ADJECTIVAL ORIGINS: Per the OED
Across
1 Mgr.’s helper 5 Become liable for 10 Deep ravine 15 Online discussion 19 T-giving day 20 Opposite of
“everybody”
21 “__ la vista!”
22 Make sharper 23 Wedding dress trim 24 Bossy
26 European erupter
of 2022
27 TV series storylines 28 __ out a living
29 He selected Justice
Sotomayor 30 Seafood
establishment 32 Becomes agitated 34 Packs it in
35 Castro of Cuba 36 Lost one’s footing 37 Dips a donut 38 Professional cape
wavers
41 Hem in
43 Slight remnant 44 Will run you 45 Taunting shout 46 Clumsy ones 47 French brother 48 All __ good
(beneficial) 49 Distinctive smell 50 Rival of Tulane 51 Labour leader,
1994-2007
52 It contains India’s
capital
53 Nobel, by birth 54 Shoulder muscle 56 Make fixes to 58 Iroquois Nation
people 60 Pueblo people 61 Carrier of white
blood cells
62 Main area of a
church
63 In the beginning 66 English Channel
feeder 67 Fingerspelling
skill, for short 71 Money borrowed 72 Wishful words 74 “Waves of grain”
color
76 Star pitcher or pilot 77 Art Deco artist 78 Oral denial 79 Continental
separators
80 DVD player
ancestors
81 Help with seating,
informally 82 Italian nobleman 83 The Sopranos chef 84 Chinese lap dogs 85 Caught some z’s 87 Taunted
88 Sagan or Sandburg 89 Exxon sister brand 90 Athlete’s on-air
greeting
91 Hat favored by
Churchill
94 In __ by itself 96 Perk up
97 Vise gripper 98 “That makes sense” 99 Writer Silverstein 100 Whom the first use of the nine long adjectives is credited to
103 Mail-routing letters 104 Galileo’s
hometown 105 American Legion
member
106 Alphabetize, say 107 Chicago star 108 Cheeky talk 109 First month in
Madrid
110 Smooth out, as skirts 111 Cupid alias
Down
1 Mythical sky holder
2 Piece of the action 3 Flourishing 4 Railroad bridges 5 “Without a doubt!” 6 Snug spots
7 __ through (perform as promised)
8 A third of tri9 Give up formally 10 Doesn’t play fair 11 Detracts from 12 Locale of Laos 13 RR stop
14 Belgian colleague
of Dalí
15 Scolded, with “out” 16 Excitable
17 Tolstoy title
woman
18 Fabric damage 25 Two-wheeler with
a motor 31 Prosecutorial
helpers: Abbr. 33 Big success in sales 34 Apt to argue 35 Voguish
37 German trio 38 Butterfly cousin 39 Name that means
“rose”
40 Saddle __ (cowboy’s complaint) 41 Fearless
42 Life of leisure 43 Long-established 44 Cruel
47 Resells quickly 48 Prime-time hour 49 Tot’s boo-boos 51 Rude people 52 Silence of the
Lambs director
53 Split apart 55 Biblical possessive 57 Nearsighted
person
59 Specifies 63 Alaskan islander 64 Sculpted body 65 Impossible to
understand
68 Not at all lively 69 Portion of a
pasture
70 Suffix for fair or fit
73 URL starter 75 Hotel housekeeper 78 Moot point 79 Rihanna’s music 80 The way we word 82 Cars that are called 83 Subordinate staff 84 Tennis great
Shriver
86 Symbols of
Australia 87 Support charitably 88 Shows fear
90 One walking in the
woods
91 Furry hoppers 92 Back-in-fashion 93 Splicing subjects 94 Hieroglyphics
reptiles
95 Plant that grows
on a “pet”
96 Wash up
97 Green gem
101 QVC rival
102 Go wrong