WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Metamorphosis

Across

1 Frozen snack 7 Ford failure 12 Promising Hold `em holding 19 Painting, e.g. 21 Slip 22 `30s-'40s period 23 Quadrennial victory determinant 25 Tinkered with like a tailor 26 Prepares to fire 27 Mario Bros. console 28 Mexican month 30 Indian wrap 31 Biopic about Charles

32 Hidden stockpile 34 Up for __ 36 Champs-Élysées feature 39 Solar panel components 43 Dance studio fixture 46 Smart

47 Light bulb generator? 48 Calendar pgs. 49 Casual “Same here” 52 Ingenuous 55 Capital NE of Buffalo 57 Source of narrowly focused thinking 61 Slightly drunk 62 Nabisco offering 63 Earth 64 Tokyo, long ago 65 Clickable image 67 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, __ Bouvier 68 Dennis, e.g. 70 Like vision dimmed from fatigue

72 Total

75 The Arno runs through it

76 Kitchenware brand

78 Man, for example 79 “Hmm ... doubt it” 80 Baffled 83 Virgil's optimistic sentiment 87 One placed near a gutter 89 Surrendered 90 Made one's case 91 Surfer's destination? 92 Small salamander 94 Troubles 97 Ways to lose 98 Wrap up 104 Sushi go-with 105 Scents 106 Coagulates 107 Lucrative, contractually 110 Help badly? 113 Dealt with 115 Alberta speed meas. 116 Mötley __ 117 Yolk's counterpart 120 Sci-fi creatures who arranged each set of circled letters? 123 Litter, say

124 Spud

125 Show disdain for 126 Over the moon, so to speak 127 Shorthand pro 128 Emmy-winning “Lou Grant” actress Linda

Down

1 “What concerns me is ... “2 Eyelashes 3 Hamilton, to Burr 4 Muscle Beach display 5 Feedbag morsel 6 “Now!” 7 Building extension 8 Humor columnist Barry

9 Boston cream pie component 10 Non-acidic vitamin brand 11 Eye lustfully 12 Pan Am rival 13 Rowling's Hedwig and Lewis' Glimfeather 14 Hummus go-with 15 He played James in the four films before Daniel 16 Satellite imaging product 17 Wrath 18 “Tubular!”

20 Pay for

24 NBA part: Abbr. 29 “Nineteen EightyFour” foe of Winston and Julia 32 Seashore souvenir

33 Bit of a “Beavis and Butt-Head” chuckle 35 Grauman of Chinese Theatre fame 37 Proceeds smoothly 38 Many an op-ed piece

39 Ragú rival 40 “The Mod Squad” role

41 Co. bigwig 42 Ball of yarn, perhaps 43 Yellowstone sight 44 Burning 45 “Chicago” actress Zellweger 50 Votes for 51 Without a key 53 Website with film profiles

54 “The Four Seasons” solo instrument 56 What pewter is, mostly 58 Narrow inlet 59 Breakfast area

60 Broadband predecessor 66 Angler's basket 68 Providing amplification for, as a speaker 69 Crossed (out) 71 Attorney's letters 72 “Thrown” criticism 73 Not rented 74 Chocolatier's array

75 Angel dust, initially

77 New England nickname 79 Bolt on the track 80 Hard pencils to sharpen

81 __ firma

82 Far from charming 84 White and black pawns, e.g. 85 Lyrical 86 Second chances 88 Trawler's tool 93 Court

95 Inc. cousin 96 Grouchy moods 99 Crab in space 100 Progresses with ease

101 “And if I don't?” 102 Last year's frosh 103 Start of a view 107 Bars on necks 108 Saintly glows 109 Short-tempered 111 Outback runners 112 French crown?

114 Welcoming sign

116 Key used in combinations 117 Instagram, e.g. 118 Online outburst 119 Homer's TV neighbor 121 Ranch extension? 122 The Red Baron, to Snoopy