Signs of the Time
Across
1 Muscles toned by
planks
4 Does, e.g.
8 Goes out swinging? 13 Longest reptile in
the world
19 “Gosh, that was a
long time ago” 21 Buck in the Baseball
Hall of Fame 22 Bring back on board 23 *Canaries
24 *Bar food served with blue cheese and vegetable sticks 26 Gets slippery 28 Patronize, as a hotel 29 Hush-hush docs 30 Bundle of hay 32 Caustic cleaners 34 Enter stealthily 36 *Orange flowers that represent wealth in some Asian traditions 40 __ Domani: Italian
wine brand 41 Promising letters? 42 Really bothered 43 *“Peace Train”
singer
49 *Atlanta event for
sci-fi fans
52 Actress Shawkat 53 Museum item 54 “Thumbs up”
answers 55 Smashing success 56 Provided at no cost 59 Wealthy
60 “r u coming soon?” 62 Call to the on-deck
circle
64 Beads on blades 65 *Sacred Hopi ritual 71 *Western, slangily 73 “One Mississippi”
star Notaro
74 Dulse and nori
seaweeds, e.g. 76 __-mo video 77 Coup target
79 “You can’t do that!” 80 Aggravate 83 Top-tier celebs 87 Basic font 89 Window shade 90 *Absurdly chaotic
situation 92 *Playground fixture 95 Russian crepes 96 Short “Stop!” 97 Vinaigrette acronym 98 *Spray behind a
speedboat
101 Act omnipotent 104 Burkina __
105 Assns.
106 Some ballpark figs. 107 Total accord
109 Mogadishu resident 113 *Sheet with a
folded corner 116 *Ashtray for trash,
e.g.
120 “Let me rephrase
that ... ”
121 Appointed
122 Soul mate
123 Sandwiches made
with bolillos
124 Secret rendezvous 125 Black bit inside a
papaya
126 Vietnamese New Year, which is represented by the Zodiac animals at the starts of the answers to the starred clues
Down
1 Cause of inflation 2 Graphic designer’s
deg.
3 Part of a match 4 Deli apparatus 5 Fine-tune 6 Community group
with a deer logo 7 SoCal campus with Mission Revival architecture 8 Lump of goo 9 Heavy loads 10 Some boxing
punches
11 World Cup
overseer: Abbr. 12 Leaves in stitches 13 Safeguard
14 Tree with flexible
wood
15 Weigh, in a way 16 Main language of
India
17 Heart, but not soul 18 Legendary loch 20 Use TurboTax,
perhaps
25 Pool divisions 27 Easily influenced 30 “Free your pores”
brand
31 __ frescas: fruity
Mexican drinks 33 So far
35 Maker of ecofriendly Vero computers
36 Neat and clean 37 PC hookup 38 Rash symptom 39 Sainted pope called
“the Great”
43 Put into gear? 44 Have the intention
of
45 Thin candle 46 Drop in
pronunciation 47 More pleasant 48 Phonetic symbol 50 __ Squad: Best Buy
tech support team 51 KitchenAid rival 52 Covered California
statute, for short 57 Critical-care ctrs. 58 Club fees
61 Major Yemen port 62 Starts
63 Quite cold
65 Cook dim sum, say 66 Part of TNT 67 “Encore!”
68 Big deal
69 Trade pact from
1994 to 2020 70 Debussy’s “__ de
lune”
72 Casual collared shirt 75 Sketchy subject? 78 Waiting room
directive
80 Digs in the snow 81 Versailles residents 82 Philosopher
Immanuel
84 Pet pendant 85 Tractor-trailers 86 Plug away (at) 88 Impose, as a tax 91 Hair __
93 Cultured products? 94 Bret with four Gold
Gloves
95 Red Sox, on
scoreboards
98 Hot spots
99 Got going
100 “Judge Judy” event 101 Product pitch 102 Light brew
103 Failed to
104 Like bubble baths 106 Make a long story
short?
108 Trade jabs
110 Makes a choice 111 Bog down
112 Shivering fit
114 “Blonde” star de
Armas
115 Summer hrs. in
Philly
117 Kiddo
118 “Or so __ heard” 119 Pickleball need