SUNDAY CROSSWORD
CHARACTER BUILDING: Novel characters, to be precise
ACROSS 1 Sorcerer’s activity 6 Gem from Australia 10 Truncated wds. 15 Okra portions 19 State one’s views 20 It means “billion” 21 Misgivings 22 Mysterious glow 23 FLORAL NEWS (debuted
1904) 25 AIRY DRAGON (debuted
1890) 27 Soup selection 28 Weightlifter’s sound 30 Spots to perch 31 Narrowly bests 32 Thunderstorm sounds 33 Engendered 34 Bring charges against 37 One-episode series star 38 Indian Ocean nation 42 Black waterbirds 43 MOPY PARSNIP (debuted
1934) 45 UK lexicon 46 Leave yawning 47 Weeps audibly 48 Put up, as a painting 49 Overstuff 50 Telephone trio 51 FLAGSHIP EGO (debuted
1873) 55 Mythical hunter 56 Release 58 Limited-choice question 59 Yucatán resort 60 Frequent hangout 61 Substantive 62 Covert complication 63 Hawthorne heroine 65 Latino lover’s sentiment 66 Steady leadership 69 Had a tantrum 70 TROPHY RATER (debuted
1997) 72 2016 Olympics locale 73 Certain long-term
investments 74 Prefix for scope 75 Garden annoyance 76 Lout 77 Blanc of cartoon fame 78 TURTLE BERTH (debuted
1936) 82 Karate offshoot 83 Readies produce for
shipment, perhaps 85 Went wrong 86 Biblical excerpts 87 Has bought 88 Keep bothering 89 Not very nice 90 Make hard to read 93 Sharpened, as skills 94 Hallway 98 PSYCHE BARK (debuted
1847) 100ABOVE MY ARM
(debuted 1856) 102 Peevishness 103 Emphatic denial 104 Underlying cause 105 Mockery 106 Moved on ice 107 NL East player 108 Brady Bunch trio 109 Pet pests DOWN 1 Trims a lawn 2 For one, informally 3 Aquatic lung 4 Boundless 5 Winter favorites of many Red Sox fans 6 Fire-breathing bosses 7 Galileo’s hometown 8 Era 9 CIA headquarters 10 Signify 11 Timely benefits 12 Composer Bacharach 13 Baseball card letters 14 In the leading role 15 Far East temple 16 Partially mine 17 “Darn it!” 18 Verbalizes 24 Sched. listing 26 December songs 29 Hoarse voice 32 Put a hex on 33 Take along 34 Some US missiles 35 Nary a soul 36 GOODLY HEART (debuted 1900) 37 Hawthorne house feature 38 Puck’s Beverly Hills eatery 39 REAL ANCHORS (debuted 1933) 40 Name on Speed posters 41 Guy designing billboards 43 Slightly wet 44 Bogus 47 Performed superbly 49 Sure success 51 Rather heavy British coin 52 Annually 53 Less than reputable 54 Camera lens setting 55 Post-office stamp 57 Bowling center assignments 59 Tended, with “for” 61 Deserve to get 62 More adorable 63 Dress fussily 64 More uncommon 65 Wonderland pastries 66 Cavalry ride 67 Mythical weeper 68 Bygone birds 70 Shoemaker’s supply 71 Big-eyed baby bird 74 Checks with the office 76 72 Across celebration 78 Rambunctious 79 Slow cooker 80 Hankering 81 They buy and sell 82 Rip out 84 Dreamed (up) 86 Buy or sell 88 Icelanders’ ancestors 89 Defensive ditches 90 Dwindles 91 Actor __ Patrick Harris 92 Middle of the third century 93 American soccer great 94 “Hurry it up!” 95 Have the nerve 96 Predatory dolphin 97 Some sandwiches’ exteriors 99 Hoedown seating 101 Dairy sound