Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“TWO FOR TWO”

ACROSS

1 Balls and some

apples

6 “Bicycle Thieves”

director Vittorio 12 Cleopatra’s killer 15 Hindu epic hero 19 Wanting words 20 Spots for

spectacles 21 Lobbying gp. 22 Airline whose name means “to the skies” 23 *Band aide 25 Stuck playing a

familiar role 27 Pacific current 28 Top drawers? 30 Incomplete body

of art 31 Budgetary figures 34 *Period after a

crash, perhaps 36 Wood cutter

39 Do another hitch 40 Time VIPs 42 Burglar’s take 43 *Figure in many Monty Python routines

47 __ mentality 48 Ones using

mixers, for short 51 Former Sony

brand 52 Afghanistan

neighbor 53 Saucer, briefly 55 “Hey, that’s great!” 58 Animal shelter 59 “Family Circus”

creator Bil 60 *Figurative place for deferred options

62 “Give me a

break!”

64 MLB’s “Splendid

Splinter” Williams 66 Phi follower 67 Staggers 68 *Airbags in cars,

e.g.

73 “Bless you” evoker 76 “That feels good” 77 Rum __ Tugger:

“Cats” role 78 Making a big deal out of

82 *Hoops buzzerbeater, for one 85 Files in shop class 88 Emulate a frigatebird 89 “Godzilla” franchise co-creator Tomoyuki __ 90 LAX posting 91 Job safety org. 92 Eclectic magazine 93 Cephalopod’s discharge 94 “__L”: “Bye for now”

96 *Mall rarity on Black Friday 100 Pained expression 102 Bank account ID 103 Very wide shoe 104 Pink Floyd’s Barrett

105 *Nightly barracks routine

108 Biometric security procedure 112 Mtge. issuer 113 Like some eaves in winter

115 Pharaoh depicted on the Sphinx

119 Capital east of New Delhi 121 Wimbledon category, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 124 Gillette blade 125 Cool, like a cat 126 Crib outfit 127 Gaming rookies 128 Back in the day 129 Holiday song syllables

130 Lipton rival 131Forum garments

DOWN

1 Barb

2 Base runner? 3 Oz traveler 4 Welcome at the door

5 Fight souvenirs 6 Hammarskjöld of the U.N. 7 Historical period 8 “Sonic” consoles 9 Like krypton and xenon

10 Don’t get 11 Piedmont bubbly 12 Likely will, after “is”

13 “Oh yeah?” 14 Angel dust, briefly 15Snap back 16 Cause to sweat 17 Vertical billiards shot 18 __ sax 24 Well-known 26 Julius’ cry to Marcus

29 ’60s activist gp. 32 Nobelist of 1903

and 1911 33 “William Tell,” e.g. 35 Big cheese 36 Rogaine target 37 No-frills font 38 “Holy Toledo!” 41 Beat handily 44 Florida coastal

city or its county 45 Red-and-white

topper 46 Scornful look 47 Latte variant 48 Ready to eat 49 “An Innocent Man”

songwriter 50 Canon AE-1 et al., for short 54 Cover for some superheroes 56 “We don’t have much time!” 57 Stealthily nears, with “on” 59 Mauna __ 61 Modeler’s buy 63 Seller’s supply 65 Rachel Carson subject

69 Quick snooze 70 Family name in Chicago politics 71 Hubbub 72 Sounds of hesitation 73 Musical opening 74 Family group 75 Tarzan type 79 Little bits

80 Rival of Tonya 81 Devotion to Mammon, biblically 83 Come out of

one’s shell 84 Toy dog’s barks 86 Draws back 87 Philatelist’s buys 95 “What nerve!” 97 Dye-making compound 98 Insurance lizard 99 Old TV series with a scubadiving hero 100 Guy who’s often out

101 Pac-12’s Bruins 102 Go downhill fast 105 Saddam’s party 106 Between, in Brest

107 Some bra features

109 Curly-coated cats

110 That is, to Cicero

111 Jar Jar Binks’ planet

112 Card game for three

114 “Let’s do it!” 116 Aggressively promote

117 Singer McEntire 118 Latin “to be” 120 Devils org. 122 Lose power, as a battery 123 Org. that makes traffic stops?