Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

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ACROSS

1 Grass and such 7 Lifesavers, e.g. 11 Turns off 19 Source of good

fortune 20 Tried to open, as a

pet door 21 Seaman’s aid 22 *Z, for one 24 Behind 25 “O grave, where is ____ victory?”: I Corinthian­s 26 Neither wizards nor witches, in Harry Potter books 28 Language descended from Old Norse 29 Tiara

accompanim­ent 31 Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine 32 Eagerly unwrap 34 God whose name sounds like a word meaning “understate­d” 36 Take its toll? 38 *Board 42 *Alliance member 46 They may result in title changes, for short 47 Dips made with olives, capers and anchovies 48 Fragrant wood 50 Grain to crush 51 Background-check

runner, maybe 52 Government org. in

“Breaking Bad” 53 “Oh, that’s clever!” 55 Something to be

divvied up 56 Hundred, in

Honduras 59 Stand in the

shadows 60 *Ted talks, say 68 Reebok rival 69 Texas city in the movie “Friday Night Lights” 70 Bonn one 72 Pro-consumer

ideology 76 In back 77 Jet fuel, mainly 82 Stave off 83 Good friend,

informally 85 Find some

advantage 86 Red giant in the constellat­ion Cetus 87 *Crossed pair 89 *Search party 93 Drainage pit 94 ____ example 95 Owl’s prey 97 Browns and Blues 99 “House Hunters”

network 102 Bromine and fluorine compounds 105 Kind of band 107 Move it 108 Boastful types 110 *Let’s hope 114 Group with the 1985 No. 1 hit “Broken Wings” 115 “____ about right” 116 Eyelike opening, in

architectu­re 117 Ones breaking

game rules? 118 Big buildup 119 “Great” Eurasian

region

DOWN

1 Almanac fodder 2 Home of the daily

World-Herald 3 Clicker for Dorothy 4 Tie word 5 “Well, fancy that!” 6 Abbr. that can be written with an ampersand 7 The casino in

“Casino” 8 Soccer goof 9 Kite adjunct 10 Goldbrick 11 The Pentagon inits. 12 Crystallin­e weather

phenomenon 13 “____ of Heaven! too gentle to be human” (line from Shelley’s “Epipsychid­ion”) 14 Unlofty loft 15 Labor pain 16 Pirate’s mate, in literature and film 17 Besmirches 18 German vice admiral killed in W.W. I’s Battle of the Falklands 20 Celtic who was the M.V.P. of the 2008 N.B.A. Finals 23 Kaiser Permanente

offering 27 Begat 30 W, for one 31 March 14, to math

lovers 33 Fibonacci or

Galileo 35 Casino offering, derived from the Latin for “five each” 37 Revenue source for Fish and Wildlife department­s 39 Jocular disclaimer 40 Spoonful, say 41 “Cómo ____

usted?” 42 Sch. whose mascot

is Paydirt Pete 43 Coastal desert of

southern Africa 44 Fruity drink 45 Tops in

handwritin­g, say 49 Small stream 50 Wheat ____ 52 What sharpshoot­ers take 54 Prompt 57 Vow that’s mostly

vowels 58 When golden goals happen in the N.H.L. 61 Arts-page

contributo­r 62 Novelist

Vonnegut 63 Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012 64 Headlong or

headstrong 65 Striven 66 What rugged individual­ists seldom admit to 67 Light shade 71 Classic hair

removal brand 72 Reputation 73 Gung-ho 74 Skin: Suffix 75 Numbskull 78 Posting at

JFK or DFW 79 Eastern royals 80 Heavy load 81 Pause word in

Psalms 84 Scam with three

cards 85 Informatio­n on a

sports ticket 88 Exceed 90 Fashionabl­e 91 Latin carol word 92 Prynne of “The

Scarlet Letter” 96 Question mark’s

key-mate 98 “Charlie’s Angels”

director, 2000 100 Keep occupied 101 One of 1,288 in the

book of Numbers 102 Biodiesel fuel

source 103 Prefix with ecology

or chemical 104 ____ Linda, Calif. 106 ____-deucy 109 Some 112-Down

retakers: Abbr. 111 Tan neighbor, on

calculator­s 112 Exam with a Science Reasoning section 113 Wish undone

 ??  ?? By Joel Fagliano /Edited By Will Shortz and Byron Walden 5/8/16 ©2016 New York Times
By Joel Fagliano /Edited By Will Shortz and Byron Walden 5/8/16 ©2016 New York Times

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