THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD
History Lesson ACROSS
1 Readily available
6 Arabian Peninsula
natives
12 Declines
18 __ apart
20 1998 Winter
Games city
21 Place for retiring?
22 *Cuddly toy
24 Was behind
25 April 4, in 2021
26 “99 Luftballons” singer whose name is an anagram of two of Henry VIII’s wives
27 Texter’s “If you ask me”
28 Q’s value in Scrabble
29 “Solve for x” subj.
31 Harbor bobber 33 Feudal workers
35 Pieces with views
37 *Layered lunch
41 Popular fact source
43 Hunter seen at night
44 Rami’s role on “Mr. Robot”
47 Sch. with a Lima campus
48 Swingers’ tools
51 Attend to a boxer, maybe
53 Ill will
55 Irrefutable truth
57 Litter box emanations
60 *Braves outfielder who was the 1990 N.L. Rookie of the Year
62 “Ex on the Beach” channel
64 Actress Hatcher
66 Half a film genre
portmanteau
67 Workplaces for RNs
68 Tiny bit
69 Cheery greeting
70 __-free: cleaning cloth term
72 Market
74 Bowlers, e.g.
75 Menu preposition
76 Palais pal
78 Aides for profs
80 Check, with “in”
82 __ Miss
83 *Webmaster’s concern
87 Financial liabilities
89 Ailing
90 Performed a
concerto’s cadenza
92 Where kitties get
pampered 96 Substandard
97 __ de parfum
99 Beaux of old
102 Civil rights icon John
103 “Close, but no cigar”
106 *Cuts a school period
108 Prefix with league
110 Some video files
113 Israeli statesman Abba
114 Washington MLBer
115 “Right this instant!”
116 Global fiscal org.
118 Piece of cake
120 Paid off
123 Sweetums
125 Field including history, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues
129 Poland neighbor
130 Entering words
131 Thin piece
132 “Shame on you!”
133 Raised
134 Topples (over)
DOWN
1 Cries of pain
2 “Just kidding!”
3 2010 Coen brothers remake
4 __ Romeo
5 Some downloaded
docs
6 Hot
7 Superhero suffix
8 Opposin’
9 Identifies
10 Cockamamie
11 Discontinued
Camry model
12 “The King and I” kingdom
13 When two hands come together?
14 Luxury bag monogram
15 *Jackson or Lincoln
16 Prominent
17 Warms up the crowd
19 Hold in reserve
21 Beam benders
23 Court tie
29 Straddling
30 Tempt
32 Festive time
34 Name on the 1979 album “The Wall”
36 MillerCoors rival
38 Part of the former Yugoslavia
39 City west of Tulsa
40 Tough situation
42 Portend
45 “The Wire” antihero __ Little
46 Saves for later viewing
49 Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand
50 Winter hillside sights
52 Kid
54 Track official
56 Spy org. created by
FDR
58 Dig find
59 Asian honorific
61 “Maleficent”
actress
62 City west of Venezia
63 *”We’ll need a better solution”
65 Opening remarks
69 Invited to the skybox
71 Flip sides?
73 Was in charge of
74 Low-cost stopover
76 __ interpreter: press conference figure
77 Fighting word from the French for “mixture”
79 Store
81 “The Good Place” network
84 EagleCam spot
85 Seize illegally
86 Passing words?
88 Poolroom powder
91 What Brinker’s boy plugged with a finger
93 Graceful vertical entrance
94 Birthplace of Galileo
95 Mgr.’s helper
98 Cost of withdrawal
100 Ate in small bits
101 Exchanges verbal jabs
104 Tense situation
105 Private agreement?
107 Agitated states
108 Two cents
109 Partners of crannies
111 Grimm creature
112 Actor __ Baron Cohen
117 Stole stuff
119 Docking place
121 Cheapest way to buy, with “in”
122 “Nurse Jackie” star Falco
124 Gentle touch
126 Exist
127 Fish in unadon
128 Yearbook gp.