SUNDAY CROSSWORD
WHO THE DICKENS: Some unusual characters
ACROSS 1 Sales agent, for short 4 On __ with (equivalent to) 8 Rodeo critter 12 Author of Cosmos and
Comet 17 Repetitive drill 18 Island near Java 19 Well-known 20 In all honesty 21 School matron in Dombey
andSon 24 Farm measures 25 Altered, as legislation 26 Skater’s leap 27 Sentence section 28 Without cost 31 Prohibit legally 34 Phoenix suburb 37 Circumlocution Office
bigwig in LittleDorrit 43 Cabernet producer 45 Heats up quickly, as
chicken 46 Literary Rand 47 Grafton’s __forRicochet 48 Pro- opposite 49 __ out a living 51 Half an evasive maneuver 53 Extreme enthusiasts 56 Barrister in Pickwick
Papers 61 Cochise or Geronimo 62 Inquire about, rudely 63 John __ Lennon 64 Actor McKellen 66 Model’s moves 67 Quite a spread 69 Bay city of Fla. 71 One with questions 75 Marine Corps NCO 76 Pirate’s domain 77 Wiping clean 82 Activities 84 Villain in OurMutual
Friend 87 Make unclear 89 Miss Piggy pronoun 90 Pistachio’s red or green,
for example 91 Jazz singer __ James 92 “__ be my pleasure!” 93 Actress Vardalos 95 Make __ of (jot down) 98 Regular earnings 100School superintendent in
HardTimes 105 Other than that 106 Tops of waves 107 Squid cousins 109 Residential water source 112 Steering wheel adjunct 115 It may be read to rowdies 120 Former UN head from
Ghana 121 Cruel schoolmaster in
NicholasNickleby 125 TheJungleBook setting 126 Stiffly formal 127 Maui shindig 128 Vicinity 129 Lake birds 130 Taper off 131 Shoe-print source 132 Move one’s canoe DOWN 1 Kitchen or den 2 “To be” in France 3 Quaker State founder 4 More qualified 5 Infomercial, e.g. 6 In the style of 7 Barbecue piece 8 Showed up 9 Walks casually 10 Director Spike or Ang 11 President during WWII 12 Russian ruler during WWII 13 Mysterious matters 14 Wise mentor 15 Brewpub array 16 The Big Board, for short 17 HDTV brand 19 Repair 22 Mr. Poe 23 Vision-correcting acronym 27 It’s reshaped in 23 Down 29 Doctrine 30 Hosp. section 32 Hoopster’s group 33 Rapper married to Beyoncé 34 Clementine’s dad 35 Sweepstakes submission 36 Conductor Ozawa 38 Voice above alto, for short 39 Thunderbirds org. 40 Swamp critters 41 Supple 42 Double-curve letters 43 Nesting insect 44 Irish poet 50 Pretzel shapes 52 Rock-band staple 54 Show up 55 Southeast Asian language 57 Wind farm production 58 131 Across location 59 Article for Antoine 60 Heat up quickly, as chicken 65 Lacking resources 68 Cabinet dept. 69 Observe 70 Orchard, essentially 71 Own up to 72 Down on a map 73 Friendly nickname 74 Completion 76 Seeking damages 78 Oyster’s protection 79 Greek vowels 80 University of __ Dame 81 Aussie greeting 83 Twilight time 85 Urge on 86 Driver’s lic., for instance 88 Sty dwellers 94 Wall hangings 96 Maine college city 97 Muscle twitch 99 Alphabet quintet 101 2008 presidential
candidate 102 Sports venues 103 Rubbish holder 104 __ fin (fish feature) 108 Vexed state 109 Be unsuccessful 110 Part of AD 111 Nullify 113 GrapesofWrath migrant 114 Rural address abbr. 116 Rip (up) 117 Prefix for dynamic 118 Sailboat staff 119 Bag scanning org. 121 Pt. opposite ENE 122 __ snail’s pace (slowly) 123 TreasureIsland monogram 124 Couple