Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By David Kwong /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Part of a backpack 6 Pyramids, often 11 Dutch

requiremen­ts 16 Evan : Welsh ::

____ : Scottish 19 One of Chekhov’s

“Three Sisters” 20 Hunter of myth 21 Bring to bear 22 Result, maybe, in

brief

23 Many apartments in old warehouse districts

24 Japanese comics style

25 Labor Day baby, e.g.

26 Shape formed by an extended thumb and index fingers

27 Good person to believe in

29 Switz. neighbor 30 Writer Tarbell who took on Standard Oil

31 Pins are placed at the end of them 33 07 film

37 Some E.M.T. cases 40 Buying binges 41 Count in music 42 Logical start? 44 U preceder

45 Picked from a lineup, informally 46 Hurt

47 Proverbs

50 Like puppeteers, usually

53 Maven

54 Leafy crown material

55 Day competitor 62 Bailiwicks

63 Legal

64 Chief Chirpa and others, in sci-fi 65 Wastes away 66 “Fantasy” Grammy winner

67 Cool, in old slang 68 “The way things are currently going …”

72 Muscle problem 74 Muscular 76 Grammy-winning country singer Black

77 Play combo of old 83 Mark ____, winner of the 1998 Masters

84 George Carlin was its first host, for short

85 State capital on the Colorado River 86 Subject of Newton’s first law of motion

88 Dealers do this 89 Have an in-tents experience?

92 QB’s pass: Abbr. 93 “____ to My Socks,” Pablo Neruda poem 94 Larsson who wrote “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” 96 Additional­ly 98 Deletes, with “out”

99 Tree alternativ­e 103 Kind of salami 105 N.Y.C.’s first subway line

106 Like some gas: Abbr.

107 “Big Sur” novelist, 1962

111 A suggestion

112 World capital whose name comes from the Greek for “wisdom”

114 Humble

116 Jazz composer with an Egyptianin­spired name 117 “____ your call” 118 “Elements of Algebra” author, 1770

119 First lady of the 1950s

120 Kind of pear that resembles an apple

121 Rapper with the

2003 hit “I Can”

122 “Judge ____” (1995

Stallone movie) 123 ____ and curl

(salon treatment) 124 Not interfere with DOWN

1 Tower over the

field

2 Sci-fi film with vehicles called “light cycles” 3 Loaded (with) 4 Prone to fidgeting 5 Some 1990s Toyotas

6 American fashion designer who once served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent 7 ____ pro nobis 8 Mixed together 9 Gets one over on 10 Junkyard warning, maybe

11 Play back?

12 Rust and quartz 13 Equity valuation stat

14 Tiny bit of work 15 Vodka brand, informally

16 She gained fame from her leading role in “Fame” 17 Having the means 18 ____ Lofgren, guitarist for the E Street Band 28 Wolflike

32 Great two-pair poker hand

34 Once called 35 Spanish resort island

36 “Sure, I guess ...” 37 Relating to egg cells

38 Actor who won a 2016 Presidenti­al Medal of Freedom 39 Six-line verse 43 Wilson of “Meet the Parents” 46 Colloquial contractio­n

48 Stops up 49 Surreptiti­ous

51 Greek H’s

52 Golfer Ernie 53 It ended on Nov. 11, 1918

56 Swell up

57 Laundry soap since 1908

58 “____, all ye faithful”

59 Classic fruity sodas 60 Occupied, with “in” 61 Accept as charged 68 “How sad!”

69 Liquor levy, e.g. 70 Provoke

71 Surgical inserts 72 Painter José María ____

73 Kind words

74 “Va ____” (Italian “All right”) 75 Something to bookmark

76 Film director Jon 77 You, to Yves

78 “____ doctor, but ...”

79 Trait of a clingy romantic partner 80 Lead singer of rock’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who uses just the initial of her last name) 81 Churchill’s trademark gesture 82 Author born Truman Streckfus Persons

87 Not much at all 88 Ballet attire

89 Pig in a poke or pigeon drop

90 “The Simpsons” grandpa

91 “More of the ____” (1967 No. 1 album) 95 Weepy 1954 Patti Page hit 96 Haberdashe­r’s clasp

97 Of the ankle 100 Stunned, in a way 101 Walk heavily 102 Contemptib­le sort 103 Toothy smile

104 Jazz’s James 108 Condo, e.g. 109 Kaffiyeh wearer 110 Christmas-tree hanging

113 Just between us? 115 Family nickname

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