OPENING NOTES
ACROSS
1 Rio Carnival dance 6 Washbowls
12 Soybean field
measure
16 Place to get a
vampire facial 19 Covered in creepers 20 ___ de corps
21 Big economic upturn 22 “Deep Work” author
Newport
23 Learning facilities with
rounded roofs?
25 Not fooled by
26 Casino cash source,
briefly
27 Woolly mother
28 “I see a cockroach!” 29 180 degrees from SSW 30 ___ Bader Ginsburg 31 Voice above tenor 32 Specifics, in slang 34 Damage control for mall
tenants?
36 Lotion additive 40 Collection with
wrenches
43 Traveled smoothly 44 Author who moves from
place to place?
47 Voice actress Strong 48 Fine-wooled sheep 49 Where Emperor
Naruhito resides 51 Sushi roll cutter 55 “Swan Lake”
princess
56 Enjoys a caramel
58 Los Angeles squad 61 Father
62 Role-playing festival,
informally
64 Cheese in spanakopita 65 Cherry variety 66 Unavoidable
discussions? 69 Well-made sheriff’s
star?
71 Mental flash
72 Anger
73 Happy hour seat 74 Driveway surface 75 Noah of “Falling
Skies”
76 Lacking polish
77 “I didn’t need it
anyway”
81 Put on a happy
face
83 Archaeologist’s find 85 “Moonlight” Oscar
nominee Harris
86 Some paintings
89 Most current design? 93 High-fiber muffin
type 96 1996 pageant title
for Ali Landry
97 Bad mood 98 Exhausted dog?
100 Dilapidated
103 Loads from mines
104 Laptop giant
105 Separating space
107 ___ Speedwagon
108 Gun, as an engine
111 Totally dominate
112 “Let’s get crackin’!”
113 Words of wisdom
next to a prescription? 116 Young chap
117 Chianti, e.g., in
Italian
118 San Luis ___
119 J’s point value in
Scrabble
120 RNs’ workplaces
121 Come off as
122 Pathfinder
producer
123 Bricks on a playroom
floor
DOWN
1 Fries or slaw
2 State confidently 3 Silent performer 4 Unpaid garden
worker?
5 Tacked on
6 “Waiting for Godot”
playwright
7 Firepit residue
8 Nike, e.g., for Serena
Williams
9 Golf club with a
metal head
10 River near the
Sphinx
11 Ave. crossers 12 Roughly
13 Member of an
email list? 14 Tax-sheltered
nest egg
15 Gloomy rock genre 16 Overcharges for
tickets
17 York Peppermint ___ 18 Ground nut in
macarons
24 “Get what I mean?” 30 Take another
crack at
31 Like Alibaba and
Samsung
33 Roadside rescue 34 Smells bad
35 Waits in the shadows 36 Food, in a food fight 37 Fudged the facts 38 Grotesque fantasy
figure 39 African country
on the Red Sea 41 Soda bottle sizes 42 Vermont ski
resort
45 Paid to get a
hand
46 “Keep out” sign 50 End of a threat 52 “Look what ___!” 53 Cobra’s weapon 54 Crispy part of
a brownie, often 56 Bingo official 57 Enjoy a nature
trail
59 Bickering
60 “Like a Prayer”
singer
63 Go belly-up 64 Escape maker? 65 Voters cast them 66 Temper tantrums 67 Father of Abel 68 “Meet the Parents”
star Polo
69 Mole and pesto 70 Berate, as the
other team 73 Adele and Kate
Winslet, for two 75 Bizarre
76 “___ de Lune” 78 Foreboding sign 79 Apple Watch
voice
80 Shipped out 82 Places for
piercings
84 Bull on a glue
stick
87 City west of
Cheyenne
88 Cold, colorful
dessert
90 Do better than 91 Org. screening
carry-ons
92 Kickstarter
alternative 93 “Lawrence of Arabia”
actor Peter
94 Conflict in the sky 95 Fashion designers’
concerns
99 Stuff in a scorpion’s tail 101 Oolong, for one
102 Sing high notes?
105 Desert along the Silk
Road
106 Thrift store caveat
108 Diana of “Game of
Thrones”
109 Cave sound effect
110 Dog docs
112 MinuteClinic operator 113 Mob honcho
114 Transcript fig.
115 Compete (for)