WEEKEND CROSSWORD
ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS
ACROSS
1 Cut, as film 5 “— I lie?” 10 Grows dim 15 Opera parts 19 Major- — (butler) 20 Region of old Greece 21 Fictional belle Scarlett 22 Tales of old 23 One stealing a serpent? 25 Houses, to Hernando 26 Came to rest 27 Aid in antiquing 28 Escort a wild canine? 31 Slender, like stags tend to be? 35 Suit jacket 36 35mm camera inits. 37 Wimple wearers 38 King Kong and others 39 Caucus state 42 “Capeesh?” 44 Golf prop 45 Glass rims 46 Grizzly who’s a country music star? 48 Battery part 49 Vital artery 50 Norse deity 51 Of the eyes 54 Verdi opera 56 Vim 58 Terminate 62 Choice between an impish practical joke and an aquarium fish? 66 Boomer’s son, say 68 Sequoia, e.g. 69 Gobbling fowl 70 Show open disdain for 72 Neighbor of Kenya 75 Butyl ender 76 Feline sign 78 Young sheep from an ancient Palestinian region? 80 Varnish stuff 83 Antelope of Africa 85 Went lower 86 French novelist Jules 87 Octa- plus two 89 Belie 92 $5 bills, informally 94 Pinniped pedestrian? 98 Certain Fed 99 K-12 org. 102 Mrs. monster 103 Make at work 104 Singer Andy 105 Outward appearance 106 — hunch 107 Tiny, to tots 109 Steed native to the Garden State? 112 The absolute best burrowing rodent? 116 “I smell —!” (“This is fishy!”) 117 Thus 118 Gymnast Comaneci 119 Gratitude expressed by a chatty bird? 124 Retail (for) 125 Wicked things 126 Innately know 127 — Tzu (dog) 128 Sequoia, e.g. 129 Chief belief 130 Trample 131 Totally fill
DOWN
1 Mag staffers 2 Phil who had a talk show 3 Conceive of 4 Coin substitutes 5 Jokester 6 “Nice one!” 7 Octa- minus seven 8 Feudal superiors 9 “Platoon” actor Willem 10 Points where rays meet 11 At the drop of — 12 Windshield-attached recorder 13 Muse of hymns 14 Glided down the runway 15 “There oughta be —!” 16 Huge statues 17 Singer doing a vocal quaver 18 Emancipate 24 Time period of interest 29 More twisted, as humor 30 Running shoe brand 31 Blasting material 32 Go by sea 33 Materialize 34 — Moines, Iowa 40 Granola bar bit 41 End a shoot 43 — Reader (magazine) 45 “Willard” actress Sondra 46 Moored ship used as lodging 47 Get by 48 Opt for 49 Yemen port 51 Ferret cousin 52 Pare down 53 Car’s four 55 “Let’s do this thing!” 57 Praise highly 59 Seven-Emmy Ed 60 Neighbor of Ethiopia 61 Get by 63 Popeye’s Olive 64 Stephen of “Still Crazy” 65 Amount that can be carried 67 Hairpiece, slangily 71 Help in a bad deed 73 Accepted fact 74 Toby brews 77 The same, to Henri 79 Served in blazing brandy 81 Notion, to Henri 82 Reporter, colloquially 84 — Major 88 Musical clicker 90 Always, in sonnets 91 Bluegrass instrument 93 Wee toddler 94 Most quickly 95 Cold-shoulder giver 96 Make dirty by trailing through mud 97 Entered, as data 98 Mil. enlistees 99 Nasty fish 100 Diagnostic package 101 Hex- follower 104 Less cheery, to a Brit 105 Boggy tract 108 Barrel slat 110 “Nightmare” film setting: Abbr. 111 “So there!” 113 Part in a play 114 Really peeve 115 Gigantic 120 Rome-to-Vienna dir. 121 Slow — snail 122 Politico Cruz 123 That vessel