CROSSWORD PUZZLE/Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 High-fives, e.g.
6 Big name in Champagne 10 Langston Hughes poem 14 Cinematic FX
17 “The War of the Worlds” narrator of 1938 19 Hum-dinger of an instrument?
20 It’s composed of balances 21 Crew member 22 Coastal casino center 24 Block-stocking building 26 Champagne word 27 Indian nurse
28 First name in architecture 30 Out of concern that 31 Noodle concoction? 33 Current route
38 Charlie Brown correspondent 40 Lights into
41 It floods Florence periodically 42 Straightens up
45 “We need a cat!” 46 Costa __
47 Chinese and Vietnamese 54 Pretentious sort 55 Poppycock
56 Some decision makers 57 Smartphone ancestor, briefly
59 Cos. with Xings 60 Source of stress, probably 61 Like this ans.
63 St. Pete’s place
64 Goals
66 Hombre’s hand
67 Hotel evaluation system 71 Terrible time? 75 Builder’s need
77 “__ the fields we go ... ” 78 Common Market letters 79 Advanced, as old age 80 Tell
83 Courses for coll. credit 84 Third-least populous state 87 Staples Center player 88 Ladybug’s lunch 90 Three-dimensional arrangement of atoms inside a diamond, say 93 Acidity-correcting fertilizer 94 Asian honorific 96 Watching closely
97 Biol. branch
98 Like a well-grounded
argument
102 Play the flute
106 Article seen daily
110 Lab vessel
111 Mystery writer Nevada __ 112 Middle of a Latin trio 113 Wind worth a warning 115 Regrets
117 Pretends
120 Website evaluation tool 123 Champagne word
124 Iota
125 Long time follower? 126 One getting smashed at a
bash?
127 Tats
128 Nasdaq rival
129 Ladies of Sp.
130 Flippant
DOWN
1 Q-tip
2 Speak without restraint 3 Refer (to) 4 Typewriter roller
5 D.C. VIP 6 Papier-__
7 Action film weapon 8 Sacred songs 9 Journalist Bill inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 1995 10 Follies
11 Private eye 12 Washington Monument, for one
13 Additional
14 Dior or Klein
15 Beetle juice?
16 Boiling state
18 Transit syst. component 19 Longtime TV broadcaster of 87-Across games 23 Well-shod Marcos 25 Annual winter telecast, with “The”
29 Coastline feature
32 In a fitting way
34 __ belli: act of war 35 2016 W.S. losers to the Cubs
36 Bring upon oneself 37 Contemptible sorts 39 Afflict
43 IV part
44 I strain?
47 __ McAn shoes
48 The last Mrs. Chaplin
49 It may be proper 50 Creator of many talking animals
51 To the extent that 52 Cabbage
53 Morales of “The Brink” 54 Frying pan spray 57 Scrolling unit 58 Frisbee, e.g. 61 “Immediately!” 62 Forklift load: Abbr. 65 Classic Fender guitar, familiarly
68 Crowd sound
69 Count (on)
70 Author Zora __ Hurston 72 Collaborative website 73 Crude gp.? 74 Bone-dry
76 Chap
80 Staple for a collegian on a tight budget
81 On the double 82 Atavism 85 Exorbitant
86 Mary __ cosmetics
87 No. 2 at the statehouse 89 “You got that right!” 90 Film lover
91 Small amount
92 “Is that __?” 94 Carb-loaded
95 Gym unit
99 Inlet or cove 100 Some rechargeable shavers 101 One offering quarters 103 Albania’s capital
104 Actresses Linney and Dern 105 Gives a seat to
107 Seafood serving 108 Tough bosses to work for 109 Hard to come by
114 Seer’s claim
116 Open carriage
117 Meas. checked after tire
rotation 118 Cariou of “Sweeney Todd” 119 “__ the season ... ” 121 Pueblo pronoun
122 Frozen Wasser