Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By Michael Ashley /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Loud sound in a

storm 5 Brand in the

freezer aisle 9 “Well, blimey!” 13 Masked hero 18 ____ land 19 Emergency state 22 Indo-____ 23 One working for

Supercuts? 25 “Later” 26 Crusader’s foe 27 Longtime “60

Minutes” reporter 28 Beats handily 29 “Always be a poet, even in ____”: Baudelaire 30 Bro 33 See what one is

saying? 35 Barista’s big

reveal? 38 Fall guy 41 Awful 45 Allow 46 Put-away shot 48 Pacific farewells 49 Lead-in to -drome 51 Who says, “O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!” in Shakespear­e 53 Cry after an owie,

maybe 54 British terminals? 55 Concord 57 Wakens 59 Winning gesture 62 Biblical kingdom 63 “____ to Psyche” 64 Search for a really

funny person? 68 Monthly check

issuing org. 71 Camera setting 74 “____ and the

Pussycats” 75 Burdened (with) 78 Nickname for

DiMaggio 81 Child in Chile 84 Humpty

Dumpty-shaped 85 Post-Neolithic

period 86 Astrobiolo­gists’

org. 87 “That’s it for me” 88 Actress Amanda of

“She’s the Man” 89 Army E-6s: Abbr. 93 Writer who specialize­s in sentimenta­l stories 95 Program file suffix 96 Declaratio­n at

Ringo’s birth? 98 Chef Boyardee

offering 100 ‘Tis the season 101 ____ football 106 Parthenon feature 109 Singer LaBelle 111 Best: Lat. 113 Send, as payment 114 Photograph­er’s

impossible task? 117 “Poor Richard’s Almanack” offering 118 Menace in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” 119 Other than that 120 “This I Promise

You” band, 2000 121 Added details 122 Divisions of office

bldgs. 123 Whole bunch

DOWN

1 Hug 2 University in

Beaumont, Tex. 3 Old Olds 4 Law-office staffers,

informally 5 “Look!” to Livy 6 Spanish

nobleman 7 Cry at a card table 8 W.W. II org. 9 Stuck through 10 Specious

reasoning 11 University in Garden City, Long Island 12 “____ out!” (ump’s

cry) 13 Frank who was called the “Electric Don Quixote” 14 Mountain nymph 15 Politico Paul 16 Billiards need 17 Till compartmen­t 20 Smaller picture 21 Canine command 24 Freezer items 28 Darn, e.g. 31 Radii partners 32 Saw 34 Part of an ignition

system 36 Timecard measure:

Abbr. 37 Philosophi­cal

lead-in to -ism 38 Money in Oregon

state coffers? 39 A ____ apple 40 Cool, in old slang 41 Company near the start of the telephone book listings 42 Relatives 43 French bachelor? 44 “Goodness!” 46 Spade holder 47 It might start

“Attn.” 50 Gets back (to), in a

way 52 Katniss’s love in “The Hunger Games” 54 Morning ____ 55 D.O.J. figures 56 Serengeti roamer 58 Slim beachwear 60 ____ generis 61 Cara of “Fame” 65 Eye: Sp. 66 Part of a boot 67 Prefix with -therm 69 River spanned by

the Pont Neuf 70 Member of the

genus Vipera 72 Magazine founder

Eric 73 Members of la

familia 76 Own, so to speak 77 Redbox

offerings 78 Be in harmony 79 Serengeti roamer 80 Country music’s

Colter 82 “Truly” 83 Daughter of

Tantalus 86 Cold War land:

Abbr. 87 Mediterran­ean

land: Abbr. 90 Pays a short visit 91 Son of Sir Lancelot 92 Large sea snails 94 Bit of attire for Roy

Rogers 96 Forum greeting 97 Quick signature:

Abbr. 98 Rule 99 San Diego State

athlete 102 Coasters, e.g. 103 Online shoppers’

destinatio­n 104 Sip 105 Slightly off 106 Football Hall-of

Famer Tarkenton 107 Cold War side 108 “____ as well” 110 Little ‘un 112 Many tenured

profs 114 Old Turkish

commander 115 Some test results,

for short 116 Crank

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