THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 Relatives of pistachios 8 Mail-related 14 Baio and Turow 20 Wife of Nero 21 Fingers-in-ears syllables 22 Headwear for Mr. Peanut 23 Golden State hoopster who lives for Saturdays and Sundays? 25 Existence 26 Days of yore, archaically 27 Ruling group 28 Schlepped through the entrance 30 Ballesteros of golf 33 Groom, e.g. 35 Exemplary Houston hoopster? 38 San Antonio hoopster scaling a mountain? 42 Suffix with lion 43 Guy in the fam 44 High peak 45 Heavenly 46 Health club 48 Gyro bread 49 Semi fuel 51 Cowardly Denver hoopster? 55 “Mom” actress Jaime 58 Start eating 59 Org. against pollution 60 Redding of R&B 61 Event for stunt pilots 64 — -Z (total) 65 Foot part 68 Brooklyn hoopster using a rod and reel? 71 Phoenix hoopster preparing a typeface for printing? 74 Frau’s “Oh!” 75 Girl in the fam 76 Name originally proposed for Utah 78 Gas guzzler 79 Reindeer kin 80 Notion, to Fifi 81 Damsels 84 Los Angeles hoopster originally from New England? 90 Train in the pool 92 All excited 93 Mtn. stat 94 Tested for fit 97 “— culpa!” 98 “Stillmatic” rapper 99 Footed vase 101 Sacramento hoopster holding power? 103 Eco-conscious Charlotte hoopster? 107 Livy’s lang. 108 Words in an analogy 109 Some nobles’ domains 110 Jamaican pop genre 112 Baby wolf 114 Justification 116 Chicago hoopster devoid of spontaneity and emotion? 122 Sock with diamond patterns 123 “Seinfeld” character 124 Shrunken Asian lake 125 Some vowel sounds 126 Phrase structure 127 Lower than
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1 Mooing beast 2 High card 3 Fr. holy woman 4 Olajuwon of the NBA 5 Daredevil Knievel 6 Power sources with spinning sails 7 Tearful 8 Strategize 9 Rowers’ tools 10 35 mm camera inits. 11 Alteration pro 12 Not silently 13 Huge 14 Directs 15 Buyable apartments 16 Vision-related 17 Have high aspirations 18 Bit of ink art 19 Pigpen 24 Flying needs 29 Collect bit by bit 30 Cousin of a jack mackerel 31 Oval-shaped 32 Spiteful 34 Even one 35 Capital of Bavaria 36 One-named deco master 37 Exactly 39 Pollen eaters 40 “Get ’em, Spot!” 41 Syllable after “oom” 46 Broiling bar 47 Church seat 48 Club swingers’ gp. 50 Meeting period, informally 52 Picked 53 — pot (sinuscleaning product) 54 “Once — a time ...” 56 Dillydallies 57 Dark half of a Chinese circle 60 Birds — feather 62 News aggregation website 63 Precipitous 64 “— girl!” 65 Giant waves 66 Paid more than 67 Musician Brian 69 Capri, e.g. 70 Adidas rival 72 Pro — 73 Celtic speaker 77 Piece for seven 79 Heart test, for short 80 Ailing 82 Apathetic response 83 Ding- — 84 Light half of a Chinese circle 85 Lab gelatin 86 Horse feed holders 87 Body of rules 88 Verdi’s “— tu” 89 Fix illegally 91 Pudding starch 95 China’s Zhou 96 Day, in Peru 99 Open, as a new rug 100 Some French wines 101 Make a new digital image of 102 Dry dog food 104 Class that’s a cinch 105 “Blue” singer LeAnn 106 Hockey great Cam 110 Capital of Yemen 111 Lego alternative 113 — Bator 114 Jogged, e.g. 115 History unit 117 Smack 118 Taxi 119 D.C.’s nation 120 Tennis call 121 “— -di-dah!”