I’M STILL STANDING
August Lee-Kovach is a freshman at Concord-Carlisle High School, in Concord, Mass. He started solving crosswords with his family when he was 9. Someone would read the clues aloud and anyone could call out answers. He started constructing puzzles by himsel
ACROSS
64 Blue ribbon or
1 Swears (to) gold star
8 L.A. region 66 Yarn
13 Motto meaning 68 Make secret, in a
“to the stars” way
20 Place with carts 71 A chance to
21 Square dream
22 What oil may 74 It’s often played do in frigid for temperatures 75 Website with
23 1990s-2000s an “Everything Volkswagen Else” category seven-seater 76 Some small
24 Things batteries
25 Overseas land 78 C sharp
measure equivalent
26 Not needing a 80 Mexican poet
thing Juana ____ de la 27 “____ homo” Cruz
29 Siri uses it 81 Sass
30 Halliwell a.k.a. 82 U.F.C. fighting
Ginger Spice style
31 Dino friend of 83 Radio host
Buzz Lightyear John
32 “____ it ironic?” 84 Head, in slang
34 Storm 85 Play group
37 What an up 87 Frequent victim arrow might of an April fool mean 90 Creep
39 Green-light 93 Municipal facility: 41 Approximately Abbr.
5.5 million tons Kind of bar of it was used to Waterfall build [see circled feature letters] One forced into 43 Bellini opera that a force takes place in 100 One-act Oscar Gaul Wilde play
46 A=B,B=C, 101 Burial ____
ergo A = C, e.g. 103 Fútbol cry
48 Purchase plan 104 “You no-good
50 Sneaker, in dog,” e.g.
British lingo 105 Spoils
51 See 5-Down 106 ____ bean
55 Committed to 108 Some December
memory purchases
56 Western 109 They’re stored in
Hemisphere grp. pollen grains
57 Gunslinger’s 111 Villainous “Star
cry Trek” collective 59 Former 113 Like some Japanese P.M. chicken cutlets Shinzo ____ 116 Element named 60 Country after a German between Ghana river and Benin 120 “Ugh!”
61 Word repeatedly 121 Prehistoric said while Southwest plucking petals culture
62 Clipped 122 Little squirt
63 Opposing vote 123 Sign of success
from a horse? 124 Trendy 94 96
98 125 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”
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1 Periods in history
Level
They wrap things up
4 Prefix with
system
5 With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact
6 Egyptian desert, e.g.
Harmonize
____ generis (unique)
Prompt
Greek name for this puzzle’s enclosed answer Targets
Sleeve fillers
Not just smart Active sorts
See 5-Down Pepper’s rank: Abbr. High-arcing shots, in basketball lingo Like a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card Lion in the “Madagascar” movies
Most massive dwarf planet in the solar system
30 Pass it on
33 Singers’ star turns
Contents of some belts, informally
36 Reason for an R
rating
38 It comes before one
Regarding Harp-shaped constellation
41 Turkish money 2 3 7 8
9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16
17
18
19
28
35 39 40 42 Provide
resources for
44 [Big kiss,
dahling!]
45 Pay (up)
47 ____ and the Pacemakers (1960s pop group)
49 They reflected rank in old
Rome
52 “Ooh-la-la!”
53 It gives you a lift 54 2003 #1 Outkast
hit
58 Tad
60 Mat made of soft
rush
62 You might take them out for a spin
65 Artful
66 Mujeres con
esposos
67 Outdoor game for kindergartners
69 Time out?
70 “The Office” role played by Jenna Fischer
72 College voter,
perhaps
73 Light shades
74 With 101-Across, where this puzzle’s enclosed answer is located
75 Disney’s ____ of
Arendelle
77 Smooth, in a way 79 Number of 101-Acrosses in [see circled letters]
85 Workmates, e.g. 86 Pale ____
87 Tiffs
88 Sleeve filler
89 Brewer Frederick 91 ____-Magnon
92 Like a book with a bookmark in the middle, say 95 Chewy
confection
96 Oxford, e.g.
97 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians”
No. 0403
99 Fakes
101 Hotel offering
102 New York town that’s home to Playland amusement park 105 Caused
107 The “A” of James
A. Garfield
110 So-called “Iron Lady” of Israeli politics
112 “This does not
look good!”
113 Fell for it
114 Pi follower
115 “People who love to ____ are always the best people”: Julia Child
117 Writer Fleming 118 Weapon in “The
Terminator”
119 Actress Farrow