WEEKEND CROSSWORD

‘AUDIBLE SIGHS’ BY MARK MCCLAIN

ACROSS

1 Criticise harshly 5 Literary captain

9 Quo __: 1951 film 14 Dome opening? 19 High school outbreak 20 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Rebecca __ 21 Memoir featuring Ike 22 Sharpening tool 23 Therapeutic specialty 26 Ageless pitcher Satchel

27 Keyed up 28 Cadillac SUV 29 Pulled without warning

30 Energy restoration source

32 Moon goddess 33 Spares for Venus 34 Balcony barrier 38 Hamilton’s prov. 39 Clark of DC Comics 40 See 83-Across 41 Geology, for one 45 ‘Let’s get crackin’!’ 49 Feeling that may remind you of food 51 Seldom seen 52 First name in cosmetics

53 Actor in Going in Style

(2017) 54 Balance sheet item 56 Have an objection 58 Will beneficiaries

60 Born Free lioness 62 Come to the surface 65 Plops down

66 __ fly: RBI producer 68 Antique tool hung on some pub walls 72 Leaky tire sound 73 Watch cover

75 Blue Grotto isle 76 1986 Starship charttopper 78 Entertainment icons 81 Yuletide

83 With 40-Across, boxer with a 24-0 lifetime record 86 Kate’s TV mate 87 ‘60s Van Dyke co-star 90 Potter’s supply 92 The Ghost of Frankenstein role

93 Argued, as a case 94 Clapboard

97 O’er and o’er

98 High hair style 99 Letters before F? 100 Signs a new lease for 102 Rain and snow 106 Lopped

109 Wye follower, in Wye 110 Frills

111 Quarantines

113 Little rows

117 Farm units

DOWN

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 118 Result of too much speed, perhaps 120 Queen of France 121 Fix, as laces

122 Dig it

123 One of Chekhov’s Three Sisters

124 Blind parts 125 Like items in potpourri: Abbr. 126 Retired slugger,

familiarly

127 Sore throat sign 1 Goldberg Variations composer

2 In some pain 3 Little cut 4 Capital near the Great Divide

5 The Zugspitze, e.g. 6 Swindle, in slang 7 Deep space 8 Italian ball game 9 Reason for an R rating 10 Legendary island 11 Simple semiconductor

12 Bus Stop playwright 13 For example 14 Point of view 15 Desolate 16 Tot’s transport 17 Name synonymous with synonyms

18 Slanted columns