Times Colonist

THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD

- By Mark McClain and George Telfer

ACROSS

1 Avian mimic 5 Selling point? 10 Weasel cousin 15 Passed quickly, as

time 19 Pigeon calls 20 Kind of column 21 Stands at lectures 22 Lead in a movie,

say 23 What the acrobatic landlady liked to do? 26 Wile E. Coyote

supplier 27 Run-of-the-mill 28 Former LeBron team, on sports tickers 29 Lost on purpose 31 Buds, possibly 32 TruTV show for board game enthusiast­s? 37 Sorority letter 39 Former LeBron team, on sport tickers 40 Takes a breather 41 “The Simpsons”

retailer 44 “Chain of Fools”

name 47 Out in the yacht 49 Bite playfully 52 When a pro might practice at Augusta National? 56 Departed 57 “Once __ a

time ... “58 Yon yacht 59 Name in a Tolstoy

title 60 Formal split 62 Electric

wheels 64 Second-tallest

living bird 66 Inform 68 Skin-related 69 Gym employees for those getting in shape fast? 73 Don’t hold your

breath 76 Antelope

playmates 77 Musical muscle car 78 Agave plant 82 “The wisdom of many and the wit of one”: Russell 84 Dread 86 Bigelow product 88 Often painful crack 89 Cut with a small

knife 90 Gold medal winners at the Renaissanc­e fair? 94 Thesaurus wd. 95 Doing nothing 96 Cabinet

department 97 Minute 98 China’s Zhou __ 101 QB’s stat 102 Shocked text

letters 104 Wedding chapel’s main form of advertisin­g? 111 Vacation

destinatio­n 115 Caroline Islands

components 116 Rescue squad

initials 117 Rant 119 Fictional plantation 120 Where bills should be put after an audit? 125 “Slippery” trees 126 “... but I could be

wrong” 127 Celestial

ovine 128 Shuts down 129 Colorist’s

supply 130 Price enders, often 131 Category 132 Obliterate, in

Oxford

DOWN

1 Menial work 2 “__ it!” 3 __ plume 4 Have high hopes 5 Hindu “Destroyer” 6 Start of an adage

about humanity 7 Sandwich shop

order 8 Often tickled

bone? 9 “Foucault’s

Pendulum” author 10 Diagonal sail

extender 11 Now 12 Pindar piece 13 Make widely

known 14 Samples 15 Stadium staples 16 Eastwood’s “Bronco Billy” costar Sondra 17 Fictional hunter in

a floppy hat 18 Signs of garden

neglect 24 GM subsidiary 25 Guy’s girlfriend 30 Comedy __ 33 One may be dull 34 Trek pack animal 35 Algonquian

language 36 Picked up 38 Trojan War god 41 Touch 42 Nickname for José 43 Eerie fliers 45 Old anesthetic 46 Like many

crosswords 47 “Up” star 48 WWII prison camp 49 Standard 50 Subject of Huáscar 51 Orange discard 53 Legally off base 54 Baited insect

collector 55 Beans or greens 56 Scalia’s

successor 61 Enhancing word 63 Shaft between

wheels 65 Handy 67 Trivial 70 Vivacious 71 Words near an “F,”

maybe 72 Musical handicap 73 Omar of “In Too

Deep” 74 Doctor’s order 75 French __ 79 Consider carefully,

with “over” 80 Attention 81 Basilica recess 83 Astros catcher

McCann 85 Bonnie Blue’s dad 87 2012 Ben Affleck

film 91 “Gotcha!” 92 Casino game

requiremen­t, often 93 Symphonic disc 98 Mercedes line 99 Kings’ org. 100 City from which Vasco da Gama sailed 101 NBA part 103 Driver’s license info 104 Hardly favored 105 Volta’s

birthplace 106 Musical Mel 107 86-Across variety 108 Drops 109 German river, to

locals 110 Less risky 112 Gemini docking

target 113 Lumps for Miss

Muffet 114 German state 118 Climbed 121 “Exodus”

protagonis­t 122 “The Situation

Room” airer 123 It’s game 124 Longtime Eur.

realm

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