Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“OBVIOUSLY!” By CHANDI DEITMER
ACROSS
1 Luminescent
gems 6 Fish head? 10 “Who Let the Dogs Out” group __ Men 14 Act extempore
19 Lear daughter 20 Breakfast
scramble 21 Some deleted
contacts 22 Enlightenment philosopher Thomas
23 Poorly put
together trays? 26 Mary-inmourning piece 27 Marshmallow Man in “Ghostbusters” 28 Capital of Tibet 29 Literary whaler 30 Start and end
of a faceoff?
31 __ of strength 32 Boyfriend
33 Rap’s Snoop
__ 37 God destined to slay the sea serpent Jörmungandr
39 Donkeys who got caught in the rain? 45 “Snowy” bird 47 Ice rink leap 49 Self-satisfied
50 Bankrupt
51 Pews?
54 Sacred text
55 Bob in the
Basketball Hall of Fame
56 Dutch painter
Frans
57 Pat Benatar’s
“Love __
Battlefield”
59 Historic space
station
60 Stern direction?
61 Stinging insect
62 Dorky one
64 Picnic pest
65 “We all see the obvious here, right?,” and how to make six long answers in this
puzzle match
their clues? 70 Citrusy suffix 71 Piccata bud 72 Marine mammal in a matrilineal group 73 Anti-fraud org. 74 Bear’s lair 75 Reddit forum for inquiries 76 Early educ. 77 Potent potion 81 Purple or green herb 83 Khaki work uniform? 88 Checkout unit 89 Waffle __ 90 Identical 91 Spine-chilling 92 Request from one who prefers dry mashed potatoes? 96 95-Down beds, maybe 98 Talk back to 99 Yule tune 100 “No problem!” 102 Spy org. 104 Surreptitious one 107 French composer Gabriel
109Former police
procedural starring Kathryn Morris 114 Jazz great
Armstrong 115 Energy supplies that are just OK? 117 “You mean a
lot to me” 118 “This __ fair” 119 Pool table
fabric
120 Tempts 121Yearned (for) 122 Flight nos. 123 Takes a load
off
124 “Thus ... ”
DOWN
1 Fantasy baddies 2 Impudent 3 Tlaxcala water 4 Pop’s __ Gaga 5 Dig (at)
6 Toque
7 Paying strict
attention 8 Comm. system with visual cues
9 Beluga, e.g. 10 Gets feedback from an early audience 11 Weapons thrown at targets, in some social settings 12 Greek goddess
of childbirth 13 Beast of
burden
14 Seem (to be) 15 Rum cocktail 16 In __ of 17 Engrossed by 18 Drop of sweat 24 Clump of hair 25 Defrost
29 Word that may be replaced by a slash
31 NPR show hosted by Terry Gross
32 Open carriages 33 Lily-Rose __ of
“The Idol” 34 Fantasy baddie 35 Determination 36 Location
metadata 38 Skin care
brand
40 “Ew, stop
sharing” 41 Steamed bite 42 Abolitionist
Harriet 43 Conditioning, as a bamboo cutting board 44 Hägar’s dog 46 Like some
glasses
48 Path of __
resistance 52 Gp. concerned
with crashes 53 Swiss instrument traditionally made from red pine
54 Pastel shade 58 Ocean floor 61 “Raw” org. 62 Puckered expression in a selfie
63 Iga Swiatek’s
org. 65 Conceptualize 66 More on edge 67 __ awareness 68 Twistable
cookies
69 Birds mummified in ancient Egypt 70 Madison Ave.
industry 76 Ensembles associated with Hillary Clinton 78 Bonus, in
70-Down lingo 79 “Bearded”
flower 80 Marbled breads 82 “Try to stop me
now!” 84 Nickname that
drops -ing 85 French
pronoun 86 “TBH” kin 87 Actual
expenditures 93 Gave a boost 94 Film critic Reed 95 Steppes tent 97 Rural tower 101 Underwater
ecosystems 103 “Mrs. America” Emmy winner Uzo 104Marina space 105 Centers
106 Currency also known as the renminbi 107 Rock, in Rock,
Paper, Scissors 108 __ Mae Bullock: Tina Turner’s birth name 109Gaul or Breton 110 Ocean Spray
prefix
111 Base’s chemical opposite
112 Complete
groups
113 Provincial
petrol provider 115 Old-timey “ugh” 116 Camping gear
co-op