Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Foyer fixture 9 Paratroope­rs’ gear 15 Building material for an 80-Across (in two different ways?) 20 Unsympathe­tic response to a complainer 21 Warhol’s “Campbell’s Tomato Juice Box,” e.g. 22 Italian vessel? 23 Conflictat­sea 26 Asia’s ____ Sea 27 Geological flat top 28 Staple at a luau 29 Orange Pixar

character 30 Main character in Kafka’s “The Metamorpho­sis” 32 River ____ (tributary of the Thames) 34 Balls or fire

preceder 37 Way off 40 Decides, in a way 44 Dura ____ (brain

membrane) 46 “That’s more than I

want to know!” 47 Parentingp­roblem atazoo 52 Luke Skywalker’s

landspeede­r, e.g. 53 Spill one’s secrets 54 “The Governator” 55 Focus of study for

Niels Bohr 56 Lead-in to dealer or

dialer 59 Winter Palace

resident 61 Particular­s, in slang 62 Logician’s word 63 Show weariness 65 Eight days after the

nones 67 Choice word? 69 ColdWarsyn­opsis 74 Rimes with rhymes 75 Othello, for one 76 “Kewl!” 77 Catch 80 See 15-Across 83 It may be

recounted 85 Be highly esteemed 87 Not mad 88 Roger Bannister,

notably 89 Word repeated in James Brown’s “It’s a ____ ____ ____ World” 91 “Please show some

compassion!” 94 Showofresp­ectat theVatican 99 Wood in Lucius

Malfoy’s wand 100 Dear one? 101 Rapt 102 Twosome 104 Incapacita­te, in a

way 105 “Inside the N.B.A.”

airer 106 Yemen, once 111 Subj. for a radio

astronomer 113 One in a gray suit,

for short 115 Most-applied-to

sch. in the U.S. 119 Split pair 120 Overthrowo­fa monarchy 126 Smart ____ 127 Only guest host in the 21 years of Leno’s “The Tonight Show” 128 It requires a

balancing act 129 City of Light,

informally 130 Gives the old

heave-ho 131 Faulty

connection­s?

DOWN

1 Food ____ (feelings after big meals) 2 John who wrote “Appointmen­t in Samarra” 3 Hussein : Obama :: ____ : Garfield 4 “Through many dangers, ____ and snares I have already come” (“Amazing Grace” lyric) 5 Burgundy of

“Anchorman” 6 “Pardon …” 7 Heart 8 Big name in

headphones 9 Number cruncher,

for short 10 Short shorts 11 Until 12 The Seal of Solomon and others 13 Before,

poetically 14 Letters on many a

racecar 15 Part of a plot 16 ____ queen 17 Pitched poorly 18 Queen ____ 19 SAT org. 24 Raft material 25 Pentium creator 31 Profess 33 Long stretch 35 Superconti­nent of 200 million years ago 36 “____ be my

pleasure” 38 Scope 39 Climbs 41 World of Warcraft

beast 42 Waver of a wand 43 Bathroom tile

shade 45 Prepped 47 Cowardly Lion

harasser 48 Bathroom bar 49 The Pink Panther, in “The Pink Panther” 50 Takes the place of,

in batting 51 Seventh film in the

“Rocky” series 52 ____ characters (basic means of writing Chinese) 57 “____ the

season …” 58 Leftover 60 Hardly original

works 63 Curled one’s lip 64 Police-blotter

letters 66 Fair-hiring inits. 68 Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program 70 Tree with catkins 71 Charms 72 Long stretch 73 Delicacy usually eaten as an appetizer 78 Marching band? 79 Queen ____ (pop

music nickname) 80 Stoked 81 Deli roll 82 Rubens or Raphael 84 Gets fitted for a

suit? 86 Drive-____ 87 Pool site 90 Leave runny on the

inside, say 92 Compete 93 Leftovers 95 Once-common

campus event 96 Welcome to the

fold? 97 Downside 98 Go haywire 103 Clear for takeoff? 107 OutKast chart

topper 108 On the button 109 Southern beauty 110 Low mounts? 112 Take a hit 114 Sein : German ::

____ : French 116 Cotton or country

follower 117 Siberian river 118 Dry 120 Time out? 121 ____ russe 122 A card? 123 Deli offering 124 Alternativ­es to

Macs 125 What a constant hand-washer probably has, for short

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