WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Sportscast

Across

1 Apollo's home 7 Cartesian concept 11 Edwards, in Calif. 14 Spitting sound 18 Early ball game score

19 His given name was spelled with horseshoes in the show's intro 20 Former French coin

21 Ride, but not in a nice way

22 The troublesome soccer player __ 25 Fragrant root used in perfumes 26 Actor Morales 27 Covent Garden architect Jones 28 Sprightly

29 Chop finely 30 “Sure”

31 Biol. and chem. 32 Genetic “messenger” initials

33 Many a Degas 34 The bombastic archer __

39 The Destroyer, in Hinduism 42 Appearance 43 2020, por ejemplo

44 The frugal lacrosse goalie __

50 Printer function 54 Mideast gulf port 55 Unassuming 56 Dash lengths 57 Point a finger at 58 “Downton Abbey” title

59 Open, as a bottle 62 Fisherman with pots

63 The daredevil baseball pitcher __

70 Beat, e.g. 71 Scolds, with “out”

72 Live wire's opposite

73 First name in mystery

74 Pro 75 Vintner's prefix 76 European auto 80 Back talk

81 The politically ambitious sprinter __ 86 Nintendo debut of 2006

88 “Dies __”: hymn 89 Power source 90 The lucky football receiver __ 99 Masterful 100 Feverish, maybe 101 Judge 102 Marienbad, for one

105 Sting

106 Single chip, perhaps

107 In pieces

109 Big name in cosmetics

110 Pig out

111 The foolhardy hockey player __ 114 Astrological ram 115 Part of HMS 116 Coatrack parts 117 Kvetch 118 Principal, for one 119 Magazine VIPs 120 “Dilbert” intern 121 Scornful smiles

Down

1 Contrived 2 Biscotti flavoring 3 Go back over 4 Mythical trickster 5 Biloxi-to-Mobile dir. 6 Sawbones 7 Mischievous 8 Slow party, say 9 MIT Chapel designer Saarinen 10 Dean's email address ending 11 For the __

12 Early hr.

13 On a tight schedule 14 Louisiana's county counterpart 15 Request help from 16 Halloween charity 17 What history repeats? 21 Whopper topper 23 Condo, e.g. 24 Ship's-keel constellation 31 Herring prized for its roe 33 “Piano is not my forte,” e.g. 34 Reindeer in “Frozen” 35 “Don't worry about me” 36 Polite address 37 __ canto 38 Dinghy drivers 39 Org. funded by FICA

40 “If I __ to do it again ... “

41 “__ seen worse” 45 Apple variety 46 Prefix with byte 47 Mediterranean sailing vessel 48 Milk source 49 Authorize 50 Passel

51 City WSW of Bogotá 52 “Absolutely!” 53 Unhip type 57 Honk

58 The America's Cup trophy, e.g. 59 One-eighty 60 With “and” and 67-Down, occasionally 61 Brain and spinal cord: Abbr.

63 “__ bien!” 64 “Today” co-host Kotb

65 Floor coverings 66 LAX listings 67 See 60-Down

68 One of three seen in Wood's “American Gothic” 69 Managed care gps. 74 “Tosca” tune 75 Make the first bid 76 Aroma

77 One often talked down to? 78 Brian of ambient music

79 Env. contents

82 Salmon serving 83 Fla. NBA team 84 Italy's equivalent of the BBC 85 Muslim leader 86 Omelet ingredients for some diets 87 “The Addams Family” cousin 90 Algerian quarter 91 Look up to 92 Astronomy Muse

93 Consumed greedily 94 Squealed 95 Sites for vows 96 Birthplace of Solidarity 97 Muralist José María __ 98 Moon of Saturn 102 Gunk 103 Reggie Miller, for his entire NBA career

104 Australia's __ Rock

106 “Hard Road to Glory” author 107 Cool drinks 108 “We have met the enemy and he is us” toon

109 “My treat” 112 Antipollution org. 113 “At Seventeen” singer Janis __