SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 Exaggerated virility 9 Effortless
assimilation 16 Alternatives to H.S.
diplomas 20 Surgical removal
procedure
21 What might raise
the roof?
22 Come down, in a
way
23 Line never said by
58-Across 25 Columnist
Bombeck 26 Birth-control
option, briefly 27 “Please hold the
line”
28 Shopping center? 29 Excerpt
30 Subjects of
expertise
33 Lay an egg, say 34 Targets on “chest
day”
35 Hollers
36 Line never said by
83-Across 41 Lobster ____
diavolo
42 Official language
of a U.S. territory 45 Medical research
org.
46 “Gotcha, man!” 48 Dec. 31, e.g. 49 Diminutive for
Theresa
52 Takes the plunge 55 Will who played Grandpa Walton on “The Waltons” 56 Big name in applesauce
58 Film villain who never said 23-Across, with “the”
61 Some purchasers of expensive gowns 64 Manhattan’s ____ Stadium
66 The “E” in Q.E.D. 67 Noses out? 69 Counterpart of pitch
70 Prefix with -lepsy 71 Title for two Beatles 72 ____-Locka, Fla. 73 Try, in a way 75 Woodworker’s tool 76 Digital-image format
79 3:00
80 Willowy 81 Washer/dryer unit 83 Commander who never said 36-Across
86 Former Mississippi senator Trent
87 The first recorded one was noted by the Greek scientist Hipparchus in 134 B.C.
89 2014 hit film featuring Oprah Winfrey 90 Announcement from a band 92 Colorful fish 93 Surveillance aid 95 Word before check or drop 96 Overnighter 98 Chinese principle 99 TV detective who never said 121-Across 106 Exercise done while sitting
108 Wax holders
109 What a plus sign may indicate
110 Belief of Benjamin Franklin
114 Already: Fr.
115 Lhasa ____
116 May ordeal for some H.S. students
119 N.Y. engineering sch.
120 Pop singer Jason 121 Line never said by 99-Across
125 Last of the Stuarts 126 Thoroughly enjoyed something 127 Birth
128 Obstinate responses
129 “Oh, lordy!” 130 Corporations and partnerships, e.g.
DOWN
1 Secret society 2 Moving too quickly
to be seen clearly 3 Half of an old crime duo 4 Croque-monsieur ingredient
5 Plural suffix? 6 Drinks in moderation 7 Post-____ 8 Difficult kind of push-up
9 German artist Dix 10 “____ Love” (Cole Porter song)
11 G.I. grub
12 Without a buyer lined up 13 Seattle-based insurance giant 14 Least productive 15 Some beans 16 ____-Roman wrestling
17 British noble who never said 44-Down 18 Anastasia’s love in Disney’s “Anastasia” 19 Irritably answers 24 Purchase for a lorry
31 Blood-typing letters
32 Politician’s goal 34 Impatient dismissals 35 London’s ____ Park 37 All over again
38 Not yet rented 39 Varicolored
40 Like BFFs
42 Formative
43 Shade of green 44 Line never said by 17-Down
47 Iraq War danger, for short
50 Rest of the afternoon 51 Economizes 53 Common landscaping tree with acorns
54 Puts the kibosh on something
57 Active ingredient in marijuana
59 Sport making its Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2020 60 Number of Spanish kings named Carlos
62 Small boat, maybe 63 Angel
65 Head, slangily 68 Home to the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi: Abbr. 74 Suffer
77 Part of Caesar’s boast
78 Las ____, Canary Islands
79 Opposite of kill 82 Elmer, to Bugs 84 “Sounds good to me!”
85 Many a northern Iraqi
88 Rubin ____ (classic illusion) 91 Try for a part
93 ____ Graham, Oprah’s longtime beau
94 Former Penn State football coach 97 Go green, say 100 Standing
101 Hilarious joke, in slang
102 Titillating
103 Feudal estate 104 Cyrano de Bergerac’s love 105 How paint is usually sold
107 Stuns
111 Shiraz native
112 #, to a proofreader 113 Performers in oldfashioned dumb shows
115 Stuck, after “in” 116 Buzzing
117 Stinky Le Pew 118 ____ Helens 122 Communication syst. for the deaf 123 Comp ____ (coll. major)
124 Crossed