SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
EARN YOUR STRIPES ACROSS
1 Big name in beer
6 Grease job
10 Vegan protein
14 Gobbled down
19 Wrench type
20 Words after “cash” or “check” 21 Spilled salt, some say
22 Zeal
23 Zookeeper’s dangerous job
25 Sci-fi travel device
27 Droops
28 Crucial
29 Wedding site
30 Have your time in the sun
31 Change, like a password
33 Syrup source
35 One sticking with the program? 37 City SE of Brasilia
39 Morsel in a pod
40 Bay Area, perhaps, on a California map 41 Unknown, on a TV schedule 42 “Disgusting!”
45 Hole puncher
46 Opposed to
48 “___ you miss me?”
49 Now’s counterpart
50 Bathroom, at Oxford
51 Pieces of Hanukkah gelt
54 Notably private type of financial
institution
56 Come next
57 Taxing duty
59 Similar
60 Sharp-eyed birds
61 Snack bar food?
63 Australian wild dogs
65 Downfall
68 What the starred Down clues’ answers stand with, given the letters added to their tops and bottoms 70 Donkey’s noise
74 Clickable symbol
75 “___ so fast!”
77 Prez from 1861-65
78 Syrup source
80 Planetarium roof
81 11/, in a date (Abbr.)
82 Attach a button, e.g.
83 Get off an email list, briefly
85 Hack (off)
87 Golfer Michelle ___ West
88 Name hidden in “read between the
lines”
89 Falcon’s claw
91 Sure to get
93 Nuts ___ bolts
94 Kuwaiti bills
96 In a perfect world
100 “Yeesh!”
102 Letters on a phone’s 4 button
103 “Roots” writer
105 Slime
106 Like a hairdo that sticks out
108 Fully prepared
109 Annoying lecture
112 Exfoliation destination
113 Somebody ___ (another’s)
115 Legendary sprinter Owens
117 Great weight
119 Mars, for the Romans
121 Rests against
125 Sees right through
127 Harmonize
128 Traveled through rapids, perhaps 129 Broad ties
130 It really blows
131 Permitted
132 Country known for its fjords
DOWN
1 Friends
2 Et ___
3 *Swaps political favors --> Certain lists of links 7/3
4 Pick up on
5 It goes “Kaboom!”
6 *Knockoff --> Constraint
7 Part of CPU
8 Powder cleanser maker
9 Canterbury’s country
10 Added up
11 Folded egg dish
12 Pool surface
13 *Attempt that almost fails -->
Bringing to light
14 Many years ___
15 Engine booster
16 *Hawaii’s billboard ban, e.g. -->
Field involving wills
17 Great Basin natives
18 Nonkosher meat
24 Body lotion brand
26 Deep-space vehicles 32 Orthodontic separators
34 Letter within “upsilon”
36 Wailing spirit
37 Wrath
38 Lottery player’s joyous cry 43 Policy expert
44 Chinese pans
47 West Coast burger chain, casually 49 Interlaces
52 Began enjoying a feast
53 Mope
54 Onion covering
55 ___ on a true story
58 Clear wrap brand
59 Four-vowel farewell
62 Virgil hero
64 “Fiddlesticks!”
65 Enjoyed a feast
66 Lettuce hazard
67 *Piece of a complex machine -->
Going-away celebration
69 Core group?
71 *“Terrible idea!” -->
“Is this better?”
72 Essential ___ acids
73 Like an untidy bed 76 Word after “snowy” or “night”
79 E.T. of ’80s TV
82 *Discover suddenly --> First of three
calls
83 *Like Atlantis, in legend --> Stamped
officially
84 *“Ode” subject in a 1967 hit -->
“Uptown Girl” rocker
86 *Perfection is its enemy --> Soup
brand
90 Hinge application
92 Dec. 31
95 Tuna in poke
97 Application file extension
98 “Bingo!”
99 Lass’ brother, say 101 Reaction to a punch 103 Supermarket freebies 104 Translation of “oui” 106 Outpouring
107 Church official
110 Vietnamese, e.g. 111 Bunch of, informally 112 Stuff in a goody bag 114 Reindeer relative 116 Pi doesn’t have one 118 Too curious
120 Gloomy ___
122 Favorable vote
123 Remind too much 124 Rocksteady precursor 126 Text-scanning tech