WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Beta Blockers

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 a nut

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 boo-boos?

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 wellknown 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 Farm workers' 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 More than irk 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