THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD
Cool Comfort
ACROSS
1 Tip off 5 Iridescent stones 10 Broadway
restaurant founder 15 Fancy window
feature 19 Bizet’s
“Habanera,” e.g. 20 Frequent co-star
of Sly 21 From the top 22 Large volume 23 Bottom of a pie 25 Quality bedding
material 27 Gourmet
gastropod 28 Puts at risk 30 Ring components 31 Fish caught
in pots 33 Stock ending? 34 Historic 1804
contest 35 Texas city in the film “Friday Night Lights” 38 Org. with a New
London academy 41 Sites with jets 45 Leading the line 46 Where Petaluma is 50 Switchboard
connection: Abbr. 51 Mil. driller 52 For hire to sire 53 It may be a lot 54 Wistful remark 56 Burn the toast, say 57 How much
sautéing is done 58 Hate the idea of 59 Org. founded on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth 60 “Dark of the
Moon” poet 62 Hummus
scooper 63 Fam. tree member 64 Religious faction 65 Room in some
posh residences 69 Made off with 72 Barely done 74 Road closing? 75 Amazon predator 77 Brand with a Creamy Vodka sauce 79 1954 Ford debut 81 Great Plains tribe 82 Unc, to Dad 83 “It’s not
my first __!” 84 Choral part 85 Teaching model 86 Hugs, on cards 87 Manning of
football 88 Tex-Mex dipper 91 Botch 92 Carriers of carriers 94 Pre-college, briefly 95 Female folklore
fiend 97 Scoffing sounds 98 Rel. title 100 “She Believes __”:
Kenny Rogers hit 101 Lash out at 104 Like parts of the
Great Plains 108 Invited 112 Oakland-based environmental group 114 2009 Meryl Streep
role 116 Author Dinesen 117 Ruin, with “up” 118 Part of PGA: Abbr. 119 Singer on a 2007 Black Heritage postage stamp, familiarly 120 Is just right 121 Bring to a boil 122 Lots of paper 123 Overly curious
DOWN
1 Pub hardware 2 Shillelagh’s land 3 “__ With a ‘Z’”:
1972 TV special 4 Like the most
summery day 5 Non-Rx 6 City awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic Games 7 Donor drive target 8 Sylvester’s problem 9 Fill completely 10 Palatable 11 Well-coordinated 12 Super Bowl XXXIV
champs 13 24 horas 14 On trial 15 Fifth-century
Roman Empire foe 16 Revolution
prefix 17 “Seriously?” 18 They’re often
cooped up 24 Pub round 26 Separately 29 Mumbai melody 32 Altar sacrifice,
at times? 34 Enjoyed some
courses 35 Initial stages 36 College offering 37 Struggling
student’s option 38 Freed, in a way 39 iTunes Store
category 40 Mil. authority 41 Intangible quality 42 Game player’s
purchase 43 Suit 44 Part of a plan 47 “__ Mio” 48 2002 Nobel Peace
Prize laureate 49 View from much of
U.S. Highway 101 52 Samaritan’s
offering 55 Can’t get out of it 58 Like many soup
veggies 61 Performer’s place 62 Keep the beat? 63 Use, as one’s
resources 66 Last Supper
question 67 Meditative
discipline 68 Long, thin
mushroom 70 Awful 71 Barbecue fare 73 Water-absorbing
plant part 76 Tube top 77 Kitchen job 78 Cast assignment 79 Protection from
the elements 80 Short orders? 81 “Mayor” author 85 Prefix with ware 89 “C’est
magnifique!” 90 Big name in
casual garb 91 Air out 93 Predatory fish with an acute sense of smell 96 Former
car-financing org. 98 Green word? 99 Glowing piece 100 Beat around
the bush, e.g. 101 “Get real!” 102 Response to
un capitán 103 Administrative
hub 104 Wallop 105 Just shy
of shut 106 Trojan Horse,
for one 107 Rick’s “kid” 109 Drug bust
unit 110 Some annexes 111 1944 turning
point 113 Rip off 115 Coolers, briefly, that span two words in the nine longest answers