FOLLOWING PROTOCOL
ACROSS
1 Totally wiped
5 College Board exam for jrs.
9 Fondant colorer 12 Dream big
18 Roman aqueduct section
19 Active volcano on Sicily 20 Timely benefit 21 Bedouin, e.g.
22 HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew
25 Soft cotton fabric 26 Literary comparisons 27 Organs that affect balance
28 Boutonniere counterpart
29 Bed cover
30 “Turn up the heat!” 31 Fade, say
33 Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr.
34 Flower in some O’Keeffe paintings 35 HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail
40 Snap veggies
41 Sign into law
42 Push notifications 43 DOJ staffers
45 Ryan of “Star Trek: Picard”
46 Puglia lang.
49 HTTP 419: Knight’s squire’s apprenticeship no longer in force
53 Gets fit
57 Routine material 58 Store securely
59 Blues label based in Memphis
60 Icy layer
61 “Pressure” singer Lennox
62 Tennis unit
65 Some fossils
67 Citi player
69 16th POTUS
70 Baby carrier
72 Spindly
74 Villain’s hideaway 76 “The Sparks Brothers” director Wright 78 Commuters’ region 80 HTTP 500: Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet
83 Meh 84 Lump of soil
86 Finnish tech giant 87 Lowered a lot, as prices 90 New cadet
92 Rowdy crowds
96 HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent’s head during joust
100 French friend
101 Fairy tale meanie 102 White peg in Battleship
103 Car port?
104 Waterfall on a doughnut production line 105 Fuel mining site 107 Angry speech
109 Toyota sedan
112 Suggest
113 Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle? 116 Rise
117 “Sadly ... ”
118 Spark interest? 119 For a __ pittance 120 Hi-fi system
121 Civil rights initialism 122 Brouhahas
123 115-Down votes
DOWN
1 Sack
2 Error remnant 3 Probiotic yogurt brand 4 Rap anthem by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
5 Ring out
6 Warm compress target, maybe
7 Termite eaters
8 Mai __: cocktail 9 “Monsters, Inc.” factory product
10 “Pinkie promise?” 11 Isengard attacker 12 Weapons expert 13 Sweet and __
14 Make the grade 15 “Better get a move on!” 16 Royal tenures 17 “Ready Player One” author Cline
20 Santa costume need 23 Sharp quality 24 Warrant
28 Attention
29 Swing dance move 30 “The Graham Norton Show” airer
32 Recruit
35 Big bash 36 Agate kin
37 Speaks with a sore throat
38 “No good __ goes unpunished”
39 Swab for 27-Across 44 Model/activist Holliday 45 Like tiaras
47 Parmesan substitute 48 __ support
49 Like a sponge
50 With hands on hips 51 Teensy
52 Fishy topping
54 Goofy sort
55 Splitting tool
56 Coeval
57 Spielberg shark thriller 59 Sister on “Succession” 63 Flow partner
64 You, in Montréal 66 Driveway-patching gunk
68 Actress Hatcher 71 Place for a pick-me-up? 73 Cheesy layered snack 75 Keep up on the issues? 77 One prone to histrionics, informally 79 Hershey caramel candy 80 Faygo or Fanta 81 Get-up on Sunday morning?
82 __ out a living
85 “Time to blow this popsicle stand”
88 Come clean about 89 Sulky mood
90 Ninth planet, until 2006 91 Fishy topping 93 Ill-fated “Grey’s Anatomy” resident George 94 Nutty
95 Match at the poker table 96 Coffee-and-chocolate concoctions
97 Narcissist
98 Hypnotic state 99 Areas of expertise 104 Sen.’s domain 106 Greenhouse unit 108 Genesis figure 109 Included in an email thread
110 “How terrible!” 111 Divests (of) 113 Uber or Lyft alternative 114 Tampa’s st. 115 Affirmative