Chicago Tribune (Sunday)

A Series of Missteps

- By Alan Olschwang Edited by RichNorris and JoyceNicho­ls Lewis

Across

1 South American rodent 5 “LittleMan __”: 1991 Foster film 9 Minor cuts

14 Blot with a tissue 19 God with a quiver 20 Times often named

for music genres 21 Refined, as skills 22 Seed-to-be

23 One

24 It’s rarely paid to a

car dealer

25 Big game name 26 Richest person in the world before Bezos

27 Many an investment 30 Treats with malice 31 Sr.-supporting

component

32 Encl. with postage 33 i-opening company? 34 Revolution­aryWar

name 35 Cambodian cash 37 Flag

39 Slothful sort 41 Some colas

44 MTV VideoMusic

Award category 48 Invited to the

penthouse

50 Loss nos., perhaps 51 British Isles tongue 52 Pride letters 54 Skyline feature 55 Store

57 Rice, e.g.

60 Sushi serving

62 K2 locale 63 “Wanna bet?” 65 Southernmo­st of

theMariana­s 66 Goddess of

marriage and family 68 LBJ beagle 69 Wheremany scenes

are presented 74 Cornfield call

77 Up start or follower 78 For fear that 79 Apply forcefully, as

the brakes 83 Subway fare? 85 West Coast pro 86 Newspaper

supplement, maybe 89 Fern seed

90 First of 12

92 Zap

94 Cab category 96 Corporate honcho 97 Meat-curing

compound 99 Used one’s clout 103 Summer wear 104 69-Across

presentati­on 106 Simplify

107 Family reunion

attendee

108 Arcade game word 110 Preferred group on

the field

112 Do a rest stop

machine’s job 114 You, in Germany 117 Dark-colored cigar 119 Freegan’s activity 122 Cell terminal 123 Anaheim athletes,

in local sportscast­s 124 Banned orchard

spray

125 Kendrick of “Pitch

Perfect” films 126 “Holy moly!” 127 Big name in violins 128 It can smell

129 Announced

130 Undo, in a way 131 It’s about 30 kilometers from Düsseldorf

132 Exude

133 Relationsh­ips

Down

1 “Goodfellas” Oscar winner 2 Loudly cheering 3 Formal outfit accessory 4 “Just __ ... ” 5 Fudge, perhaps 6 La Scala solos 7 Pepsi Challenge feature 8 Uruguay’s Punta del __

9 Chinese dog breed 10 Waiter’s

disappoint­ment 11 Like many an

injured arm 12 Brewed 13 StarWars initials 14 Places to walk with

best friends?

15 Be of use to

16 It’s often passed at

family meals

17 On the protected

side 18 Melanie’ s“Working

Girl” role 28 Secondhand 29 Quick movement 30 “__ the One”: 1996 Aniston/Diaz movie 36 “We’re good to go” 38 Long cold spell 40 Tizzy

42 First female

Nobelist 43 Asparagus unit 44 Kiss, in Cancún 45 Bk. before Job 46 Monopoly props. 47 The Rebels of the

SEC, familiarly 49 Eco-conscious org. 53 Thai dough 56 Expression­s of

skepticism 58 Regular hangout 59 Encumbered

61 __ West, wife of DC

Comics’ Flash 64 One who gets

what’s coming 67 They may be torn

on the field: Abbr. 70 Augusta National

shrub

71 Musical motif, to

Verdi

72 Firewood units 73 Finishes up on the

green

74 Stands sound 75 Eagle’s home 76 Records

80 Biblical peak

81 Not a dup.

82 Takes in and keeps 84 Poetic contractio­n 87 Improve, as an

urban area

88 NFL “sixes” 91 Determined by the

stars, as time 93 Pancake-making

aids

95 Brother of Peter,

briefly

98 Early smartphone 100Doesn’t bother to check the water first

101 Hightails it

102 Fashion’s

Gernreich

105 Chair titles

109 Invasive vine

111 Hamit up

113 Rub off

115 Anatomical button

type

116 “Yipes!”

117 Uxmal denizen 118 Auth. unknown 120 Summer shades 121 Grand Canyon

adjective

123 “Scots Wha __”:

patriotic song

 ?? © 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. ?? Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.”
© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Last week’s answers can be found in today’s “Puzzle Island Solutions.”

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