SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
SELL IT!
ACROSS
1 Wife, informally
7 Grps. involved in education 11 Popes, e.g.
14 Play parts
18 Choice at the pump
19 One of seven in a Hawthorne title
21 Bit in some cookie bites 22 Ballet bend
23 *Sell electrical equipment? 25 Some upcycled gallery pieces 27 Put into play, on a court
28 GPS suggestions
29 *Sell plumbing inventory? 31 Spain’s “Imperial City”
33 Made a call, say
34 Inits. in reproductive health 36 “Hasta la vista”
38 Fuss over oneself
40 Provide a virtual John Hancock 44 *Sell vehicular testing services? 47 Firework that doesn’t work 49 Formerly known as
50 It’s a burden for prosecutors 51 Hotel stat
52 Pupils might find it physically exhausting
54 Purposes
55 ThirdLove product 58 Member of the 2022 World Series champs
60 Cheers from a cheerleader 61 “___ Miserables”
62 Troy’s ordeal that ended after the Trojan Horse
64 Valuable item in some fairy tales
66 Item often in brownie batters, but rarely in brownie mixes 67 Key in some shortcuts
68 *Sell ski resorts?
71 Purple yam
74 Brazil’s “Marvelous City,” for short
76 Furious 77 Trans-Himalayan river 78 Feature of distressed jeans 79 Bills piling up?
82 Glacier bases, often
84 Marsh
85 Kind of palm
86 Until reaching a conclusion 88 Tattoo shop supplies
90 City co-hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics
91 Curved path
92 It can sting
93 *Sell mental health services? 97 Mandarin greeting
99 Meta stat 101 Close-fitting headwear
102 GOP adversary
103 Sully
105 Gutless sort
107 *Sell cleaning equipment? 111 Cain’s brother
113 Feudal workers
116 “Guess that’s true,” casually 117 *Sell some writing? 120 Connect, as Bluetooth devices 121 Pen’s point
122 Patty or Selma, in “The Simpsons” spoof of “The Odyssey” 123 Yankee pitching legend Don 124 Levelheaded
125 Happy ___ clam 126 Equipment for many climbers 127 Woes for farmers
DOWN
1 Reddit VIPs
2 Slushy brand
3 Take a fresh approach
4 Destroyer’s barrage 5 Absence of faith
6 To be, in Tulum
7 Tiger’s realm
8 Word shouted on a set
9 Fivers
10 Camera type (Abbr.) 11 Head-turner
12 That sounds nice!
13 Lesley of “60 Minutes”
14 Some pests
15 Give a hand
16 Where rubber meets the road 17 Combos
20 Mind reader’s “gift”
24 Certain health care pro
26 Game you might rush to play? 30 Midmonth date
32 CPR pro
34 Skewer
35 Deviates
37 Tavern tally
38 They take thinking to the highest degree (Abbr.)
39 Lean against
41 Speech given after swearing? 42 Daring deed
43 Loch ___
45 Some WBA wins
46 Kraken’s home
48 Certain filler words
52 Didn’t make the grade, say 53 Cabin component
55 Tinder bit
56 Steps on it, say
57 Classic
59 Indian flatbread
62 Colorful items in some gender reveals
63 Fitness instructor Lovewell 65 Seek’s partner
69 Like wines aged in barrels vis-a-vis tanks
70 Sister
72 Galoot
73 Tantalus, to tantalize
75 “___ bin ein Berliner” 79 Eminem song about an obsessive fan
80 Doughnut shapes 81 Witness
83 Classic Jamaican genre 85 Knight’s title
87 Freudian topic
89 “___ the Kid” of the Pittsburgh Penguins
90 More than an A-lister 93 Journalist Diane
94 “Lion of ___” (Swiss monument) 95 Online rabble-rouser
96 Hem’s partner
98 Grounded
100 Roomba’s cousin that washes floors
104 “The Faerie Queene” woman 106 Like some Jordans
107 Dice indentations 108 Insurance org. for military families
109 Feature of a tennis shot 110 Castaway’s cry for help 111 Natural hairstyle
112 Car talk?
114 Guitar part
115 Certain tax data (Abbr.) 118 Winter candle scent
119 Item shelved around Christmas?