WEEKEND CROSSWORD
“SERIES OF MISSTEPS” BY ALAN OLSCHWANG
ACROSS
1 South American rodent
5 ‘ Little Man__’: 1991 Foster film
9 Minor cuts
14 Blot with a tissue
19 God with a quiver
20 Times often named for music genres
21 Refined, as skills 22 Seed- to- be
23 One
24 It’s rarely paid to a car dealer
25 Big game name
26 Richest person in the world before Bezos
27 Many an investment
30 Treats with malice
31 Sr.- supporting component
32 Encl. with postage
33 i- opening company?
34 Revolutionary War name
35 Cambodian cash
37 Flag
39 Slothful sort
41 Somecolas
44 MTV Video Music Award category
48 Invited to the penthouse
50 Loss nos., perhaps
51 British Isles tongue
52 Pride letters
54 Skyline feature
55 Store
57 Rice, e. g.
60 Sushi serving
62 K2 locale
63 ‘ Wanna bet?’
65 Southernmost of the Marianas
66 Goddess of marriage and family
68 LBJ beagle
69 Where many scenes are presented
74 Cornfield call
77 Upstart or follower
78 For fear that
79 Apply forcefully, as the brakes
83 Subway fare?
85 West Coast pro
86 Newspaper supplement, maybe
89 Fern seed
90 First of 12
92 Zap
94 Cab category
96 Corporate honcho
97 Meat- curing compound
99 Used one’s clout
103 Summerwear
104 69- Across presentation
106 Simplify
107 Family reunion at----tendee
108 Arcade game word
110 Preferred group on the field
112 Do a rest stop machine’s job
114 You, in Germany
117 Dark- colored cigar
119 Freegan’s activity 122 Cell terminal
123 Anaheim athletes, in
local sportscasts
124 Banned orchard spray
125 Kendrick of ‘ Pitch Perfect’ films
126 ‘ Holy moly!’
127 Big name in violins
128 It can smell
129 Announced
130 Undo, in away
131 It’s about
30 kilometers from DŸs seldorf
132 Exude
133 Relationships
DOWN
1 ‘ Good fellas’ Oscar winner
2 Loudly cheering
3 Formal outfit accessory
4 ‘ Just __ ...‘
5 Fudge, perhaps
6 La Scala solos
7 Pepsi Challenge feature
8 Uruguay’s Punta del __
9 Chinese dog breed
10 Waiter’s disappointment
11 Like many an injured arm
12 Brewed
13 Star Wars initials
14 Places to walk with best friends?
15 Be of use to
16 It’s often passed at family meals
17 Onthe protected side
18 Melanie’s Working Girl role
28 Secondhand
29 Quick movement
30 ‘__ the One’: 1996 Aniston/ Diaz movie
36 ‘ We’re good to go’
38 Long cold spell 40 Tizzy
42 First female Nobelist
43 Asparagus unit
44 Kiss, in Cancoen
45 Bk. before Job
46 Monopoly props.
47 The Rebels of the SEC, familiarly
49 Eco- conscious org.
53 Thai dough
56 Expressions of skepticism
58 Regular hangout
59 Encumbered
61 __ West, wife of DC Comics’ Flash
64 One who gets what’s coming
67 Theymay be torn on the field: Abbr.
70 Augusta National shrub
71 Musical motif, to Verdi
72 Firewood units
73 Finishes up on the green
74 Stands sound
75 Eagle’s home
76 Records
80 Biblical peak
81 Not a dup.
82 Takes in and keeps
84 Poetic contraction
87 Improve, as an urban area
88 NFL‘ sixes’
91 Determined by the stars, as time
93 Pancake- making aids
95 Brother of Peter, briefly
98 Early smartphone
100 Doesn’t bother to check the water first
101 Hightails it
102 Fashion’s Gernreich
105 Chair titles
109 Invasive vine
111 Hamit up
113 Rub off
115 Anatomical button type
116 ‘ Yipes!’
117 Uxmal denizen
118 Auth. unknown
120 Summer shades
121 Grand Canyon adjective
123 ‘ Scots Wha__’: patriotic song