SUNDAY CROSSWORD
LESS THAN PRISTINE: Making perfect sense nevertheless
ACROSS
1 Robert __ Lincoln
(1860s First Son) 5 “Darn it!” 9 Airborne nocturnal
predator 12 Medicinal medium 18 Shire of the Rocky
films 19 Small, sweet
sandwich 20 Grammy category 21 Patriotic chant 22 Make an issue more
confusing 25 Say under oath 26 Dress shop
compliment 27 Lightning producer 28 Unoccupied 29 PM periods 31 Significant period 32 Go underground 33 Some GPS lines 36 Closest pal, these
days 39 Mariner’s concern 43 “Mother” prefix 45 Dinghy implements 47 __ gauche (Paris
section) 48 Rival of Pulitzer 50 Artist Cézanne 51 Open-handed hits 53 “Mambo King” Puente 55 Mean prank 57 Doc’s instruction 58 __ Paulo, Brazil 60 Likely (to) 61 Justice Kagan 62 Talks a good game 65 Novelist Graham 67 “Too bad . . .” 68 Put on joyfully 71 Smidgen of hair gel 74 Amateur 76 Browned quickly 77 Sorority letter 79 View again 80 Walt’s SnowWhite
distributor 81 Back street 82 Did little while waiting 87 Blunted blade 90 Old Testament song 91 High-maintenance
actress 92 Glossy fabrics 94 Salon or Slate, for
short 96 Tiger’s natural
habitat 97 Rudder’s locale 99 Ill-gotten gains 102 __ Mateo, CA 103 UFO aviators 104 Mail-routing abbr. 106 Weeding tool 107 Campus building 109 Deck foursome 110 Hair curlers 112 “Same with me!” 116 Army helicopter 119 Marked a typo for
correction 122 Wright Brothers’
home 123 Cheer leader 124 Barrel-__ maple syrup 125 Scissors sounds 126 For formal occasions 127 Verse of tribute 128 Brash talk 129 Selects, so to speak
DOWN
1 Stretched tight 2 Henry Ford contemporary 3 Informal inquiry 4 Brief holiday 5 Outburst from Homer 6 Consist of 7 The latest happenings 8 Chin thing 9 Ran, as a machine 10 Type of malware 11 Party DJ’s assortment 12 Provide protection for 13 Hold in high regard 14 After the buzzer 15 Signal to start speaking 16 Mule’s sire 17 Touch of encouragement 18 “Enough said,” in a text 23 One-on-one instructor 24 Sacred scroll 28 Historic happening 30 Befit 32 German gent 33 Cathedral window art 34 Temporary peace 35 Kimono fabric 36 Top dogs 37 “Deck the Halls” refrain 38 Anger by-product 40 Caesar’s 56 41 Cutter cooled by water 42 Japanese assent 44 Wearable splatter guard 46 Extend across 49 Did keyboarding 52 Tecumseh’s tribe 54 Desert refuge 56 Certain syrup source 59 Mink relative 62 “It’s freezing in here!” 63 Yoko __ 64 Seal a deal, say 65 Test for college srs. 66 Free (of) 69 Pages with viewpoints 70 Drive forward 72 Earhart or Bloomer 73 Guy fishing in the Narragansett 75 Schindler in
Schindler’s List 78 Casablanca woman 79 Bonnie of blues rock 82 Dept. store goods 83 1910s First Family 84 Pack __ (quit) 85 “Cool” amount 86 Formally seat, as a
sovereign 88 Outback bird 89 Per person 93 Photo session 95 Wood pattern 98 Salsa scooper-uppers 100 Busybodies 101 Firstborn child 105 Minuscule 108 Doone of fiction 109 Follows through 110 Samsung Galaxy
competitor 111 Japanese video game
giant 113 Stumble (over) 114 Comment after a
stumble 115 Workplaces for RNs 116 Say further 117 __ excellence 118 Legislative assent 119 Airport not far from
OAK 120 __ Moines, IA 121 Sellers’ buys