Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“IT’S A PLUS” By PAM AMICK KLAWITTER
ACROSS
1 Roadie’s burden 4 It isn’t meant to be taken seriously 9 Fateful day for Caesar 13 Control 17 Like Richard of Almanack fame 19 Schools of thought 21 “Carmen on Ice” Emmy sharer Brian 22 Wall Street threat 24 With 98-Down, Broadway’s first Evita 25 Sharply focused 26 Amber and silver 27 Emmy winner for 1997’s “George Wallace” 28 Brutus’ 551 29 What gym members try to get in 31 Medical screening tool 33 Occupy, as a bar 35 Overseas seas 37 Source of sticker shock? 39 Some window units 41 Sandal feature 43 Google __ 45 Program blocker 47 “Way to go!” 50 Rock memoir 51 “Oh, and another thing,” on a ltr. 54 Market section 55 Idaho exports 57 Its “C” once stood for “cash” 58 Crop up 60 Match play? 62 Spoke from memory 64 Corn Belt sight 65 With 67-Across, what appears in each set of circles 67 See 65-Across 70 Spanish painter who influenced Pollock 71 Ballet need 73 Freeze over 75 Red Sea nation 76 South end? 77 Dangerfield’s “There goes the neighborhood,” e.g. 80 Refuse 83 RNs’ workplaces 84 Soda purchase 86 Puts an early stop to 89 Rusty with a bat 90 Retro photos 91 Mercedes subcompact 94 “No prob” 95 Word in a White House title 96 Leatherwork tools 99 Exams for future 88-Downs 101 Winter driving aids 103 They’re driven 105 Collar wearer, often 106 Celebrate an anniversary, say 108 F equivalent 112 Take-home 114 Drum major’s move 115 Buttery Boston bread 118 Sci-fi figure 119 “Agnes Grey” novelist 120 Galleria filler 121 Match 122 De-grayed? 123 Hard rain? 124 Astonished cries
DOWN
1 Ladybug snacks 2 Like a romantic evening 3 Sticky-edged squares 4 Gunk and grime 5 Gator follower? 6 Wrap again, as an ankle 7 Fossil fuel freighter 8 Paul’s “The Prize” co-star 9 “__ that”: “On me” 10 League parts: Abbr. 11 Shoe box spec 12 Armenia, once: Abbr. 13 Do, as business 14 Preemptive action, proverbially 15 Team with a skyline in its logo 16 Buffalo’s county 18 GPS suggestion 20 Anthem contraction 21 TV kid in Miss Crump’s class 23 Good way to take things 27 RR map dot 30 Theater opening? 31 Maier with a swimwear label 32 Maker of CarbSmart ice cream bars 34 Part of NCAA: Abbr. 36 Part of the NCAA: Abbr. 37 Whip 38 __ d’oeuvres 40 More genuine 42 Org. for shrinks 44 Prefix with scope 45 Tom Cullen’s title on “Downton Abbey”: Abbr. 46 Excuses 48 Wrath, in a hymn 49 Ceremonial pile 51 Muted colors 52 Job that takes precedence 53 Popular charity event 56 Parisian possessive 59 “Mamma Mia!” song 61 Decides not to go 63 “__ Mine”: George Harrison book 65 Red letters? 66 Checks 68 Sign of neglect 69 Deep-water beauty 72 Kitchen additive 74 Novelty “pet” 75 “Just wait ... ” 78 Levels 79 iPhone downloads 81 Bakers get a rise out of it 82 “Manifest” airer 85 Over the moon 87 CIA relative 88 See 99-Across 92 Largest city on the island of Hokkaido 93 Cat burglar’s asset 95 Tailor’s concern 97 Pop artist from Pittsburgh 98 See 24-Across 100 Individual manners 102 “__ Lang Syne” 104 When it all started 106 LAX postings 107 Off the mark 108 Shore bird 109 LAX posting 110 Right-to-left lang. 111 LAX postings 113 __-la-la 115 Increase fraudulently 116 “__ luck?” 117 Sporty ride, for short