THEOSUNDAYOCROSSWORD:

ACROSS“1

It’s on either side of a weather front 8 Like some pain-causing toenails

15 Award for

“Nomadland” 20 Decay of a plant’s

stalk

21 Suave, glib sort 22 1/24 of a day, in

French 23 Astronauts’

advisory group? 25 Blows gently 26 NHL great Bobby 27 Dot in la mer 28 Candied nut given to a kid to quell a tantrum? 30 Advice for Fonda when she has a grievance? 35 Finds a new

purpose for 36 Saudi export 37 Adele’s vocal range 38 Without

remuneration 41 Big cheese

44 RBI, e.g.

45 “Lily White”

novelist Susan 46 Colo.-to-Ga.

direction 49 Present, as the

whole group 51 Small car manufactured in Poland’s capital?

Optimal nutrient amt.

55 In — of (replacing) 57 Suffix with hero or

opal

58 Common brown

rodent

59 Give praise to sellers

of stolen goods? 63 Regarding

64 Like the horse

favored to win 65 Units of gold purity 70 Zest or Dial 73 Fighting between

Dracula and Lestat? 80 Puts into operation 85 Partner of neither 86 Land of Lima and

llamas

87 “So that’s it!” 88 Halt hubbub?

91 Is scornful of 93 Pork product 94 Ocean trip 95 Oolong and

Darjeeling

97 List details

98 Isn’t truthful with 99 Orch. section for timpani, triangles, etc.

100 Jet to JFK, once 101 Tater Tots maker 104 Give solace to

actor Mike?

109 Win the contest? 113 — Grande

114 Meadow

115 From Havana, e.g.

54

116 Noting the differences between cutting utensils?

121 Nuclear trial, in brief 122 Respectful tributes 123 Hint-giving columnist

124 Old Persians

125 Unity

126 Plaits of hair

DOWN

1 Part of YMCA: Abbr. 2 Computer support whiz

3 Supply with new weapons

4 2,100, to Caesar 5 “— you in?” 6 Communal

7 Vodka brand, familiarly

8 Suffix with 6-Down 9 Abbr. for those with only one given name

10 “Gee, I would never do that!”

11 Perez of film 12 Elevator company 13 “— asking?”

14 Big Apple mail abbr. 15 “I do so suffer!” 16 Slimy shore deposit in some spa treatments 17 Sleeve ends 18 Bandleader Shaw 19 Takes it easy 24 — Work (“Down

Under” band) 29 Industrial city in

southern Poland 31 Pal of Tigger 32 Maligned in print 33 “The Hunger Games” star, in tabloids

34 Acquire

38 D.C.’s land

39 Rustic denials 40 Tempo

41 DEA agent 42 “Battle Cry” actor

— Ray

43 “Kapow!” 44 Watermelon waste 45 “So that’s it” 46 Work to get 47 Mark for life 48 Suffix with kitchen 50 Watermelon waste 52 Big GOP

get-together

53 It splits light 56 Aliens’ ship 60 Clean a spill on the

floor

61 Ltr. encloser 62 Slalom, say

66 Jean of Dada 67 Bog grasses

68 Lot division 69 Vacation travel,

often

70 Window part 71 Twice tetra72 Quark locale 74 Price to play 75 “Li’l ol’ me?!” 76 For the time being 77 Portend 78 “Excuse me” 79 Fling

81 Mishaps

82 Ripped into

83 Tall birds

84 “The Power of the Dog” co-star Kodi — -McPhee 89 Spanish for “bear” 90 Spongy ball 92 Teeny-tiny

96 Oak nut 98 Enzyme in fat breakdown 99 Thick soup

100 Dracula creator Bram

101 Philosopher with a “razor”

102 Way to travel 103 Plant firmly 104 Channel that televises hearings 105 Correct

106 “Blue Suede Shoes” singer 107 Della of song 108 RSVP card encls. 110 Say again

111 Great benefit 112 Single-named plus-size model 117 Apt., e.g.

118 Mag. edition

119 Mets’ div.

120 Platform for iDevices