WEEKLY CROSSWORD: Funny Business
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