Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Ascribes, with “up” 7 Title film character played by Tyler Perry 12 Hails 19 Showy gymnastics maneuver 20 Togalike Roman cloak 22 In an attentive manner 23 SWAN 26 Crunchy green vegetable 27 Profitable 28 Sportscast­er Johnson 29 Show up 31 Wet blanket? 33 They contain libidos 34 MARS 43 Largest city of Yemen 44 French region now part of the Grand Est 45 Ally (with) 46 Hershey product similar to a Heath bar 47 Part of a domain name 49 Gists 51 Foreboding atmosphere 55 ATLAS 60 Fixed fee 63 Spa sound 64 “Once in Love With ____” 65 Objectivis­t Rand 66 Fat-substitute brand 67 Pride-parade letters 69 Self-referentia­l 71 Fifth-century pope dubbed “the Great” 73 An evergreen 74 Martinique, par exemple 75 Exist 76 Musical instrument­s that lie flat 78 TRIO 84 Jose ____ (tequila brand) 85 ____ the Explorer 86 Chapel Hill sch. 87 It’s a long story 91 Squealed 93 Really bothers 96 Drew useful material from 97 OKAY 101 Fiery end? 103 ____ es Salaam 104 Of a heart chamber 105 Direct 108 Stop, in sailor’s lingo 112 Shudder of emotion 117 WASP 120 Opening letters? 121 One of the

Wahlbergs 122 One way to pay 123 Introversi­on 124 Idol worshiper 125 Yoga poses

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1 Musical Mama 2 Cut 3 Something delivered by a diva 4 Droopy 5 Capital of Uganda 6 Nearly out? 7 Gullet 8 Second first lady 9 Foolish oldsters 10 K thru 12 11 King who spoke at Kennedy’s inaugural ball 12 Lugs 13 Samuel Adams, e.g. 14 Rich supply 15 Natl. Guard counterpar­t 16 Small, as Beanie Babies 17 1961 title role for Charlton Heston 18 A comic called Wanda 21 Burglar frightener 24 ____ Nui (Easter Island) 25 Mooers’ mouthfuls 30 Muse of lyric poetry 32 Flight of fancy 34 Publisher’s pile: Abbr. 35 ____ Park, Ill. 36 Commercial lead-in to Caps 37 “____ BoomDe-Ay” 38 Certain house ... or house dressing 39 Land next to Peru: Abbr. 40 Obligation 41 Drop a line, say 42 Raise 47 Banned insecticid­e 48 Desdemona’s husband, in opera 50 Candidate’s goal 52 Bobby of the Black Panthers 53 Stephenie who wrote the “Twilight” series 54 Periodic table figs. 56 Actor Holm 57 Where cultures thrive? 58 Horse bit 59 Wonder Woman is one 60 City, but not county, leader? 61 Yale of Yale University 62 La ____ (notre planète) 68 Neuter 69 Med. scan 70 Poetic time 71 Stop: Abbr. 72 That life evolves, to Darwin 74 Pressed 75 Apothegm 77 Global sports org. 79 German for “first” 80 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You ____?” 81 Actress Anderson 82 They may match presidenti­al administra­tions 83 Train 88 Nonspecifi­c amount 89 Mild exclamatio­n 90 Supplement­al work for actors 92 Golden ____ (General Mills cereal) 94 Winter Olympics activity 95 Willa Cather’s “My ____” 96 Bad-mouths 97 Writer who coined the term “banana republic” (1904) 98 Drab songbird 99 Airport amenity 100 Realm chronicled by C. S. Lewis 101 ____ expected (predictabl­y) 102 1991 Wimbledon champ Michael 106 Ghostbuste­r Spengler 107 ____ Préval, two-time president of Haiti 109 Say further 110 Brandy grade, briefly 111 Volcano at the meeting point of the African and Eurasian plates 113 Pet-protection agcy. 114 White House spokesman Spicer 115 Greek peak 116 Some degrees 118 Bad start? 119 Col.’s superior

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©2017 New York Times 4/9/17

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