Poetry Slam
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 1 Wacky 7 Subterranean queen 10 Reaction to a trip 14 Throw out 19 Eight-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Cloud content 20 Queen topper 22 Shakespeare's 23 ghostwriters? Let in 25 Neither surfeit nor 26 dearth, informally Lie about one's age? 27 Heavenly harp 28 Decreases 30 Go after 31 Aspiring singer's aid 33 Flexible joint 35 What a ritardando 37 gradually gets Very likely will, after 40 "is" Be beholden (to) 42 "Another day, another 45 $%&! Grecian urn"? Short notes 49 Pete's wife on "Mad 51 Men" Fits 52 Places for drinks on 53 tracks Pacino and Roker 56 Florida horse country 57 city Streaker's covering 59 — account 60 Faced 61 Cloudy 62 Assist in the gym 63 Landscaper's 66 truckload "Religious Poetry 68 Writing for Dummies" reminder? All of Sartre's "No 75 Exit"? Cut with light 76 "... bug in —" 77 Giant Manning 78 Omit 79 Env. fattener 82 Smarts measured by 84 the ounce? Muscle that sounds 86 like a kiss "Me too" 87 One way to run 89 Play division 91 Excited, with "up" 93 Love song written 94 while playing hooky? Cooked sushi fish 98 "My goose is cooked!" 99 Baroque 102 Like some rovers 103 Buzz 105 Really feared 107 Panthers' school 111 Dessert options 113 Enter, as data 115 How many Oscars 118 19-Across won Be of help 119 Chaucer's workflow? 121 Many a quartet's 124 bottom line Relaxed 125 Produce visibly, as a 126 sweat Young ones 127 Great times 128 Bond, for one 129 Burns subjects 130 DOWN 1 Legendary mountain climber Even things 2 Toroid treat 3 Addlepated 4 Pub patron's pint 5 Bowser's bagful 6 One way to run 7 Destination of the 1925 8 diphtheria serum run Bashful 9 Baseball's "Little 10 Giant" Audibly 11 7-Across, to an 12 aardvark Get sore 13 Sorority vowel 14 YouTube upload 15 Poet known for her 16 footwork? Wah-wah source? 17 Pix from needles 18 Subsidiary wager 21 Enthusiastic kids' 24 plea Music genre prefix 29 Bit of subterfuge 32 Bucolic outbursts 34 Tank 36 Lamb literature 38 Castro of Cuba 39 Smooch and stuff 41 Frayed 43 Canadian gas 44 Item sold in sheets 45 Van Gogh milieu 46 "How many roads — 47 man walk down ... ": Dylan Swamp gas 48 Intestinal bacterium 50 Career military 54 members Matchless 55 Elocuted 57 Vegas attraction 58 Oinker's digs 59 Yukon or Denali 62 "NewsHour" airer 64 "Little House" family 65 name Schlep 67 Interruption 69 Plumber's piece 70 Forest — 71 Drive away 72 Colleague of Ruth and 73 Sonia Chopped into cubes 74 Asian libation 79 — pants 80 Tennyson lecture? 81 "Bye!" 83 Prefix with dermal 85 One-eyed Norse deity 88 No. 2 89 The Beatles' "words of 90 wisdom" Asian appetizer 91 Soaps and vacuums 92 Oboe kin 95 Stop seeing someone 96 Unintentional rat 97 poison victim Trailhead handout 100 Minor matter 101 Handy 104 "— Hope": '70s-'80s 106 soap Nerds 108 Follow 109 Oceanic abysses 110 Concord 111 2017 Poker Hall of 112 Fame inductee Phil — Suffix with buck 114 Job in a kitchen 116 Whitewater challenge 117 Alhambra article 120 Ed.'s stack 122 U.S. govt. broadcaster 123