Crossword
ACROSS
1 Playground game with hoops
6 Blobby sci-fi villain
11 Biker’s protective wear 19 In the know 20 Fitness motto starter 21 Removes faded
flowers from 22 Fit
24 Brand with a
Jumpman logo 25 Regret
26 School near Windsor
27 Stiles of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 28 “Friends” friend 29 Arrives like a brainstorm
34 A, to Beethoven 36 Fair
37 Formal talk
39 Deer sir
43 Droid from Naboo, familiarly
46 Volume unit 48 Go inside
50 Long, long tail? 51 Start of a hopeful chant 55 Tower engineer 57 Simone’s state 58 Dagger of yore 59 Mosque official 61 Bound to be
62 “I, Claudius” role 63 Collapsed
66 Like some fried food
68 Letters on a bathroom tube 69 Absolutely zero 72 Dealer-busting org.
75 Meter starter 76 Compared with 77 Places where quiet is often demanded
78 Cut of the loot 81 River past Logroño
84 It’s raised at a circus
85 Obligation
86 Many surfers 88 Ignore mistakes, say
92 Letters on a GI’s letters
93 Absorb, as a spill
95 Twitter rampage 96 Hale-Bopp, for one 97 Alphabetically first V8 ingredient 99 Yawning cause 101 Place to make a rial deal
103 Some tributes 105 Disney theme park
111 Part of many a plot
113 Bristol bye-bye 115 Bit of politeness from a hat-tipper 116 That guy, to Guy
117 Subject of many a watch
119 Family film feature 123 Enthusiastic to a fault
124 Elicit a chuckle 125 A detective may act on one 126 Spoofs
127 Minibike kin 128 __ music
DOWN
1 Clues for DNA analysis 2 Accept the blame
3 Wild party
4 “No seats” sign 5 Job listing abbr. 6 “Precisely like this”
7 “Take __ at it” 8 Bingo cousin 9 Marcel Marceau clown persona 10 Snacked 11 Princess with cinnamon-bun locks
12 Not kidding 13 Asleep in Eng. class?
14 Cause of sticker shock at the florist?
15 They may be unsung
16 “CSI” actor George
17 Old food label figs.
18 I-9 ID
21 Thoughts of the beach while in class, e.g.
23 MIT offerings 27 Boxing div. 30 Suspects 31 Jordanian queen dowager 32 José’s hand 33 A light bulb may symbolize one 35 “It’s clear now” 38 Multi-lingual
Irish singer
40 First golfing
U.S. president 41 Pulitzer-winning author James 42 __ standard 43 Bowl, say
44 Was highly regarded
45 Formal wear item
46 1983 Indy 500 champ Tom 47 Fancy moldings 49 Throw very hard 52 Berkshire racecourse 53 Deadlocked 54 Alleged creation of Buffalo’s Anchor Bar 56 Wray of “King Kong” 60 Herd mentality output?
64 Golfer’s gouge 65 Pasta restaurant closing?
67 RPI and NIH 69 Cards, for short 70 Tiberius’ tongue 71 Blessed __ 72 Casual Friday fabric
73 Musical workout, at times
74 Singer’s perfect pitch, say
75 “... chips-down” link
77 “Ciao”
78 Swedish auto 79 Bit of optimism 80 Lotion additive 82 Fuzzy memory 83 One taking a class over
87 Juice with a lizard logo 89 Picard’s counselor
90 Jon of “Mad Men” 91 Checkout action
94 Stamps
98 Figure with a cape
100 __ kit: Ancestry. com item
101 Signed off on 102 Speechless player
104 Like morning fields
106 Stimulate 107 Memory miscue 108 Pass-rushing group, briefly 109 Prevention amount
110 Strength 111 Inventing middle name
112 Card holder, maybe
114 Pub mugfuls 117 Jazzy genre 118 Yokohama yes 119 Omelet filler 120 70-Down trio opener
121 Bright students’ org.
122 “How obvious”