Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“FOLLOWING PROTOCOL”
By JORDAN HILDEBRANDT
ACROSS
1 Totally wiped
5 College Board exam for jrs.
9 Fondant colorer
12 Dream big
18 Roman aqueduct section
19 Active volcano on Sicily
20 Timely benefit
21 Bedouin, e.g.
22 HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew
25 Soft cotton fabric
26 Literary comparisons
27 Organs that affect balance
28 Boutonniere counterpart
29 Bed cover
30 “Turn up the heat!”
31 Fade, say
33 Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr.
34 Flower in some O’Keeffe paintings
35 HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail
40 Snap veggies
41 Sign into law
42 Push notifications
43 DOJ staffers
45 Ryan of “Star Trek: Picard”
46 Puglia lang.
49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force
53 Gets fit
57 Routine material
58 Store securely
59 Blues label based in Memphis
60 Icy layer
61 “Pressure” singer Lennox
62 Tennis unit
65 Some fossils
67 Citi player 69 16th POTUS
70 Baby carrier
72 Spindly
74 Villain’s hideaway
76 “The Sparks Brothers” director Wright
78 Commuters’ region
80 HTTP 500: Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet
83 Meh
84 Lump of soil
86 Finnish tech giant
87 Lowered a lot, as prices
90 New cadet
92 Rowdy crowds
96 HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent’s head during joust
100 French friend
101 Fairy tale meanie
102 White peg in Battleship
103 Car port?
104Waterfall on a doughnut production line
105Fuel mining site
107 Angry speech
109 Toyota sedan
112 Suggest
113 Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle?
116 Rise
117 “Sadly ... ”
118 Spark interest?
119 For a __ pittance
120 Hi-fi system
121 Civil rights initialism
122 Brouhahas
123 115-Down votes
DOWN
1 Sack
2 Error remnant 3 Probiotic yogurt brand
4 Rap anthem by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
5 Ring out
6 Warm compress target, maybe
7 Termite eaters 8 Mai __: cocktail
9 “Monsters, Inc.” factory product
10 “Pinkie promise?”
11 Isengard attacker
12 Weapons expert
13 Sweet and __
14 Make the grade
15 “Better get a move on!”
16 Royal tenures
17 “Ready Player One” author Cline
20 Santa costume need
23 Sharp quality
24 Warrant
28 Attention
29 Swing dance move
30 “The Graham Norton Show” airer
32 Recruit
35 Big bash 36 Agate kin
37 Speaks with a sore throat
38 “No good __ goes unpunished”
39 Swab for 27-Across
44 Model/activist Holliday
45 Like tiaras
47 Parmesan substitute
48 __ support
49 Like a sponge
50 With hands on hips
51 Teensy
52 Fishy topping
54 Goofy sort 55 Splitting tool
56 Coeval
57 Spielberg shark thriller
59 Sister on “Succession”
63 Flow partner
64 You, in Montréal
66 Driveway- patching gunk
68 Actress Hatcher
71 Place for a pick-me-up?
73 Cheesy layered snack
75 Keep up on the issues?
77 One prone to histrionics, informally
79 Hershey caramel candy
80 Faygo or Fanta
81 Get-up on Sunday morning?
82 __ out a living 85 “Time to blow this popsicle stand”
88 Come clean about
89 Sulky mood
90 Ninth planet, until 2006
91 Fishy topping
93 Ill-fated “Grey’s Anatomy” resident George
94 Nutty
95 Match at the poker table
96 Coffee-andchocolate concoctions
97 Narcissist
98 Hypnotic state
99 Areas of expertise
104 Sen.’s domain
106 Greenhouse unit
108Genesis figure
109 Included in an email thread
110 “How terrible!”
111 Divests (of)
113 Uber or Lyft alternative
114 Tampa’s st.
115 Affirmative