THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

ACROSS

1 Wild animals 7 Place for

wedding vows 12 Quack medicines 20 Vehicle pulled by

yoked animals 21 Zora — Hurston 22 Like a fleeing

fugitive

23 Of speech

sounds

24 Away from the

office, say 25 Modus —

(method)

26 Soft hue 27 Legislate

28 Front section 29 Tequila brand

with a bull logo 30 Stingy sort 31 Handles deftly 32 Set at ease 34 Uncaps, e.g. 36 Totally quiet 40 Bandleader Louis 45 Chops up 50 Sounds like a

bonfire

51 Capital of Lebanon 52 Kagan of the

court

53 Like consumed

food

54 Audio equipment technician 56 I and everyone

else present 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

67 69

71

72 73 75

76

77 79 80

One end of a battery

Adept public performer

Some weightwatchers Sounded like a kitten

2017-21 Treasury Secretary Steven Loss due to carelessness 14th-century Russian ruler Looked over carefully

Typed, as a PIN Knife in old infomercials Sanctified, old-style

Afraid

Puts in place

Def. pact of 1954-77

Actress Thompson of “Selma” Avaricious sort Protrude Shrouded in mystery Longtime brand of toasted cereal Engender

To a greater degree Most vigorous Like sticky weather 98 99 100 101 102

103 104 105

106 107 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 11 12

Prefix with indicate or bassoon Almondy Italian liqueur

Figure skater Slutskaya

Like some telemarketing headsets

Seller of goods to customers Singer Helen Fails to see People with unhappy faces Deuce-beating cards

Resolve

DOWN

Fan of ’40s jazz Breathe out

CNN journalist Jim

Angola’s Isabel dos —

Judges, during cases

City in central Minnesota

Jerry Stiller’s partner

Actress Téa British bye-byes Girl in Wonderland Landlord’s log Comment after a potential insult 13

14 15 16 17 18

19 33 35 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 48

Not going off topic

Boats’ backs A pair plus one Harvests

Lower arm bones Mother, in

Mexico

Jimmy of “NYPD Blue”

Set back, as an alcove

Looked through narrowly Computer-aided extraction of information

Last part of some play acts “There’s this fellow who might be able to help you” Makes agitated Make fun of

Body of water east of Dublin Most stalesmelling

Handle, as a matter

Travel from Kansas to Utah, e.g. Coalition Relatives of pianos

Macramé workers, e.g. Sanctuary 51 55

57 59 68

70

74 77

78 79 81

82

83 84 85 86 87

88 89 92 93

Carried, as a burden University locales

Impelled Renunciation Soundproof chambers in TV studios, e.g. What a week consists of Casual top Herman or Lily of old TV

Flicks like “Moonstruck” and “Pretty Woman”

Firefly, e.g. Canadian $2 coin

Writer Hemingway Exam do-over

Tel Aviv locale Rough-textured Dock

“Make Room for Daddy” actor Rusty

Poetry Muse

End in — (finish even)

Have a link (with)

Less sinful Ammonia derivative Breeze-filled