Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
IF I WERE YOU …
ACROSS
1 Begin
6 Commercial aunt since 1889 12 Prep to find fingerprints 16 Checkup sounds 19 Deduce
20 Rabid supporters
21 Steel head?
23 Land O’Lakes and Breakstone’s?
25 Part of the SkyTeam Alliance 26 With severity
27 The only way to get respect, so they say
29 Kind of torch 30 Commies 31 Ministering?
35 Giant in direct sales
37 Pro or con
38 Vientiane native
39 Stag’s mate
40 Laundry unit
41 “Inside the N.B.A.” analyst beginning in 2011 43 Wunderkinds, say 47 “Damn, I can’t seem to get a ball into fair territory!”? 53 Fabrication
54 Chicago airport code 55 Wide divide
56 Lose an all-in hand, say 57 Vitriol
58 Aziz of “Master of None” 60 Most susceptible to sunburn 61 Biblioklept’s targets
62 Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia? 67 Musical closings
70 Easy buckets
71 Tiny, multitentacled creatures 75 Operating system since the early ’70s
76 Mother ____ 77 “Robinson Crusoe” author 80 Fútbol stadium cry 81 Ingredient in a Cuba libre 82 Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you? 85 Novel endings, maybe 87 Informal assertion of authority 88 Indigo source
89 Part of NGO
90 Orders
93 “Feed me!,” maybe 94 Tannery stock
95 “What are you hauling in there?” and “How many axles you running?”
100 Course
101 Actress Moreno
102One putting others down
103Ivory, e.g.
106In a state
108Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a “1,” etc.?
112 Missile in a mating ritual
113 Best of all possible worlds
114 Amounts to
115 Amount to
116 “… ish”
117 Nitpicky know-it-all
118 Scoring factor at a crossword
tournament
DOWN
1 Bros, e.g.
2 Letter-shaped fastener
3 Subsequently
4 Sadly unoriginal works
5 In vogue
6 Box of 12?
7 Manning with two Super Bowl
M.V.P. awards
8 “I want my ____” (1980s
slogan)
9 Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short
10 Rami ____ of “Mr. Robot” 11 Attack vigorously
12 Title role for Jamie Foxx 13 Like the Statue of Liberty at night
14 Most common U.S. surname 15 Wee one
16 Trattoria option that means “garlic and oil”
17 Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same 18 Slowness embodied 22 Betrays, in a way 24 “Treasure Island” monogram 28 Genetic messenger 31 Excessive lovers of the grape 32 Classical theater 33 Concrete 34 Temptation location
35 Big name in soda cans and foil 36 Show grief
37 Guest bed, in a pinch 42 Extended writer’s blocks? 43 Scrapbooking need
44 Big success
45 Good source of calcium 46 Grasps
48 Hosiery shades
49 This Hebrew letter: ˘? 50 American Girl products 51 Keep watch for, maybe 52 Overdo it on the praise 57 “The Lord of the Rings” actor Billy
59 He fought alongside Achilles 60 Remote button
61 Aspirin maker
63 Narrow valleys
64 Oreo ingredient until the mid’90s 65 One ogling
66 “You just blew my mind!” 67 Medical breakthrough 68 “Movin’ ____”
69 Tiny 72 Wide-swinging blow 73 CBS’s “Kate & ____” 74 Peddles
76 Harbor sight
77 Box of 12, say 78 “Ticklish” toys
79 Raced
82 [The light turned green! Go!] 83 Free trial version 84 Where you might open a whole can of worms? 86 Track down 90 Move in the direction of
91 Jerk
92 Rise to the occasion
94 Comedic duo?
95 Skipping syllables
96 Difficulty
97 2022 World Cup host
98 Alternatives to cabs
99 About to blow one’s top
100 3, 4 or 5, usually
103What a 76-Down pulls
104 Certain buy-in
105Vet’s malady, for short
107Kerfuffle
109Turf
110 Luxury-hotel amenity
111 Get gold from one’s lead?