Performance Reviews
Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Chow —: noodle dish
5 Sp. girls
10 USDA Choice, e.g.
15 Vinegar, chemically
19 Peak near Catania
20 Economical with words
21 Collar extension
22 Support staff?
23 The lazy housekeeper ...
26 Rootless water plant
27 “Lost in transit” inquiry
28 Natural gas component
29 Sent through a network
31 Charm
33 Like some inscriptions
35 WSW reversal
36 Police dept. title
37 John Bunyan, notably
41 Await decision
42 Dull brown
43 The disruptive hairstylist ...
46 Leaning
48 Hoops player
53 First name in Renaissance painting
54 Singles
56 “Can’t help ya”
57 Breakdown of social
norms
59 Former capital of Japan
61 Big cat voiced by Angelina Jolie in “Kung Fu Panda”
65 Domed halls
68 Nibbled (at) Last week’s solution: “Hidden Figures” By Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
70 Rush-order letters
71 Scrap
72 The fashionable
archaeologist ...
76 Color gradation
77 “The Wizard of Oz” actor
79 New —, Connecticut
80 Part of a wedding toast, maybe
82 Summer pest, informally
84 Workbench grips
87 Moved suddenly
88 “His Dark Materials” cable network
89 Arctic native
91 Math points
94 “One Minute Man” rapper Elliott
95 Salt, say
98 The overzealous electrician ...
101 System of connected PCs, for short
102 Fast-food option
104 For all — and purposes
106 Air traffic org.
109 Unit of energy
110 Showed plainly
113 Behind, in a way
115 Lumbered
117 Playing fields
121 Farm
122 Vegan protein
123 The absent-minded dentist ...
126 Footnote note
127 “100 years of improvement” retailer
128 Burrowing bug
129 Mineral no longer used in baby powder
130 Woven fish traps
131 Fashion journalist — Leon Talley
132 FaceTime alternative
133 Smite, as a dragon
DOWN
1 Like cheese in a fondue pot
2 Timeless, poetically
3 Still together
4 Super casual “Sure!”
5 Breastbone
6 Wine choice
7 Factual
8 Support staff member: Abbr.
9 “The Orville” star MacFarlane
10 Mercury Seven astronaut John
11 Had status
12 Fitting
13 Take out
14 Periodic-table entry
15 Berry native to the Amazon rainforest
16 The psychic bartender ...
17 Unworldly young woman
18 Maze setback
24 Messy stack
25 Steam room
30 Calculating, in a way
32 Theme park shuttle
34 Sanctuary section
38 Words from a promising couple?
39 6.2 miles, roughly
40 Like the White Sox at Fenway Park
44 Election Day figure
45 Patriarch who “walked with God”
47 Spencer of “Good Morning America”
48 Holiday songs
49 Iditarod wear
50 The fearless trapeze artist ...
51 Bird that can run 30 mph
52 Outer layer
55 Dutch painter Jan
58 Draw forth
60 Starts operating, as a store
62 Sat in traffic, e.g.
63 Fries in a little butter
64 Quick
66 Lab gelatins
67 Wrongdoing
69 Hawaii’s Mauna —
73 — academy
74 Selassie of Ethiopia
75 Fast one
78 WNBA stat
81 Nike’s —-fit fabric
83 Honked
85 Flair
86 Like fluffy towels
90 Deep black
92 Prompt
93 Stevie Wonder’s “— She Lovely”
95 Skipped an early appointment, maybe
96 Piercing place
97 Short work of fiction
99 Broaden
100 Curio stand
103 Name seen in many hotels
105 Gentlemen
106 Curtain rod decoration
107 Zambia neighbor
108 Bureau
111 Do lunch?
112 Wipe clean
114 Has legs, so to speak
116 Clothing
118 Pen points
119 Every which way
120 Moving with ease
124 Start of some subj. lines
125 N.Y.’s AOC, e.g.