STRETCHES ACROSS

By Roland Huget

ACROSS

1 Lake skimmer 7 Bitterly harsh

14 In flames

20 Free bakery treats? 21 “Orphan Black” star

Maslany

22 Prim partner 23 Uses a salamander,

perhaps

24 Hand sanitizer

ingredient

25 Glossy fabric 26 *Terms for tenants 29 “Great” detective of

kid-lit

32 QBs and DHs 33 Winter coaster 34 Kerfuffles

38 Prefix with tourism 39 Back up

41 Refer to

44 Stop dithering 45 *Question in a famous balcony scene

53 Emission from

radioactive decay 54 Wrestling legend Ric 55 NYC film festival

locale

56 Actor Epps 57 Ocelot, e.g. 59 Harmon series 60 __-O-Honey candy 62 Bud

63 “Mudbound”

director Rees 65 Bag-screening org. 68 *Southeastern evergreen that sounds like a college 73 *“Tennessee Waltz”

composer 77 Run-down theaters 78 Be a little shy? 80 Admit defeat 81 Fury

82 Test run

84 Fictional sleuth

Wolfe 85 Well-known 88 Device that may display awkward moments on the jumbotron 90 Abalone eater 94 “Queen Sugar”

creator DuVernay 95 *“Leave this to me” 99 Quick qualifier

100 Court dividers

102 Wear a long face 103 Not good at all

104 Radiate

105 Lugs around

107 Sandwich letters 110 Motorless aircraft 112 *Financial report

section

117 “The Night Watchman” Pulitzer winner Erdrich

119 Marshmallow-filled

treat

120 Bible book with 150

poems

123 “__ Restaurant”:

classic Guthrie song 124 Quarterback who was MVP of Super Bowls XLII and XLVI 125 Pabst brand

126 Smartphone screen

borders

127 Supplemented

128 “For Your Eyes

Only” singer Sheena

DOWN

1 Snarky remark 2 Drop the ball 3 Excessively 4 Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces

5 Iron-rich leafy

vegetable

6 Rae of “The

Lovebirds” 7 Unsteady, quaintly 8 “Coming at you!”

9 Cultural values 10 “Knives Out” writer/

director Johnson 11 Rock groups 12 How sun-dried tomatoes may be packed 13 Pasadena

engineering sch. 14 Lhasa __ 15 Breakfast cereal

fiber

16 Much, informally 17 Big monkey 18 Snooze symbol 19 East end? 27 London luxury hotel

that opened in 1889 28 __-proof

29 Rookie, casually 30 Tooth trouble 31 Duking it out

35 Not imported

36 Gp. with reserves 37 Ancient portico 39 “Buona __”: Italian

greeting

40 Over yonder

42 Go bad

43 “Heart & Soul” country singer Church

46 Male sheep

47 IRS convenience 48 The works 49 “Gnarly, dude!” 50 __-tac-toe

51 Swap

52 Kimono sash 57 Styles

58 Concert mementos 60 Fave bud

61 “__ be darned!” 62 Hors d’oeuvres

spread

64 “Fargo” actor

McGregor 66 Weekly NBC show

with a musical guest 67 Go gray, maybe 69 Burger order 70 Apple TV+ device 71 “Comprende?” 72 Razzie Award

adjective

73 Nobel category 74 Needle hole

75 Tip of the Alps? 76 Macramé unit 79 Coin-in-a-fountain

thought

82 Sticking point 83 Frilly trim 85 Autograph hounds 86 “Sans” opposite 87 Test for solvers 88 Keystone figure 89 Big D hoopster 91 Schedule component, and what the answers to the starred clues literally contain 92 Abu Dhabi ruler 93 Goes bad

95 Wow

96 Part of MVP

97 Talk with one’s

hands

98 Orbital circuit shape 101 Water channel

104 Literary awards named for a Baltimore writer

106 “The Joy of

Painting” prop

107 Fair, in a way

108 Jeff of the Traveling

Wilburys

109 Lukewarm

111 Prefix with gram or

cart

113 “Room” novelist

Donoghue

114 Map line

115 “It __ over till it’s

over”

116 __ Park: Queens

area

117 Forensic facility

118 World Cup chant 121 Old conductance

unit

122 ID with two hyphens