TO THE POINT

ACROSS

1 Lightheaded 6 Underwater

workplaces

13 One of four on the annual tennis calendar

18 Navel formation? 19 Not renewed

21 1836 siege setting 22 First name on the

high bench 23 Follower of deuce 24 Wordsmith Peter Mark ____

25 Lot of back and forth? 27 Alternative to grass 29 Place for a prize ceremony 30 Nellie who wrote “Ten Days in a MadHouse”

31 Point of no return? 34 Certain corp. takeover 35 It’s meant to be 36 NBC hit since ’75 37 Ingredient in a Dark

’n’ Stormy 38 Muslim holy men 40 Designer inits. 42 “Awesome!” 43 Lead-in to line

44 Rod who was the 1977

A.L. M.V.P. 45 “Bridesmaids” co-star 47 Food with an unfortunate sounding last two syllables 50 Really fancy 51 Dreams up 55 Sophocles tragedy 56 Get further mileage from 57 Vegetable or pasta,

e.g.

58 Drip, drip, drip 59 Annual sporting event that is this puzzle’s theme 62 Outside: Prefix 63 Really green 64 Stingy sort? 65 Many a presidential

hopeful: Abbr. 66 Treasure-map markers 68 Ostracize 69 Lead-in to boy or girl 70 Standard info on

stationery nowadays 72 U. of Md. player 73 Spot 74 Conjunction in the

Postal Service creed 76 The Eagles, on

scoreboards 78 Pérignon, for one 79 “Nature is the ____ of God”: Dante 81 Something to live for 83 Chaney of silents 84 One at home,

informally

85 Ape

88 “Zip it!” 89 Things found in clogs 90 Bourbon Street’s

locale, informally 92 Frenzy 94 Stadium name near

Citi Field 96 Spectators’ area 98 “Harlequin’s

Carnival” painter 99 James ____, Belgian painter in the movement Les XX 100 Flowchart symbol 101 Saskatchewan native 102 It represents you 104 Old-timey

106 First and last black key on a standard piano

108 Gas type: Abbr. 109 Location of 59-Across 114 Fly-by-night? 115 Canapé topper 116 Computer command 117 Time to vote: Abbr. 118 Italian car, informally 119 Lead-in to “Man,” “Woman” or “Fool” in Top 40 hits 120 Further

121 Part of U.S.T.A.: Abbr.

122 City grid: Abbr. 123 Enthusiasm

124 Lion or tiger

DOWN

1 Employs 2 Not for keeps 3 Low soccer score 4 Wittily insults 5 Number on a trophy 6 “Alas …”

7 One of a well-known

septet

8 Inits. in 2010 news 9 Broadway’s Cariou 10 Computer key 11 Utterly uninspiring 12 Oscar-nominated George of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” 13 Designer Jacobs 14 Emotionally detached 15 Jungle predator 16 Code you don’t want

to break 17 Returned to earth? 19 “I can’t talk now” 20 Louisville standout 26 Candidate for rehab 28 Square dance maneuver 31 Oscar-winning film

of 1984

32 Revel

33 College in Boston 37 Whole host 38 “Why should ____?” 39 Win every game 41 Security agreement 43 One way to answer a

server? 46 Winning words 47 Guy

48 Dweller along the Bering Sea

49 The “L” of L.C.D. 52 Genius Bar employees 53 Relish 54 Rugged, as a landscape 60 Impotent 61 Paradigm 64 Submerge 67 Cybertrash 71 Force (into) 72 When the diet starts, perhaps 75 Locale for Charlie Chan 77 Dating-profile section 78 Denims 80 Purchases at tire shops 81 Do well with 82 Fit to be tied 86 How the Quran is

written 87 Film-related anagram

of AMERICAN

88 City in Iraq’s Sunni

Triangle

89 Clear the air?

91 “I’ll take that as ____” 93 Proficient in 95 Much TV fare during the wee hours 97 Towers over 103 Blue hue 105 Metal fastener 107 Three-person card game 110 Vox V.I.P.s 111 Forever and a day 112 Red Sox Hall-of-Famer, to fans 113 “Bravo!”