THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD
First Things First
ACROSS
1 Pocket for falafel 5 Crossing sign? 9 Some old
notebooks 13 Came up short 17 USNA part: Abbr. 18 Snuck 19 Eponymous
store founder 20 Gulf State native 21 Willie Mays won 12 in 12 consecutive years 24 Brake components 25 “More!” 26 Left hanging 27 John Wayne types 28 In the offing 30 “99 Luftballons”
singer 31 Org. created in a
1949 sports merger 33 Lyft offer 34 German
exclamation 37 Pitt of
“The Big Short” 39 “Mad Men”
actress 42 Glasgow’s river 44 Vineyard grape 46 Decorative
metalwork 47 “And there
you have it!” 48 “No worries” 49 Kept out of sight 50 Brewery named
for a Dutch river 53 Stonehenge
worshiper 55 Brahms’ “Variations on a __ of Paganini” 57 Putin’s former org. 58 Wish Tree artist 59 Canada’s most
populous province 61 Pot growth from
overwatering 64 Sonata finale,
perhaps 66 “I __ differ” 68 Certain group
leader 70 Hunter with a belt 71 Von Trapp girl who sings “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” with Rolf 72 Eye twinkle 73 Enable 75 Subject for Keats 76 “__ Kapital” 78 Capri or Elba,
locally 80 Jack in the deck 82 Settles, as a debt 84 GI bill? 86 Stout quantities 88 Enter the pool,
in a way 90 Exotic vacation,
maybe 92 Praline nut 93 Ed with Emmys 94 Early ‘60s group that included John Glenn 97 Cherry-pick 99 Sound near a “Beware of Dog” sign 100 Dog attractor 101 East, to Goethe 102 Shelter
chorus 104 Kite trailer 106 Philly cagers 108 Hotel
convenience 111 Heir and heiress 115 Way to step 116 1990 movie with a
muscular teacher 118 Like acid in some
disinfectants 119 Fascinated by 120 Citrus hybrids 121 James of jazz 122 Tech gadget
review site 123 Trade org. 124 Island in a
computer game 125 Roulette bet
DOWN
1 Printer output 2 Tapped image 3 It’s 1 on the
Mohs scale 4 Accessory 5 Expert 6 Big name
in denim 7 Home to the first collegiate business sch. 8 Groan elicitor 9 1967 Spencer
Davis Group hit 10 Stinging
rebuke 11 Pioneering fast
food name 12 Part of TBS: Abbr. 13 Fraternity O’s 14 “Rip Van Winkle”
author 15 Protect from
hackers, hopefully 16 Insults 18 Golf-friendly
forecast 20 __ Mae: Whoopi’s
“Ghost” role 22 Diving bird 23 Succeed in 27 Whirlpool
brand 29 Totally absorbed 32 Push-up top 34 Take the stage 35 Garbed 36 Component of
hair bleach 38 Purify, as whiskey 40 Reuters rival 41 Fullback on the NFL’s 1960s All-Decade Team 43 Unnerves 45 Pessimist’s words 48 Wyo. neighbor 49 Captain’s post 51 Inner: Pref. 52 Minnesota’s
state bird 54 “See?!” 56 Polite addresses 57 Stay fresh 60 Cleaning cloths 62 Language that
gave us “galore” 63 Annual fact book 65 Daphnis and
Echo, e.g. 66 Fuzzy image 67 Its legislature is
the Oireachtas 69 Hard rain? 74 Signs off on 77 Colt .45s,
since 1965 79 Venue for free
discussion 81 Constantly 83 Sanction,
as a college 84 London trash cans 85 Prospector’s
target 87 Letter-shaped
bolt holder 89 __ on the side
of caution 91 Cries of dismay 92 As such 93 Tea party attendee 94 Inlaid design 95 Rival of Tesla 96 __ Trophy: annual PGA honor for lowest scoring average
98 Doesn’t fade 103 Yielding to
gravity 105 Tablecloth
material 107 DVR button 109 Farm swarm 110 Besties 112 Numerical
prefix 113 “Moi?” 114 Go toe-to-toe 116 Korean
carmaker 117 Slowing,
to an orch.