Welcome to the Big Leagues
ACROSS
1 Timely blessing 5 Rounds before the
finals, for short 10 Farm yield
14 Kudos at a poetry
slam
19 Batgirl garment 20 Glazer of “Broad
City”
21 Chicago MLS team 22 __ noir
23 Meditate (on) 24 Shout to an FBI agent investigating the wrong fellow? 27 Cherry-topped dish 29 Travel pillow spot 30 Meh
31 “Now, where __
we?”
32 Taco topping 34 Long who plays
Steve on “PEN15” 36 Helps
38 “The polygraph is
rigged!,” e.g.? 43 NAACP co-founder
__ B. Wells 44 Informal meeting? 45 Piggy bank
opening
46 Sound like autumn
leaves
50 “We should!” 52 “What’s your __?” 55 Smidgen 57 “Broken Arrow”
director John 58 Fertile desert spot 60 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” prize money?
65 __ Gatos,
California 67 London stroller 68 Planet __: gym
chain
69 Intro to typing? 72 “Get __ of this!” 75 Suit bottoms
76 At an angle 77 Sheet of ice 79 Maker of Calling All Goddesses! nail polish 80 Like philosophers who can’t find their way home? 85 Fern-to-be 89 Spot-on
90 BBQ side
91 Trauma specialist,
for short
93 Fed. power dept. 94 Past
98 Airbnb alternatives 100 Scent
102 Former quarterback
Manning
103 Hype that just goes
on and on and on? 108 Word with high or
tech
110 __ bargain
111 Penélope Cruz’s
birthplace
112 Dull pain
113 Fingers-crossed
thought
116 Ice cream brand 118 Database systems
giant
121 Put off fulfilling a
campaign promise? 125 Churn up
126 Chilling
127 33-Down animal who loses because of a nap
128 “Four Quartets”
poet
129 Clock toggle 130 Use foul language 131 Ensnare
132 Flavors, in a way 133 Large bodies of
water
DOWN
1 Quietly keeps in
the loop
2 Waimea Bay island 3 Available options when booking a flight
4 Pop up a lot? 5 Evade
6 “Xanadu” gp. 7 Leslie of “This Is
40”
8 Whole 9 Lyric poet of
Lesbos
10 Corp. money exec 11 Messy barbecue
fare
12 Cookie used as a
froyo topping 13 Took care of a
boxer?
14 Mud bath venue 15 Birdbrains
16 __ hair pasta 17 Decants
18 Eye ailment 25 Brings up 26 Emulate a drone 28 Sudsy mugfuls 33 Storyteller whose tales usually feature talking animals 35 Illuminated from
below
37 Tempe sch. 38 Stitch’s human
companion 39 Brainchild 40 Cricket sound 41 Place for solar
panels 42 Cleveland Browns
great __ Graham 47 Twitter message 48 Fine-grained soil 49 Many ages 51 Like some partners 53 “Julie & Julia” writer/director Ephron 54 Cookware brand 56 Kennel racket 59 Kinda
61 “Later!” 62 “Chilombo” Grammy nominee Jhené __
63 Cotton swabs 64 Not ready to eat 66 Not hidden
69 Ski resort feature 70 Yummy
71 Chances
73 Body cream
additive
74 Gloomy
76 Big chunk
78 Forest moon that’s
home to the Ewoks 81 Ballet move 82 Sound off
83 Admit (to) 84 Extinct Mauritian
birds
86 Like a family with a
stay-at-home dad 87 Move for one’s co.,
say
88 “The Night Circus” novelist Morgenstern 92 Handles food waste ecologically 95 Sister of Laertes 96 Opposite of paleo97 Flood with chocolate syrup, say 99 “Sabrina the
Teenage Witch” cat 101 T. rex’s “I’m going
to eat you!” 104 Predicament 105 Rocky projections 106 Bribe for airtime 107 Glittery accessories 108 Carpentry
fastener
109 Job jar assignment 112 Copies
114 Take the lead? 115 Youngest daughter
of Cronus
117 Breeze (through) 119 “Future Nostalgia” singer Dua __
120 Stately trees 122 Atop,
poetically
123 Gym unit
124 Movie filming site