OPPOSITE ATTRACTION: Explained at 127 Across
Across
1 F sharp equivalent 6 Dwindles 10 Surveillance
system: Abbr. 14 Beatle usually
seated
19 Baghdadi, for one 20 Shore (up)
21 Mata __
22 Sesame Street
roommate
23 Full range 24 Camera setting, for
short 25 Supermodel from
Somalia
26 Ear pollution 27 Great bargain 28 Sea lanes 31 Military
lunchrooms 34 Sci-fi docking
place
35 Gymnast Korbut 38 Match’s early end 39 Offhand greeting 41 Zilch
42 Ponce de Leon’s
pursuit 47 Competitive
squads
51 New Deal pgm. 52 Quipster
53 Fence features 54 Road service org. 56 Director Ang or
Spike
57 Tied the knot 59 “Turn up the
heat!”
60 Early automaker
Benz
62 11th century date 63 Island of the Blue
Dolphins author 64 Big name in water
scooters
67 “I’d like a shot at
that”
69 Barely scraping by 72 Shaved to the max 74 Long-gone
flightless birds 75 Cabinet dept. 78 Competitive
blowout 79 Swelled heads 81 E-file recipient 82 Ageless, in verse 83 Egyptian serpent 84 Letters on a
Cardinal’s cap 85 “__ show biz!” 88 Pitch __-hitter 89 Dog show org. 90 Nut-bearing tree 92 Boss’ late-hour
request
96 Wall Street trader,
briefly
98 “C’mon, be __!” 99 Suffix for beat 100 Loch of fame 101 British bar owner 105 South American
percussion instrument
109 Web fashion shop 111 Munich misters 115 “Scenic” ending
for land
116 Well-qualified 117 Europe/Asia
border river
119 Best-possible 120 Church officer 121 Bridge fee
122 Analogy phrase 123 Industry slang 124 Palm readers 125 Footnote abbr. 126 Dry run
127 What the five longest answers have in common
Down
1 Club bookings 2 Greek letter club 3 Metallic fabric 4 Sea-dwelling
superhero
5 Doctor or Dame 6 AQI monitor 7 Apply, as rouge 8 ’80s South African
leader 9 Overindulge 10 Short golf stroke 11 Victoria’s Secret
garment
12 “Rapid” conveyance 13 Twenty: Fr. 14 Mexican miss 15 Aggravation
16 Singer Baker 17 Reacts to yeast 18 Actress
Witherspoon 29 Strategic gimmicks 30 Sought office
32 Stiffly proper 33 Variety show act 35 Lesser __ evils 36 Enjoyed immensely 37 French Caribbean island group 40 Corn covering 43 Midnight or noon 44 Harpo Productions boss
45 Tag on a mid-June gift
46 Sultans’ wives 48 Very popular now 49 ’70s Israeli leader 50 Alluring 55 Opera villainess,
often
58 Barely known
celebs
59 “I __ differ” 61 Spiny succulents 62 Manchester
measurement 64 Baby carrier brand 65 Sean Lennon’s
mom
66 Something strange
68 Sheep meat 70 Rapper-turnedactor
71 Sculpted trunk 72 Grouch
73 Give the slip to 76 Egyptian crosses 77 Breakaway factions 80 Short walking
distance
82 Miso soup
mushroom 84 Fraternal group in
fezzes 86 Be informed (of ) 87 Ike’s two-time
opponent 88 Locking horns 91 Width-measuring
device 93 Microscopic
machine
94 Ousts from office 95 Completed, as a
cartoon
97 Prior to AD 101 Affectations 102 Reunion attendee 103 Where a skate
clinks a rink 104 Dwindle
106 Quick resignation 107 Health care pro 108 Cook-off creation 110 The Producers
secretary
112 Sierra Nevada city 113 Classico competitor 114 Narrow opening 118 Land parcel