Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

UH-OH!

- By Bruce Haight /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Blob-like “Star Wars” character 6 Give over 10 Great shakes? 15 Low rolls 19 Auto feature 20 Julia of Hollywood 21 Ham-handed 22 Enthralled 23 Office for decoding

messages? 26 The average size of its stores is 300,000 square feet 27 Had more than an

inkling 28 “Rats!” 29 Bringing to mind 31 “Indubitabl­y!” 32 Anxious condition,

briefly 33 What one might sit in at a Cheech & Chong movie? 37 “Puppy Love”

singer, 1960 38 Election Day

affirmatio­n 39 Oomph 40 Hauled (away) 42 WikiLeaks

associates 45 Inspiratio­n 46 Herder’s mantra? 48 Virtual dog or cat,

maybe 50 Glaciate 51 Fake news site,

with “The” 52 Sign on a jar at a

bar 53 Mass. neighbor 54 In a pretentiou­s

manner 56 Series opener 58 Fall behind 61 Quality-control problem at Oscar Mayer? 63 Title of a book about Southern Reconstruc­tion? 65 Nav. rank 66 Word before or

after nothing 67 Doohickeys 68 Sword handle 69 They may be decorated for the holidays 70 Sauce 71 Nickname for a Miami 12-time N.B.A. All-Star 72 Goddess usually pictured with a helmet 75 Two sights in a

yacht’s galley? 79 Prey for a heron or

garter snake 80 French pilgrimage

site 81 Stranger 82 Off-road transport,

informally 83 ____ Johnson,

a.k.a. The Rock 85 Sound heard by an

exam proctor, say 86 Helpful things for killing time nowadays? 91 Fraternity letter 92 Number of French kings named Charles 95 Catch’s partner 96 Prefix with therapy 98 Draw 99 “Sign me up!” 100 Pigeon trainer, at

times? 105 Crook, e.g. 106 Book of ____ (ancient Jewish text) 107 “Who ____?” 108 Kind of pad 109 Past partners 110 1988 Olympics site 111 Studied 112 Ancient

manuscript

DOWN

1 Of poor quality, in

modern slang 2 Set apart 3 College in

Lewiston, Me. 4 Steep 5 Big movie-theater

chain 6 Miniature lobster

lookalikes 7 Every 8 They may be put

up before a fight 9 President-____ 10 Starts of many

emails 11 Burma’s first prime

minister 12 Warm welcome at

Waikiki 13 Exams for some

H.S. students 14 Singer/guitarist

____ Ray Vaughan 15 Early wheels 16 Rousing 17 Unsolved crime 18 Theater backdrop 24 Clamor 25 Onetime MGM

rival 30 Trite 32 Coming up 34 Canon rival 35 Hardly ____ 36 Fishing vessel 37 In the

neighborho­od 40 Changing room? 41 Go-betweens 42 Fine-tuning 43 Acrobatic 44 Be overly sweet 45 Hip-hop’s ____ Def 46 Cubbyhole 47 Performing beneath one’s usual level 48 Late times, in ads 49 Bigger than big 52 The Bee Gees, for much of their career 54 Ancient market 55 Ruth’s 2,214 56 Circular things that arrive in square boxes 57 Lumberjack­s 58 Narcotic 59 One carrying a

torch? 60 Ending with poly62 Valhalla V.I.P. 63 Certain vacuum

tube 64 “Actually, come to

think of it …” 67 Egg on 69 Hiking group, with

“the”? 70 Greek city mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles 71 Backs,

anatomical­ly 72 With

consequenc­es 73 As much as

possible 74 Motor oil

brand 75 “The Lord of the

Rings” actor Billy 76 Step up or down 77 Relied (on) 78 Theme for an annual city-magazine issue 80 The inside track 83 Narc’s org. 84 Arroyos 87 Spanish kids 88 Cold War flier 89 Glow in the dark? 90 “Say cheese!” 92 Dressed to the

nines, with “up” 93 Goddess of

peace 94 Canon rival 97 ____ Major 98 Mother of Artemis 101 Farm call 102 Post-O.R.

stop 103 Grp. of Senators 104 PC key

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©2017 New York Times 2/26/17

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