Oxymoronically Speaking
ACROSS 1 Spectacle 6 Spread’s old name 10 Try to slug 15 Young ___ 18 More frilly, perhaps 19 Coll. course with demerits 20 Coriander cousin 21 Siesta 22 Oxymoronic pain 25 Brit’s verb ending 26 Authoritative book 27 Field’s cousin 28 Fontanne’s theater partner 29 Author of a famous comedy 31 A pitcher likes a low one 32 Oxymoronic amount 37 Commercial 38 Smooth, in music 40 H, to Homer 41 Howl in the moonlight 42 Seine feeder 43 Have that caught-in-a-downpour appearance 47 Go back in 49 Polo crossed it 52 Dolly’s last name in “Hello, Dolly!” 53 Disdainful, pouting grimace 55 Actresses Grey and Martin 56 “___ of robins in her hair ...” 58 Overly 59 No longer bothered by 62 “It Had To Be You” lyricist 64 With 69 and 74 Across, oxymoronic advice 67 H.S. proficiency test 68 Singers James and Jones 69 See 64 Across 71 Overcharge 73 Stephen of “In Dreams” 74 See 64 Across 76 Fan club members 78 Breath mint mentioned in “Ya Got Trouble” (from “The Music Man”) 80 Meal starter? 81 California’s ___ Beach 83 Egyptian goddess 84 It gets thrown up in a famous Christmas poem 86 Rake’s gaze 87 Sicilian smoker 88 Feats of magic 90 Slur 94 Everybody in the South? 95 “An idea!” 97 Staff sgt., e.g. 98 Whole 102 Lander at Ben Gurion 103 Oxymoronic success 108 Voice of Daffy 109 Counted, as a tennis shot 111 Potent prefix 112 Resistance unit 113 Indian silk center 115 “This is only a test” org. 116 Oxymoronic change of pace 121 Steve calls her Slim in “The Getaway” 122 Algebra pioneer George 123 Entreaty 124 Rude dude, perhaps 125 Tape deck button 126 Good judgment 127 Lays down the lawn 128 Minimal evidence DOWN 1 “Gulliver’s Travels,” e.g. 2 Swelling reducer 3 Miss 4 Toast start 5 Angle start 6 Protruding window 7 Slower subway 8 Old verb ending 9 Spotted cats 10 “I ___ thought of that!” 11 Three men’s place 12 Twitch 13 Grill refuse 14 Ticked (off) 15 Oxymoronic attendee 16 Borg contemporary 17 Radar target 18 Designer’s imprint 23 Boca’s loc. 24 Pervasive glows 30 Immediately 33 Spondulix 34 Charge 35 ___ a soul 36 Looker 39 1867 purchase 44 Easy-listening sax guy 45 St. crosser 46 Sharlene Wells’s title before winning in Atlantic City in 1984 48 Half of a money-losing expression 49 Riles 50 Jumped, in French (or a cooking term with an extra E at the end) 51 Oxymoronic masterwork 53 Stack of fireplace logs 54 Lopsided win 57 Precept 58 Traffic snarl 60 Brand of medicated shampoo 61 Texas oil city 63 Snoozing 65 Stimpy’s pal 66 1970 British sci-fi film, “The Mind of Mr. ___” 70 Cries of discovery 72 It’s no Occident 75 Pants measurement 77 Fishing boats 79 “___ go on?” 82 Sun. talk 85 Borg contemporary 88 Glasses and such 89 Possessing market value 90 Taboo, perhaps 91 Saves every penny 92 Luau chow 93 “Peace ___” 96 Bikini and others 99 “Undoubtedly” 100 Brought up 101 Film composer Bernstein 104 Trebek, for one 105 Encrypted 106 Big birds 107 Angel’s antonym 110 Captures 114 Penn or Law, e.g. 117 Tribulation 118 Eternity 119 “Strange Magic” grp. 120 Nitwit