PREPOSITION PROPOSITION

ACROSS

1 Sound of a dud 5 Personnel overhaul 12 End of the block? 15 Pitcher’s feat, slangily 19 Peace activist Wiesel 20 Rear seating compartment in old automobiles

21 Replaced someone on

a base

23 Wagers for a gym

exercise?

25 Big name in luxury

S.U.V.s 26 Successfully

persuades

27 At the most

28 Sub

30 Opposite of stiff 31 Figures on slots 33 Bad thing to see under a truck’s hood?

35 Small breather? 38 Customer-service worker

40 “Man and Superman”

playwright 41 Anxious feeling 42 Wastebasket or folder, maybe 43 Avoided trans fats and refined sugars, say

47 Part of NASA: Abbr. 48 Unrecruited athlete’s

bottleful? 52 ____ al-Hussein

(Jordanian royal) 53 Private eye 55 Word after flight or

credit 56 “Zounds!”

57 ____ dish

58 It’s not in the bag 61 Intake in many an

eating contest 62 Makes drunk 63 Certain note passer,

for short 64 Timely entrance? 69 Kitty

70 “Here’s the thing …” 72 Lawn coating 73 Grueling workplace,

so to speak 75 Man first mentioned

in Exodus 2

76 Something removed at a T.S.A. checkpoint 78 Purple smoothie

flavorer 80 German “you” 81 Caught in ____ 82 Understudy’s

delivery? 85 Nonsense singing 88 Closet rackful 90 Suffer from a lockup 91 Zeros

93 “Fight, fight, fight for Maryland!” singer, familiarly

94 Duke of ____, character in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” 96 Reaches by plane 97 Scam alert? 101 Paragons 103 Hoppy brew 104 Info provider 105 Optimist’s credo 106 What an A.P. class likely isn’t 110 Throws at 112 Fight clubs? 115 Serving to quell violent protests 116 Free, as a seat 117 Web links, briefly 118 Trickle 119 Certain baseball positions: Abbr. 120 Lunchtime errands, e.g.

121 ____ Classic (cable channel)

DOWN

1 Juices (up) 2 Something a chimney sweep sweeps 3 Permeate 4 Gossips 5 Pennzoil competitor 6 Low-cost lodging 7 Playwright Chekhov 8 Bags that might have drawstrings 9 Startled squeals 10 Neighbor of Oman, for short 11 Press, as a button 12 Vertical, to a sailor 13 Saying “Eww!,” say 14 Make hard to read 15 Org. that’s nearly onefourth Canadian 16 Speak before

Parliament, e.g. 17 Comaneci of Olympics

fame

18 Time in Tokyo when it’s midnight in New York

22 ____ salad

24 App customers

29 10/

32 Scene 33 Founder of

Philadelphia 34 Strong strings 35 Sister

36 Man ____ mission 37 Soundtrack for a brawl? 39 Proceed well enough 42 Story featuring

divine intervention 43 ____ premium 44 Compositions often

chosen for encores? 45 Seuss title character 46 Sad, in San Juan 49 Department 50 Small dam 51 Smoking or stress 54 Forfeits

57 Hits with snowballs 58 Nonexpert 59 Portrayer of Mr. Chips

60 Ball support 61 Something “shaken”

in a trick

62 The Ravens, on

scoreboards

65 Take too much of,

briefly

66 Call for 67 “To repeat …” 68 Self-absorbed 71 Hope that one may 74 Doesn’t go on at the right time

76 Exit

77 Gives birth to 78 “Eso Beso” singer 79 Doctor treating patients

82 G.I. reply 83 Any of the Galápagos 84 Singer known for her

85-Across

86 Skill

87 Chinese menu name 89 More likely to

escalate 92 Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s 94 Emcee’s item 95 Spring river breakup 96 Certain Summer Olympian 97 Gyro holders 98 Barely ahead, scorewise 99 Interior decorator’s asset 100 Brisk paces 102 Gracias : Spanish :: ____ : German 105 Avid about 107 Some Nikons, for short

108 Go, “Ow, ow, OW!” 109 Professional grp. 111 Apt rhyme of “nip” 113 Card-game cry 114 Some doorways