CROSSWORD PUZZLE/Edited by Joyce Nichols Lewis
“WATT’S HAPPENING” By JOE KIDD ACROSS
1 Beginning
7 Arnold’s Terminator, e.g. 13 Arboretum feature 18 Some ski lodges 20 Longhorn rivals
22 __ Island
23 Pratt & Whitney helicopter engine with two power sections 24 Unsteady walk while using social media?
26 Fuel for a lorry
28 Leslie Caron title role 29 “Count me in!”
30 Field in acting 32 Detroit labor org. 34 Prefix meaning “billionth” 36 In reserve, with “on”
37 It tops a deuce
38 Lowly short-order cook? 41 24 minutes, in the NBA 44 Tommy’s kid brother on “Rugrats”
45 Marquis __
46 Enjoy courses
48 1840s Rhode Island rebellion leader Thomas 50 In short order
52 Nasty storm 56 Popeye’s __’Pea 57 Victorious shout 58 Bawdier Bavarian britches?
60 X x XXX
61 Storage compartments 62 Sandburg’s “little cat feet” arrival
63 Mauna __ 64 Trembling 66 Intellectual 70 Deficiencies
73 Words with a gift 74 Lambaste
76 Yield as a return 77 Fannie __: securities 78 Frodo pursuer 79 Beefcake’s breakfast 84 Ilsa __: “Casablanca” heroine
85 “... giant __ for mankind” 87 Like top Michelin ratings 88 Toondom’s Le Pew 89 Flood barrier 90 “Ahem” relative 91 Spoke
93 Maple extract
96 Big top, for one 98 Return from a salamander farm?
102 Work unit: Abbr.
103 __ Bo
105 Stadium reaction
106 PC hookup
107 Thai currency
108 Easily bent
112 Kristen of “Bridesmaids” 114 Nullify
116 Drawback of the best
place to watch the fight? 119 Dispute decider
122 En pointe, in ballet
123 Give an oath to
124 Enlarging, as a hole 125 Contradictory word 126 Some Dadaist paintings 127 Brings honor to
DOWN
1 Bit in a horse’s mouth? 2 Agric. labor group 3 Dessert for a large legal firm?
4 In a reasonable manner 5 What “E” may mean 6 Get emotional, with “up” 7 Wisconsin winter hrs. 8 Distressed cry 9 Enola Gay manufacturer 10 Track circuit
11 Eye layer
12 M.A. seeker’s hurdle 13 Ben Nevis, e.g. 14 Easily riled types
15 It’s tossed into a pot 16 Road sign ruminant 17 Thornfield Hall governess 19 Searches carefully 21 Indian term of respect 25 “Didn’t wanna know that!” 27 Bomb big-time
30 Like A/C in most cars 31 Radio host Shapiro 33 Heiress, perhaps 35 Have credit from 38 Marshland
39 Uncool one who lately is sort of cool
40 Scot’s nots 42 Number for the weightconscious?
43 Like Howdy Doody’s face 45 Crime boss
47 Accord
49 Judge’s announcement 51 Lack of influence 53 Comics scream 54 Warring son of Zeus 55 Bygone Persian title 57 “Don’t change anything!” 58 Actor Chaney 59 Disturbing bank msg. 61 Like some closet doors 62 Last down 65 Exaggerate on stage 67 Crowd around 68 Coastal raptor 69 Overflowing
71 Met regular
72 Dorm VIPs
75 Polite online letters 80 “Two owls and __”: Lear limerick line
81 More twisted
82 Suffix for fabric
83 Pope John Paul II’s given name
84 Went before
86 Big brass container? 88 Favored one 92 Karaoke performer’s problem
94 PC key under Z 95 “Masterpiece” airer 97 Word processing function 99 Humdinger
100 Formosa, now 101 Buttinskies
102 Bluebeard’s last wife 104 Rooter for the Bulldogs 107 Picture book pachyderm 108 Figurehead spot
109 Director Wertmüller 110 QBs’ stats
111 Mag honchos 113 Walk or trot 115 Norman on the
links
117 Girl in the pasture 118 Shipping wts. 120 Vegas-to-Denver dir. 121 Some NFL linemen