Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Crunch
beneficiaries 4 Agnus __
7 Rustic dwelling 13 Using a passport,
say
19 Newman song that mentions Santa Ana winds 21 Decisive point 22 Persuasive sort 23 Polite but unyielding statement? 25 Stimulate 26 Petroleum source 27 Legendary rock
guitarist
28 2018 Pyeongchang org.
30 Author Ferber 31 Bolt of lightning? 33 Caulking crew? 37 Building where things are taken back?
42 Within reach 43 How some dares
are made 44 Major arteries 46 Impressive
groupings 49 Seed cover 50 Flier’s choice 52 Sign on an available boutique? 55 Braun competitor 57 Director
DuVernay 59 Comply
60 Joint for jumping 61 __-Cat
62 “Yikes!” 64 Empathetic
comment 66 More than
wondered
67 Serf surrounded
by whales? 71 Leaves painfully 75 Wonder’s “My
Cherie __” 76 __ game 77 Chemicals giant 80 Colorful fish 81 Levee
83 Org. that often
strikes 85 Holiday candle
holder
87 Fort Bragg
lodger? 90 Crèche figure 92 Swelter
93 Bit of information 94 Avis rival 96 Former Disney
CEO
98 One of a cube’s
12
99 Director Oliver to
the rescue? 101 Never-used part
of the house? 106 It’s stunning 107 Denny’s
competitor 108 “__ who?” 109 Bowls over 111 Capital of
France
115 Recovered from
a knockout 118 Godzilla and friends solemnly recite?
122 Did away with 123 Taft-Hartley Act
subject
124 Prurient material 125 Dinged
126 One who’s really
hot
127 Inexperienced 128 Iditarod segment
DOWN
1 Zeroes in 2 Uninspired 3 Common mixer 4 Land adjoining a
manor house 5 Wearer of a “Y”
sweatshirt
6 Like most sonnets 7 “High Voltage”
band
8 Criticism
9 Canyon part 10 Doc bloc 11 Wrestle suffix 12 Laud 13 Untouched serve 14 A penalty may be
served in one 15 Triple Crown
venues
16 Rust, for example 17 Insurance giant 18 Fantasy
20 Highly prized 24 Defender of Troy 29 Cocktail hour
nibble 32 Embassy
employee 33 Arrange
dinnerware on 34 Time spans 35 Brazen 36 Fictional Civil War novel setting 37 Colorful horses 38 Ill-fated Houston
company 39 Capital on the
Nile
40 Mardi Gras
acronym 41 Two-time British
Open champ 45 Fleeced
47 Civil War soldier 48 Dagger of yore 51 New Rochelle
campus 53 Caribbean
sorcery 54 Fictional
newsman Baxter 56 Cuts short 58 Cause trouble 63 Japanese
seaport
65 Shot that misses
everything 66 Gulf between Yemen and Somalia 68 Tweak, perhaps 69 Apple or pear 70 Dishes from a
“station” 71 Assignment 72 Tech debut of
2010
73 Operate using a
beam 74 Shakespeare play
featuring Ariel 77 Clog clearer 78 Like some
buckets
79 “__ Everybody Knows Your Name”: “Cheers” theme song 81 Stoop
82 Bays, e.g. 84 Compulsively
neat, say 86 Hamper
88 Cry with a
flourish 89 Neighbor of
Ghana 91 Kitchen gadget 95 Fast flight 97 Understanding
words 100 Egypt’s second
president
101 Cut into cubes 102 Chicago hub 103 Type of numeral 104 Victim of
Romulus
105 Atmospheric
layer
109 5 for B or 6 for
C
110 Jerry in the NBA
logo
112 Complain
113 Previously 114 Unaccompanied 116 Kickoff aid 117 Abnormal 119 Squelch
120 Sponge (up) 121 Novelist Levin