THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
:“YOU’RE FREE TO GO”
ACROSS
1 Magic’s org.
4 — about (close to)
8 Wounded by a bee
13 Tennis player Stefan
19 Loc. of Las Vegas
20 — Reader (eclectic digest)
21 Tinfoil maker
22 Cat helping with extermination
23 Start of a riddle
27 Difficult duty
28 Syrup source
29 “Is it —?” (“Are we on?”)
30 Karmann — (classic Volkswagen)
31 Riddle, part 2
35 Antipollution org.
36 Looks keenly
37 Preceding night
38 Ended a fast
39 Flower part
41 Hepburn of “Sabrina”
42 Town crier’s cry
44 Exits quickly, informally
46 Seniors’ gp.
48 Riddle, part 3
55 Process unit
58 Android rival
59 On the briny
60 Tiny amount
61 Riddle, part 4
67 Certain male physique, informally
69 Month, in Madrid
70 Cheers for a torero
71 Lofty poem
72 Former Swedish car
74 Shiba — (dog breed)
75 Clever
77 Riddle, part 5
80 Actress and singer Falana
81 Formerly, old-style
84 “Candyman” director DaCosta
85 “Ah, OK”
86 Riddle, part 6
93 Liability
94 “— a Preacher Man”
95 Alou who played in the 1997 World Series
99 Power to evoke pity
103 Mexican of old
105 Neither Rep. nor Dem.
106 B&B, e.g.
107 Computer printer brand
108 Citi Field stat
109 End of the riddle
113 Kin of Kong
114 Like the flesh of an orange
116 Life sketch, in brief
117 Folk tales
118 Riddle’s answer
124 De-intensify
125 Cinematic swordsman
126 Two squared
127 Shapiro of NPR
128 Unearth, with “up”
129 Sabers’relatives
130 Cries noisily
131 IRS digits
DOWN
1 Wichita-to Bismarck dir.
2 Be an advantage to
3 Street in Manhattan’s Alphabet City
4 Lingers past, as the welcoming time
5 Utmost
6 Infant’s garment
7 A daughter of King Lear
8 Pronounce
9 “Dr. Pimple Popper” airer
10 Coll. near Beverly Hills
11 “Beats me”
12 Strategies
13 German painter Nolde
14 Put on, as a garment
15 Irked
16 Book read during Purim
17 Employ again
18 Oil-covered
24 Habited sister
25 Rival of FedEx
26 Sheep’s call
31 Ho-hum
32 “Up and —!”
33 “Puh-leeze!”
34 Not sick
36 Insect stage
40 “Gangnam Style” rapper
41 Naval fleets
43 Absorbed
44 E-journals
45 To boot
47 The “13” of PG-13, e.g.
49 Official helper
50 Swimming star Thorpe
51 Prefix with life
52 — strip (geometric curiosity)
53 Right away
54 Winona of the Green Party
55 Fr. resort port near Nantes
56 Oscar winner Charlize
57 Neighbor of Montebello, Calif.
62 The Astros, on scoreboards
63 States as fact
64 Little ’un
65 NFL stats
66 “So icky!”
68 Targets of situps
72 Catch the scent of
73 Petri dish gel
76 Distant
77 “— be great if ...”
78 Inside dope
79 — torch (luau light)
82 Abbr. for three primary colors
83 Light on fire
87 Thick Japanese noodle
88 Winter hrs. in Kansas
89 Movie magnate Marcus
90 Foot fraction
91 Prefix with potent
92 People who pamper
96 El Capitan’s range
97 Makes precious
98 — Balls (snack brand)
99 Rang, as a church bell
100 Come into view
101 Sub-Saharan bloodsucker
102 Was the emcee for
104 Like some sealable bags
105 “Same here”
108 — elbows with
110 Blood-typing letters
111 Little quarrels
112 Ad — committee
114 — Le Pew
115 Time past
119 Embrace
120 Suffix with script
121 How- — (DIY books)
122 Central point
123 Gibson liquor