Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Fall birthstone 5 “____ of the Dead” (2004 horror-movie parody) 10 Give birth on a

farm, in a way 15 Black-and-white

alerts, briefly 19 Wine bouquet 20 Big brewer 21 Starters 22 Old Italian bread 23 “What’sinyour attic?Anddo penthouses­have betterresa­le value?Findoutin today’s____” 25 Menacing look 26 Parts of décadas 27 Duke grp. 28 Paul of “Ant-Man” 29 “Museum officialsr­eporta pricelessv­asehas shattered.Stay tunedfor the____” 32 Group attacked by

John the Baptist 35 Bruin Bobby 36 Eighth-century pope with the sixth-longest reign 37 Snapchat

co-founder Spiegel 38 Past 40 Floor (it) 42 White-barked tree 43 “Acourtroom­artist hasbeenarr­ested forfraud.____” 49 Poet laureate

Henry James ____ 50 Coffee’s draw 51 Epic-poem section 52 Wye follower 53 Spots in la Seine 54 Obits, basically 55 Mixed-martial-arts

org. 57 Many a new loan,

for short 59 Blue state 61 Often-injured part of the knee, for short 62 Fighting a liar,

e.g. 65 Blarney 66 “Schoolsare crackingdo­wnon theirmostt­ardy students.We’ll have____” 68 “Comingup,a pistolduel­ertells ushisstanc­e. Now____” 73 Ringing words? 74 Ones to keep up

with 78 Tennis doubles? 79 Paces at races 83 Smelting waste 84 Anaïs of “Henry &

June” 85 Princess with a

twin 86 “Well, well, old

chap” 87 Consumed

89 Mexican-born

golfer Lorena 91 Joe of “My Cousin

Vinny” 92 Start for deal or

lead 93 “Afterthebr­eak, peoplearel­eaving thecitydur­ing winterbeca­useof crime.Plus____” 97 Mother: Prefix 99 Curator’s deg. 100 Thurman of

“Henry & June” 101 Come ____

surprise 102 Put on a jury 104 Clear the tables 106 Savor 111 “Ourcamerac­rew enteredaon­ehourphoto­shop atten.____” 114 Advance 115 Spa sound 116 Lead-in to much 117 “With ____

bodkin?”: Hamlet 118 “Withmoreab­out thosedefen­ding theaccused,our reporteris____” 121 Sotto ____

(quietly) 122 Nation near Fiji 123 Corn chip

124 Sleek, informally 125 You are, in Spain 126 A comedian called

Wanda 127 Grape nuts? 128 Tennis’s Steffi

DOWN

1 Ready 2 Doggy 3 Rescue org. 4 ____ Moulins,

Québec 5 Like some support

payments 6 Sets 7 Follow, with “by” 8 Take advantage of 9 Accident investigat­or, for short 10 Court player, in old

lingo 11 Still on the loose 12 Not keep a secret 13 Special permits 14 Fix, as text 15 Singer Morissette 16 Pizza topping 17 About which it was asked, “Why are you blue?” in a classic song 18 Spunk 24 Quiz-show fodder 30 One giving a

wake-up call? 31 Overcast 33 Lots 34 Gilbert of “The

Talk” 39 Sci-fi or fantasy 41 Snack brand featured on “Mad Men” 43 Blot gently 44 Actor Bergen of

“Jersey Boys” 45 Novelist John

Kennedy ____ 46 Grab by the collar,

say 47 Annan of the U.N. 48 Give heed 53 Digging 55 Satisfacto­ry 56 Friend’s

opposite 58 Fig. for a librarian 60 Points 62 Prefix with

masochisti­c 63 High degrees 64 Devotee of

Dionysus 67 Pond sight 69 2000-15 TV drama 70 “Oh, jeez!” 71 Chilling 72 Bygone carrier 75 Morlocks’ prey, in

sci-fi 76 Historic headline

of 1898 77 Old Irish character 79 “Up top!” 80 Anatolia,

familiarly 81 Spot for the booby

prize 82 Groom 85 Divulge 88 Start to fail? 90 Go ____ great

length 91 Grilled sandwich 93 Daughter on the animated “Bob’s Burgers” 94 Egg-spensive

jeweler? 95 Saw through 96 ____ Unidos 98 Temple of Abu

Simbel honoree 103 ____-Unis 105 Eye layers 107 ____ Locke, the so-called “Dean of the Harlem Renaissanc­e” 108 Champing at the

bit 109 Native Israeli 110 Below, as a goal 112 Tall and thin 113 Warning letters on some graphic videos 119 Part of TNT 120 Pester

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8/14/16 ©2016 New York Times

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