POLITICAL PROMISES
ACROSS
1 Advisory panels 7 Take down a notch 12 Silverstein who wrote “A Boy Named Sue” 16 Put on a nonpolitical button, say 19 Crack open, in a way 20 Some parade performers 22 Clamor 23 “Unemployment will be a thing of the past!” 25 Publicity, in Variety speak 26 Back 27 Impose ____ on 28 High season in Hawaii 29 Coding molecules 30 “____ in the Morning” 31 Skedaddle 33 “You’re looking at the whole department” 35 “No new taxes!” 42 Ornithologist James of whom Ian Fleming was a fan 43 W.W. II arena: Abbr. 44 Dallas sch. 45 Circus prop 46 ____ buco 47 Author whose most famous character is introduced as Edward Bear 51 Some four-year degs. 53 ____-deucey (card game) 54 “I will maintain a strong defense!” 58 Basic car maintenance 59 Car decoration 60 “Silent Spring” spray 61 Muffin variety 62 Gives off light, as a 65-Across 65 See 62-Across 67 Bank acct. info 70 One of five rhyming Greek letters 71 Dances accompanied by gourd drums 75 Sitting together at the movies, say 77 “Deficit spending must stop!” 83 Another time 84 When a vampire sleeps 85 Oblong desserts 86 “Poke-____!” (kids’ book series) 87 Film critic Jeffrey 89 120-Across, in Spain 91 Hellion 92 Bridge-table foursome 93 “I’ll slow this country’s spread of drugs!” 100 Next in line 101 Breathing disorder 102 Not much at all 103 Pleasures 105 A Musketeer 108 L.A. gang member 109 Place with expensive mud 112 Tiny tunneler 113 “Education will be my top priority!” 117 It’s found in sheets or, in softer form, blankets 118 Thermometer, e.g. 119 Consolidated 120 89-Across, in France 121 Some 35mm cameras 122 Rogen and Meyers 123 They may be measured by the pound
DOWN
1 Shine up 2 Words before “before” 3 Common prefix with phobia 4 ____-com 5 Thought (up) 6 One who’s always getting a pass? 7 Certain game point 8 One piece of a twopiece 9 Archery asset 10 Whole lotta 11 “Billy ____,” 2000 film 12 Abbr. on a stadium ticket 13 Give zero stars, say 14 First name among celebrity chefs 15 Acid 16 Present-day figure 17 Ned’s bride on “The Simpsons” in 2012 18 They’re handled in Asian restaurants 21 Tithing amounts 24 Burkina ____ (Niger neighbor) 29 30 31 32 What NeedsTake might cooking roota no rabble-rouserbe furtherread 34 35 36 Air-conditionedH.M.O. Israelites’Still after in Mosesthe figures outboxleader 37 38 San Prepare afterlife____, for Italy the 39 40 Boot Low-grade?: Abbr. 41 42 Eye Greet inflammation respectfully 47 48 Not Lhasa just ____ theoretical(dog 49 Upstreambreed) on the Mississippialong Miss. River, 50 Abbr. for those not mentioned 52 Seine-____, department bordering Paris 55 Need (to) 56 Coll. fraternity 57 “What ____!” (“Bummer!”) 63 Question of surprise to a volunteer 64 Total 66 Object of a hunt in “Lord of the Flies” 67 Tool used in the evening? 68 Lackey 69 Some witches like their eyes 70 Great Plains Indians 72 Oven-cleaner ingredient 73 Org. for Duke 74 Like the ocean 76 Forensic facility 77 Hill’s partner 78 First gemstone mentioned in the Bible 79 Novices 80 It might be patted on the back 81 Bambino’s first word 82 Prop for Popeye or Santa 88 Fi preceder 90 John of Fox’s “Grandfathered” 94 Hit the road 95 Treats vengefully 96 Wild 97 What eyes and pedestrians may do 98 Blue-collar and pinkslip 99 Pill type 103 One corner of a Monopoly board 104 Start of a reminiscence 106 Raise 107 Operatives: Abbr. Some med. facilities 109 Story with many chapters 110 Sparrow, to a sparrow hawk 111 Common connectors 113 Monogram on Christian crosses 114 Amphibious W.W. II vessel 115 “Wonderful!” 116 Go wrong