Toronto Star

SUNDAY CROSSWORD

AFTERTHOUG­HTS: Last-minute wordplay

- by Doug Peterson

ACROSS

1 Put on an act 6 Steers clear of 11 Mohawk Valley city 16 O’Hare arrival 19 Garlicky sauce 20 Measure of purity 21 Big wheel 22 Hearth residue 23 CD problems on a

coast-to-coast trip? 26 One of the ladies 27 Aired 28 Pride member 29 Squabble 30 Actor Milo 32 Smartphone

ancestors: Abbr. 33 Bizet genre 34 Look at casually 38 Gallery exhibit of

defective lumber? 42 Asterisk’s key 43 Educ. auxiliary 44 Map explanatio­n 45 Former freeway exits near the Gateway Arch? 50 Consist of 51 MyNameIs__

(Jason Lee sitcom) 55 Golf-ball holders 56 Twosome 57 Light-bulb circler 59 Allen-wrench shape 61 Name for an

unknown 62 Totalities 65 Smear 67 2009 Peace Nobelist 69 Where shades can be

found? 73 Seaside sand dunes? 76 Peer’s title 77 Drains of energy 79 Boors 80 Lennon’s lady 81 Matched, as a bet 84 Vintage soda pop 86 Life story, briefly 87 Firecracke­r feature 91 Enjoys a buffet 93 Unruly bunch 95 Pithy complaints? 98 Largest city on the

Illinois 101 World Cup team 102 Satellite circuit 103 Word contest

signals? 108 Guatemala gala 109 Brunch time, perhaps 110 Cap’n’s subordinat­e 111 Very short putt 114 Host 115 Fuel-mining site 118 Scholarly paper 123 Long-running CBS

franchise 124 Losing one’s ability

to be shocked?

126 Set of parts 127 Future flowers,

perhaps 128 Short skirts 129 Dazzling success 130 Recite 131 Bin contents 132 ‘’Curiouser and

curiouser!’’ speaker 133 Snifter parts

DOWN

1 Fiction alternativ­e 2 Ending for billion 3 __-Aid 4 Ultimatum ender 5 Leisure-suited Simpsons character 6 Teensy bit 7 Terre __, IN 8 Spigoted vessel 9 L.A. Dodgers’ league 10 Sign of rank 11 Disentangl­e 12 Has an afternoon snack, in Britain 13 Long-billed wader 14 Speeder stoppers 15 Sit-up muscles 16 Modern artist Johns 17 F equivalent 18 Greek consonants 24 Job for a sleuth 25 Returnofth­eJedi sage 29 Trench-making tool 31 Encouragin­g start 33 Possess 34 Second to none 35 Ceremonial act 36 Eyeball rudely 37 List of notables 39 Soccer great Mia 40 Grimm goon 41 Have a hunch 43 Introducti­ons 46 Mega-celebrity 47 Toni Morrison novel 48 Sci-fi vehicle 49 Shot in the dark 52 Economist Smith 53 Cavort 54 Idyllic meadows 58 One of Donald’s nephews 60 Rio__ (John Wayne film) 63 Female turkeys 64 Duration 66 Cote cries 68 Cost of leaving 69 Wind-quartet member 70 Papa’s mama 71 Moderate pace 72 On __ (without a contract) 74 Fashionabl­e 75 Cry of derision 78 HBO alternativ­e 82 Mine, in Marseille 83 Dog-eared 85 ‘’It’s my turn’’ 88 City areas,

informally 89 Rotisserie rod 90 Are: Sp. 92 Spread apart 94 Swing Era

ensembles 96 Hushed ‘’Hey!’’ 97 Newly invented

words 99 Stately shader 100Do away with 103 Arranges in piles 104 Iran, formerly 105 Ill will 106 SportsCent­er airer 107 Conundrum 108 Lord’s holding 112 Room at the top 113 Regular writing 115 Signal giver 116 __-day (common

vitamin dose) 117 Plug away 119 Mediator’s skill 120 Land in the ocean 121 Cyberjunk 122 More-or-less figs. 124 Q-U connection 125 One, for openers

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