COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

Note: The circled letters spell a bonus answer related to the puzzle’s theme.

ACROSS 1 Sports figures 6 Words said through a

car window

11 The Land Shark’s

show, for short 14 Throw (together) 18 Fervor

19 Reno’s county

20 It may come

hot or iced

21 ____ Modern

22 This clue’s 110-Across,

timewise

24 Not definitely going to happen

26 Furry, red TV

character 27 Young actress who played two main characters in “The Parent Trap” 28 This clue’s 110-Across, at the Olympics 30 Flipped (through) 32 Former executive with the same interior letters as his company 34 As such 35 Compete (for) 36 Opposite of blanc 38 N.Y.C. attraction 40 “I love her ten times more than ____ I did”: Shak. 41 Large amount 44 Steak ____ 46 End of the sci-fi film titles “First Man …” and

“Last Days …” 49 This clue’s 110-Across, as is relevant each November 52 Assessment: Abbr. 53 Mork’s boss on “Mork & Mindy” 54 Branching point 55 Leave one’s mark? 59 Bro or sis: Abbr. 60 Phillies’ div. 61 Staple of

Southern cuisine 62 One after whom a Times Square museum is named 63 Prefix with -mester 64 This clue’s 110-Across, to the superstitious 69 Martinique, par exemple 70 Words of adulation 72 Mimics

73 Temple athlete 74 Clear, as a table 75 Jordan who directed

“Get Out” 76 Feline’s warning 77 Home of Oral Roberts University 80 Shakespearean

plotter

81 This clue’s 110-Across,

in chemistry 85 Return fee? 87 Moving companies? 88 Unit of grass 89 Article in a German paper 90 Quash

92 State sch. on the Pacific Coast

93 Co. leader 94 Beethoven dedicatee 97 Pat of “The Karate Kid” 99 Thanksgiving role 102 This clue’s 110-Across, in terms of attractiveness 104 2017 U.S.

Open winner 107 13th or 15th 109 “My word!” 110 Something to count to understand 22-, 28-, 49-, 64-, 81and 102-Across 113 “____ It Romantic?” 114 Designer Maya 115 Dramatic battle cry 116 Ornamental crown 117 Rising concerns in modern times? 118 “You rang?” 119 Primetime ____ 120 Sen. Thurmond DOWN 1 “Me too!!!” 2 Warble 3 Snapchat request 4 Uselessly

5 ____ Lanka

6 Has in an old form? 7 Labor agcy. 8 Perform perfunctorily 9 Debt note 10 Certain high school clique

11 One of the stuntmen on “Jackass” 12 Old-fashioned “That’s absolutely the last time”

13 The Lonely Mountain,

for Smaug

14 Play place 15 Worker

16 Place holders? 17 Kitchen tool 19 “____ have

thought …” 23 Giddy happiness 25 Recipe amt.

29 As far as one

can recall

31 Hero role in “The

Force Awakens” 33 Country whose name is also a two-word sentence 36 Badgers 37 Crumbled

froyo topping 39 Nickname for a young Darth Vader

41 Be really generous to

a waiter

42 Words before

“I’m going in” 43 List-ending phrase 44 Weighed, in a way, as

a container 45 Orders 47 University in

Montreal 48 Seniors’ org.

50 ____ Heights

51 Mild cheese 56 Famous

password stealer 57 Inundated 58 Trash-filled lot, e.g. 60 Shooting stars? 61 Green lights 62 Mountain ash 65 Been in bed 66 Shipping center 67 French film award 68 Some pears 71 Custardy dessert 76 Family Night entertainment 77 One with a large bill at breakfast? 78 Ones stationed at home

79 Told stories 80 McDonald’s slogan introduced in 2003 82 URL ending 83 Push

84 Ride option 85 Hollywood news 86 Businesswoman Huffington 89 Layer of skin 91 Wooden

nickels, e.g. 93 Give a ring 95 Blind parts 96 Right-angle shape 98 Fit to be tied 99 2006 film with massive profits in related toy sales 100 One of Mr. Poe’s children in a Lemony Snicket book 101 Back in 103 Oleaginous 105 Wrong

106 Blue side, for short 108 Fraud

111 ____ de guerre 112 French connections