ACADEMIC CLUBS

By Amy Johnson & Katie Hale

ACROSS

1 Sorrowful sigh 5 Crude cartel since

1960

9 Blue, in Barcelona 13 Shady plot 18 Actress Sorvino 19 City in Victor Hugo

novels

21 “Catch ya later!” 22 Jazz singer Cleo 23 Club for music

majors?

26 Agent concerned

with spots 27 Heredity units 28 Causing shudders,

maybe

29 Key holder, often 31 Was successful in 32 Youtube alternative 34 Stage name intro 35 “How tragic”

36 Club for geology

majors?

40 Still in the sack 42 Monogram on some high-end handbags

43 Many corny jokes 44 Go on the lam 46 Biblical name of

ancient Syria

48 “__ Christ

Superstar” 49 Makes a

connection 51 Howled loudly 53 Wasatch

Mountains ski town 56 Club for astronomy

majors? 59 Standard 60 Standards

62 __ jockey

63 Rough guess 64 Vague quantity 65 Like extreme

measures 68 Reebok rival 71 New citizen,

perhaps

73 NFL flag thrower 74 Dull pain

76 Treat 74-Acrosses,

maybe

78 Wee

79 Christmas helper 80 Club for paleontology majors?

85 Storage unit

86 __ station

88 Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson

89 NAACP __ Awards 91 Cold, slushy treat

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93 Mystery writer

Paretsky

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purchase

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99 Club for philosophy

majors?

104 Middle Eastern title 106 Short greetings 108 How tempura is

fried

109 Scrooge visitor 110 Come really close

to

112 African language

family

114 Square

115 Spanish folk hero 116 Club for botany

majors?

121 Pass along

122 British aristocrat 123 Changed direction,

nautically

124 Uber Eats display 125 Many first-time

voters

126 Some bourbons 127 Cincinnati ballclub 128 Chariot-riding god

DOWN

1 “Who __ to judge?” 2 Legalese and

computerese 3 Longtime Tottenham

football rival

4 GPS tech

5 Bloom County

penguin

6 “I Said a Prayer” singer Tillis

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8 Show place 9 Smoothie berry 10 Online pub

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mean that :)” 13 Rickman of “Die

Hard”

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fireside chats 15 Club for genealogy

majors?

16 Walk result, maybe 17 Brief copy

20 Kind of drum or

guitar

24 Enter again

25 “Not my __”

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rating

31 Question of motive

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concern

33 “How tragic” 34 Freestyle raps 37 “Go faster, huskies!” 38 Genesis figure 39 Like some

neighbors 41 Highchair wear 45 Safe IRA option 47 Most lowdown 48 Some spreads 49 Hardy title character 50 Sharp front tooth 52 Systane target 53 “Bizarre Foods”

host Zimmern 54 Singing nymph of

the Rhine

55 Club for urban

planning majors? 57 Passing through 58 Three Gorges

structure 61 Stockpiles

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67 Merriment 69 Baskin-robbins

treat

70 Word with ink or

egg

72 Barb

75 Sticky brand 77 Governor Noem of

South Dakota 81 Olympic sword 82 Petty squabble 83 Inbox buildup 84 Alert 87 Architectural style between 1714 and 1830

90 Bunch of honkers 94 Stronger, as mixed

drinks

95 Cash of country 96 Ctrl-__-del 98 Albeit, briefly 100 Dash or slash 101 Diary passage 102 Mountain lion 103 Big __: drug

industry, colloquially 104 Tennis great Chris 105 Fracas

107 Conclude

111 “Grand” ice cream 112 Cause of some

nodding

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114 Many profs

117 Install, as brick 118 Bedazzle

119 Sam player on

“Cheers”

120 “Breaking Bad”

villain Fring