THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD Parting Company

ACROSS

1 Gadgets with teeth 6 Most favorable 13 Nuts seen in bars 20 Look forward to 21 Direct approach 22 Theoretically 23 Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1]

25 “The Odd Couple”

couple, e.g. 26 Menu selections 27 Old Tokyo

28 Per __

29 One of eight Yankee World Series victories 32 P.O. box item 34 Final Four game 37 “Ready Player One” hero Wade __

41 Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] 47 Asteroids producer 48 Byzantine architecture features

49 Mardi Gras city,

informally

50 Jaye’s “The Crying

Game” role 51 Novel category 53 Third of eight 55 Basic bruise

treatment

58 Santa signal

[Sidekick 2] 60 Biblical bloomer

[Princess 2] 62 Physical exam

letters

63 Mystiques

64 Org. for netmen 65 Had the nerve 66 Regional flora and

fauna

68 Wanders about 71 Convenient, like some winter resorts

74 Blowup aid 77 Courage

79 Sch. with the

mascot SuperFrog 82 Kids’ building materials [Sidekick 1]

85 Groups of problemsolving specialists [Princess 1]

88 Film noir plot

device

89 Types

91 Attribute

92 Robin Roberts’

show, initially 93 Take __: snooze 95 Up to

97 Toast starter 98 Ineffective pitcher’s fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] 102 Nose wrinklers 103 Common stained

glass element 104 Org. concerned

with flight risks 105 “... to say the __” 108 Yankee quipper? 111 Old AT&T rival 114 Economic divisions 119 Lost for now 122 One-hit wonder

[Hero 2]

125 Pip’s love interest in “Great Expectations” 126 Put back

127 Nancy Drew series

author

128 Rice and wheat 129 Invite to one’s

home

130 Oscar winner

Redmayne

DOWN

1 Darth Vader

accessory

2 John Irving’s “A Prayer for __ Meany”

3 “The Simpsons”

creator Groening 4 Oktoberfest quaff 5 Freaking out

6 Too big for one’s

own good

7 Script writer 8 Messi’s uniform

number

9 Nastase of tennis 10 It’s often made up

in advance 11 Luanda’s land 12 Guitarist Paul 13 Food wrapped in

silk

14 Soon, to a bard 15 Union member? 16 Rapper Stanley

Burrell, familiarly 17 Prefix with Pen 18 Like a few hours

after midnight 19 H.S. bigwigs 24 Yeshiva grad 28 Florence’s river 30 Friendly opening? 31 Violinist __ Frank 33 Soldier’s helmet 35 Place for a slam

dunk

36 Result of a drip, at

times

37 Cola __

38 Reef formation 39 Got under

control

40 Off-road vehicle 42 Sounds of thunder 43 Original Dungeons

& Dragons co. 44 Touched down 45 Nutmeg spice 46 Synthetic resin

used in paint 48 Budding star’s big

moment

52 Former Labor

secretary Elaine 54 Something for two,

in song 56 53-Across, to

Merkel

57 Wasted 59 Terpsichore : dance

:: __ : love poetry 61 Julep garnish 67 Model Sastre 69 NBAer-cum-rap

star

70 __ libre: poetry

form

71 Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __

72 Last Oscars host

(2018)

73 Like talent, many

say

75 Lorelei et al. 76 Chinese culinary

general

77 Note taker 78 Energetic type 80 Capital on the Nile 81 Brown shade 83 “Knives Out”

filmmaker Johnson 84 Blue __: Dory’s

species 86 Knickknack 87 Cong. meeting 90 “Boy, am I dumb!” 94 Encouraging

word?

96 ‘50s prez

99 They may be

reserved

100 Core values 101 “Peaceful Easy Feeling” group, with “The” 106 Ed with Emmys 107 Matching pair 109 Infuriate 110 Old cereal box

stats 112 Piece of work 113 __ perpetua:

Idaho motto 115 Ready to drive 116 Slanted

page

117 Hindu princess 118 Old dagger 119 Eldest of the “Little

Women”

120 El Al’s home: Abbr. 121 Metro stop: Abbr. 122 Renaissance artist

__ Angelico 123 __ lane

124 Wrath