Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“RIGHT FOR THE JOB” ACROSS
1 Code __ 4 “Rubáiyát” poet 8 Regional UN headquarters since 1946 14 Slather
19 Lead-in for carte
or mode
20 “__ la France!” 21 Brought up 22 Jobs creation 23 Australian island
state 25 Mysterious 26 Capricious
notions
27 Aptly named
therapist? 29 Misfortunes 31 Like many a tree
at Christmas 32 __-friendly 33 Self-described “King of All Media” 34 Largest continent 35 Frat party wear 36 Electric car brand 38 One of the
Gershwins 39 Aptly named
dietitian? 42 Capital with a Viking Ship Museum
44 With no
exceptions 46 Sharp
47 Pull a fast one on 51 Small test 52 Mangabeys, e.g. 54 Thought of but
not shared 55 Goes back to the
front, perhaps 57 URL ending 58 King’s domain 59 Ties off in surgery 61 Cats native to much of the Americas
66 Unit on the set 67 Mexican coin 68 Prominent
Dumbo feature 70 Mine access 71 TV’s Buffy and
Faith, e.g. 73 Moral
consideration 77 Set of furniture 78 Startling word 79 Shade-tolerant
garden plant 80 Old schoolmaster’s disciplinary tool 81 Avoid trespassing
on
85 Turns sharply 86 Bowed, in Basra 88 Chocolate source 89 Constitution VIPs 92 Like hands without mittens, maybe
93 Aptly named easy
chair salesman? 95 Big time
97 Works with flour 101 Pub pours 102 Green state? 103 Puzzle part 105 Leak
106 Hip
107 Woodcutter Ali 108 Aptly named
gardener?
111 Thorny plant 113 “MASH” director 1/28/2018 115 Scotty on the
Enterprise, e.g. 116 Slowly, in music 117 Spicy cuisine 118 Kerfuffles
119 Rowboat
propeller
120 Brinks
121 Many-sided evils 122 Fail miserably 123 Cook in a wok
DOWN
1 Snitch on
2 Tick away
3 Short races
4 __ Office
5 Knee revealers,
and then some 6 Earhart’s art
7 Grim character? 8 Tiny amount
9 Bring home 10 Word on Santa’s
checklist 11 Former NHL
forward Tikkanen 12 Hunter’s meat 13 Aptly named
editor?
14 Makes the cut 15 Dashboard letters 16 Afterword 17 Supremely
powerful 18 Amends, as corporate earnings
24 Aptly named
sommelier?
28 __ Spring
30 USA Patriot Act,
e.g.
34 Including
everything 35 Check (off) 37 Take __: enjoy
the pool
39 Lose one’s temper 40 Ouzo flavoring 41 Mountain chain 43 Pot top 45 Greenish blue 47 Elicits an “Ouch!” 48 “Inside the NBA”
analyst 49 Japanese port 50 Kardashian
matriarch 53 Monstrous
Tolkien creations 56 They may be
inflated
59 Aptly named
barber?
60 Labor Day mo. 62 Aptly named
policewoman? 63 Loathing 64 Information on a
spine
65 Spirited mount 67 TA’s boss
69 Word of regret 72 Kindle download 74 Relative of a
knock
75 “I copy” 76 Gorbachev’s land:
Abbr.
77 Lines of clothing 80 Winter malady 81 Prepare, as eggs 82 Fitted
83 Agreeing 84 Himalayan pack
animals 85 Wacky
87 World’s largest
snake by weight 90 Serious
competition
91 To be, in Bavaria 94 “Glee” actress __
Michele
96 Move from window to aisle, say
98 Done with
99 Tone deafness 100 Boat shoe brand 103 Corn breads 104 Goad
107 Warner or
Ringling follower 108 Don Juan’s love 109 In __ land 110 Game of world
conquest
112 Had a bite 114 Williams in
Cooperstown