WORDS IN THIRDS: For you to put together

Across

1 Back of the neck 5 Short sprint 9 Indisputable thing 13 Newsstand buy, for

short 16 Clearheaded 17 Choral range 18 Singer Guthrie 19 County festivals 21 Video arcade name 22 Combat + sprinted

+ golf peg

24 Land of the Ganges 25 Copier problem 27 Port of Ukraine 28 Under control 29 However,

informally 30 Places to ski 32 They’ve got brains 34 Relay entrant 36 Have debts 38 Elbows or ziti 40 Term of respect 43 Auto + pigsty +

attempt

47 Take a tumble 50 Went out

52 “The Greatest”

boxer

53 Marina del __ (L.A.

suburb)

54 Lady friend of

Seinfeld 56 Tranquil

57 Barrel part

59 Least decorated 61 Pose, as a riddle 62 __ Moines, IA 64 Greek vowel 65 Husband of a

countess

66 Recent USMA

grads 67 Golf score + pub drink + hoedown woman

71 __ Misérables

74 Falsifier

76 Spanish cheer 77 IRS officer

80 Cap worn with a

kilt

83 Draws in

85 Largest Greek

isle 87 Astronomical

cloud

89 Risk taker’s

challenge

90 Above, in verse 92 Vote down,

informally 93 Trims, as shrubs 94 High-five, e.g. 95 Scam + family boy

+ hill bug

98 Poker chip pile 99 Hardly humble 101 Unseal, in

Shakespeare 102 Router button 105 Weary one’s words 107 Commercial

charge

110 Contingencies 113 Aide of Capt. Hook 116 Closest bud

118 Releases with a

pop

121 Hawkeye Stater 122 Cat hair + definite

article + stop signal 124 Stars: Lat.

125 Big families

126 Where Nepal is 127 Ready and willing 128 Clay target sport 129 Flight board no. 130 Splinter group 131 Weighty task 132 Literary alter ego

Down

1 Tag player’s shout 2 Embarrass

3 Apiece + favoring +

ingested 4 Keystone State

port

5 Drag one’s feet

6 In the style of 7 Barbershop

sharpener

8 Unruly crowd 9 Enthusiasts 10 What’s going on at

galleries

11 Earn after

expenses 12 Bathwater tester 13 Guy + topper +

brown shade 14 Verdi opera

15 Big smile 16 America’s Uncle 19 Conclusion, from

the French 20 Downhearted 23 Greek fable guy 26 PC bailout key 28 12 months from

now

31 Marine predators 33 Showery mo. 35 Make fixes to 37 “Those __ the

days”

39 Disney mermaid 40 Large plateau 41 Chops down 42 Cussler hero Pitt 44 Modify

45 Gaucho’s rope 46 Assertive

personality 48 Tech sch. 49 Animal friends 51 Whoop-__-do 55 Small, in rapper’s

names

58 Heroic quality 60 Tra __ (singing

sounds)

63 Small argument 68 Fiery felony 69 Justice Kagan 70 Be admitted 71 Little guys 72 List-ending abbr. 73 Bridle part

74 Hasty escape 75 Cocktail cooler 78 Macroeconomic

no.

79 Concise in speech 80 School lunch staple 81 Obi-Wan before

Ewan

82 Skin diver’s wear 84 Agent + edge + also 85 Farm harvest 86 Surplus 88 However + soft

metal + heavens 91 Not clear to most 96 Poetic praise 97 Bard’s “below” 100 Predictive signs 103 Piano pieces 104 DC legislator 106 Overdo, as a

privilege 108 Muralist Rivera 109 Aired again

111 Meant to be 112 Shopper’s splurge 113 Audio input

abbr.

114 Casting slot

115 Sharp blow

117 OR imperative 119 Window frame 120 Modeled (for) 122 Scale notes

123 Ostrich kin