SAND BLAST: Ideal for a day at the beach
Across
1 Unwanted engine
sound
5 Pair of sisters, say 9 Consumer activist
Ralph
14 Tech teams’
developments 18 Footnote notation 19 Simple earring
shape
20 Scott who wrote Island of the Blue Dolphins
21 Bond in a bottle 22 Austen heroine 23 Not pro24 Watery Olympic
moves
25 Olympic event 26 Composer friend of
George SAND 29 Followed orders 31 Min. fraction 32 Gruff retort
33 Relay finale
35 Big hole in the
ground 37 Not-so-big shot 39 Go through 40 Bighorn butter 43 Shrill barks 44 Working with
SANDpaper 49 Poetic “previously” 51 Isn’t oneself
52 Poor report card 53 Ferber novel
54 Puts into alignment 55 Helmets and
hospital masks: Abbr. 56 Major figures in a
field
58 Fix deeply
60 Many businesses
with breakfasters 61 Kitten’s plaything 63 Get off the ground 65 Down the road 67 Comics creator of enormous SANDwiches 72 Field judge 75 Cooking rod 76 Pollen producer 80 Felt regret 81 Oniony side dish 85 Came out with
something 87 Woman on a Sistine
ceiling
88 Person from Muscat 90 Shipyard center of
Italy
92 She’s not quite 20 93 Pals in Paris 94 Nightline airer 95 SAND-filled timer 97 Pipe-support
hardware
98 Old school cheer 99 Automated Web
browser
101 Fair-hiring initials 102 Tough puzzles 104 Thing above a
doorway
108 Goof-offs
111 Brewpub designation 113 Innocent victim 115 Threesome for Carl
SANDburg
118 State with the 45thhighest high point 119 Morning hr.
120 State with the seventh-highest
high point
121 Sushi seaweed 122 Engaged, as apron
strings
123 Proof of innocence 124 Wilson married to
Tom Hanks
125 Contemporary of
Agatha and Dashiell 126 Half-rectangles
127 Insistent summons 128 Initial utopia 129 Professional trade
org.
Down
1 They’re bigger than
quibbles
2 Proof of a withdrawal 3 Verbal bully 4 Contented 5 Unselfish one 6 Water beside Messina 7 Make a mess of 8 Intense, as chili 9 What the confident
have
10 Take __ (go
swimming)
11 Red Halloween
costume
12 Justice Kagan 13 Kidnapped
monogram
14 Feel the same way 15 Where rompers
land in SAND 16 Dark purple
17 Bit placed in a
flowerpot
27 Needle holes 28 Boxcar rider 29 Ends to some NFL
games
30 Sound at sheep
shearings
34 Hint at
36 Many S&L execs 38 Thing on a tree 41 Space for boat shows 42 Needing neatening
43 Talks too much 45 Edison’s __ Park 46 It means “bone” 47 DJIA tech company 48 Pointy pen part 50 Curly-haired
Peanuts girl 52 Miner, on the job 56 Pest in a swarm
57 Regrettable 59 Gets the better of 62 “It was somebody
else”
64 American Masters
airer
66 Damon or Dillon 68 Air pair 69 Escalates 70 Sporty Mazda 71 Places needing
neatening 72 Thunderous
73 Rhythm in Gershwin’s Cuban Overture
74 It’s spread above
summer SAND 77 They learn by
repetition
78 Hexes
79 Home in a tree 82 “Innovative” prefix 83 Beast that sounds
innovative 84 Feeling vexed
86 Last-ditch
89 Holder of ccs in ORs
91 12, for Little Leaguers 93 Tallest guy on coins
and bills
96 Swag
97 One of the WWII
Allies
100 Smallest number
on a bingo card 103 Oliver Twist, e.g. 105 Two ways in a Frost
poem 106 German autos 107 Tax-exempt
bonds
109 Color in skyscapes 110 Malodorous
112 Rockies resort 113 Place to build on 114 Arduous activity 116 Rooms with
Bunsen burners 117 Major bookcase
seller
119 Brewpub device