Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “PLUSH MATERIAL” By MATT McKINLEY Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 “I’m waiting ... ” 7 “Volunteers?” 13 Bobbing refuse 20 Word with man or dope 21 Like typical

laundromat­s 22 Affluent San Diego

community 23 Tolerate

shrubland? 25 Crowd-drawing

bars

26 Ancient queen,

familiarly

27 Pot for paella 28 Sicilian six 29 Sports figure 30 Sewer needs 34 Hates

37 MLB set a season record for them in 2017

38 Times to call, in

ads

39 Markers 41 Submerged threat 42 Office supply

quantity

44 Term in wrestling

or bowling

45 .3 rings? 48 Doctor’s orders 51 Receiver of many

letters

53 Actress Kathryn 54 Pocket breads 56 BCS org. 57 Franklin’s 1936

opponent 59 Spanish coin 61 Local pic shower 62 Distress signal? 63 One who’s learned 67 Pres. after USG 68 Langley org. 69 Online exchange,

briefly

70 Troon turndowns 71 Texas team’s fair

exhibit? 75 Basie’s “__’Clock

Jump”

76 Director DuVernay 77 Actor Vigoda 78 Bard’s dusk 79 Lumber mill

workers

81 BOLO target

83 It can be

hammered out 85 Runway

adornment

87 “__ me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire”: Burns 88 London’s __

Modern

89 Some Deco works 91 Sea, with “the” 93 Maestro Georg 97 Different

99 Loyalty from a

farm bird? 102 Overtake in a

race, in a way 103 Grammy winner

Jason

105 Schoolmarm­ish 106 One given to

forward looks 107 Similar

108 East Lansing

sch.

110 “How clever of

you!”

113 Office supplies, or, minus a letter, a supplier of them

115 Nashville

attraction

117 Spanish 116Down

118 Howard’s wife, to

the Fonz 120 Letters before a

view

121 Half of nothing

new?

123 Successful religious conversion? 128 Peru neighbor 129 “The Wind in the

Willows” croaker 130 Shamed

131 Saw-toothed 132 Blouse partners 133 Already-seen fare

DOWN

1 “’__ some visitor,’ I muttered ... ”: Poe

2 __ farm

3 TV awarenessr­aiser

4 Colors

5 Confuse

6 Teenage Russian emperor (17271730)

7 Pitching staff leader 8 Acronymic NYC

neighborho­od 9 Give in

10 Ready

11 “Shh!”

12 N.T. book

13 Paper under a

wiper 14 Man-made

Georgia lake 15 Screwdrive­r parts,

for short

16 Best

17 Apparatus that

breeds laziness? 18 Union setting 19 Spinnaker holders 24 Writer __ de

Balzac

28 Tortilla treat 30 Livens (up) 31 Nike competitor 32 N.C. neighbor 33 Bolivian capital 35 Red Square

honoree

36 __ roles 40 Literally, “under

city”

43 Ponte Vecchio’s

river

45 See the bet 46 __-Croatian 47 They’re hard to

break

49 Whine 50 Decision makers

have them 52 New Mexico art

hub

55 Witch enemy of

Popeye

58 False front 60 “Without a doubt” 63 Acknowledg­e the

brass 64 Admonition 65 Sound from a

dying fire? 66 Stack seen

on-screen 72 Approached 73 Small and glittering, like eyes 74 Beginnings 75 Court cry 80 Something made

on a star?

82 Jury member 84 Country singer

Gibbs 86 Glass-raised word 90 Accident

investigat­ion clue 92 __ license 94 Sommer of “The

Prize”

95 Animal house 96 Hosp. personnel 98 Headed up 100 Academic

retirees

101 Ore carrier 104 Gung-ho type 107 10-time Gold

Glove winner

Roberto

108 Early receiver of

tablets

109 __ bar

111 Netman Agassi 112 Fur tycoon 114 Suffix with xeno116 English

117-Across 119 Series of

69-Across 122 “Ghost” psychic

__ Mae Brown 123 Radio settings 124 Reasons for some sportscast split screens 125 Big Ten sch. 126 Novelist

Deighton

127 Picks out of a

mug book

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