New York Post

Sunday Break

- “Excuses, Excuses!” By Robin Stears

Across

1 Jorts fabric 6 North Africa’s __ Mountains 11 Cranberry sites 15 TV ads for good causes 19 One who may live by the Strait of Hormuz 20 Go 21 Old Testament twin 22 Actress Wilson of “His Dark Materials” 23 “I always wanted to be a ballerina, but I ... ” 27 Specimen for a volcanolog­ist 28 Gown 29 Long Beach’s location, informally 30 “I __”: Election Day sticker 31 North Carolina university 32 Uniform accessory 33 Ambulance wailers 34 “I always wanted to be a baker, but I ... ” 40 __ bar 41 German article 42 Northeaste­rn octet 43 Show clearly 46 Small tastes 48 Vega, e.g. 49 Phony 53 “I always wanted to be a Gregorian monk, but I ... ” 57 Undefeated boxer Laila 58 Means of access 59 Goatee spot 60 Key of Beethoven’s “Eroica” 62 Soy-based frozen dessert brand 65 Think of, as a solution 67 “__ Place”: 1990s TV drama 69 Classic Windows catchphras­e 70 Bygone Dodge subcompact 71 Messy scuffle 72 Customizab­le Wii Sports avatar 73 “I always wanted to be a perfumer, but I ... ” 81 French infinitive 83 Give more than a darn? 84 Midday 85 On the clock 86 Setting for many Stephen King novels 88 After the whistle 90 Wallpaper hanger’s calculatio­n 91 “I always wanted to be a gardener, but I ... ” 98 Sugar shack surrounder­s 99 Actress Mireille 100 MLB stat 101 Massive old computer 102 Amazon crime series based on Michael Connelly novels 104 Fanny pack’s spot 106 Needle a bit 109 “I always wanted to be a wedding officiant, but I ... ” 113 Not aweather 114 Canine pal of Nermal and Garfield 115 British elevators 116 Pie feature 117 Young 67-Down 118 Batik artist 119 SherwinWil­liams product 120 Toast opener

Down

1 “Say So” singer __ Cat 2 Some Down Under sprinters 3 Graham in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 4 QB misfire 5 __-of-the-road 6 Pasta specificat­ion 7 Till stack 8 Muscles near delts 9 Batting stat 10 Vacillate 11 “You __!”: “Yep!” 12 Dept. of Labor arm 13 Fine __: Irish political party 14 Dine by candleligh­t, maybe 15 “The Canterbury Tales” character 16 Beverage brewed with solar energy 17 Go to 18 Gets rid of 24 Appliance in some hotel room closets 25 Reggae pioneer Peter 26 Like a ram or a lamb 31 Balanced 32 Curry of the NBA’s “Splash Brothers” 33 Bypass 34 Home with cells 35 Tel __, Israel 36 Main points 37 Taking action 38 Captain of industry 39 Novelist Turgenev 40 Family room 44 Pants part 45 Award quartet for John Legend, for short 47 Grapefruit wedge 48 __ guard 50 Lighting effect 51 “Poor, pitiful me!” 52 Puny parasite 54 “... __ quit!” 55 Sulu player John 56 Choose 61 Routes without tolls 62 Person of the Year designator 63 Skip over 64 So-so 65 Some med. plans 66 Company abbr. 67 Guys 68 “Frozen” sister 70 Advent 71 Ramadan, e.g. 74 Essential fatty __ 75 Brooks’s country music partner 76 Gets into shape? 77 Castle trench 78 Standard 79 Koala hangout 80 Genre of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones 82 Tries to live up to 87 Smart __ 89 Most uncanny 91 Cooking oil option 92 Weighed in 93 “The Addams Family” uncle 94 Foot part 95 Totally worthless 96 Recipe amt. 97 Built for NASA, say 98 Athlete’s award 102 Soul mate? 103 Scrape covered with a Paw Patrol bandage, e.g. 104 Library convenienc­e 105 Memo abbr. 106 Cowpoke’s poker 107 “Will there be anything __?” 108 Dampens 110 Drift off 111 Fjord kin 112 One of five principal resources in the game Catan

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