The Hamilton Spectator

WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Funny Business

- By Rebecca Goldstein Edited by Patti Varol

Across

1 Cymbals played with a pedal 6 Doofus

10 Snack or stack at

the poker table 15 Hushed

summons 19 Sun-dried brick 20 Hardwood trees 21 32-foot pastry visible from the 405 in Los Angeles

22 “Sex Education”

protagonis­t 23 Composite image where stars appear as streaks 26 Key turning point? 27 Landscapin­g tool 28 Title role for

Madonna 29 Chihuahua's alert 30 Sinister

32 Early social

networking site 34 Cartagena kiss 35 Flat formation 38 Kitchen

containers 39 Flurry of emotions 41 GoPro device 44 Musical ability 45 Ref. that added “adultifica­tion” in 2023

46 Rattan

47 Vehicle that may address the “last mile” problem 52 Used a peeler 53 Comedian

DeLaria

54 Like last-minute

tix, maybe 55 “Stop talking” 56 Sudden shocks 57 Air space?

59 Rio hello 61 Bag-checking org. 62 __ fide

63 “Don't forget your umbrella and galoshes!” 71 Bavarian range 72 Prefix with

cache 73 Get loose, in a

way

74 Ginger __ 75 Italian seaport 77 Flock infant 79 Brio

81 Word with bird's

or bull's 82 75-Down

accessory

83 As the situation

warrants 88 Simpson who

plays the sax 89 “Mr. Robot”

creator Esmail 90 Beam

91 Said aloud 92 Phryge, for Paris

2024, e.g. 97 Cable

98 Has on the

calendar 99 “American Dad”

dad

100 Inched closer 103 Match makeup 104 Petting zoo

chorus

105 Base for many Italian fashion labels

106 Ginger blossom

garland

108 Tends to spilled

milk

110 Period that included the storming of the Bastille

114 Dressy attire 115 “The Color

Purple” producer 116 “You said it!” 117 Do some dirty

dancing

118 Jennifer of “Dirty

Dancing”

119 Dishwasher cycle 120 Petting zoo ride 121 Music League

submission­s Down

1 “Hell __ no

fury ... “2 Figurative

expression 3 Comfy cozy 4 First pres. born outside the Thirteen Colonies 5 Power trip? 6 Debate issues 7 Trash

8 HEMNES retailer 9 Vanilla meas. 10 1990s media

coverage? 11 Souped-up car 12 Indigenous

Alaskan

13 Water filter brand 14 Mentally prepared 15 “... and I approve this message” spots

16 Lifted prints? 17 [Not my error] 18 Disappoint­ed click 24 Digital images? 25 Wild goat

31 Actor Kilmer 33 Blueprint bit 34 Hardwood tree 35 House of Lords

member

36 St. __ of Assisi 37 Employed 39 Madrid “more” 40 Adversary 41 Pegged

instrument­s 42 Indigenous

Alaskan 43 Denotes 44 Biotech bacteria 48 Makes a flat

sheet flatter 49 Resolution 50 Peak between Pelion and Olympus

51 “__ a big if!” 52 Duck habitat 56 Musician Batiste 58 Provide pardon 60 Acute thing 62 Bread shaped like

a 21-Across 64 Plant with a tiger

tooth variety 65 Brewery letters 66 One on a fixie,

say

67 Like some tearjerker­s 68 Yr. historic change before time a 69 Journalist King 70 Dashboard

display 75 Outdoor kitchen

fixture 76 Simple

78 Lowest rank for a

35-Down 80 Crucially

important 82 Unappealin­g plateful 83 Baylor University city 84 “I dunno ... “85 “Postman __”: BBC stop-motion animation series 86 Crunchy snack 87 Helper 89 Accepts an invitation to pose 93 Calif. Christmas hrs. 94 Poses in a yoga

studio

95 Lazy walrus, e.g.,

for short

96 Paper money 97 Coral

community 100 Assumed

101 Marvin the

Martian, e.g. 102 Corporate shakeup affecting the companies in the circled letters? 104 Switzerlan­d's

capital 105 Brief brief 107 Signs

108 NYC arena 109 Possessive

word

111 Troy research

univ.

112 Missy Elliott

genre

113 Number of players in Battleship

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