Sunday Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Capital known as “The City of Trees”

6 HS course for a future poli-sci major 11 “How silly of me!”

14 Cook brisket, perhaps 19 Capital known as “The City of Stairs” 20 Quinceañera accessory 21 Singer profiled in the 2022 Netflix documentary “Halftime,” familiarly 22 Ancient manuscript 23 Friends in Low Places? 26 Outkast rapper __ 3000 27 Org. whose logo features crossed clubs 28 Oct. 24 observance 29 Chemical in bagel-making 30 Cream-filled pastries 32 Way off 34 Some truffle hunters 36 Colorado State’s sports team 37 Jellicle Ball attendee 38 Dust in the Wind? 44 Love, in Verona 46 Walking tall 47 Half-inning trio 48 Can opener 49 Pixar swimmer 50 Lacking proper punctuation, perhaps 51 Delight 53 School member 54 Party in the U.S.A.?

58 “Am __ blame?”

59 Presto, musically 60 20s dispensers 61 Capitol Hill fig. 62 Amsterdam waterway 64 “Just watch me!” 66 [Crying emoji] 70 Video art pioneer __ June Paik 72 Licensed transport 73 Train, as a boxer 76 Hilton-owned hotel chain 77 Dancing in the Street? 83 Basic ballet move 84 Antibiotic units 85 “__ Kai”: Netflix series 86 Central Plains tribe 87 Organ with a hammer 88 Foie __ 89 Ticket prices? 90 Tons and tons 91 Crazy in Love? 95 DOJ agency 96 Bench press targets, for short 97 College administrators 98 High-end hair dryers

101 Flatbread

served with dal

104 Projectile’s

path

105 Beach balls? 108 Noisy fight 109 Vessel implant 110 Down in the

Boondocks? 114 Play place? 115 To’s opposite 116 Model/actress

Kate

117 “__ mañana” 118 Less spicy, in a

way

119 Bros

120 __ profundo:

low voice 121 Oyster

cracker?

DOWN

1 Unflattering media coverage, briefly

2 Rolex competitor 3 “Seriously!?” 4 Maple syrup

base

5 Like a hotel bathroom, often

6 Teeny bit

7 Gyro wrapper 8 “Slow Horses”

actor Oldman 9 Deposit for

processing 10 Unit for soccer practice carpool, say 11 Video

game with a turntableshaped controller 12 Copa América cry

13 Slip ’N Slide need 14 Quantities such as mass and time 15 Address for Hercule Poirot 16 “Weird, right?” 17 Steve with nine NBA titles as a player and coach

18 Old flames 24 Finish

25 The “C” of the CMYK color model 31 Prepare to move, as artwork 33 Christmas tune 34 Pop star Mars 35 Scrubs

38 Root veggies 39 “... then again, we could try something else”

40 [It’s gone!] 41 Ardent desire 42 “No sweat!” 43 “Truthfully,” in a text 44 Shenanigan 45 Conductor Zubin 50 Genetic letters 51 Many NYC addresses 52 Tibetan dumpling 53 Festival entry 55 Major key of Chopin’s “Heroic” Polonaise 56 Spreading fear 57 Bête __ 63 “The Favourite” queen 64 Candy __

65 Graph line 67 Minnesota’s Paul Bunyan, for one 68 Item in a quiver 69 Bros

71 Wild hurry 72 Threw out 73 Serious 74 Coach purchase, perhaps 75 __ plancha: Spanish cooking method 77 Concrete piece 78 Classic travel trailer 79 Castle defense 80 Sour compounds 81 One-named Irish singer 82 Power base? 83 Test subject for Gregor Mendel 88 Nail polish enhancer 89 Devotees 90 “Oh, really?” 92 Mandarin, e.g. 93 “I’ll follow you” 94 Patio spot 98 Green owl in a popular language app 99 El __: America, in Mexico 100 Necessitate a

bleep

101 Soft “Over

here!” 102“__ boy!” 103Radio toggle 105 Oodles 106Sci-fi craft 107Latin dating

word

111 Anger

112 AirNow.gov

partner

113 Prominent part of a beefeater’s uniform