The Globe Puzzle
Asking the Wrong Questions
ACROSS
1 Made cookies, e.g. 6 Puts on a scale 11 “Yes, captain”
17 At this point
20 “Now that’s what I’m
talking about!” 22 Oahu’s __ Palace 23 Question from a
forgetful debater? 25 Fooling
26 It’ll help you focus 27 Lead role in “1776” 28 Bike alternative 30 Stark crowned Queen in the North in “Game of Thrones” 31 Showy flowers 32 Peak called Chomolungma in Tibetan 35 Basil-based sauce 39 Question from someone who doesn’t know how street numbering works? 43 Top stories
45 Chest in Exodus 46 “__ boy!”
47 Time to remember 48 Question from someone who doesn’t see the point of peekaboo?
52 Keto alternative, in organic chemistry 54 Unoriginal
56 TV personality
Leakes
57 New York’s __ Hall 59 “New Rules” singer 61 Enjoys a snowy
hillside
63 Scot’s denial
64 World Cup cheers 66 Was beating 67 Question from someone trying to schedule a nap? 71 Trapped
75 Work like a dog 76 __-cone
77 Author Ellison
82 Queen Consort’s name
84 Seniors, a bit unkindly
87 City on Hawaii 88 Currency of Qatar 89 Indicates assent 91 Question from people wearing face masks at dinner? 93 Sixth sense, for short 94 Off-road wheels: Abbr.
95 Thanksgiving dessert
97 Cavort
98 With 119-Across, question from someone unfamiliar with a master thief? 105 ’50s Ford flop
106 List
107 Chain of fabric stores
109 Moral code
111 E’s in the key of C 112 Japanese writing based on Chinese characters
113 Spill the beans 117 Without affection
119 See 98-Across 123 Breakfast order 124 Flowing back
125 81-Down room opener
126 Moon of Neptune 127 Round house? 128 Theme
DOWN
1 Sob noisily
2 Tennis great Arthur 3 Zen meditation riddle
4 Young newts
5 Genetic molecule 6 Rent check splitter 7 Cries of insight 8 One-handed Norse war god
9 Brain wave reading: Abbr.
10 Cup bearer?
11 Give a hand
12 “The thing is...”
13 Sun Bowl site 14 3rd-century Parisian martyr
15 Rustic lodgings 16 Baltic capital
18 Actor Sharif
19 Black __ (Marvel superhero) 21 Unceremonious ouster
24 Dash gauge
29 Like familiar old stories
31 Pixar film set in Mexico
32 Mal de __ (seasickness)
33 Come down with something
34 Letter after pi
35 Board game tokens
36 Broadway star Merman
37 Broadway composer Jule
38 __ over (helped through a tough patch)
40 Make a pile?
41 Hang loosely
42 Leafy lunch
44 [Not my error]
49 Stay in your __ 50 Praying figure, in art 51 Golfer’s driver
53 Must
54 “24” protagonist Jack
55 Fully
58 Pianist Glenn
60 News agcy.
62 Puff up
65 Tendon or ligament 68 “Good” cholesterol 69 Garage floor stain 70 Tennyson’s title 71 Threaded fastener 72 Actor J. Carrol __ 73 “Baby Mama” star 74 Narrow inlet 78 Leading
79 Property claims
80 Spot
81 Four Seasons, e.g. 83 Medal ceremony song
85 Poet Silverstein 86 Absorb, with “up” 90 On the rocks
92 Small songbird
94 Cash source
96 Fury
99 Out of gear
100 Atomic centers 101 Pungent condiment
102 “__ Unchained” (Tarantino movie) 103 Charged particles 104 “Wheel” man? 108 Highest sudoku number
109 Major for a B-school applicant, often
110 Heavy reading 112 Casino numbers game
113 Some ballpoints 114 Pastures
115 Taj Mahal city 116 Soul mate?
118 Pay stub abbr.
120 “Notorious” justice’s initials 121 www.army. __ 122 Turn red, say
By Joon Pahk