WEEKLY CROSSWORD: A Fee for Victory By Donna S. Levin and Bruce Venzke
Across
1 “Ring Around the Rosie” word 6 Belts 11 Drop 15 Firefly emanation 19 Regatta racer 20 Bacon in a parlor game 21 Rare state bird 22 Apple’s apple, e.g. 23 Municipal tennis court? 26 Nobel Peace Center home 27 Jackson ejector 28 Goes bad 29 Father __ Sarducci: “SNL” character 30 “Good __!” 31 Artist Mondrian 33 Rudely awaken 36 Throat trouble? 37 __ Tin Tin 38 Crowded dorm symptom? 41 Bayer that might cause a headache? 44 Après-ski option 45 “Jurassic Park” threat 46 Cause of a municipal alert 48 Online ref. since 2000 49 Radiographer’s tests 53 Guadalajara gal pal 56 WWI French battle site 58 “La donna è mobile,” for one 59 In a proper manner 61 Francis of “What’s My Line?” 63 Conk 64 Massage 65 Feature of ths clue 66 Embellishment on Arabic calligraphy? 68 Contradict 70 Israeli statesman Abba 72 Buster? 73 Like __: probably 75 Last log entry? 78 Otherwise 80 Show one’s humanity 81 “Aw, fudge!” 82 Potential benefit 83 Editor’s “Let it be” 84 Spy-fi villain in a Nehru jacket 85 Quadratic formula course 87 “I’m not afraid of __; I just don’t want to be there when it happens”: Woody Allen 89 Mucinex relative 91 Neighbor of Leb. 92 Biryani base 94 Senator Bail Organa’s adopted daughter 96 Written guffaw 97 Taken over 99 Animal always without a home? 105 Adversary 106 Eldest Bennet daughter in “Pride and Prejudice” 107 __ Soleil: 17th-/18th-century royal 108 On Vine St., say 110 Spaniard’s “L’chaim!” 112 Chased from the closet 114 Ices 116 Business card abbr. 117 Not odd at all 118 Request at the poultry farm? 122 Geeky sort 123 Wedding cake layer 124 Detroit’s Joe __ Arena 125 Holmes of “The Kennedys” 126 Temperance advocates 127 Head of France? 128 DeMille specialties 129 Wood that sinks in water
Down
1 Music rights gp. 2 Old Roman name for Ireland 3 Large ’90s-00s SUV 4 Boston’s Liberty Tree was one 5 Disparage 6 Bunny slope conveyance 7 Scuba gear 8 Brown, for one 9 Vets-to-be 10 Cozy 11 Having a heck of a winning streak 12 Pastures 13 Disguised, briefly 14 Driver’s aid 15 Meathead’s wife in ’70s TV 16 Cause of playtime sadness? 17 Act like a wolf 18 Pound sound 24 Rouen’s region 25 Elizabethan neckwear 30 One of the Allman Brothers 32 Scarpia’s killer, in a Puccini opera 34 Errant 35 Him and her 39 WWII coststabilizing agcy. 40 The “A” often seen in 49-Across 41 Wood-damaging insect 42 “Stormy Weather” singer 43 Place with a serpent problem 47 Handcuffs 49 Atkins no-no 50 Kind of test 51 Brother-and-sister biathlon training regimen? 52 Powerful campaign force 54 Humdrum routine 55 Bravo preceder 57 Geishas’ sashes 60 Sections of the brain 62 “Snowy” wader 65 It may be taken in the afternoon 66 Battery terminal 67 “Sorry, lad” 69 Kansas-born playwright 71 H2SO4, e.g. 74 Stepped 76 Gruesome 77 Kingdom 79 Make a fool of 81 Place of honor 83 Really impress the critics 84 __ Lama 86 41-Across, e.g. 88 Color like aqua 90 Information company co-founder Charles 93 Shoulder decoration 95 Good for the heart and lungs 98 “Gadzooks!” 100 Complete 101 Stink 102 Easy to use, in adspeak 103 Completely 104 Arrived from above 106 Best Actress between Cher and Jessica 109 Strike zone? 110 Transmit 111 Maintain 113 Opposite of 83-Across 115 Benefit 118 Hairy Addams cousin 119 Outdo 120 Avignon agreement 121 ’60s quartet adjective