SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 Unpleasantly surprise 4 Music-licensing org.
9 Big brother?
14 Some Pac-12 athletes
18 Three or four, say 20 Ashton Kutcher’s role on “That ‘70s Show”
21 “Cross my heart” 22 Ingredient in spanakopita 23 Carefree quality 25 Synopsis
26 Saudi king before Abdullah
27 Popular Asian honeymoon destination
29 Ready for publication
31 Comes into view 32 Was given no other option
35 Online publication 36 Funny Foxx
37 Rant
41 Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard 43 51 past
44 Patronize, in a way
45 Slow start? 46 Momentarily 50 Supporting, with “up”
52 “I messed up,” in slang
54 Comaneci of gymnastics
55 One shouting,
“Get off my lawn!” 56 PC port
58 Clothing designer Marc
62 “S.N.L.” alum who co-starred in 2016’s “Ghostbusters” 64 Classic soft drink 65 Response to a funny meme 66 Stopping point 67 Lead-in to meter 68 Manage
70 Follower of Sam or will.
72 Pince-____ glasses
73 Iranian currency with a 75-Across on its bills
75 See 73-Across 77 Game console introduced in 2006 80 It’s often included with an R.S.V.P. card
81 Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr.
82 Scatters about 83 United way?
84 The most recent Pope Benedict
86 Like some “#@&!” language
88 “Actually, I do” 89 Photo ____ 92 “Buddy Holly” band, 1994
94 Braced
(oneself)
96 New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project 98 Amenable sort 99 Pet lovers’ org.
103 Phrase on a candy heart
104 Impertinent sorts 106 Birds or wasps 108 Caviar source 110 Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle
114 What may follow fire or stone 115 Pulmonologist’s expertise
118 Give too much light 119 One way to turn a ship
120 Members of une sororité
121 National currency that, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency
122 Memo header 123 Knights’ titles in “A Game of Thrones” 124 Heart topper, in bridge
125 “Someone Like You” hitmaker, 2011 126 Jokey suffix with most
DOWN
1 Prattle
2 Triangular construction
3 Was taken aback 4 Unable to move well
5 Submits
6 Former TV psychic Miss ____
7 The “A” of W.N.B.A.: Abbr.
8 Ask
9 Parts of hearts 10 Wonderful receptacle?
11 Tampa Bay N.F.L.er 12 Rock-____ (jukebox brand) 13 Romantic preference
14 Where to see Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” 15 Three or four, say 16 Colorless gases 17 Turns blue?
19 “Well, that’s quite a coincidence ...” 24 Sudden turn
28 Ewe or sow
30 One with superhuman powers
33 Spanish or Portuguese
34 “____ Como Va” (Santana hit)
38 Make alterations to 39 State of disbelief 40 Humdinger
42 Lusaka native 43 “Swell!”
44 NNE or SSW
46 Tattoo artists 47 Fictional land of books and film 48 “Impossible Is Nothing” sloganeer
49 Family nickname 51 University officials 53 ____ canto
55 Part of a short race
57 Draws back 59 Washington’s Kellyanne or George
60 Little: Ger.
61 Smith and Nelson 63 Teacher
64 Emphatic denial 69 Arduous
71 Degree for a research scientist 74 Latin law
76 New York Mets epithet
78 Quaint contraction
79 West Coast brew, for short
82 France’s Boulogne____-Mer
85 Disney’s Herbie, for one
87 Under attack 88 Visitors’ announcement 89 “The Song of Hiawatha” tribe 90 Sierra Nevada, e.g. 91 Oar
93 Frozen Wasser 95 Counterpart of dorsal
97 Immature eggs 98 Doofus
99 First part in an instruction manual 100 Hallucinogen sometimes called a “divine messenger”
101 Parts of waves
102 Give the green light
105 No longer in style 107 Reason for a
TV-MA rating, perhaps
109 “Say it ain’t so!” 111 Jedi guru
112 Poet who wrote, “Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers’ perjuries” 113 World’s rarest goose
116 A count manager 117 Vardalos of “My
Big Fat Greek Wedding”