Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“PI DAY” By JEFFREY WECHSLER
ACROSS
1 Yellow smoothie fruit
7 Chick’s sound
11 Turin-based automaker
15 One going through an eyelet
19 Anthology compiler
20 Loud sound
21 For the most part
23 Squeal on
24 Shrimp dish ordered online?
26 Equestrian action
28 Sticks in a parlor
29 Gulf of California state
30 Simile words
31 Divert
33 Mumbai apparel
34 Not someone you’d want in the cockpit?
39 NYSE events
43 Effect, as a law
44 In its current condition
45 Candidate’s concern after the latest poll?
51 Lows
53 Complete
55 French region associated with an eggy dish
56 Decorates tees
58 Hurl insults (at)
60 Ricoh rival
61 Retired jet
62 Fertile
65 Hit with a water balloon, say
67 Restaurant kitchen array
68 Hook during a typically slow period?
72 Russian milk drink
75 Driver’s target
76 Punctilious to the extreme
77 Shakespearean “Shake a leg!”
80 Online exchange
81 Carouse
83 Temporary stay
86 Toledo is on it
89 Ukase
92 Defensive castle feature
93 Physician for longshoremen?
95 National symbol
97 See 96-Down
98 Bawl
99 No-brainer card game?
101 Soft drink options
106 Humiliate
108 Discernment meas., in meteorology
109 Tolerates
111 Fish tank buildup
112 Optimal
117 Like most clouds, compared to cirrus clouds?
121 Carried with effort
122 Doesn’t give up
123 Prayer wheel spinner
124 Missing the mark
125 CEO’s helper
126 Like venison
127 “The Killing” actress Mireille __
128 Exclusive date
DOWN
1 One in cuffs, maybe
2 Month after Shevat
3 Filled food truck buy
4 Very much
5 “Take a shot at it” 6 Con __
7 Puritan
8 Very long time
9 Celebrate an anniversary, say, with “out”
10 Like veggies in platters
11 Marker choice
12 Supermodel Sastre
13 FBI figure
14 Hardy title teenager
15 CNN medical analyst Wen
16 Protective suit
17 Blue Grotto isle
18 Sewing machine inventor Howe
22 Army sgts., e.g.
25 Flee
27 Valley known for viticulture
31 Small opening
32 Talk show VIPs
34 HVAC system openings
35 Nin of literature
36 Officer trainee
37 Etching supply
38 Terre Haute sch.
40 Enters en masse
41 Tokyo-born peace activist
42 Newton honorific
45 Betelgeuse’s constellation
46 Negative
afterthought
47 Unworldly
48 Water container?
49 Aware of
50 Bank conveniences
52 Word with interest
54 Gave money for
57 Figure (out)
59 Part of a moth’s life cycle
63 Hide
64 March __
66 Significant times
68 NFL Titan, when in Houston
69 Let go
70 Break, as ties
71 Very much
72 Growth in a wet forest
73 Actor Morales
74 Expert’s discovery
77 Impresario Sol
78 Goddess of peace
79 Shift key neighbor
82 Elevates
84 Give fresh energy to
85 Nabisco brand
87 Noisy disturbance
88 Bar supply
90 Game that might end in a library
91 Dance genre
94 Murkiness
96 With
97-Across, words before “good reason”
99 Free thing to try
100 Something done after a meal
101 Pioneering decaf brand
102 Orchestral pair, at a minimum
103 Enjoys an elegant meal
104 Skillful
105 Drill bit purchases
107 __ stop
110 Chase, as flies
111 Exercise activity
112 Bali products
113 Medical breakthrough
114 Et __: and others
115 Transmit
116 Avant-garde
118 Touchdown hr. calculation
119 Holm of “The Hobbit”
120 Punk subgenre