SUNDAY CROSSWORD
FAMOUS LAST WORDS: Of five notable books
ACROSS
1 Question of confirmation 7 Sounds of gongs 13 Ski downhill fast 19 About 900 kilograms 20 Common pharmacy order 21 Not dismissive of 22 “. . . in that enchanted place . . . a little boy and his Bear will always be playing” (1928) 25 Video device, for short 26 In a deadlock 27 The Caine Mutiny author 28 Quests after 30 Designer Cassini 32 Yin-and-yang belief 36 Church directive 38 Inter__ (among other things) 39 French wine region 41 Howl of laughter 43 London’s Broadway 45 “But this is how Paris was in the early days . . .” (1964) 51 Immaculate 54 Capital on the Hudson 55 Boot out 60 Amos or Spelling 61 Talk trash to 62 Earmarks for failure 63 Picnic fare 64 ‘ 06 High Court appointee 66 Any birthstone 68 “Casual” day, briefly 69 Big Sky Country 70 Mr. Tolstoy 71 “A way a lone a last a loved a long the” (1939) 75 Norm: Abbr. 76 Gets to volunteer 78 Power structure of a sort 79 Bewitch 80 Anglican bishop’s topper 82 Court reporters 83 Against the clock 85 Topper 87 App symbol for settings 88 High-voltage weapon 89 Moola 90 Arctic predators 92 “Well . . . what would YOU do if your mother asked you?” (1957) 95 Jazz instrument 99 A social sci. 100 Instrument of India 104 Feel pangs 105 Instruction to retain 108 Creative person 112 Ruckus 113 Country singer Travis 115 Extraordinary 117 Year-end season 119 Sigma preceder 120 “. . . from so simple a beginning, endless forms . . . are being evolved” (1859) 126 Stats in baseball and basketball 127 A Corleone portrayer 128 Vending machine verb 129 Aerial attack 130 Postproduction person 131 Banquet setups
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1 Online business 2 Get some air 3 Thought to be 4 To the __ degree 5 Sound of a toy train 6 Certain Canadian 7 Philosophy, in brief 8 Grazing ground 9 Toward the rudder 10 Chill in the air 11 Be visibly elated 12 Regatta participant 13 Save, so to speak 14 Naval NCO 15 Personal pronoun 16 Messy 17 Fifty-Shades... series spouse 18 Aaron of The West Wing 23 Rachel Carson subject 24 Judah Ben-__ 29 Lamentable 31 Have a brawl 33 Tax-shelter vehicle 34 Not __ (mediocre) 35 Minnesota mega-shopping site 37 “By all means!” 40 Mid 10th-century year 42 Emulating a phoenix 44 Cofounder of Ms. 46 UK reference set 47 Churchillian symbols 48 City near Düsseldorf 49 Don’t feed 50 Superior of a 14 Down 51 Least creative 52 Italian porridge 53 Black-and-orange birds 56 Doc for a duck 57 Fretful 58 Particularly important 59 Frontier merchants 63 Type of skillet 65 After a fashion 67 Holy Saudi city 69 Congresswoman Waters 72 “__ my pleasure!” 73 Mature germ cell 74 Anthony Hopkins, by birth 77 Ending like -like 81 Cry of success 83 First of three X’s 84 PBS acknowledgment 86 Homer’s holler 89 A simple sugar 91 Became 93 Eats or drinks 94 Explosive initials 95 Vampire guise 96 Clue list header 97 Japanese faith 98 Ending for type or trend 101 Parliamentary contingent 102 Stay attached 103 Perches for parrots 106 Facial feature 107 Malarkey 109 Bound to receive 110 Nine-symbol message 111 Not very hot 114 Yonder thing 116 Quaint complaint 118 Headey of Gameof Thrones 121 Manning of football 122 Henri’s “here” 123 Petty quibble 124 Sean Lennon’s mom 125 15-year CBS series