RUSH-HOUR HEADACHES
ACROSS
1 “Me too” 6 Expert on jingles 11 U.K. V.I.P. 15 Corp. leadership 19 Baby’s woe 20 Nap for a loafer? 21 “Cien ____ de Soledad” (Gabriel García Márquez novel) 22 Bailiwick 23 Lane restricted to allow motorcades through? 26 Ribs 27 Jerry’s adversary, in cartoons 28 ____ colada 29 Night vision? 30 Early online forum 32 Honolulu’s historic ____ Palace 34 Current 36 Pressing and shoving me as I enter the subway? 41 Sounds before sneezes 42 Word repeated by Romeo in “As mine on ____, so ____ is set on mine” 43 Brown v. Board of Education city 44 Last words of a pep talk, perhaps 48 Not taking a bow? 51 New Haven collegian 52 Mousetrap brand 54 Take a hit 55 Highway obstructed by accidents, detours and construction? 59 Things sometimes stolen in Hollywood 61 East Berlin’s land: Abbr. 62 Prosperous period 63 Standing Rock tribe 65 Pays attention to 66 Rope for strangulation 69 Package sender to an enlistee, maybe 71 Kosher 74 Title kitten in a Key and Peele action comedy 76 Not stay in the pail, say 77 Youth org. since 1910 80 They sit in front of a cox 82 Took public transportation while one’s wheels were at the shop? 86 City near Provo 87 “Time ____ a premium” 89 Grp. with a co-pay 90 Bit of dangly jewelry 91 “Star-bellied” Seussian creature 93 Net fisher 96 Song lead-in to “di” or “da” 97 Rural turndown 98 “This tollbooth line will make me late!”? 103 Portal in “Alice in Wonderland” 106 Shellac and myrrh 107 Rule against singing 108 Toodle-oos 111 Peddle 112 115 Where Scarlett got a letter? 116 Split an Uber? 120 Fun-run length, for short 121 Last thing said before eating? 122 Washington, but not Jefferson 123 Any local in “The Music Man” 124 Matter of interest? 125 Spot 126 Like legalized marijuana 127 Alternating-current motor inventor
DOWN
1 ____ no. 2 Home of many Big Apple galleries 3 One with ’18 after one’s name, say 4 Alma mater of Wm. Hewlett of HewlettPackard 5 Colorful summer treat 6 Like the “s” in “aisle” 7 Dodge S.U.V. 8 Brave adversary 9 Condition for some distracted kids, for short 10 Not e’en once 11 Like some oil money 12 Canine coat? 13 “Hmm, the oven was on. Did ____ didn’t …” 14 Time release 15 Get to Grand Central right at 5:00? 16 Tool for a blacksmith 17 Jason’s wife in myth 18 Finger-licking good 24 Thread: Prefix 25 San Francisco : BART :: Philadelphia : ____ 31 Sweater damage 32 “No more for me, thanks” 33 Force onward 35 Utah’s ____ Canyon (locale of petroglyphs) 36 Kale alternative 37 Fix, as a golf green 38 Pianist Rubinstein 39 Rise above the din, say 40 Somewhere over the rainbow they’re blue, in song 45 Carry-____ 46 Scraped (out) 47 Cleanup target 49 Tax ____ 50 Queen dowager of Jordan 52 ____ Homme (fashion line) 53 Awkward 56 Decision point 57 Simple life? 58 Through 60 “Quantico” actress Priyanka ___ 64 Prefix with -phone 66 “I’m scared by the speed you’re going in this traffic!”? 67 Not sagging at all 68 No-nonsense quartet? 70 Pout 71 Elton’s johns 72 Bring in 73 Special soldier 75 Did some theater work, casually 77 Good ol’ boy 78 Certain vodka order, informally 79 Up 81 Neighbor of Hond. 83 Radiate 84 Campaign supporter 85 Expressive facial features 88 ____ Tzu (dog) 92 Doofus 93 Take care of 94 Put on a pedestal 95 Sister of Snow White 99 Delaying response to “Is it time?” 100 Comic Boosler 101 ____ qua non 102 Sends a breakup text, say (tsk!) 103 Helicopter feature 104 Refrigerator handle? 105 Snacks during hora feliz 109 N.Z. neighbor 110 Mlle., in Managua 112 House work? 113 ____ cavity 114 Golden Globe winner Dunham 117 Friend of Francine 118 Kind of paper 119 Help make the bed?