Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “FINISH LINES” By BRIAN CALLAHAN Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 “That’s sorta

funny” 4 Oscar-nominated biopic about a Supreme Court justice 7 Pampered pet’s

destinatio­n

13 “If I Were __

Man”

18 Good Grips

brand

19 In the way of 20 Eyepieces 22 Soprano

Fleming 23 Choking hazard

warning label 25 Like some car

engines 26 Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally 27 *Coral Sea

structure 30 Fawning

parents? 31 Roland Garros

playing surface 32 “Far out!” 33 Shows of soft

power? 35 Battleship

response 36 Webpage

standard 37 Delight 40 Pushover 41 Quick __ wink 42 Tribeca

neighbor 43 Names on a fundraiser’s call list 45 Customizab­le Wii Sports avatar

46 *Place to chill

on the train? 50 Wander off 54 Property

transfer need 55 Word on a

whiskey bottle 56 Stadium visitors 58 DDE rival

60 __ Xtra: soda

brand 63 Pan Am rival 64 Track legend

Zátopek 65 *Long-running comic strip about the Patterson family 71 First name in

game shows 72 Old Prizm

maker

73 Actor Morales 74 South, south of

the Rio Grande 75 Liz of fashion 78 Vegetables in

fried rice

81 Peal

84 Fifth cen. pope 85 *Naval vessel known as a “flattop”

90 Org. with lots of

“Raw” footage 92 Wrote

36-Across, say 93 Threesome 94 Fannie or Sallie

follower

95 Salt spray 99 Gas additive

brand

100 Luge, e.g. 101 Ctrl+C action 102Belle & Sebastian genre 104Hearty bowlful 105Blue Pixar fish 106Red or Card 107 *Dog breed that weighs no more than seven pounds 113 Iraq port city 115 “You had your

chance!”

116 Centrum

alternativ­e 117 One who plays

a part

118 To the extent

that

119 Adobe file

format 120New __: cap

brand 121Caterpi­llar rival 122Fins, or when parsed differentl­y, a feature of the answers to the starred clues 123Retired boomer 1241040 fig.

DOWN

1 __ Kong

2 Lifted one’s

spirits? 3 Traveler’s

storage spot 4 Well-worn 5 Amorphous

mass

6 Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” for one 7 Round up

8 Nail the midterm 9 Mascara

container 10 Curved line, in musical notation 11 Twosome 12 “King of the

Hill” town

13 Pt. of ETA 14 *Cause of some memory problems 15 Jeans measure 16 Part of etc. 17 San Simeon

castle builder 21 Mount 24 Duracell

options 28 Suckerfish 29 Gift tag field 34 Pass off (on) 35 Tarnish 36 Biker’s wheels 37 “The Back-up Plan” actress, familiarly 38 Sharing word 39 Org. with a community pool

42 Record half 43 Wear 44 Handled 47 *Need for a comprehens­ive background check? 48 Suisse peak 49 Playful growl 51 Hits hard 52 French friend 53 Couture initials 57 Veers port or

starboard 59 Bell-shaped lily 61 Sox from Mass. 62 Cup insert 65 Experience­d 66 __ hygiene 67 Portable drive

capacity prefix 68 Restorativ­e 69 Medieval land 70 Closing music 71 Roast hosts,

briefly 76 “Young Americans” singer David 77 Son of Ares

and Aphrodite 79 Prime minister before and after Churchill 80 Some bottle

caps 82 Stretches out? 83 2024 and 2028 86 ORD summer

hrs.

87 Weight room

unit

88 Help

89 Del __ Books:

sci-fi publisher 91 2023 award for

Lionel Messi 95 Mythical

mariner 96 Twist together 97 “__ Fideles” 98 Horn sounds 100 Emotional

strain

101 Former “Iron Chef America” chef Cat __ 103Word on a

whiskey bottle 104 Instrument in the tanbur family 105P&G detergent

brand 108Former U.N.

chief Annan 109Macedon­ian or

Montenegri­n 110 Aesop

character 111 Winds down 112 Meg of “You’ve

Got Mail” 114 “__ you sure?”

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