Edmonton Journal

“BETA BLOCKERS”

- BY JOHN LAMPKIN

Across

1 It’s usually spotted in a game

7 Prolong painfully 14 Pablo’s putting-off

word 20 Heat-sensitive patch 21 1982 Toto hit

22 Twist counterclo­ckwise, as anut

23 Defeat decisively in an annual Nathan’s contest?

25 Hardly modest 26 Hardly quick 27 Steamed dumplings, e.g. 28 Oft-mispunctua­ted word

30 Plane angle symbol 31 Alley Oop’s love 33 Diplomacy

35 Tribute with bent

elbows

37 Best-liked, in texts 40 Flabbergas­t

41 One in line for what’s

left

42 For instance 43 Whale-tale captain 46 Cutlery causing booboos?

49 Cell dead spot indicator 51 European capital 52 Many misses 53 Ripped

55 Super

56 __ fu

57 Amer. fliers 58 Ripped off 60 Handle change 62 Actress Peeples 63 Bird on LSU’s seal 65 Is for all

66 Apply, as butter 68 41-Across, often 69 Explore à la an aging Captain Kirk? 72 Director Lee 73 “Enough already!” 77 Vague opening? 78 98, but not 98.6 82 Bird hunted to extinction by the Maori 83 Easygoing sort 85 The boy well-known in meteorolog­y? 87 California roll ingredient

88 Bat head? 90 Cardiff’s country 92 Galileo’s birthplace 93 Give __ 94 Last-__: desperate 95 Greening up 97 Roleo official? 99 Actress Sommer 100 Revival prefix

101 Some reddish deer 103 Place to stay when

you’re out, ironically 104 Many retirees: Abbr. 105 Against a thing, at law 107 Utah national park 108 Bury

110 Eager kids’ plea 112 Heady quaff

114 War zone

excavation

116 GI no-show

120 Achieve success 122 Farmworker­s’coffee setup near a fence post?

125 “We can’t hear you!” 126 Consequenc­e of only

getting close?

127 “Enough already!” 128 “The Communist

Manifesto” co-author 129 Sign off on

130 Govt. securities

Down

1 Conks out 2 Verbal

3 Con __: musical tempo 4 Halved 5 Japanese 7-Down 6 Dies in this puzzle? 7 See 5-Down 8 Pitchers Darling and Guidry 9 Quick-witted 10 Pilot feeder 11 Palindromi­c celeb 12 Not suitable 13 First presidenti­al swinger, golf-wise 14 Org. with minors 15 Critical ticker valve 16 Where even termites were welcome, presumably

17 One who sniffs out

good investment­s? 18 Tree house 19 “Dragonwyck”

novelist Seton 24 Criticize to death 29 Astronomer’s aid 32 Kentucky __, event before the Derby 34 Trim, as a pic 36 Painfully off-pitch Jewish diva? 37 Get all misty 38 “__ woman wishes to be no one’s enemy (and)

... refuses to be anyone’s victim”: Angelou

39 Like some memes 41 Kind of tea 42 “Because I __!” 44 OB/GYN test 45 Set off

47 Into shenanigan­s 48 “The Gift of the Magi” gift

50 Support wear 54 Comic-Con attendee 58 Sampling from Quaid’s vineyard? 59 Dig deeply 61 Sleeping bag site 64 Lab __

67 Ax to grind

69 Verdi opera based on a Shakespear­e tragedy 70 TripAdviso­r rival 71 Einstein 73 Photoshop fodder 74 Outspoken 75 Carpet made from corn husks? 76 Beach in a classic bossa nova hit

78 If all else fails 79 Ends 80 Misjudgmen­t 81 Smartphone options 84 Pollen-packing petal pusher

86 Surreal ending? 89 Dentist’s directive 91 Mumbai wrap 93 Designer Klein

96 It’s played secretly

under the table 98 Secretly

102 Morethanir­k 106 Celebrate wildly 107 Cause of temporary

weight loss? 108 101 course

109 1:1, for one

110 NASCAR’s Yarborough 111 Elvis’middle name

113 Moon goddess 115 Coup target

117 Power eponym 118 “The Grapes of

Wrath”character 119 Rents

121 Defib settings 123 Big name in ATMs 124 Radiation source

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