Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“IT’S JUST NOT THE SAME” By MARK McCLAIN

ACROSS

1 Fern seed

6 Posh hotel amenity 10 Cook, in a way 15 Sneaky stratagem 19 Secret rival 20 “Bingo!”

21 Tom Sawyer’s

aunt

22 Sneaky

stratagem 23 Phrase of

individuality 26 “__ the Woods” 27 Skill

28 Hawaii County

seat

29 Holes a very

short putt

31 Math function 32 Sizable piece 34 Adored object 35 Blog feed format

letters 38 American flag

component, e.g. 44 Sorority letters 46 65-Across, in

Japanese 47 Suffix meaning

“country” 48 Notes from a

loser, maybe 49 Brownish grays 52 “My Way” lyricist 54 GPS displays 57 Captain Hansen of “Deadliest Catch”

58 Plot device in

TV’s “Fringe” 62 Tolkien tree

creature 63 Promised 64 Pound sound 65 46-Across in

English

67 “Mi casa __ casa” 68 Creating compelling characters, for a writer 72 Timberlake’s old

group

74 Small amt. of time 78 Dental brand

suffix 80 Title character inspired by Hearst 82 “Heavens to

Betsy!”

84 __-12 Conference 87 Brainstorming

process 92 “Respect for Acting” author Hagen

93 One way to start 94 Pasternak

heroine 95 Brought up to

speed

96 Comic strip about

a high schooler 98 Gateway Arch designer Saarinen

101 Kipling title

orphan

102 Artist Magritte 103 Fallback plans 110 Nonsense

111 Lyrical works 112 Cooks with fat 113 Is obligated to 115 Upscale

117 Father or son

actor

118 “The Chronicles of Barsetshire” author

122 Clapton on guitar 123 They often follow “also” in dictionaries 127 Courteous 128 Strongly longing 129 Beech family

trees

130 Looks after 131 Durbeyfield

daughter 132 __ Island Red:

chicken

133 Duma denial 134 University town

near Bangor

DOWN

1 Anti-DWI org. 2 __-dieu

3 German composer

Carl

4 Starts of feuds 5 Pristine

6 German candy

brand 7 Possesses

8 Drill insert

9 Funny couple? 10 Some Olympic

trials

11 Set for repairs 12 Northeast Nevada

city

13 Red or brown

brew 14 Connecticut coastal tourist town

15 “Marines’ Hymn”

city

16 Has no restraints 17 Piedmont wine

area

18 Lowly laborer 24 Western Nevada

city

25 In said fashion 30 Flap 32 Long-necked bird 33 Specifically

designed poem 35 Seal after

peeking, say 36 Barn units 37 Cooks in a pan 39 “__ won’t work” 40 To wit

41 Growl

42 Render useless 43 U.S. Army E-6 45 Floored it, say 50 Fraction of a joule 51 Enter stealthily 53 Word often used

before “old” 55 Know-it-all? 56 Observe 59 Sunday paper

pile

60 Former Saturn

model

61 Bugs that roll 66 Backyard chef’s

equipment 69 Backyard chef’s

stick

70 Sensory organ 71 Series with Capt.

Picard, to fans 73 Kabuki kin 75 Curveball relative 76 Climate-disrupting

current

77 Baby swan 79 Director Lupino 81 Slender swimmer 83 African bovine 84 “The Godfather”

novelist 85 Working on the

task

86 Mass group 88 Change course

suddenly

89 Like a jaybird? 90 Cuts a little

91 Get under control 97 Leads astray 99 Assembled for a

cause

100 How some

stunts are done 104 Wonder Dog of

comics

105 Letter closing 106 Gramps’ mate 107 Gripe from the

weary 108 “The __ llama, / He’s a beast”: Nash

109 Have as a client 114 Less trustworthy 115 Small body-shop

job

116 __ Lackawanna

Railway

117 2012 Best

Picture

118 Rd. often named

for a state 119 __ account:

never

120 PC scrolling key 121 Petrol station

sign

124 Hot tub reaction 125 20

hundredweight 126 Articulate