THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD
Obviously!
ACROSS
1 Luminescent gems 6 Fish head?
10 “Who Let the Dogs Out” group __ Men
14 Act extempore 19 Lear daughter 20 Breakfast scramble 21 Some deleted
contacts 22 Enlightenment philosopher Thomas
23 Poorly put together
trays? 26 Mary-in-mourning
piece 27 Marshmallow Man
in “Ghostbusters” 28 Capital of Tibet 29 Literary whaler 30 Start and end of a
faceoff?
31 __ of strength 32 Boyfriend
33 Rap’s Snoop __ 37 God destined to slay the sea serpent Jörmungandr 39 Donkeys who got
caught in the rain? 45 “Snowy” bird
47 Ice rink leap 49 Self-satisfied 50 Bankrupt
51 Pews?
54 Sacred text
55 Bob in the Basketball Hall of Fame
56 Dutch painter Frans 57 Pat Benatar’s “Love __ Battlefield” 59 Historic space
station
60 Stern direction? 61 Stinging insect 62 Dorky one
64 Picnic pest
65 “We all see the obvious here, right?,” and how to make six long answers in this puzzle match their clues? 70 Citrusy suffix 71 Piccata bud 72 Marine mammal in a matrilineal group
73 Anti-fraud org. 74 Bear’s lair
75 Reddit forum for
inquiries
76 Early educ. 77 Potent potion 81 Purple or green
herb
83 Khaki work
uniform? 88 Checkout unit 89 Waffle __ 90 Identical 91 Spine-chilling 92 Request from one who prefers dry mashed potatoes? 96 95-Down beds,
maybe
98 Talk back to
99 Yule tune
100 “No problem!” 102 Spy org.
104 Surreptitious one 107 French composer
Gabriel
109 Former police procedural starring Kathryn Morris 114 Jazz great
Armstrong
115 Energy supplies
that are just OK? 117 “You mean a lot to
me”
118 “This __ fair” 119 Pool table fabric 120 Tempts
121 Yearned (for) 122 Flight nos.
123 Takes a load off 124 “Thus ... “
DOWN
1 Fantasy baddies 2 Impudent 3 Tlaxcala water 4 Pop’s __ Gaga 5 Dig (at)
6 Toque
7 Paying strict
attention 8 Comm. system
with visual cues
9 Beluga, e.g.
10 Gets feedback from an early audience 11 Weapons thrown at targets, in some social settings 12 Greek goddess of
childbirth
13 Beast of burden 14 Seem (to be) 15 Rum cocktail
16 In __ of 17 Engrossed by 18 Drop of sweat 24 Clump of hair 25 Defrost
29 Word that may be
replaced by a slash 31 NPR show hosted
by Terry Gross 32 Open carriages 33 Lily-Rose __ of
“The Idol” 34 Fantasy baddie 35 Determination 36 Location
metadata
38 Skin care brand 40 “Ew, stop sharing” 41 Steamed bite 42 Abolitionist Harriet 43 Conditioning, as a bamboo cutting board
44 Hägar’s dog
46 Like some glasses 48 Path of __
resistance
52 Gp. concerned with
crashes
53 Swiss instrument traditionally made from red pine 54 Pastel shade 58 Ocean floor 61 “Raw” org. 62 Puckered expression in a selfie
63 Iga Swiatek’s
org. 65 Conceptualize 66 More on edge
67 __ awareness 68 Twistable cookies 69 Birds mummified in
ancient Egypt 70 Madison Ave.
industry 76 Ensembles associated with Hillary Clinton 78 Bonus, in 70Down lingo 79 “Bearded”
flower
80 Marbled breads 82 “Try to stop me
now!”
84 Nickname that
drops -ing
85 French pronoun 86 “TBH” kin 87 Actual
expenditures 93 Gave a boost 94 Film critic Reed 95 Steppes tent 97 Rural tower 101 Underwater
ecosystems 103 “Mrs. America” Emmy winner Uzo
104 Marina space 105 Centers
106 Currency also known as the renminbi 107 Rock, in Rock,
Paper, Scissors 108 __ Mae Bullock: Tina Turner’s birth name
109 Gaul or Breton 110 Ocean Spray
prefix 111 Base’s chemical
opposite
112 Complete groups 113 Provincial petrol
provider
115 Old-timey “ugh” 116 Camping gear
co-op