jingle 32 Station 33 More humble 34 Mill debris 35 Lawn care brand 36 Religion of Iran 37 Counting everything 42 Wraps, as a healing ankle 43 “It’s — of do or die” 44 Some are civil: Abbr. 45 Sever 47 Olive of the comics 49 Kite’s trailer 50 See 40-Across 51 Play’s actors 53 Barber’s sprinkle-on 54 Greek epic 55 Singer k.d. 56 Start of a denial 60 Footballer Boomer 63 “ER” figure 64 Berlin article 66 Allow to attack 69 Through the roof 70 City east of Phoenix 71 Without blinking — 72 MacFarlane of “Ted” 73 Bit of pasta, informally 74 Lyft rival 75 Flock of quail 79 Forays 80 Boredom 81 Gold-medal swimmer Amy Van — 83 Usurer 85 Beltmaking tool 86 Rumpus 87 Wand 90 Genuflection joint 92 Big families 93 Power co. 95 In a mockingly humorous way 99 Court jester, e.g. 101 In back 103 Cardinal Borgia 104 Draws forth 105 Wade Boggs’ base 106 Vietnam’s capital 107 Acting award 108 Steadied by attaching a rope to 109 Snaky letters 110 “Over There” songwriter 111 Last Oldsmobile model 112 Untilled field 117 Letters before chis 118 Start over on 119 Hot — oven 122 Reno-to-Spokane dir. 123 NYSE index