SUNDAY CROSSWORD
IN THE BALLPARK: Verbally speaking
ACROSS
1 Rested the feet
4 Toyota hybrid
9 Particle with protons
13 Quaint complaint
18 Elec. utility measure
19 Decorative fabric border
20 Enjoy fine food
21 . . . Looking-Glass lass
22 Aural organ
23 Display a full range
25 Terse denial
26 Least populous state
28 Matures
29 Spoke highly of
30 Strolls through a stream
31 2024 Olympics city
33 Cradle support of rhyme
34 Princess toppers
36 Okra concoction
37 Black cats
40 Mistake, so to speak
41 Brief note
42 Domesticated
43 Retail outlet
44 Valley where David
fought Goliath
45 Evince surprise
49 “__ dreaming?”
50 Cookie container
51 Makes a 40 Across
52 Port of Poland
53 Where the Nile ends
55 Medicinal remedy
57 A pair of
58 Actor Epps
60 Karate Kid mentor
61 General on a Chinese menu
64 __ Lanka
66 Declared frankly
70 Hair holders
72 How to play the
kazoo
74 Yahtzee, for instance
76 Steam or fog
79 Pursues
82 IRS experts
83 ICU worker
84 Ivy Leaguer
85 Outshine all, surprisingly
88 Analogous
89 Caesarean rebuke
91 Apropos of
92 French kings
93 Tackle again
94 Increased quickly
96 Informal advantage
98 Woodworking machines
99 Luau dances
100 Mailroom stamp
101 Chili con __
102 Access via phone
104 Brass component
105 Rely on much
108 Still to be served
109 Take a nap
113 __ manner of speaking
114 Pay the IRS paperlessly
115 Pot starter
116 Acting rashly
117 UN’s HQ
118 Schlepped
119 Most August babies
120 Limited-choice question
121 Business card no.
DOWN
1 Distort, as data
2 On the road
3 Host festivities
4 Trims, as branches
5 Olympic logo
6 Bank acct. yield
7 Sound of discomfort
8 Pay a call on
9 Slow tempo
10 Sprinter’s numbers
11 Heavy burden
12 Encountered
13 End successfully
14 Discards, with “off”
15 Retire to bed
16 Mountaintop
17 Dandelion or crabgrass
19 “TGI” occasion
24 Things to wear
27 Wetland
29 Tightens up
31 Mountain lion
32 In the company of
33 Capital of Mali
34 Sock lint on a foot
35 Honolulu’s __ Palace
36 Prepare
37 Roo and Pooh, for instance
38 Easy victory
39 Roasting rod
41 Emporium
42 Vocal range
45 Cook on a grill
46 DC summer hrs.
47 Swerves en route
48 Flings with force
51 Lawn-trimming tools
54 Pirate beverage
56 Othello fellow
59 Big-beaked bird
62 Oil-bearing rock
63 Banish
65 Pet-finding device
67 Johnny Cash biopic
68 A Khan’s concern
69 IHOP alternative
71 Movie clips
73 “Big deal”
75 NASDAQ debuts
76 Swerve en route
77 Vocal range
78 Rant and rave
80 Arduous
81 Woolen fabric
86 Colossus
87 Tart-tasting 88 Prudential rival
90 99 Across accompaniment
93 Most elusive
95 Omitted orally
96 Ren Faire weapons
97 Ingrain deeply
98 Leslie, in Hungary
100 “Likewise”
101 Bring up to speed
102 57 Across performers
103 Helpful facts
104 Big name in Western fiction
106 Cameo stone
107 Social finesse
109 Southern __ (western school)
110 What milk may be made from
111 A single
112 St. Helens and Everest