Seeing Progress
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
By Pam Amick Klawitter
ACROSS
Playground game with 1 hoops Blobby sci-fi villain 6 Biker's protective wear 11 In the know 19 Fitness motto starter 20 Removes faded flowers 21 from Fit 22 Brand with a 24 Jumpman logo Regret 25 School near Windsor 26 Stiles of "Whose Line Is 27 It Anyway?" "Friends" friend 28 Arrives like a 29 brainstorm A, to Beethoven 34 Fair 36 Formal talk 37 Deer sir 39 Droid from Naboo, 43 familiarly Volume unit 46 Go inside 48 Long, long tail? 50 Start of a hopeful 51 chant Tower engineer 55 Simone's state 57 Dagger of yore 58 Mosque official 59 Bound to be 61 "I, Claudius" role 62 Collapsed 63 Like some fried food 66 Letters on a bathroom 68 tube Absolutely zero 69 Dealer-busting org. 72 Meter starter 75 Compared with 76 Places where quiet is 77 often demanded Cut of the loot 78 River past Logroño 81 It's raised at a circus 84 Obligation 85 Many surfers 86 Ignore mistakes, say 88 Letters on a GI's 92 letters Absorb, as a spill 93 Twitter rampage 95 Hale-Bopp, for one 96 Alphabetically first V8 97 ingredient Yawning cause 99 Place to make a rial 101 deal Some tributes 103 Disney theme park 105 Part of many a plot 111 Bristol bye-bye 113 Bit of politeness from a 115 hat-tipper That guy, to Guy 116 Subject of many a 117 watch Family film feature 119 Enthusiastic to a fault 123 Elicit a chuckle 124 A detective may act on 125 one Spoofs 126 Minibike kin 127 — music 128
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1 Clues for DNA analysis 2 Accept the blame 3 Wild party 4 "No seats" sign 5 Job listing abbr. 6 "Precisely like this" 7 "Take—atit" 8 Bingo cousin 9 Marcel Marceau clown persona Snacked 10 Princess with 11 cinnamon-bun locks Not kidding 12 Asleep in Eng. class? 13 Cause of sticker shock 14 at the florist? They may be unsung 15 "CSI" actor George 16 Old food label figs. 17 I-9 ID 18 Thoughts of the beach 21 while in class, e.g. MIT offerings 23 Boxing div. 27 Suspects 30 Jordanian queen 31 dowager José's hand 32 A light bulb may 33 symbolize one "It's clear now" 35 Multi-lingual Irish 38 singer First golfing U.S. 40 president Pulitzer-winning 41 author James — standard 42 Bowl, say 43 Washighly regarded 44 Formal wear item 45 1983 Indy 500 champ 46 Tom Fancy moldings 47 Throw very hard 49 Berkshire racecourse 52 Deadlocked 53 Alleged creation of 54 Buffalo's Anchor Bar Wray of "King Kong" 56 Herd mentality 60 output? Golfer's gouge 64 Pasta restaurant 65 closing? RPI and NIH 67 Cards, for short 69 Tiberius' tongue 70 Blessed — 71 Casual Friday fabric 72 Musical workout, at 73 times Singer's perfect pitch, 74 say "... chips-down" link 75 "Ciao" 77 Swedish auto 78 Bit of optimism 79 Lotion additive 80 Fuzzy memory 82 One taking a class over 83 Juice with a lizard logo 87 Picard's counselor 89 Jon of "Mad Men" 90 Checkout action 91 Stamps 94 Figure with a cape 98 — kit: Ancestry.com 100 item Signed off on 101 Speechless player 102 Like morning fields 104 Stimulate 106 Memory miscue 107 Pass-rushing group, 108 briefly 109 Prevention amount 110 Strength 111 Inventing middle name 112 Card holder, maybe 114 Pub mugfuls 117 Jazzy genre 118 Yokohama yes 119 Omelet filler 120 70-Down trio opener 121 Bright students' org. 122 "How obvious"