SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
LOWER THE SHADES
ACROSS
1 Fawning flattery
6 Jump like a joey
9 Picket line crosser
13 Erupt
17 Hawaiian island with no traffic lights
18 Birds in barns
20 Story
21 Express feelings onstage
22 First, second, third and so on
(Hint: This answer includes five letters from 8-Down)
24 Felt bad about
25 Fowl place
26 Exercised, as authority
27 Sundae topper (... includes five
letters from 13-Down)
30 Mouth off to
31 Sansa’s older brother on
“Game of Thrones”
33 “The loneliest number”
34 Actor Stoltz
35 Suggested, as a deal
38 Seize the opportunity
41 Event with discounts
43 ___ well (succeeded)
44 Mercury and Mars
45 Marginal revenue’s subj.
47 Bitter disagreement
49 Streaks in marble
51 Sauce brand
52 Aging (... includes four letters from
53-Down)
56 Key that may pause a game
57 Burj Khalifa’s country, briefly 59 Adage
60 Dry run
61 Place-holding folds
63 In ___ (as found)
65 Bread that might be dark
66 Spills (over)
67 Apply to
70 Pres. advisory team
73 Late-night fridge visit
75 Liberals, collectively
77 Actor’s goal
79 Haul to a garage, say
82 School support org.
83 Lingerie item
84 “Homeland” star (... includes three
letters from 85-Down)
86 Yolk’s counterpart
88 Ecological community
90 WNBA great Weatherspoon 91 Luxury hotel chain
92 Animal with a mane
94 Trombone material
98 Blowgun insert
99 Oozing
101 Inedible mushroom
103 Caddie’s bagful
104 Philip of “Kung Fu”
105 What melting icicles do
106 Actress Condor or Turner
110 Corporate oversight group (...
includes four letters from 101-Down) 114 Advance in a video game
116 Like oily hair
117 Hilo feast
118 Autumn tones, and a theme hint 120 Young hoodlums
121 Mispronounces a word, e.g.
122 Close angrily
123 Present, for the verb “gift”
124 Big boats
125 Open, as an envelope
126 Boot tip
127 Barely beats
DOWN
1 Reduces speed
2 Journalist Shriver
3 Chilean mountain range 4 Nickname Lincoln got from
chopping logs for fences 9/19
5 One is literally impossible to
read
6 Withstand
7 Have the rights to
8 Pipe cleaner?
9 Hair piece
10 Make happen
11 Baldwin of “Dr. Death”
12 Bad hair day phenomenon 13 Person who’s kissing
14 Like a D grade
15 Handmade wallet website 16 Dewy
19 Org. issuing nine-digit IDs 21 Bert’s bestie
23 Prefix for “nautical” 28 Antlered Eurasian animal 29 Bothers
32 Deg. hidden in “job fair” 36 Mortgage adjustment, briefly 37 Gun, as an engine
38 Rap’s ___ Def
39 High or low cards 40 Stress-reducing discipline 41 Animal in a roundup
42 Like a crafter
44 Vitamin chain
46 “This instant!”
47 Rank above cpl.
48 Breaks up
50 Unit of Time
51 One may need to be walked 53 Meir in Israeli history
54 “I” problem
55 Single situp or squat
57 The States, casually
58 “Don’t ya think that’s true?” 62 Houston baseball player 64 Without equal
68 Latter-day Saints’ HQ 69 Moray ___
71 More rational
72 Colgate rival
74 “Tarzan” extra
76 It often flavors pea soup 78 Org. that scans baggage 79 A couple
80 Resistance units
81 Merlot, for one
83 Coal container
85 Change the look of 87 Neckwear pins
88 Impede, with “down” 89 Progressive ___
92 Emulated Pinocchio
93 Shoe liners
95 Make food less bland 96 Kazakhstan, once (Abbr.) 97 1998 memoir in which Christopher Reeve described how he coped with an injury 100 Fringe benefits 101 Driving force
102 Crude grp.
104 Pong maker
107 Word after “run” or
“tag”
108 Give medicine to, say 109 Church recesses 110 Get fuzzy
111 Sty cry
112 Roll up
113 Failing grades
115 Cast a ballot
116 Hot tub
119 Language of
Vientiane