Toronto Star

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

- by Mark McClain

A-LIST: Explained further at 126 Across

ACROSS

1 Meal served 5 Excited, so to speak 10 German article 13 Escapes from 19 Home to four billion 20 French composer Gabriel 21 Airport alternativ­e to JFK 22 Colorful phrases 23 Apollo 11 astronaut 25 “Mack the Knife” singer 27 Trooper’s quarry 28 African island nation 30 Fishing gear 31 Speaker’s spot 33 Auto club service 34 Noble rank 37 Subatomic particle 41 Come undone 44 Ersatz Frisbee 48 Circle segments 49 TheFireNex­tTime author 52 First MadMen broadcaste­r 53 Type of triangle 55 503, to Caesar 56 Jazz drummer Gene 58 Reddish-brown 59 Certain cat or turkey 62 Obi-Wan in StarWars 64 __ mater 65 Script direction 66 Letter closing 69 Without acclaim 71 FBI’s division 72 “Rose is a rose . . .” writer 75 Federal health law, for short 78 Words from Juliet 80 Grain processor 81 Loot from heists 83 Western wine center 85 __ about (circa) 87 Pigeon’s call 88 Bonus plays, in Scrabble 89 River formation 91 Really long time 93 Influenced to reconsider 96 NL West team 97 One of the WWII Big Three 101 Personal bearing 102 German statesman Adenauer 104 City near San Jose 105 Norm Peterson on Cheers 106 Top brass 109 __ Trapp ( Soundof Music surname) 110 Voice of Apple 112 Revue routine 115 Most jaunty 118 Used a stun gun on 123 SouthPacif­ic star on Broadway 126 128 Alternate Perfect world puzzle title 129 Henhouse product 130 “__ we all?” 131 Basic rhyme scheme 132 Groups of species 133 Trial figures, for short 134 Metaphor for career climbing 135 Columbia Pictures owner

DOWN

1 Applies sparingly 2 “Your time __” 3 Garment spec 4 Visibility reducer 5 Wouldn’t hurt __ 6 Baroque vocal work 7 Brita water filter competitor 8 10th-century explorer 9 Means 10 Skateboard­er’s accessory 11 Sikorsky of helicopter­s 12 Mogul 13 Needing assembly, for short 14 Unusual 15 Senator Feinstein 16 Cheney predecesso­r 17 Throw off 18 Federal IDs 24 Annex: Abbr. 26 Grp. composed of troops 29 Old Testament kingdom 32 Several 35 NY engineerin­g school 36 Barnyard sound 37 Lured with worms 38 TwelfthNig­ht duke 39 Ragtime master 40 Actor Davis 42 Home-building bird 43 Director Kazan 45 Painter of Tahiti 46 Clock radio letters 47 March Madness org. 49 Aniston, in headlines 50 Water down 51 Picnic fare 54 Freighter’s load 57 Published in a paper 60 Latin for 129 Across 61 Battlefiel­d figure 63 Forensic TV franchise 66 Concert venues 67 Patsy 68 Employee’s move, for short 70 Not cool 73 Weepy rock category 74 Catchphras­e 76 Shut down 77 Concurrenc­e 79 Chinese zodiac animal 82 Make __ for oneself 83 It’s s. of Saskatchew­an 84 Prefix for nautical 86 Sales staff 88 Sir __ Kingsley 90 Trojan War hero 92 Wood shop debris 94 “Such a shame!” 95 Dropping in on 98 Poetic tribute 99 Plumlike fruit 100Old West badge 103 Input again 105 It’s s. of Superior 107 Vacation rental 108 Picked a spot for 111 Tirades 112 Too sure of oneself 113 Prince George’s mom 114 Nutritive mineral 116 Latvia’s capital 117 Via, informally 119 Named periods 120 Starter meaning “automated” 121 Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace 122 Time of reckoning 124 Erstwhile space station 125 Top bond rating 127 Ending for velvet

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