ALTERNATE ROUTES: Both horizontal and vertical
Across
1 Big brute
4 All over again 8 Prohibition-era
design
15 Honduran home 19 Vast amount 20 Wife of Jacob 21 People from Pago
Pago
22 “Such a pity!” 23 Shoo-__ (sure
things)
24 Greiner of Shark
Tank
25 Risky pursuit of
pleasure 27 Heretofore 29 Shopping fling 31 End for depend 32 German article 33 Take notice of 35 Dance partner 36 Scorches in a skillet 38 First date, for
instance
43 How some rum is
made
46 Farmland measure 47 Audio company
bought by Sony 48 Costco rival
50 Was sent staggering 52 Abigail Adams, __
Smith 53 Ultimatum ender 54 Pulmonary organ 56 Pollen carrier 57 Oscar actress Davis 59 Give __ (care) 63 Lacking: Fr. 65 Downton Abbey
countess
66 Posh residence 68 Audience
disapprovals 70 Brute strength 72 Free pass, in
baseball
76 Cruel creditors 79 Lose traction 80 Clavell novel set in
Hong Kong 84 Afternoon parties 85 Attention-getters 87 Tavern perch 90 Old-style “Sweet!” 91 George Strait’s “All My __ Live in Texas”
92 Sharp break 94 Trail mix morsels 96 UN observer group 97 Oddball
101 IRS experts
103 Sundance Kid’s
girlfriend
104 Paella veggies 105 Most arid
107 Hang in there 110 Type of tournament 112 Pretty Woman star 113 Author Vonnegut 114 Place for protons 116 “Say what?”
118 Manual readers 120 Contract’s details 123 Expecting
126 Frozen snowman 128 Feel unwell
129 High hairdo
130 Under peer
pressure, perhaps 131 Auto from Bavaria 132 Intense vexation 133 Hill dwellers 134 Piles of cash
135 “Horrors!”
136 Was in command of
Down
1 It’s west of Alaska
2 Composes, as a letter
3 The lap of luxury 4 Excessively 5 It means “recent” 6 Corn harvest 7 Beset doubly in opposite ways 8 Colorado Forest Service concerns 9 Krypton or xenon 10 Texter’s “More than enough!” 11 Rounded roof
12 Is worthy of 13 Benjamins
14 CIA forerunner 15 “Understand?” 16 Rickman of the
Potter films
17 Fill to excess 18 Hearth remnant 26 Spine-tingling 28 Fencing weapon 30 Sub __ (secretly) 34 Nonstick cookware
brand
37 Financial Literacy
Mo.
38 Singer’s note-span 39 Slurpee alternatives 40 It’s west of Florence 41 128 oz.
42 Flightless flock 44 Arc-shaped pasta
bit
45 Farm machine giant 49 Traffic tie-up 51 Much-loved
53 “His wife could __
lean”
55 Munch like mice 58 Manicurist’s focus 60 Approx.
61 French kings 62 Snug spots
64 Police jacket letters 65 Telejournalist
Roberts
67 Outline sharply 69 Sour mood 71 Thinks ahead
73 __ out a victory
(wins barely) 74 Timberlake’s
former boy band 75 Buzzing about 76 Ruckus
77 Under a spell
78 Name in 96 Across
history 81 Documental
evidence 82 Geographic
reference
83 Rope loop 86 Unlucky ones 88 Touring 89 Mandolin cousin 93 Encouraging touch 95 Carpet fastener 98 Swindles
99 Skin layer
100 He-bear: Sp. 102 Arizona cactus 103 Raison d’__ 104 24-karat
106 Sesame seed paste 108 Enthusiastic
endorsement 109 Apparel ensemble 111 Disney film set in
China
114 Author unknown:
Abbr.
115 Drawn tight 117 Literary alter ego
119 Utter unclearly 121 Swampland 122 Downhill racer 123 Craft-beer
designation 124 Software revision,
for short
125 Tolstoy title topic 127 Toothpaste tube
abbr.