Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Kind of chip 6 Novelist Tillie who wrote “Tell Me a Riddle” 11 1950s sci-fi terror,

with “the” 15 Pro-baller-turned-commentato­r for N.B.A. on TNT 19 Upper reaches 20 Last method of death in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” 21 Letter sign-off 22 Modern movement

inits. 23 *1978 movie in which Kevin Bacon made his film debut 25 Minicar, say 27 Makeup for a “Wizard of Oz” character? 28 Cooperate (with) 29 Didn’t exist 30 Sufficient, in brief 32 *Having it made 35 Deg. in the

boardroom 38 Fails to brake in

time for, maybe 40 “I see what you did

there!” 41 Comments from a

crossword kibitzer 43 It’s sold by the yard 44 If all else fails 47 Actor Morales 48 *Progress

preventer 53 Some Vegas

attraction­s 55 Prophet whose name means “deliveranc­e” 56 Southern Italian

port 57 Lock combinatio­n? 59 Helmeted deity 60 Cravings 63 Sing loudly 67 Non-____ (modern

food label) 68 *1990s-2000s HBO

hit 71 A, in Amiens 72 Feeling 74 “Chilean” fish 75 Typewriter type 76 Family symbols 79 Mexican sauce 80 “Natural” way to

serve a roast 81 “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette,” e.g. 84 *Laos or Vietnam 88 Start to -matic 89 “Oh jeez, don’t look

at me” 90 Sue Grafton’s “____ for Ricochet” 91 Result of

overexposu­re? 94 Where phone nos.

might be stored 95 Burst through, as a

barrier 100 Prefix meaning

118-Across 101 *Sobriquet for

ardent Boston fans 105 Tetra- plus two 106 Superficia­lly repair 107 Things always kept

on hand? 109 Quick jump in the

pool 110 Like some

photograph­y 113 *Popular app that can view any of the places named at the ends of the answers to the starred clues 115 Tippy-top 116 Disturbanc­e 117 Bach compositio­n 118 See 100-Across 119 Shock to the

system 120 “____-Team” 121 Blackjack option 122 “Duck Dynasty”

network

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1 More likely to win a handwritin­g award 2 When many start the workday 3 Achebe who wrote “Things Fall Apart” 4 Designer line? 5 Like some medication 6 Available 7 Sarges’ superiors 8 March composer 9 Curves seen in

sports car ads 10 Formerly 11 Instrument in a metalworke­r’s union? 12 Soloist? 13 Lose control at the

buffet 14 Appear 15 Blind part 16 Elev. 17 Prez on a penny 18 15 mins. of an

N.F.L. game 24 Rich Richie 26 Tolkien

creatures 31 Purchase at an

optometris­t’s 33 Cry of pain 34 “Vamoose!” 35 Work well together 36 Seasoned pork sausage, informally 37 “No warranty” 39 Third-largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia 42 “____ the Beat”

(1982 Go-Go’s hit) 44 Broadly smiling 45 Gang in “Grease” with an automotive name 46 Reggae precursor 48 Fetches 49 See 112-Down 50 Deliver to, as a

pickup line 51 Agile mountain

climbers 52 Explorer’s grp. 53 Guitar bars 54 One way to sit by 58 Storklike waders 60 Dissuade 61 La saison chaude 62 P.I., in old slang 64 Board displaying

the alphabet 65 Like some DVD

exclusive releases 66 Mess with, as hair

or siblings 68 What covers parts

of 80-Down? 69 Poetic shades 70 L.A. locale 73 Cartoon Great

Dane, informally 75 Coup d’état 77 Cable channel whose first initial stands for its founder 78 Drama that can go

on for years 80 See 68-Down 81 Order in the court 82 Cabinet dept. 83 El ____ 85 The year 2510 86 Average 87 Thirty, en français 89 Thorough 92 River past Orsk 93 Meal 95 Mogul 96 Churned 97 Star of Hitchcock’s

“The Birds” 98 Egressed 99 Nymph turned into a laurel tree, in Greek myth 102 “Calvin and

Hobbes” girl 103 Tennis situation

after deuce 104 Border county of New York or Pennsylvan­ia 106 “omg” or “lol,” say 108 Phantasy Star

maker 110 Indian mausoleum

opening? 111 N.Y.S.E. debut 112 With 49-Down, singer with the autobiogra­phy “It Wasn’t All Velvet” 113 Guys’ dates,

informally 114 ____ Pacis (Roman

monument)

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