SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
TO-DO LIST
ACROSS
1 1/48 of a cup:
Abbr.
4 Ad Council
offerings, for short 8 Home of the Kaaba 13 Spartan
17 “The Problem
With ____” (2017 documentary) 18 Orator’s platform 19 “Never meet your ____” (maxim) 20 Less wild
21 Done working: Abbr.
22 About which you might always say, “Bee prepared”? 23 They take the form of self-flying paper airplanes in the Harry Potter books 24 Topping for a 25-Across
25 Piece of cake, say 27 Improv-class exercises
29 Kids
30 Without aim
31 Mob
33 Fish whose males bear the young 35 Evening gala 37 Note-taking spot? 38 Sustained period of luck, as with dice
39 Litter critter 40 Floor-plan unit 42 Restless desire 46 What
Franklin famously asked for 49 Floor-plan spec 50 Blog-feed inits. 52 Debtor’s letters 53 Email holder 54 Something lent to a friend
55 Set of skills, metaphorically 57 Father of Scout, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” 59 Declare
61 Best-actor winner Malek
63 Normandy battle site
65 Wads
66 Last dance? 69 Managed an unmanageable group, figuratively 72 Wonder Woman accessory
73 Aware of
75 Playroom chest 76 Downwind
77 They’re worn on heads with tails 79 Store
81 Was first
83 Ka ____ (southernmost point on Hawaii) 84 Prefix with -graph 85 Run on
86 Singer Brickell 87 Believed something without question 89 Commercial lead-in to land 91 Elizabeth Warren vis-à-vis former chief justice Earl Warren, e.g.
95 It’s frequently under fire
96 Prepare to bathe 98 Olivia Benson’s division on TV: Abbr.
99 Conditional word 102 Expressively creative
104 First of the metalloids
106 Border
107 Flight recorder 108 ____ complex 111 A much greater quantity
113 Lead-in to fit or active
114 ____ New Guinea 115 Foreword
117 Org. that kicked off again in 2020 after a 19-year hiatus 118 Studio behind “Platoon” and “Amadeus”
119 Salary negotiator 120 Adversary 121 Embodiment of slipperiness
122 Word before or after short
123 One of the six simple machines 124 State pair: Abbr. 125 Mrs., in Mexico
DOWN
1 Transportation for the Doctor on “Doctor Who” 2 Small suit
3 Tries to make the unappealing attractive 4 Eeyore-ish sentiment 5 Stocking stuffer 6 Donkey Kong, e.g.
7 Imbroglios
8 Play charades 9 Setting for a Sistine Chapel painting
10 Results from
11 Near
12 “Methought I was enamour’d of an ____” : Titania 13 Brand of rum 14 Improper 15 Best-actress winner Zellweger 16 Tiny fractions of joules
18 “____ Would Be King,” 2018 novel by Wayétu Moore 20 Attach, in a way 26 Stack topper 28 Iconic Chevy
29 “You nailed it!” 32 ____ page 34 Spanish “now”
36 Olympic pentathlete’s need 38 Well-being
40 Purse part
41 Flying Clouds and Royales
43 Be fully qualified
... or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 44 Author of “The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure”
45 Czech reformer Jan 46 Coastal inlets 47 It might get a licking 48 Combination meant to change behavior
51 Starter earring
56 Play piano, informally
58 Machu Picchu builder
60 Something frequently made with the eyes shut 62 X-ray alternative, maybe
64 Spanish treasure 67 Anthem starter 68 Businesses with a portmanteau name
70 “It Ain’t Me Babe” songwriter
71 Percolate
74 Zip
77 No. in a directory 78 Wimbledon wear, perhaps
80 Chooses not to act 82 Academia figure 88 It follows the Hijri calendar 90 Protruding bit of bedrock
92 Form a new mental picture of
93 Got away
94 Sharing word 97 Canon competitor 99 Leaves weaponless 100 One participating in a new Summer Olympics sport in 2021
101 Fashion designer McCartney 102 Heads-up
103 Two to one, say 105 Time and again 107 Warner ____
109 Like the Liberty
Bell in 1846, for the last time
110 Big name in British art
112 Hall-of-Fame catcher Campanella
114 Print maker 116 Tulsa-to-Des Moines dir.