Houston Chronicle Sunday

MORAL THINKING

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By Ian Livengood /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Southweste­rn cliff

dwellers 5 Means of going

down a 36-Down 9 Have a hole in

one’s heart 13 Meatheads 18 A Swiss army knife

has a lot of them 19 Cream of the crop 21 Heads for Britain? 22 Thick-skinned

grazer 23 Actress Streep playing a centenaria­n? 26 News-show group 27 Soup accompanie­rs, often 28 Like the settings of typical Grant Wood paintings 29 Unruffled 30 ____ the top 31 Risky business for a compiler of quotations? 33 Good shot? 36 Counterpar­ts of

files 37 Smart 38 Not obvious to

most 39 Evident worrywart 40 Done quickly 41 Protested from the

stands 44 ____ Kitchen (frozen-food brand) 45 Not wandering, say 46 Attorney general’s investigat­ion target 47 Like funk, now 51 Low-____ 52 Alaskan beer

container? 56 Beat the tar out of 57 Honorific for a

colleague 59 Vetoes 60 Lies ahead 62 Co. captains? 63 Typographi­cal

no-no 64 SiriusXM star 65 Some fine wool 67 Charming group? 68 Some True Value

purchases 71 Bad way to go? 72 Promote singer

Crow’s music? 75 P pronounced like

an R 76 Pequod’s co-owner 78 Meets with 79 James who sang “Good Rockin’ Daddy” 80 Throat part 81 Shade in 83 Layers 85 Wilderness Road

trailblaze­r 86 Fitness grp. 89 Nat ____ (channel) 90 Self-righteous

types 91 Hung out 92 Debt for comedian

Will? 96 Poet 97 Celsius of the

Celsius scale 98 Safe place 99 “Hamilton” and

“1776” 103 Beat 104 “I can’t help you, but the Brady Bunch mom will be happy to assist”? 106 ____Durkheim, so-called “father of sociology” 107 Nervous people are

on it 108 Who wrote, “A great flame follows a little spark” 109 Part of some small

buildings 110 Gulf cash 111 Charges 112 Monopoly

holding 113 Like a headlining

act, typically

DOWN

1 Preceder of snaps 2 Dept. of Labor

branch 3 Lose a tan, say 4 Uranium 238 and

strontium 90 5 Original “S.N.L.”

cast member 6 Rags-to-riches

writer 7 January

detritus 8 Body-image grp. 9 Sirens, e.g. 10 Pinkish orange 11 According to ____

(by the rules) 12 Subj. for an au pair,

maybe 13 Product possibly named after a real physician 14 One stop on Chicago’s Blue Line 15 Greasy spoons 16 Common soccer

score 17 100% 20 Caligula, e.g. 24 Gallbladde­r

neighbor 25 Like dirty

water 29 Ruckus 31 “Enough!” to a

Roman 32 ____ park 33 “____ me!” 34 Focus of

onomastics 35 Frost-covered

biochemica­l solid? 36 See 5-Across 40 Hell of a location? 41 Banana Republic

competitor 42 Good listeners 43 Big name in Scotch 45 “Love Actually,”

e.g. 46 Battle of Hastings

participan­ts 48 Like actor Flynn

post-dieting? 49 A good thing to get

out of 50 Black ____ 52 Gung-ho 53 Cutting costs? 54 Bathroom fixture 55 One of the

Jacksons 58 Banished 61 “I’m still

waiting ...?” 63 Roused 64 Gets ready to do a

load, say 65 Driving aid 66 65-Across

producer, maybe 67 Plains dwellers 68 Arrondisse­ment

heads? 69 Macduff,

for one 70 Disseminat­ed 73 Request from 74 Katherine who co-starred in “27 Dresses” 77 It stops talking 80 Telemarket­er’s

action 82 Notable whistle

blowers 83 Green shampoo 84 Sang gracefully 85 ____ acid 86 Died down 87 Little fingers or

toes 88 Buzz in space 90 Tut-tutters 91 Attacked, with

“out” 93 One-eyed female

on “Futurama” 94 Shake 95 The Cascades, e.g. 96 Monument Valley

sighting 99 “Gimme!” 100 Common calculus

calculatio­n 101 Signs (on) 102 Booking time 104 Bunny boss 105 Small lump of

tobacco

 ?? ©2016 New York Times ?? 8/21/16
©2016 New York Times 8/21/16

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