Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Lament after being

back-stabbed 5 Crack up 10 Test one’s metal? 15 Down 18 Classic word game 20 Dollar competitor 21 Contemptib­le sort 22 “____ linda!” (“How pretty!” in Spanish) 23 One who’s dunzo 24 Glossy fabric 25 Dancer’s leader 26 The Bulldogs of the

S.E.C. 27 Line at the side of a

photo 29 Hoopster observing

Ramadan? 32 Electric ____ 33 Shepherd’s pie bit 35 River through Seoul 36 Bakery buy 37 Nearly dried-up

Asian sea 38 Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter 40 Frequent Winter

Olympics setting 43 Sign from a third

base coach, say 45 Van Susteren formerly of Fox News 46 Gangster Luciano performing a risqué prank? 49 Ankle-exposing

pants 50 “____ been

thinking …” 51 Captains on The

Atlantic, briefly? 52 By and large 54 Neighbor of N.Y. 55 Young swan 58 Colleens 60 Uncommon spelling for a common greeting 62 Whole ____ 63 I.Q. test name 64 1982 No. 1 hit with the line “Watch out boy, she’ll chew you up” 67 Look lecherousl­y 68 Hobo at the wheel? 71 Cunningnes­s 72 Many web

advertisem­ents 74 Overly indulge in 75 Movie Hall 76 Bridge words 77 Evil spirits 79 Gently jabbed 80 Enliven, with “up” 82 Build-it-yourself

auto 84 Sugar suffix 85 Flatow of NPR’s

“Science Friday” 86 Drops a line 88 Where to buy certain Christmas decoration­s? 94 Early PC platform 95 Link with 96 Accident

investigat­ing agcy. 97 Part of STEM, for

short 98 Long tale 99 ____-pah 100 Subzero, maybe 102 One whose life is in

order? 104 Lament 105 Mild form of corporal punishment? 110 Poor 112 Home of the

Pampas: Abbr. 113 “Rumor has it …” 114 Partner of live 116 Actress Swinton 117 Golfer Michelle 118 “Scooby-Doo” girl 119 Commercial cow 120 Brownstone

feature 121 The Bosporus, e.g.:

Abbr. 122 Haven 123 Change with the

times 124 Moving well

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1 Ovum 2 “Walden” writer 3 “Wild Thing”

rapper 4 How many college textbooks are bought 5 Lot of fun,

informally 6 Saint for whom a Minnesota college is named 7 ____ Hari 8 Powerless group? 9 “It’s worse than

you can imagine” 10 Org. 11 Party handouts 12 Wicked 13 ____ Chigurh, villain in “No Country for Old Men” 14 It takes months to complete 15 Cheering done in a

plaza? 16 Baked with breadcrumb­s and cheese 17 Bringing up the

rear 19 Set off, as a

security alarm 28 China display 30 Under the wire, so

to speak 31 ____ speed 34 Cockpit datum:

Abbr. 39 Merely superficia­l 41 Olympics events rarely shown in prime time 42 Carried chairs 44 Nephew of Cain 45 King who’s a friend

of Oprah 47 First name in

fashion 48 Word after liquid or

fixed 49 Sword-fight sound 53 ____ of Glamis, title in Shakespear­e 55 Corp. money pros 56 One holding many

positions 57 Big fan of the “Lord of the Flies” author? 59 Mirror buildup, at

times 61 Dangerous

backyard projectile 63 Pop 64 Erroneousl­y hit “reply all” instead of “reply,” say 65 Late author Wiesel 66 Thatching material 68 Underpinni­ng 69 Text on an iPad, say 70 Collars 73 Really feels the

heat 75 See 79-Down 77 Hoped-for result of swiping right on Tinder 78 Hot 79 75-Down around a

saint 80 Wardens enforce

them 81 Emotionall­y, if not

physically 83 TV spinoff of 2002 87 Narrow arm of the

sea 89 Part of the inner

ear 90 Channel with “Family Feud” reruns 91 Sound of a pebble

hitting water 92 Galápagos Islands’

country 93 Setting for many New Yorker cartoons 95 They get wetter as

they dry 99 Actor Milo 101 Bottom line 103 Beer ____ 106 DVR choice 107 Refrain

syllables 108 Pluto flyby

org. 109 Enthrall 111 They come straight from the horse’s mouth 115 Bottom line

 ?? By Jim Holland /Edited By Will Shortz and Jeff Chen ?? 10/2/16 ©2016 New York Times
By Jim Holland /Edited By Will Shortz and Jeff Chen 10/2/16 ©2016 New York Times

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