The Globe Puzzle Modern Maturity
ACROSS
1 More stylish
7 Pack (down)
11 Large jug
15 High-hatter
19 Novelist __ de Balzac 20 Moroccan, e.g.
21 Florida State athlete, briefly
22 Smart __
23 One raring to do surgery?
25 Sought by petition
27 Crossed out
28 Cambridgeshire college, for short 29 Birth control device
30 Track shapes
31 See 59-Across
32 Psychologist Jean without trousers?
38 Ransom payoff
40 Country bumpkin
41 Related
42 Bolted down
43 Sunburnt, perhaps
45 Onion, for one
46 “Checkmate!”
47 Bread with Halloumi
48 Seriously criticize beauty contests?
53 Penned an editorial, say
55 Comic Wong
56 City on the Rhone
57 Spanish waterways
58 Too many to count
59 Its last letter means 31-Across
61 Vare Trophy org.
63 Brown-__
65 Cassettes
69 Evasive kids?
72 Hijinks with a beeper?
74 Zoo howler
75 High coifs
77 Take in a spread
78 Kind of clef
79 Blockhead
81 Tolkien tree creatures
83 Nadal’s autobiography
85 Stitch up
86 Leave in the lurch
89 “America’s Funniest Home Videos” host’s not here?
92 Ship part
93 Hamburger grade
95 “Well, phooey!”
96 Baby boxer?
97 With 123-Across, W-9, e.g.
98 Computer list
99 Scholz refusal
100 Air bag?
103 Biden looked for food?
109 Gets the picture
111 Talks wildly
112 Dispensary chemical
113 Physicians’ org.
114 Real nasty
115 Command neighbor, on some Macs
118 Demonstrate being out of touch, or an alternate title for this puzzle
122 Fishing locale
123 See 97-Across
124 Boston Common, e.g.
125 Slurred over a syllable
126 Winds up
127 Use a stun gun on
128 Taradiddles
129 Shankar’s instruments
DOWN
1 College game chant
2 Deceived
3 Ready to roll
4 Where many college students live
5 Miss the mark
6 Edit a voice-over
7 Unspoken
8 Wall hangings
9 __ jacket
10 Hipster beer, initially
11 Follow, as a result
12 Workbench tools
13 Liberal leader?
14 Outdoors chain
15 Jewish mourning period
16 Words said while shaking one’s head
17 Brunch order
18 Mattress holder
24 “Walking on Thin Ice” singer
26 Mint
29 Variety
33 Criminal
34 Edmonton athlete
35 “Simpsons” action hero
36 Schuss, e.g.
37 Burgundy grape
39 Leave in a hurry, with “out”
44 In an unemotional way
45 Damage, as an auto
46 “Here’s bad news”
47 Candy-filled party favor
48 Down the __
49 Quiet
50 Gnatlike insect
51 Appear suddenly
52 Slangy, elongated refusal
54 Pasta cookers
58 Hippodromes
60 Dollar offering
62 Like Quito and La Paz
64 Gen-Z subculture group that’s part anime, goth, and emo
66 Throb
67 “Door’s open!”
68 Vermont resort
70 Open wide
71 Giant cymbal
73 Direct elsewhere
76 Sound purchase?
80 Did nothing
82 Flight segment
84 Roll call misser
86 Play Double Dutch, say
87 Freshwater turtle
88 Was offended by 89 Promenades
90 Sicilian volcano
91 Help vacationing neighbors
94 Chemical suffixes
98 Japanese soup
99 Super Bowl side
101 The Silver State
102 Kind of counter
104 Mixes up
105 Culinary herb
106 Goggles
107 Whiny music genre
108 Krone spenders
110 Coasters
116 Crypto collectible
117 Campground letters
118 Tanning lotion letters
119 Yokohama yes
120 Globe shape
121 New Haven student