Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“TWO FOR TWO” By ED SESSA
ACROSS
1 Balls and some
apples
6 “Bicycle Thieves”
director Vittorio 12 Cleopatra’s killer 15 Hindu epic hero 19 Wanting words 20 Spots for
spectacles 21 Lobbying gp. 22 Airline whose name means “to the skies” 23 *Band aide 25 Stuck playing a
familiar role 27 Pacific current 28 Top drawers? 30 Incomplete body
of art 31 Budgetary figures 34 *Period after a
crash, perhaps 36 Wood cutter
39 Do another hitch 40 Time VIPs 42 Burglar’s take 43 *Figure in many Monty Python routines
47 __ mentality 48 Ones using
mixers, for short 51 Former Sony
brand 52 Afghanistan
neighbor 53 Saucer, briefly 55 “Hey, that’s great!” 58 Animal shelter 59 “Family Circus”
creator Bil 60 *Figurative place for deferred options
62 “Give me a
break!”
64 MLB’s “Splendid
Splinter” Williams 66 Phi follower 67 Staggers 68 *Airbags in cars,
e.g.
73 “Bless you” evoker 76 “That feels good” 77 Rum __ Tugger:
“Cats” role 78 Making a big deal
out of
82 *Hoops buzzerbeater, for one 85 Files in shop class 88 Emulate a
frigatebird 89 “Godzilla” franchise co-creator Tomoyuki __ 90 LAX posting 91 Job safety org. 92 Eclectic magazine 93 Cephalopod’s
discharge 94 “__L”: “Bye for
now”
96 *Mall rarity on
Black Friday 100 Pained
expression 102 Bank account ID 103 Very wide shoe 104 Pink Floyd’s
Barrett
105 *Nightly barracks
routine
108 Biometric security procedure 112 Mtge. issuer 113 Like some eaves
in winter
115 Pharaoh depicted on the Sphinx
119 Capital east of
New Delhi 121 Wimbledon category, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 124 Gillette blade 125 Cool, like a cat 126 Crib outfit 127 Gaming rookies 128 Back in the day 129 Holiday song
syllables
130 Lipton rival 131Forum garments
DOWN
1 Barb
2 Base runner? 3 Oz traveler 4 Welcome at the
door
5 Fight souvenirs 6 Hammarskjöld of
the U.N. 7 Historical period 8 “Sonic” consoles 9 Like krypton and
xenon
10 Don’t get 11 Piedmont bubbly 12 Likely will, after
“is”
13 “Oh yeah?” 14 Angel dust,
briefly 15Snap back 16 Cause to sweat 17 Vertical billiards
shot 18 __ sax 24 Well-known 26 Julius’ cry to
Marcus
29 ’60s activist gp. 32 Nobelist of 1903
and 1911 33 “William Tell,” e.g. 35 Big cheese 36 Rogaine target 37 No-frills font 38 “Holy Toledo!” 41 Beat handily 44 Florida coastal
city or its county 45 Red-and-white
topper 46 Scornful look 47 Latte variant 48 Ready to eat 49 “An Innocent
Man” songwriter 50 Canon AE-1 et
al., for short 54 Cover for some
superheroes 56 “We don’t have
much time!” 57 Stealthily nears,
with “on” 59 Mauna __ 61 Modeler’s buy 63 Seller’s supply 65 Rachel Carson
subject
69 Quick snooze 70 Family name in
Chicago politics 71 Hubbub 72 Sounds of
hesitation 73 Musical opening 74 Family group 75 Tarzan type 79 Little bits
80 Rival of Tonya 81 Devotion to Mammon, biblically 83 Come out of
one’s shell 84 Toy dog’s barks 86 Draws back 87 Philatelist’s buys 95 “What nerve!” 97 Dye-making
compound 98 Insurance lizard 99 Old TV series with a scubadiving hero 100 Guy who’s often
out
101 Pac-12’s Bruins 102 Go downhill fast 105 Saddam’s party 106 Between, in
Brest
107 Some bra
features
109 Curly-coated
cats
110 That is, to
Cicero
111 Jar Jar Binks’
planet
112 Card game for
three
114 “Let’s do it!” 116 Aggressively
promote
117 Singer McEntire 118 Latin “to be” 120 Devils org. 122 Lose power, as
a battery 123 Org. that makes
traffic stops?