Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

PAPER JAM

- By Zhouqin Burnikel /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Waste generator? 6 Bookkeeper’s stamp 10 Talks a big game 16 Time-capsule ceremony 17 Lawn game that’s in the Special Olympics 18 Director of the “Hostel” films 20 First Amendment guarantee 22 Digital technology that provides higher-quality sound 23 Big name in chips 24 Like most 23-Across chips 25 Bad-mouth 26 In need of an ice bath, say 27 Dropbox competitor 30 Not just imply 31 Send into space 34 It’s not used in miniature golf 35 French topper 37 Miss in court? 38 Pulls a yard prank on, briefly 41 Duluth-to-St. Paul dir. 42 “Vous ____ ici” 43 Last shot, often 44 Give it a go 45 “Yee-____!” 46 How Chinese brides are often dressed 48 Hodgepodge 50 It may be full of bugs 51 Business reply encl. 53 “Gigi” author, 1944 55 D.D.E.’s two-time presidenti­al rival 56 App image 57 Biblical landing site 59 “Yeah, right!” 60 Now and then 61 Alternativ­es to Twinkies 62 Give for a bit 63 Pinch-hit (for) 65 Totaled 66 Beatles girl who “made a fool of everyone” 67 Internatio­nal commerce assn. 68 Fontana di Trevi locale 69 Aleve shelfmate 70 Entr’____ 71 Tuna variety 72 Attach, as a seat belt 74 Surfboard stabilizer 75 Physicist who said, “Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it” 76 What may go to your head around Christmas? 78 Tribe under attack in “Hotel Rwanda” 80 Fruity drink 81 Islet in the Thames 82 Tip of Cambodia? 83 West Coast gas brand 84 Line part: Abbr. 87 Extends, in a way 88 Black mark uncovered in a background check 90 Trees used for making furniture 91 Agreement preceding a kiss 92 Flat need? 93 Little batteries 94 Rhimes who created “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” 96 Hit 1990s computer game 100 U.P.S. delivery: Abbr. 101 “Sure thing!” 104 Elec., e.g. 105 She betrayed Samson 107 Like a simple-majority voting system 110 Con 111 Two-time N.L. batting champ Willie 112 Banks that are too important to fail? 113 “What are the chances of seeing you here?!” 114 “The ____ the limit!” 115 It’ll never reach its destinatio­n

DOWN

1 Hit band heard on the soundtrack of “Back to the Future” 2 “Am not!” rebuttal 3 PBS’s “____ the Science Kid” 4 The so-called “path of virtue” 5 Trees associated with the underworld in Celtic myth 6 ____-mouthed 7 Throb 8 Summertime coffee order 9 Weigh down 10 Like flip phones, now 11 Things to settle 12 Word before strike or ball 13 Mmes., to Don Juan 14 Commotion 15 Commotion 16 Orthodonti­st’s recommenda­tion 17 Key next to A 19 Plot turner 20 Darts about 21 Rest spots for camels 25 Amount ____ 28 It’ll give you a lift 29 Big name in medical scales 32 Con 33 “Hold on there!” 36 Start over 37 “To be clear …” 38 Classic lie 39 Rear end 40 Final performanc­e 43 Grilling site 47 Like Comic-Con attendees vis-à-vis the general public 48 Bow-tie topper 49 Short rest 50 Much organic matter 51 Topping station at a Mexican restaurant 52 Three before seven? 54 Part of LIFO, to an accountant 58 Took courses 60 Target 61 Solo in space 64 Golf resort known for its Blue Monster course 65 Canadian hockey team 67 Shocked cry 71 “If memory serves …” 72 Dancer’s boss 73 Another, in Aragón 77 Ending with Jumbo 79 Comedy Central host Daniel 81 Suitable 83 One writing about “hare loss”? 85 Water whirls 86 Upright 89 ____ Diego 90 French pastry 93 Basilica recesses 95 No longer in the closet 96 OB/GYNs, e.g. 97 Trees used for making wands 98 Like some chances 99 Weymouth of Talking Heads 102 Rowdy revelry 103 Like Sir Ben Kingsley 106 “Bad” cholestero­l, for short 107 Most music radio stations 108 “Understand?” 109 Rural power org.

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