Back to Basics
“True Detective,” e.g. Worshippers of the sun god Inti 11 Chinese
smartphone brand 15 Organization with an ElderWatch program
19 Dollar, to Enterprise 20 Snookums
21 Rice, for one 22 “That explains it” 23 “Match Game” host 25 Arenal Volcano
home
27 Crash site? 28 Blonde __
29 The mariachi’s guitarrón is one Settled on a papasan, say SenegaleseAmerican actress __ Rae Idealistic sort Stick up
Taste in kombu kelp Team to play in SoFi Stadium Whole Foods fruit Do figure eights Sarge’s boss Unthinking Preliminary race Hungarian town known for its baroque buildings 59 Bank transaction 60 Code creator 61 Comes to an end 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Polite words while entering Pollution concerns Cause of goosebumps, maybe Called from the flock
Chip dip, casually Stretchable loop Parents not related by blood Bygone space station Last bit Wealthy heir Mötley __ Press (down) Paleo __ Classic Ford, familiarly Stuffs to the gills Move furtively Widespread adverse reaction, as to a new policy Off the mark Major artery 31 33
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103 Beyoncé, to the
Beyhive
105 “That’s a shame” 108 Item in Manet’s “Luncheon on the Grass”
113 Hamm from
Alabama
115 Black widow’s
creation
117 Savory pastry 118 Pungent deli choice 122 Indian flatbread 123 Thickener in Asian
desserts
124 Rub it in
125 Beckoning elision 126 “Watermark”
musician
127 Parks in American
history
128 Snow vehicles 129 Moving
measurement
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Uninteresting Ticks off Minnesota-based cosmetics company Big __
The Honest Company cofounder Jessica Lollygags “Game of Thrones” patriarch Stark Cornfield cry Diva’s time to shine Good thing for teammates to be in Take place Everyday language __ Service
Kia sedan
Bus stopper Iraq is about 1% of it Suggestions, for short Samosa veggies Excuse in court Taiwanese laptops Father of Thor Office newbies Legacy creator Stockpile Number of Scrabble X-tiles Initial fee
Star Wars Day month 805-year-old document “Shrek!” author William Paella pot 46
Place for solar panels
Billy’s caretaker High-fashion shoemaker Jimmy Winning They’re often choppy Periods of note Winter hrs. in Halifax
“Lip Sync Battle” commentator Chrissy Numerous
A.L. Central team Fish commonly known as a porgy Band named for a rodent Launch site They might be game changers Language group including Zulu 70 Furthermore 72 Defib experts 73 “Big Little Lies” novelist Moriarty Sci-fi film FX Clown car noise Mythical mariner Forum wrap Cost of belonging Meeting, casually Tend to the sauce Mojave natives “Knowing all the facts”: Woody Allen __-pitch
Stick in the snow “Grant County” crime novelist Slaughter
93 Lie in the sun 94 Baby’s ailment 96 Hummingbird food 97 Island near Trinidad 101 “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” tune
102 Stars, to Cicero 104 Skips
106 “Shucks!”
107 Tractor giant 108 Study, with “over” 109 Privy to
110 __ limits
111 Breakfast staple 112 12 ounces, at
Starbucks
114 Basics appearing in reverse in eight puzzle answers 116 Ran
119 Blini topping 120 Young chap
121 Increase, with “up”
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Unscramble the six Jumbles, one letter per square, to form six words. Then arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon.
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains every digit 1to9.
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