SIGNS OF THE TIME

ACROSS

1 Muscles toned by

planks

4 Does, e.g.

8 Goes out swinging? 13 Longest reptile in

the world

19 “Gosh, that was a

long time ago” 21 Buck in the Baseball

Hall of Fame 22 Bring back on board 23 *Canaries

24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks

26 Gets slippery 28 Patronize, as a

hotel

29 Hush-hush docs 30 Bundle of hay 32 Caustic cleaners 34 Enter stealthily 36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions 40 __ Domani: Italian

wine brand 41 Promising letters? 42 Really bothered 43 *“Peace Train”

singer

49 *Atlanta event for

sci-fi fans

52 Actress Shawkat 53 Museum item 54 “Thumbs up”

answers 55 Smashing success 56 Provided at no cost 59 Wealthy

60 “r u coming soon?” 62 Call to the on-deck

circle

64 Beads on blades 65 *Sacred Hopi ritual 71 *Western, slangily 73 “One Mississippi”

star Notaro 74 Dulse and nori

seaweeds, e.g. 76 __-mo video 77 Coup target

: 5 .43 ( 3, 3 )

80 Aggravate 83 Top-tier celebs 87 Basic font 89 Window shade 90 *Absurdly chaotic

situation 92 *Playground fixture 95 Russian crepes

9 , 13 3 0 )

97 Vinaigrette acronym 98 *Spray behind a

speedboat

101 Act omnipotent 104 Burkina __

105 Assns.

106 Some ballpark figs. 107 Total accord 109 Mogadishu resident 113 *Sheet with a

folded corner 116 *Ashtray for trash,

e.g.

120 “Let me rephrase

that ... ”

121 Appointed

122 Soul mate

123 Sandwiches made

with bolillos

124 Secret rendezvous 125 Black bit inside a

papaya

126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Cause of inflation 8 1 0,- (*2- .*142

deg.

3 Part of a match 4 Deli apparatus 5 Fine-tune 6 Community group

with a deer logo 7 Socal campus with Mission Revival architecture

8 Lump of goo 9 Heavy loads 10 Some boxing

punches

11 World Cup

overseer: Abbr. 12 Leaves in stitches 13 Safeguard

14 Tree with flexible

wood

15 Weigh, in a way 16 Main language of

India

17 Heart, but not soul 18 Legendary loch 20 Use Turbotax,

perhaps

25 Pool divisions 27 Easily influenced 30 “Free your pores”

brand

31 __ frescas: fruity

Mexican drinks 33 So far

35 Maker of ecofriendly Vero computers

36 Neat and clean 37 PC hookup

38 Rash symptom 39 Sainted pope

called “the Great” 43 Put into gear? 44 Have the intention

of

45 Thin candle

46 Drop in

pronunciation 47 More pleasant 48 Phonetic symbol 50 __ Squad: Best Buy

tech support team 51 Kitchenaid rival 52 Covered California

statute, for short 57 Critical-care ctrs. 58 Club fees

61 Major Yemen port 62 Starts

63 Quite cold

65 Cook dim sum, say 66 Part of TNT

9: . 1* )

68 Big deal

69 Trade pact from

1994 to 2020

:7 * 522642 (*

lune”

72 Casual collared

shirt

75 Sketchy subject? 78 Waiting room

directive

80 Digs in the snow 81 Versailles residents 82 Philosopher

Immanuel

84 Pet pendant 85 Tractor-trailers 86 Plug away (at) 88 Impose, as a tax 91 Hair __

93 Cultured products? 94 Bret with four Gold

Gloves

95 Red Sox, on

scoreboards

98 Hot spots

99 Got going

100 “Judge Judy” event 101 Product pitch 102 Light brew

103 Failed to

104 Like bubble baths 106 Make a long story

short?

108 Trade jabs

110 Makes a choice 111 Bog down

112 Shivering fit

114 “Blonde” star de

Armas

115 Summer hrs. in

Philly

117 Kiddo

118 “Or so __ heard” 119 Pickleball need