Saturday crossword
Right for the Job
Across
1 Code __
4 “Rubáiyát” poet 8 Regional UN headquarters since 1946
14 Slather
19 Lead-in for carte or mode 20 “__ la France!” 21 Brought up 22 Jobs creation 23 Australian island state 25 Mysterious 26 Capricious notions 27 Aptly named therapist? 29 Misfortunes 31 Like many a tree at Christmas 32 __-friendly 33 Self-described “King of All Media”
34 Largest continent
35 Frat party wear 36 Electric car brand
38 One of the Gershwins 39 Aptly named dietitian? 42 Capital with a Viking Ship Museum
44 With no exceptions 46 Sharp 47 Pull a fast one on 51 Small test 52 Mangabeys, e.g. 54 Thought of but not shared
55 Goes back to the front, perhaps 57 URL ending 58 King’s domain 59 Ties off in surgery 61 Cats native to much of the Americas
66 Unit on the set 67 Mexican coin 68 Prominent Dumbo feature 70 Mine access 71 TV’s Buffy and Faith, e.g. 73 Moral consideration 77 Set of furniture
78 Startling word
79 Shade-tolerant garden plant
80 Old schoolmaster’s disciplinary tool
81 Avoid trespassing on 85 Turns sharply
86 Bowed, in Basra 88 Chocolate source 89 Constitution VIPs 92 Like hands without mittens, maybe
93 Aptly named easy chair salesman?
95 Big time
97 Works with flour
101 Pub pours
102 Green state?
103 Puzzle part
105 Leak
106 Hip
107 Woodcutter Ali
108 Aptly named gardener? 111 Thorny plant
113 “MASH” director
115 Scotty on the Enterprise, e.g.
116 Slowly, in music
117 Spicy cuisine
118 Kerfuffles
119 Rowboat propeller
120 Brinks
121 Many-sided evils
122 Fail miserably
123 Cook in a wok
Down
1 Snitch on 2 Tick away 3 Short races 4 __ Office 5 Knee revealers, and then some 6 Earhart’s art 7 Grim character? 8 Tiny amount 9 Bring home 10 Word on Santa’s checklist
11 Former NHL forward Tikkanen
12 Hunter’s meat
13 Aptly named editor? 14 Makes the cut 15 Dashboard letters 16 Afterword 17 Supremely powerful 18 Amends, as corporate earnings
24 Aptly named sommelier? 28 __ Spring 30 USA Patriot Act, e.g. 34 Including everything 35 Check (off ) 37 Take __: enjoy the pool 39 Lose one’s temper 40 Ouzo flavoring 41 Mountain chain 43 Pot top 45 Greenish blue 47 Elicits an “Ouch!” 48 “Inside the NBA” analyst 49 Japanese port 50 Kardashian matriarch 53 Monstrous Tolkien creations 56 They may be inflated 59 Aptly named barber? 60 Labor Day mo. 62 Aptly named policewoman? 63 Loathing 64 Information on a spine 65 Spirited mount 67 TA’s boss 69 Word of regret 72 Kindle download 74 Relative of a knock 75 “I copy” 76 Gorbachev’s land: Abbr. 77 Lines of clothing 80 Winter malady 81 Prepare, as eggs
82 Fitted 83 Agreeing 84 Himalayan pack animals 85 Wacky 87 World’s largest snake by weight 90 Serious competition 91 To be, in Bavaria 94 “Glee” actress __ Michele
96 Move from window to aisle, say
98 Done with
99 Tone deafness
100 Boat shoe brand
103 Corn breads
104 Goad
107 Warner or Ringling follower
108 Don Juan’s love
109 In __ land
110 Game of world conquest
112 Had a bite
114 Williams in Cooperstown