SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
THANKSGIVING MEAL PREP
ACROSS
1 It grows on trees 5 Dance form featured in the documentary “Kumu Hina” 9 If-then-____ (programming trio)
13 Fruit in the custard
apple family 18 Home to Dublin
and Toledo 19 Ritual whose name translates to “covenant” 20 Locale for many
cabs
21 Common lab
culture
22 Stockpile bread? 24 Research hors
d’oeuvres online? 26 “Ditto”
27 Tizzy
29 Rural tower 30 Catchy tune, in
slang
31 Fighting sport, for
short
33 Since
35 “Time to head out!” 38 Selects green-bean casserole, candied yams and mashed potatoes?
43 What a ghost
might do to you 46 Chortled syllable 47 Loch Ness monster,
apparently
48 Love lines? 50 Eases
51 Blast from the past,
so to speak
53 “Full House” twins 55 Setting in
“Nomadland” 56 Kilt folds
57 Alex’s partner in the
jewelry industry 58 Features of a
vacant stare 60 Gets caught 61 Sanctify 63 “Cease!” on the
seas
64 Part of a rock
band?
65 Debate roasting versus deepfrying?
67 Groove
70 “There ____ enough
words”
72 Word with bump or
trap
73 Former Florida flier 75 Breaking up
78 Corn unit 79 Inventor Gray who had a patent war with Alexander Graham Bell 80 Martin of
Hollywood
81 City on the Kenai
Peninsula
83 “Let me join!” 84 Foolish 86 Unspecific amount
in a recipe
87 Small game,
often
88 Some nail-biters,
for short 89 Developing
91 Steers the dessert
cart?
94 Fame
96 Cupid’s
counterpart 97 Grabbed a chair 98 Some sex cells
100 Heads of org.
charts
102 Part of some pods 104 November
birthstone
108 Make cranberry sauce from scratch?
112 Reserve the chardonnay for later?
114 On a bias
115 Off-the-wall
116 Actress Jessica
117 Noted Celtic
musician
118 Kind of question
119 Shiny silver sticker? 120 Bid first, say
121 “____?” “___!”
DOWN
1 ____ tea 2 Exclamations of enlightenment 3 Outer layer
4 1988 Beach
Boys hit with a geographical title 5 “The White Lotus” network
6 Web addresses 7 Stage name of Montero Lamar Hill 8 St. Francis of ____ 9 Official lang. of Guyana
10 Land through which the Mekong River flows
11 Go bad
12 Quarter backs? 13 Letter before cue 14 Landmark health legislation, for short
15 Certain recyclable, in the Midwest 16 Brand aptly found in “natural pooch food”
17 Tendril 23 “Ba-dum-tss” sounds
25 Led Zeppelin’s “Whole ____ Love” 28 Aids in planning 32 Untold millennia 34 G-men
36 Buffalo N.H.L.ers 37 Work on one’s whisking technique? 38 Slices and dices 39 “Absolutely not” 40 “Goodness!” 41 Enter a bear market
42 Tournament
ranking
44 Clinton and Obama, astrologically 45 Approx.
49 Chuck Taylor All
Star, e.g.
52 Pro tip about seasoning stuffing?
53 Length of some fun
runs, informally 54 Backed up 57 Having an even
score
59 Macy’s Thanksgiving ____ Parade
61 Hairstyle that the
Brits call “fringe” 62 Captain Marvel, e.g. 65 Start of some
countdowns 66 Peruse
68 Open, as a drain 69 Home to Faa’a International Airport
71 German candy with a caramel center
73 Toddler’s time out? 74 Parsonage 75 Sicilian
stratovolcano 76 Things behind the
Times?
77 “____ the night before Christmas ... ”
79 Pitchers
80 Thur. + 3
82 Arthur of tennis 83 Rage
85 Philanthropist
Pratt for whom the Baltimore public library system is named
87 Measurer of acidity 90 Pluck
92 Entrance
93 Put in a hold
95 “For real,” in modern parlance 98 Go-ahead 99 Metaphor for a migraine
101 Lucid
103 Inspiration for the tribute band A*Teens
105 Winter candle scent
106 Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit”
107 Ardor
109 Ryan Gosling’s role
in “Barbie”
110 Common
factor
111 It ends when 1/1
begins
113 Boyo