“Before Tea”
By Laura Effinger-Dean & Christina Iverson
ACROSS
1 Humidifier output
6 Ratio phrase
10 Dweeb
14 Hubbubs
18 Angry
19 Twosome
20 Fencing implement
21 Dark beer
22 Give orders, even while
dreaming?
25 Muse of poetry
26 Tolkien creature
27 Contributes
28 Swiss chocolatier
29 Light beer
30 Tanning bed
fixtures
33 Stripped (of)
35 Bauxite, e.g.
36 “Don’t lose hope!”
38 Mining engineer who became president in 1929
40 Maine college town
42 Request from one robot to another in “Futurama”?
44 In the center of
47 List unit
48 Flit
49 Update, as charts
53 Vintage ski lift
54 Davis of “Grumpy Old
Men”
56 2022 World Cup city
58 “Dune” director
Villeneuve
60 Ancient character
61 Small battery
Last week’s solution:
“Tis the Season” 63 Target of some bark
beetles
65 Gets there in no time?
67 Rapper will.—
70 One who starts a fight over the last crustacean at a seafood buffet?
74 “Hip Hop Is Dead”
rapper
75 Episodic option in
some games
77 Feel crummy
78 Bobs and weaves
80 Put on board
81 Colleague of Sonia and
Ketanji
83 Latch (onto)
86 Like Wiccans and
Druids
90 Domain
91 Diploma word
93 Monogram pt.
95 Humorist Barry
96 Not as harsh
99 Decorations for a “Bob the Builder” birthday cake?
102 Via ship, e.g.
104 Brewpub handle
105 Large grinders
106 Polite title
108 Face up to
110 Found loathsome
111 Poet who wrote, “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt”
113 —-Roman
114 Darling
116 Narrow inlet
119 Chateau-dotted valley
120 “Oh, you’re not acting so brave now, are you!”?
124 Word with circle and
tube
125 Capri, for one
126 Voting no
127 Pizza slice, say
128 Charge (with)
129 Really, really overcook
130 Deli array
131 Introductory course
DOWN
1 Hard-to-describe feeling
2 “East of Eden” brother
3 Old incarnations
4 Extra NFL periods
5 Outdoor gear giant
6 Old Apple devices
7 Beachfront property?
8 Links
9 RN workplaces
10 Came through
11 First act
12 Swamp grasses
13 Didn’t stray from
14 Razor brand
15 Maintain forest health
with a planned fire? 16 Word with space and
planet
17 Put away for later
21 Rarely
23 Was out briefly
24 Thin shard
31 Iron deficiency
32 Fall flower, for short
33 Pentagon org.
34 “Mrs. America”
political cause, briefly
36 Advertising award
37 Red —: spicy candies
38 Protagonist
39 Available, in a way
41 Drag racer’s fuel,
briefly
43 Awful
45 Sleigh driver
46 Lock of hair
50 “Enter Sandman”
band
51 Fresh
52 Caplet
55 “Gentle, gentle” 57 Jungfrau, e.g.
59 Germ
62 Sighed line
64 Many an exec
66 Hold (up)
67 Quran faith
68 Breakout gaming
company
69 Illustrative tools in a
neuroscience lab?
71 Wallpaper unit
72 Inkling
73 Fix unlawfully
76 Hide-and-seek word
79 Prepare to ride, in a
way
82 Ghostery, for one
84 Cleaning up the mess,
say
85 Audio jack abbr.
87 Cate Blanchett’s “The
Lord of the Rings” role
88 Declare
89 “Queer Eye” expert
Jonathan Van — 92 Prior to today,
poetically
94 “The Savages”
filmmaker Jenkins
97 Artist known for
optical illusions
98 — Speedwagon
100 Hairy Addams cousin
101 “— so fast!”
103 Old English
104 Ring of color
106 Go 50-50 on
107 Massey of old films
109 College newbie
110 Sister’s attire
112 Long haul
114 Thoroughly cooked
115 “¿Cómo — usted?”
117 Ancient Cuzco dweller
118 Like much cheddar
121 Hawaiian-style pizza
topping
122 Record collector’s
collection
123 Carnival maker Tribune Content Agency © 2023