The Globe Puzzle Page

ACROSS

1 Venus, to Serena 7 Treble staff symbol 12 Epiphany exclamation 15 Tax pro, for short 18 Punctual 19 Chew out 21 Kennel club event 23 Be unkind to 25 Czech composer Bedřich (anagram of “Namaste”) 26 Perfectly behaved 27 Like some German nouns 29 Accustoms (to) 30 Sushi seaweed 32 Rip off a restaurant 34 Green shots 39 Nickname of former Red Sox manager Terry Francona 41 Actress Syms 42 Grandma in Guadalajara 44 Huge 46 Hazard in The Hurt Locker: Abbr. 47 Down fast 51 Utterly boring 55 Pretense 56 Double-stranded molecule 57 Boggy stretch 58 Was on TV 59 CeCe Winans genre 60 Sicilian volcano 62 “Bubbly” Nestlé chocolate bar 64 Bit of advice 65 Greek house, for short 66 Hamilton-Burr face-off, e.g. 69 Commonplace 74 Base’s counterpart 75 Anguilliform fish 77 Mend socks 78 Easter Island monoliths 79 “Be right with you” 82 Hadestown composer Mitchell 84 Kilo thousandth 86 Reading material for literary agents: Abbr. 87 Goes into space? 88 Reassure everybody 91 Banks of fashion 92 All right 93 Golden Massachusetts State House feature 94 Number one Hun 95 Charge with a crime 98 Abbr. on a “Welcome to” sign 100 Atlantic or Pacific 101 Move with a mouse 106 Promissory notes 108 Like work from home 109 Expedition 111 Caine, in

The Muppet Christmas Carol 117 Magical tokens 119 Pierce Brosnan’s final Bond film 121 Fish out of water 122 Lure into a crime 123 Breathe with difficulty 124 Body spray brand 125 Decimal base 126 CBS Mornings host King 127 Ovid’s book of love poems

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1 Value meal drink 2 Part of, as a plot 3 Unaccompanied 4 See 68-Down 5 Name that’s a fruit backward 6 Sticky secretion 7 Test for an aspiring PhD student 8 Pork in a burrito 9 Like many sports broadcasts 10 Record-breaking marathoner Kipchoge 11 “Truth be told . . . ” 12 What in-app purchases might disable 13 Chimpanzee, gorilla, or Neanderthal 14 Meeting points? 15 Longtime Bruins captain Zdeno 16 Corn bread loaves 17 Inundated (with) 20 Itty-bitty 22 Simple earring 24 Dundee denizen 28 Depended 31 Nice location? 33 Assert 34 Falsified, as one’s résumé 35 African philosophy emphasizing human collectivism 36 New Orleans university 37 __ Aviv 38 Criticize harshly 40 Dept. of Labor agcy. 43 __ lion (species native to India) 45 Silly goose 47 Tailor-made 48 Joint at the top of the femur 49 Application 50 Styling stuff 52 Movie judge who says, “I am the law” 53 Very dry 54 Lukewarm 55 Egg on 59 City with the Alhambra 61 Nome’s home 63 Track great Jesse 65 Bridge alternative 67 2022 WNBA champions 68 With 4-Down, twice-monthly event 70 Foe of the X-Men 71 Train to Busan menace 72 Home of the Latino Walk of Fame: Abbr. 73 Leaf producer 76 Wasn’t on the level 79 Choose 80 Opposite of “yea” 81 Go wrong 82 Japanese martial art 83 Blackthorn berry 85 Line of Android phones 88 __-Frank (2010 Wall Street reform act) 89 What you might pick up for talk radio 90 Greenwich std. 92 Bening of

Captain Marvel 95 Reply to “What happened to the last cookie?” 96 Earthy 97 Schlepping 99 Sign of neglect 101 Serious play 102 Dance version of a hit song, say 103 Entertain 104 Rose Zhang’s sport 105 Michelangelo masterpiece 107 Unstressed vowel 110 __ a one (none) 112 Diane of NPR 113 Twistable treat 114 Polish/German border river 115 Steady look 116 What a colon can represent 118 “Last four digits” ID 120 Unclose, to a bard