Sporting Chance
Across
1. Model in the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun”
6. “Nightmare” street 9. Middles
15. Demonstrating skill
19. Subtle glows
20. Wasikowska of “Damsel” 21. Allergic outburst
22. Hudson Bay nation
23. *Grizzly, for one
25. *Olaf II of Norway, notably 27. Ornamental vase
28. Earthly
30. MLB Hall of Famer Fox and journalist Bly
31. __ a soul
32. Va. winter hours
34. Genesis twin
35. Hose clamp tightener
37. More klutzy
40. Prepare, as a contract
45. Like some dorms
46. *It goes up in cold weather 48. Sound of shock
49. Sharply hit baseball
51. Relax, maybe
52. Wolf down
54. Guru’s residence
56. Pool concern
57. Loses steam
60. Claim no longer allowed on cigarettes
62. Fortune
64. Show with constant cliffhangers
66. Cell division
68. NL Central club
69. *Nickname for Joe DiMaggio
73. Words of understanding
75. Uses, as a scale
77. Candy bar with a Nordic name
78. Self-reproach
80. Thinks
82. Played really badly
85. Comic book artist
86. Mentally assimilate
88. A musician usually has a good one
90. Originally called
91. Bête __
92. Willing to listen (to)
93. *The sun will eventually
be one
97. Button alternative
98. Posse carriers
101. Max Ernst, for one
102. True
104. Yearn
106. Eye, to a poet
107. Pickup relatives, briefly 108. Condemnation
111. Zip one’s lip
114. “Rugrats” dad
117. *ICBM booster until 1987 120. They’re on the same side ... and a hint to the answers to
starred clues
122. Pizzazz
123. Spiritualist Deepak
124. Bagpiper’s topper
125. Past pudgy
126. Target of a military press 127.“Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical
128. Mahershala of“Moonlight” 129. Grown-up efts.
Down
1. Perfume that sounds forbidden
2. VP under Jefferson 3. Par-3 choice, often
4. Not even rare? 5. Insurance that covers dams?
6. Manicurist’s board
7. Yarn spinner
8. Dark area on the moon 9. Surfboard/kayak hybrid 10. Yellowfin tuna
11. Response to goo
12. Slugger’s creation
13. Shades
14.“I’m __ to hear from you!” 15. Smoothie fruit
16. Cheese on crackers
17. Telescope part
18. To this day
24. Docking place
26. Result of one too many, maybe
29. Rookie, briefly
31. “I can’t agree to this”
33. Scrabble piece
35. Going places?
36. *Kipling’s Shere Khan is one
37. Author Sheehy 38. Relaxed
39. Airline with an all-kosher menu
41. Turkish bigwigs
42. *“Virtuous Woman” reggae singer
43. Solheim Cup team
44. Fluoride-in-water meas. 45. Cat’s weapons
47. Little trickster
50. Confirms, as a password 53. Sub
54. China __: showy bloom
55. Use for preservation, as wine barrels
58. Takes off
59. Pass rusher’s stat
61. Small intake
63. Attacks
65. Story line
67. Singer Ed featured in the 2019 film “Yesterday”
70. “Just kidding!”
71. Place for a pad
72. Modern Persians
74. __ throat
76. Utopias
79. Knowledge of spiritual matters
81. Bareilles of“Waitress”
83. Without ice
84. Understanding
86. Quote from Homer
87. 2012 Facebook event, for short
89. Overhaul
94. Sunbather’s pride
95. Poke fun at
96. Best Supporting Actress before Ingrid
99. Merit
100. Discolor by burning
101. Military alert state
103. Jack of “Some Like It Hot” 105. To-do
107. It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990
108. Tick off
109. Series finale: Abbr.
110. Huff and puff
112. R&B great James
113. Ring at a wedding
114. State of suppressed worry 115. Reason to cram
116. List for a versatile tool
117. Talk acronym
118. Mil. mess duties
119. Before, poetically
121. Presidential nickname