THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 The United States’ landmass, with “the”
9 Rafter’s challenge 15 Shul scroll 20 Another similar
thing
21 Barack and Michelle 22 Give the slip
23 Like babies who throw tantrums when you try to put diapers on them? 25 News outlets
26 RBI or ERA
27 Film lead-in to “Cop” 28 Photo —
29 More nimble 30 Trellis climber 32 Having a sore mouth from working long hours at a kissing booth? 36 Joint a sock often
covers
39 Chipped in, in poker 40 Beckett title
character
41 Intense fire used as
an energy source? 46 Pie — mode 49 Abbr. on a road map 50 With 44-Down, decay of building timbers
51 Colon part 52 Communist Joseph 55 Egyptian god of
the dead
57 Declaration while pointing at a group of workers on strike?
62 Scent sensor 63 George at
Gettysburg
64 Airy melody 65 Statement when you’re nearly ready to complete a collage?
72 The “A” of “A-Rod” 73 Depart
74 Air out 77 Mesmerizing horse
movement? 83 Limb-bending
muscle
85 Is theatrical
86 Pod item
87 Color grade 88 Actress Gasteyer 89 Tangle of hair 90 Inherent hangingdown position? 96 SeaWorld whale,
once
100 Fake identity
101 Fuels (up)
102 “It won’t hurt to
snoop a little!”? 107 Body of eau
108 Kind of acid in
vinegar
109 Debt note
110 Architect Saarinen 112 “Slung” food
116 St. — (Caribbean getaway) 117 Hassle of tracking down a missing retirement payment? 121 Vintage song 122 Stress 123 Spiritual self 124 Foundations 125 Peanut butter cup brand
126 Bread browners
DOWN
1 Cobra types 2 Castle ditch 3 Avenger Peel 4 Lizard, e.g.
5 British verb suffix 6 Indian dish 7 Height: Prefix
8 The whole — 9 King, in Caen 10 Belly muscles 11 Jean — (perfume brand)
12 Windows ad catchphrase 13 Language of Copenhagen, to locals
14 New jet in ’68 15 Worked as an office sub
16 Carry too far 17 Howard Stern’s area 18 “Bye, Brigitte” 19 Bodily pump 24 Conductor Georg 29 “Every seat sold”
abbr.
31 “La Traviata”
composer
33 Spy novelist
Deighton 34 Shareable PC file 35 Vainglory
36 Chef’s tie-on 37 “Untrue!” 38 Maryland congressman — Mfume
39 Even a bit of 42 Taxing gp.
43 Mag bigwigs
44 See 50-Across 45 High degree 47 Falsification 48 Cookout pest 52 BBQ rod
53 Mosaic piece
54 On the go 56 Withdraw
57 — Aviv
58 Deli meat 59 Foofaraw
60 Model S car 61 Otherwise
63 Long skirt
66 Balm plant 67 Meshes
68 A fifth of fifty 69 D.C. donor
70 Abbr. on a road map 71 Dallasites or
Houstonians
75 — word (singleoccasion coinage) 76 Plate holders 77 Skirt edge
78 Diva Sumac 79 Broken bits of
ceramic material 80 Tax doc. pro 81 House animal 82 Novelist Santha
Rama — 83 Festivity
84 Pigeon perch 87 Males
90 Rapa — (Easter
Island)
91 Solar beam 92 Frazier foe
93 Sheet fabric 94 Website visit unit 95 Pilot Amelia 97 Actress McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind”
98 Comes up 99 Nero’s 2,100 102 Bigwig
103 Florida city
104 “Uncle!” crier,
perhaps
105 Explorer — de León 106 Stratagems
107 Disney film of 2016 111 Nevada city
113 Highest point 114 — -Pei
115 Mama birds
117 Golf average
118 Ending for opal 119 Extra NBA periods 120 — Plaines