SUNDAY CROSSWORD EMBARKATION: Just a portion of it, actually

ACROSS

1 Quoted as a source 6 Wedding venue 11 Bear with the too-soft

bed 15 GWTW spread 19 Came to prominence 20 Mazda two-seater 21 Vertical transportation

giant 22 Second son 23 Eisenhower or Bradley,

circa 1913 25 Geology buff 27 Bottom-of-business

letter notation 28 Metallic corrosion 29 From Beirut 31 Golfer’s accessory 32 Casino crew 34 Supermodel Bündchen 35 PeerGynt playwright 37 CIA forerunner 38 Favre of football fame 39 Israeli native 42 Disgorges 45 German industrial

region 46 Urban transportation

element 50 Bridge collection 51 Certain science course 56 “Check this out!” 57 Comrade in arms 58 Greedy one’s cry 59 Arborist, in fall 60 Big bully 61 Small animal, in lit 63 Scan, as data 65 Hershey’s neighbor on

candy counters 66 Gag’s start or end 68 Director Lee 69 Something in the air 71 Optic protector 74 Farming students 77 Unoriginal work 81 Part of a roller coaster

ride 82 Cello relative 83 Move like a tortoise 85 Ancient Andean 86 Support for some

bridges 87 Purina product 89 Examined closely 90 Accepts, as a

challenge 92 Rip apart 93 Commercials 94 Not as genteel 96 “Here you go!” 98 Ballet pivot point 99 Step __ (bow out) 102 Tech debut of 2007 104 Didn’t pay enough to 108 Fathers and sons 109 Spa staffers 112 Bibliography notation 113 Director DuVernay 114 Bowling-alley

apparatus 116 Pugilist in training 119 Commandos’ weapons 120 Rowing equipment 121 Portraitist’s prop 122 “You __ kidding!” 123 Hammer’s rounded

end 124 Financial page letters 125 Boars and sows 126 Doesn’t play, as a

piano

DOWN

1 Made ravenlike noises 2 Greek goddess of

peace 3 Puccini opera 4 Founded: Abbr. 5 Push, as a button 6 Off the mark 7 Dryer trap collection 8 Art on ankles, perhaps 9 Portraitists’ workshops 10 Most elusive 11 Fable finale 12 Shows contrition 13 Desktop clickers 14 Throws out there as a

price 15 Confucian principle 16 Touches on 17 Zellweger of cinema 18 Longfellow poem

stand-in 24 Things we have 26 Designated successors 30 Speculate with your

cash 33 Manger visitor 34 Not so sunny 36 Golfer’s accessory 38 German highway 40 “This guy walks

into __ . . .” 41 Fella 42 Wild guess 43 Rafter’s propeller 44 Fitzgerald with 13

Grammys 45 Sought secrets 47 Cash equivalents of a

sort 48 Take heed of 49 __ out a victory (wins

barely) 52 Farsi speaker 53 Be a moocher 54 Glide down slopes 55 It’s near the 71 Across 58 Actress Sorvino 60 Reached for one’s toes 62 Repairs, as some

driveways 64 Postal Service symbol 65 Bassoon insert 67 Way of walking 70 Overfill 71 Piece of fencing 72 DowntonAbbey

countess 73 Canal gate 75 Took hold of 76 Social life

metaphor 78 Irish pop singer 79 Crushed, as an exam 80 Family guys 82 Tarzan’s transport 84 Partnerless 87 Out, in a bout 88 Melon variety 91 Response from a

wrongdoer 93 Screen-icon strip 95 They may be late, especially on weekends 96 Thanksgiving Day:

Abbr. 97 Carousel carvings 98 Become slushy 99 Intensify, informally 100 Confiscate 101 7 Down collector 103 By itself 104 Purloined 105 Invoice add-ons 106 Newspaper “calendar” listing 107 Board game at a bar 110 Like __ of bricks 111 Continue to be 112 Ideal environs 115 Form 1040 ID 117 “__ was saying . . .” 118 What fills some veins