Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Kick off the flight 5 “Nixon in China”
composer John 10 Underground
invader 14 Fragrant wood 19 Goatee-stroking
words
20 Bank built for a
rainy day
21 Pal of Grover 22 It’s pressed for oil 23 *Electric vehicle
need
26 Stirred
27 Puppet
extension? 28 Suffix with
gymnast 29 Leveling wedge 30 Hot belt, with “the” 32 “God Bless America” landscape word 35 Punishment with
a grounding 38 Many a Snapchat
user
39 *Having a blowout
sale 43 Long-nosed fish 46 1977 medical
thriller
49 From head __ 50 More than cool 51 A deal may be made under it, with “the” 53 Military order 56 Neatnik’s possible
condition, briefly 57 Crunched figures 58 Minute critter 59 *Fish story theme 63 Blackmailed 64 Green
65 Herd voices 66 Road crew worker 67 Became clear 69 Border
70 Source of a Pasadena parade aroma 71 “Little Beau __”:
1952 toon about
a skunk
72 Auto safety device 75 Asgard group 76 Some lighters 77 Canceled, as an
event
80 Mess maker 81 *Like a man resisting the urge to argue
85 “Taxi” dispatcher 87 ATM feature 88 Apple platform 89 Fireside treats 90 Christmas tree
topper 91 Fifth-century
nomad
92 Log
94 Waist container? 95 Casual “Pass” 96 *“Dead Poets
Society” setting 101 Target of
adoration
103 Ages and ages 104 Aroused
108 Powerful
111 Swear
114 Arthur of “The
Golden Girls” 115 Israeli heat? 116 Get decked out 117 Temporarily disqualified due to an infraction that begins any of seven answers to starred clues 122 Rival of ancient
Carthage 123 Pump, e.g. 124 Culture dish
media
125 Compos mentis 126 Passé
127 Piece of dirt 128 “I’ll think about it” 129 Wasn’t straight
DOWN
1 __ curls
2 Arena worker 3 Stiller’s partner 4 Pricing word 5 “Tomb Raider” star
Vikander
6 Most populous 7 DJIA part: Abbr. 8 __ hall
9 Third face of Eve? 10 Tool needing
wringing 11 Bulldogs fan 12 Rock subculture 13 Stern warning 14 “How goes it,
José?”
15 Split to be tied? 16 *Pressurized undersea compartment 17 Nice with? 18 Cherry and
crimson
24 Birth announcement word
25 NBA exec Danny 31 Bus path: Abbr. 33 “Wicked Game”
singer Chris 34 Tries to score 36 Disaster site
procedures 37 Spoils recipient 40 Craving 41 Unreturnable, as
a bottle
42 Blue hue
44 “Tiny Alice”
dramatist 45 Check, in a way 46 “High Hopes”
lyricist
47 Plains native 48 Persian call 52 Mosey
54 Lion king 55 Once, sometimes 57 Going every
which way 60 Came down with 61 Sink
62 Throws out
68 __ salts 69 Counterculture
icon Hoffman 70 __ Beach: L.A.
suburb 71 Gumshoes, for
short
72 Lion king 73 Actress Massey 74 *Camping out, say 75 Enticement 76 Halve
77 Fiendish sort 78 Tank filler 79 Ending for gab
or talk
82 Fed. workplace
watchdog
83 Red __: spicy
candies
84 Like neon
86 Bit of roller derby
protection 92 Come after 93 Stalks in a pie 97 Corrida cry 98 Slowly crept 99 Promise of dire
consequences 100 Go __ great
length
102 Ad preceder? 105 Burj Khalifa’s city 106 Endangered
layer
107 Put the kibosh on 108 Ear decoration 109 Scintilla
110 Slipped __ 112 Cybernuisance 113 Genesis creator 118 Apt sports org.
for this puzzle 119 In addition 120 House of
Commons vote 121 Designer
monogram