See 68-AcroSS, 0218, By elizABetH A. lonG
Across
1 ____ aisle, part of a
church
5 Prayer books
12 Bit of baloney
15 Rep
19 Two, in Toulouse 20 Neighbor of New York 21 Pesticide ingredient 23 Still a contender 24 Cousins of jaguarundis 25 City in Los Angeles
County
26 Leave in the dust 28 European eruption site 29 Search engine failure? 30 Is able to translate what was heard on the wall?
32 Thwart
34 Choler
35 Not stay the course? 36 Gin, lime and soda combo
38 Things that are bought and soled
40 Arizona tribe 43 Scotland’s longest river 45 River through Russia and Kazakhstan 46 Is expecting 48 Oddity
50 More in order
52 Dole (out)
53 Tactic in a war of attrition
54 It goes after go 55 Mattress tester’s compensation? 61 Word after big or oil 62 Suggestion of what to do, slangily 64 Opposite of ennemies 65 Basics of education, briefly
66 Super superstar 68 Supercilious sort … or the title for this puzzle 72 A bushelful
73 Make faces in front of a camera 74 European capital named after a saint
75 “____ your head!” 76 Monster.com posting 77 Dress code requirement for the Puritans? 80 Peak in Suisse
83 City on the Erie Canal 86 Tops
87 Goads 89 Test-prep aid
90 Dark beer 92 France’s ____ Noël 93 What may follow a school period? 95 Connect, as picture with sound
96 Annual CBS awards broadcast, with “the” 97 Playoff matchup 99 Years ago 101 “Mudbound” director Rees
102 Actress Rowlands 103 Hoped-for conclusion by someone with sore knees?
108 Make a really long
distance call?
113 Rani’s raiment
115 Matador’s foe
116 Infamous Chicago
bootlegger
117 Mediterranean resort
island
119 “____ go bragh!”
120 Swimmers with
flippers
121 Rufous ruminant
122 Census datum
123 Sp.miss
124 Follower of hi or lo 125 Slips into at a store,
say
126 Louver Down
1 “Hasta la vista” 2 Corral
3 Software package 4 Like high-quality olive oil 5 Nighttime event in the western sky 6 Business magazine 7 Resolve
8 Coarse, as language 9 Elvis ____ Presley 10 Engaged in arson 11 Request for aid 12 Pointless
13 Go over one’s wardrobe? 14 Titanic’s undoing 15 Burn a little
16 Went wild
17 Added numbers 18 Many mowers 22 Number of i’s in “Sicilia” 27 Hula accompaniment, for short
29 With 29-Across, surprise in the mail
31 With 30-Across, is blunt 33 Khayyám and others 36 Left only the exterior of 37 Green of the L.P.G.A. 38 Fills
39 24 heures ago 40 Central command spots, for short
41 Sénat affirmative 42 Polish dumpling 44 Senate affirmative
47 Big brand of grills 49 Gunpowder holder 51 Overdue amount 56 Things that might be grabbed by someone in an argument 57 Authority on diamonds? 58 Uprightness
59 With 55-Across, big sleepover
60 What mos. and mos. add up to 63 French vineyard 66 Devilkin
67 Apt rhyme for “grr” 68 Everybody’s opposite
69 New York Titans and Dallas Texans, in ’60s sports
70 Mine, in Milano 71 Plains tribe 72 Lackadaisical sorts 74 Glaswegians, e.g. 76 Protrude
78 With 77-Across, red, blue and yellow 79 Welcome at the front door 81 “The Oblong Box” writer
82 Witch’s home 84 Against 85 Electrical connection? 88 Like fried food vis-à-vis grilled food, typically 90 Fey’s co-star in “Baby Mama” and “Sisters” 91 Simple variant of baseball
92 Part of Potus: Abbr. 94 Break, as a habit 96 QB’s feat
98 Way out
100 Three-dimensional fig. 103 Wear down 104 Buenos ____
105 End of story?
106 With 103-Across,
simple furniture style 107 Schubert’s“EineKleine
Trauermusik,” e.g. 109 Lion queen in “The Lion King”
110 Prefix with dermis 111 Anchor
112 With 108-Across, not talking loudly on a cell, e.g.
114 “The King ____” 117 “D.C. Cab” co-star 118 Board hiree, for short
Answers will appear next week