MORAL THINKING
SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
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