Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“EM DASH” By BLAKE SLONECKER
ACROSS
1 Sent regrets, say,
briefly
6 Tank to go under 11 Sweater predator 15 Morsel in a
linguine sauce 19 Get around 20 Upstanding 21 Twistable treat 22 “The Godfather”
enforcer __ Brasi 23 Tales of woe? 25 Piggy bank? 27 High hybrid stat. 28 Organization for
the 50+ crowd 29 Train units 31 Musical corps
members 32 Feminist poet
Lorde
34 Delicate fabric 35 Explode 37 Inflated
accommodation 39 Leave politics to
wander? 44 Historian’s Muse 45 The Emerald Isle 46 Attack
47 Yemeni port 48 App for getting a
hip escort?
51 __ Diego
52 What some
hounds follow 53 Fails to
understand 54 Plug
58 Car dealer’s
offering
59 Kama __ 61 Illinois-toWashington family
63 Early fur trader 64 Tired routine 67 Precipitation not
yet visible? 70 Busy hosp. areas 71 Absinthe flavoring 73 Sarges’ superiors 74 English glam rockers since the ’70s 76 Someone to pay? 77 Big bomb trials 79 Ties
83 Cher and Che 84 Big __
85 Mafia hopefuls’ repressed personas? 87 Artful
88 Really dug 90 Sarah McLachlan
hit
91 Basic diamond
trio
92 Musty sheets? 95 Metaphorical
incentive
97 Part of TNT 98 Crimson rivals 99 Writer Sontag 100 Winter hanger 103 Burt’s Bees
product
104 Tap lineup 105 Neruda wrote
one to “things” 108 Libertine on
screen?
111 Musical works
for deep voices? 114 Scheme
115 Novelist
Murdoch
116 Cyber Monday
sector
117 Tiptoe, say 118 Performed on
karaoke night 119 ’Tis the season 120 Currently 121 Quicker than is
prudent
DOWN
1 Copier supply unit 2 Freudian __
3 One with unrefined
tastes
4 Peck in the park,
briefly
5 An era may be
confined to one 6 Camping treat 7 Brilliant stroke 8 One may be measured in cups
9 It’s under Wayne
Manor
10 French border
region 11 Oft-beaded
footwear
12 W. state whose largest city is named for a New England city
13 Perfect score,
often
14 Hurry, with “it” 15 Challenges for
climbers 16 Swanky 17 Taiwanese tech
giant 18 Rover’s
destination
24 ID __
26 Tick off
30 Ones crying foul? 33 Curved fasteners 34 Leapers in a carol 35 Avoided unhappy
consequences 36 Muscat’s land 37 “Back in Black”
band
38 Pelvic bones 39 Cristo Redentor
city
40 Job application
component 41 Brainstorm 42 Bleeping official 43 Joins, as a club 45 TV chef Lagasse 49 Ones taking a lot of interest in their work? 50 Org. that sued SeaWorld on behalf of orcas 52 Libel, in speech 55 Comedian Fields 56 Orchestral winds 57 Milwaukee theater named for a brewer, with “the” 60 Spanish New
Year 62 One-named
Tejano singer 64 Quick, in Quito 65 Peace Prizewinning relief org. 66 Hoops jump ball 68 “Couldn’t agree
more”
69 Roof edge
72 It follows a guilty
verdict 75 “Bewitched” witch 78 A and B, on LPs 80 Harmony ruiners 81 “Do __ others ... ” 82 Sibilant attentiongetter
84 Soup step 86 “Henry & June”
diarist
88 French comics series set in Gaul in 50 BC 89 Entreaty
90 Lively movement 93 River where down
means north 94 “Doubt it” 95 Sticks by the pool
table
96 Per se
99 In a wily way 100 Little handfuls 101 Royal Crown, for
one
102 “Terrible” leader 103 Téa’s “Madam
Secretary” role 104 Home to most of
the Silk Road 106 Ingredient in
OFF!
107 Best Upset, e.g. 109 Shot spot
110 Soul supplier 112 Blue
113 Glass of NPR