SUNDAY CROSSWORD

FOUR STARTERS: A familiar quartet

ACROSS

1 Ne’er-do-well 6 Darn it 10 Dutch pottery city 15 Firewood covering 19 One with a

part to play 20 Wheel-shaped

cheese 21 Course to breeze

through 22 Operatic piece 23 Stadium staple 25 Original idea 27 29-season sitcom

family 28 Chorus from a crowd 30 Subordinate staff 31 Oversee 32 Acts sulky 33 Hall with poor

acoustics 35 Poplar trees 38 “Positive Thinking”

proponent 39 Non-product

businesses 43 Pompous walk 44 Ado 46 Another way

to say “Yay!” 47 Palette array 48 Operatic piece 49 Alamo competitor 50 Word processor

command 51 Cutoff point 52 Propane or

polyethylene 56 Michelangelo

masterpiece 57 Slalom gear 59 Willow tree 60 Unwise course

of action 61 Brown beverages 62 Retail ID 63 Diner device 64 Glossy fabric 66 Prenatal test,

for short 68 Color close

to avocado 71 British carriages 72 Hoodlum weapon 74 Group with many GPs 75 Roasts with rubs 76 Frosty’s eyes 77 Young lady 78 Conclusions of

many fights 79 Metaphor for

slipperiness 80 Get extra help,

as a builder 84 19 Across/director

Gerwig 85 Heightens 87 Midwest airline hub 88 Wreath of victory 89 Cut off 90 Catch by surprise 91 Trickle 92 Make muddled 95 Girl in Calvin

and Hobbes 96 Player of song 100 Trattoria freebie 103 One returning

to crime 105 The Alienist author 106 Chaplain 107 Nastase of tennis 108 Culminated in 109 Measure of force 110 Unburdened (from) 111 Well-kept 112 Quartet in

Mississippi

DOWN

1 Fresh talk 2 301, to Tiberius 3 Highest part of an Emmy 4 Whose arms sleepers rest in 5 The here and now 6 30-year govt. security 7 Noteworthy ages 8 What 22 Across is Italian for 9 Minuteman adversary 10 Certain college team member 11 Is worthy of 12 Bar aspirant’s hurdle 13 Letters atop some memos 14 Leather color 15 Sesame paste 16 Devoid of moisture 17 Madden 18 What’s kept under mice 24 Feathery scarves 26 Do scrimshaw, say 29 TV streaming service 32 Marinara alternative 33 West African nation 34 Story lines 35 Cookout residue 36 Performed poorly 37 Hardly full of surprises 38 Places to dock 39 Enjoy eating 40 Unsung hero of WWII 41 Upper echelon 42 Assailed 44 Guys, so to speak 45 One “in the woods” 48 Only composer Nobelist 50 Downy duck 52 Flaws in logic 53 Title equivalent to earl 54 Savory jelly 55 Xerox rival 56 Baseball great Satchel 58 Creative Writing recitals 60 Thin nails 63 Lavish banquet 64 Indulgent outing 65 Disney mermaid 66 US surveillance plane 67 Venusde __ 68 WheelofFortune category 69 Overdo it onstage 70 Like the singing

of 48 Down 72 Clear-headed 73 Raucous noise 76 Too clever 78 Schwarzenegger

oxymoronic film title 80 Socked away 81 Ad-hoc, as

an airline 82 Asian cuisine 83 Cheesy Welsh dish 84 Graceful African

runner 86 1958 #1 song with

Italian lyrics 88 A whole bunch 90 A Bolivian

capital 91 Pitched properly 92 What the ten longest answers have in common 93 Farm cart 94 Laura or Bruce 95 Faction 96 Low-pH solution 97 Betting figures 98 Sampras

of tennis 99 Winged Olympian 101 Tanning lotion

letters 102 Paver’s supply 104 1,001 Nights honorific