WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Back to Basics
Across
1 “True Detective,” e.g. 6 Worshippers of the sun god Inti 11 Chinese smartphone brand 15 Organization with an ElderWatch program 19 Dollar, to Enterprise 20 Snookums 21 Rice, for one 22 “That explains it” 23 “Match Game” host
25 Arenal Volcano home
27 Crash site? 28 Blonde __ 29 The mariachi's guitarrón is one 31 Settled on a papasan, say 33 SenegaleseAmerican actress __ Rae 36 Idealistic sort 37 Stick up 39 Taste in kombu kelp
42 Team to play in
SoFi Stadium 45 Whole Foods fruit 51 Do figure eights 53 Sarge's boss 54 Unthinking 55 Preliminary race 58 Hungarian town known for its baroque buildings 59 Bank transaction 60 Code creator 61 Comes to an end 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Polite words while entering 66 Pollution concerns 68 Cause of goosebumps, maybe 69 Called from the flock
71 Chip dip, casually 72 Stretchable loop
76 Parents not related by blood 80 Bygone space station
81 Last bit 82 Wealthy heir 84 Mötley __ 85 Press (down) 87 Paleo __ 88 Classic Ford, familiarly 89 Stuffs to the gills 90 Move furtively 92 Widespread adverse reaction, as to a new policy
95 Off the mark 98 Major artery 99 Well resource 100 Iris rings 103 Beyoncé, to the Beyhive 105 “That's a shame” 108 Item in Manet's “Luncheon on the Grass” 113 Hamm from Alabama 115 Black widow's creation 117 Savory pastry 118 Pungent deli choice 122 Indian flatbread 123 Thickener in Asian desserts 124 Rub it in 125 Beckoning elision 126 “Watermark” musician 127 Parks in American history 128 Snow vehicles 129 Moving measurement
Down
1 Uninteresting 2 Ticks off 3 Minnesotabased cosmetics company
4 Big __
5 The Honest Company co-founder Jessica 6 Lollygags
7 “Game of Thrones” patriarch Stark 8 Cornfield cry 9 Diva's time to shine
10 Good thing for teammates to be in
11 Take place 12 Everyday language 13 __ Service
14 Kia sedan 15 Bus stopper 16 Iraq is about 1% of it 17 Suggestions, for short 18 Samosa veggies 24 Excuse in court 26 Taiwanese laptops 30 Father of Thor 32 Office newbies 34 Legacy creator 35 Stockpile 38 Number of Scrabble X-tiles 40 Initial fee
41 Star Wars Day month 43 805-year-old document 44 “Shrek!” author William 45 Paella pot 46 Place for solar panels 47 Billy's caretaker 48 High-fashion shoemaker Jimmy 49 Winning 50 They're often choppy 52 Periods of note 56 Winter hrs. in Halifax
57 “Lip Sync Battle” commentator Chrissy 60 Numerous 61 A.L. Central team 62 Fish commonly known as a porgy 65 Band named for a rodent 66 Launch site
67 They might be game changers 69 Language group including Zulu 70 Furthermore 72 Defib experts 73 “Big Little Lies” novelist Moriarty 74 Sci-fi film FX 75 Clown car noise
76 Mythical mariner 77 Forum wrap 78 Cost of belonging
79 Meeting, casually 82 Tend to the sauce 83 Mojave natives 86 “Knowing all the facts”: Woody Allen 88 __-pitch 89 Stick in the snow 91 “Grant County” crime novelist Slaughter
93 Lie in the sun
94 Baby's ailment 96 Hummingbird food
97 Island near Trinidad
101 “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” tune
102 Stars, to Cicero 104 Skips 106 “Shucks!” 107 Tractor giant 108 Study, with “over”
109 Privy to
110 __ limits 111 Breakfast staple 112 12 ounces, at Starbucks 114 Basics appearing in reverse in eight puzzle answers
116 Ran
119 Blini topping 120 Young chap 121 Increase, with “up”