Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis “WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES” BY TAYLOR JOHNSON

ACROSS

1 Timely blessing 5 Rounds before the

finals, for short 10 Farm yield 14 Kudos at a poetry

slam

19 Batgirl garment 20 Glazer of “Broad

City”

21 Chicago MLS

team

22 __ noir 23 Meditate (on) 24 Shout to an FBI agent investigat­ing the wrong fellow? 27 Cherry-topped

dish

29 Travel pillow spot 30 Meh

31 “Now, where __

we?”

32 Taco topping 34 Long who plays Steve on “PEN15” 36 Helps

38 “The polygraph is

rigged!,” e.g.? 43 NAACP co-founder __ B. Wells

44 Informal meeting? 45 Piggy bank

opening 46 Sound like

autumn leaves 50 “We should!” 52 “What’s your __?” 55 Smidgen 57 “Broken Arrow”

director John 58 Fertile desert spot 60 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” prize money?

65 __ Gatos,

California 67 London stroller 68 Planet __: gym

chain

69 Intro to typing? 72 “Get __ of this!” 75 Suit bottoms

76 At an angle 77 Sheet of ice 79 Maker of Calling

All Goddesses! nail polish

80 Like philosophe­rs who can’t find their way home? 85 Fern-to-be 89 Spot-on

90 BBQ side 91 Trauma specialist,

for short

93 Fed. power dept. 94 Past

98 Airbnb alternativ­es 100 Scent

102 Former quarterbac­k Manning

103 Hype that just goes on and on and on?

108 Word with high

or tech

110 __ bargain 111 Penélope Cruz’s

birthplace

112 Dull pain

113 Fingers-crossed

thought

116 Ice cream brand 118 Database

systems giant 121 Put off fulfilling a campaign promise?

125 Churn up

126 Chilling

127 33-Down animal who loses because of a nap

128 “Four Quartets”

poet

129 Clock toggle 130 Use foul

language 131 Ensnare

132 Flavors, in a way 133 Large bodies of

water

DOWN

1 Quietly keeps in

the loop 2 Waimea Bay island 3 Available options when booking a flight

4 Pop up a lot? 5 Evade

6 “Xanadu” gp. 7 Leslie of “This Is

40”

8 Whole

9 Lyric poet of

Lesbos

10 Corp. money

exec

11 Messy barbecue

fare

12 Cookie used as

a froyo topping 13 Took care of a

boxer?

14 Mud bath venue 15 Birdbrains

16 __ hair pasta 17 Decants

18 Eye ailment 25 Brings up 26 Emulate a drone 28 Sudsy mugfuls 33 Storytelle­r whose tales usually feature talking animals 35 Illuminate­d from

below

37 Tempe sch. 38 Stitch’s human

companion 39 Brainchild 40 Cricket sound 41 Place for solar

panels 42 Cleveland Browns

great __ Graham 47 Twitter message 48 Fine-grained soil 49 Many ages 51 Like some

partners

53 “Julie & Julia” writer/director Ephron 54 Cookware brand 56 Kennel racket 59 Kinda

61 “Later!” 62 “Chilombo” Grammy nominee Jhené __

63 Cotton swabs 64 Not ready to eat 66 Not hidden

69 Ski resort feature 70 Yummy 71 Chances

73 Body cream

additive 74 Gloomy

76 Big chunk 78 Forest moon that’s home to the Ewoks 81 Ballet move 82 Sound off 83 Admit (to) 84 Extinct Mauritian

birds 86 Like a family with a stay-at-home dad

87 Move for one’s

co., say

88 “The Night Circus” novelist Morgenster­n 92 Handles food waste ecological­ly 95 Sister of Laertes 96 Opposite of

paleo97 Flood with chocolate syrup, say

99 “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” cat

101 T. rex’s “I’m going to eat you!”

104 Predicamen­t 105 Rocky

projection­s 106 Bribe for airtime 107 Glittery

accessorie­s 108 Carpentry

fastener

109 Job jar

assignment 112 Copies

114 Take the lead? 115 Youngest daughter of Cronus

117 Breeze

(through) 119 “Future Nostalgia” singer Dua __ 120 Stately trees 122 Atop, poetically 123 Gym unit 124 Movie filming

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