Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“ELIMINATION”
ACOSS
1 __ vu
5 Command from Kirk 13 Drink word for
“strained”
19 [Sigh]
20 Unsuccessful
competitors 21 One-footed creature 22 Cracked river
barriers?
25 Spiced up
26 Sign of contempt
27 In a lab, it’s often
white
28 “Yesterday!”
30 Cart count
31 Pop by
33 Org. with quarantine
authority
35 Western alliances 37 How the satisfied
stand
39 “Psych!”
40 What a generous mechanic might do after a wreck? 44 Indistinct mass 46 Deck-enclosing option 48 Brainchild 49 Mani-pedi locale 50 David or Saul? 53 “Sunday Morning”
channel
55 __-de-sac
56 Felt
57 Greek X
58 Jolly syllables 60 Words of defeat 62 Chipotle alternative 64 Kind of artery
65 DNC chair Tom 66 Pittance
68 Request to the local
marriage oath writer? 72 Some dishwashers 73 Gap rival
75 Memoir, for one 76 Odist’s inspiration 78 Rib
79 Best Female Athlete,
e.g.
80 Eur. country in the
Olympics since 1992 82 Dulles alternative 86 Place to stay 87 Business card no. 89 Variety headline for director Lee’s U.S. debut?
92 Calf spot
93 With 66-Down, when Lady Macbeth says, “Leave all the rest to me”
95 Nonprofit reporting
app
96 Coal carrier 97 Magician’s tote?
101 Clancy’s “The __ of All
Fears”
103 More-than-stretchy
statement
104 “The Yodeling Cowgirl”
in “Toy Story” films
105 Novelist Rand
106 Rodeo contestants, at
times
108 Quiet order
110 Run smoothly
112 It’s dropped for
emphasis
113 Implied
116 Pioneer 35mm
cameras
118 Talks about woks?
122 Shmoo creator
123 Tapered cigar
124 __ Brasi, “The
Godfather” enforcer 125 Frank
126 Regular guys?
127 Headliner
DOWN
1 Some diaper
changers
2 Panache
3 1607 settlement 4 Selling point
5 Abolish
6 Spooky
7 Like about 25% of
Russia’s population 8 Part of MVP
9 “The A-Team” muscle 10 Singer’s skill
11 World Heritage Site
org.
12 Subtle “Over here!” 13 Member of the fam 14 Flexible lunch hour 15 Directory name 16 College Bd. result
using a 1-to-5 scale 17 Consider
18 Throws in
23 Golfer’s wedge, e.g. 24 Delicious
29 Musical timbre 32 Ph.D.’s next hurdle 33 French sweetie 34 Crab Key villain 36 Wild attempt 37 Lunchbox staples,
initially
38 Protected while sailing 40 Silicon Valley field 41 Ryder of “Stranger
Things”
42 Works
43 Chopin work 45 Creamy soups 47 Mends, as a rattan
chair
51 Stark in “Game of
Thrones”
52 Muffet fare
54 Nurse
59 “Try it”
61 Creations with colorful
blocks
63 Crunchy snack 64 Regret
66 See 93-Across 67 Breakfast staple 69 Hurting
70 __ Mawr College 71 Gets ready to play 73 Scrabble 8-pointer 74 Rainy
77 Driving aid
80 It covers the House 81 Encircle
83 Thin Mints seller 84 Trendy berry
85 Finger
88 Has
90 “Girls” Emmy nominee
Hoffmann
91 “Oh, that’s adorable!” 94 Make a mess of, as
traffic
98 Swipe again? 99 Slingshot feature
100 January birthstone 102 Queens squad
106 2014 Lizzie Borden
portrayer Christina 107 Flight safety
equipment?
108 Crunchy side
109 Port opener
111 See 119-Down
112 Advanced teaching
deg.
114 Machu Picchu
denizen
115 Peter the Great, e.g. 117 Mar. arrival, in theory 119 Dr. who 111-Down 120 “__ tree falls ... ”
121 USCG reception