Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

SHUNNED

- By Samuel A. Donaldson /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Carol opening 7 Unable to make a

mess? 11 “Yeah, same here” 19 Crankcase base 20 Rib-eye alternativ­e 21 “S.N.L.” cast

member, 1985-90 22 Emmerich who directed “Independen­ce Day” 23 Portrayer of Buffett

in “Too Big to Fail” 24 Doesn’t cool down 25 What’s involved in

a tongue twister? 28 Alternativ­e to “la” 29 School leader? 30 Good looks or a

nice personalit­y 31 Who said, “If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize” 32 Very, very top of

the earth’s crust? 35 Outback baby 37 ____ Na Na 39 Subject of many an

internet meme 40 Did some

houseclean­ing 41 Internet

annoyances 44 Handler of many

trays, for short 45 Unit of bricks, so to

speak 47 Beryl and bornite 48 Mary Kay rival 49 First home of the three rich little pigs? 55 Sporty Spice of the

Spice Girls 56 We all do it 57 Recently retired Laker great, to fans 58 Green Day

drummer 63 Gussying up 66 Wally’s bro, on

’50s-60s TV 68 Raw footage? 69 Counting rhyme

start 70 Bank-window

letters 72 Donald Duck’s

nephews, e.g. 74 ____ Barkley, Truman’s vice president 75 Sing about? 76 Dixie term of

address 78 Curt ____, 2001

World Series M.V.P. 80 Suffragist Elizabeth

Cady ____ 83 Polish site 85 Entrance requiremen­ts, informally 86 The first step 87 Two things the candy lover took to the beach? 90 Going ____ 91 Still quite red 95 Abbr. on a copier

tray 96 Every leader of

North Korea so far 97 Like supermarke­ts, theaters and planes 99 Sci-fi-inspired toys

of the 1980s 101 Suffix with Darwin 103 Point 104 Peer onstage 105 What an overbearin­g sergeant causes? 108 Green org. 110 Actress Hayek 114 …, to Samuel

Morse 115 Spirits: Abbr. 116 What improved tire tread produces? 119 Something you might have a handle on 122 New Mexico

natives 123 Ruin, as a parade 124 IMAX predecesso­r 125 Cousin of an

impala 126 Seinfeld’s “puffy

shirt,” e.g. 127 Painkiller­s 128 Spine part 129 Detects

DOWN

1 It helps get the blood flowing 2 Some gowns 3 “American Psycho”

author 4 The cantina in

“Star Wars,” e.g.? 5 Bit of summer

wear 6 Onetime Expos/ Mets outfielder Chávez 7 X-coordinate 8 Custom 9 New York native 10 “Vive ____!” 11 Response: Abbr. 12 Too tired for the

task, say 13 Product that works, and is stored, under the sink 14 Mystery writer

Dorothy 15 “____ bodkins!” 16 More run-down 17 Like some soap 18 Shifts to the right 20 Follow 26 Appointmen­t-book

page 27 Fed. reactor

monitor 33 Ink 34 Wee hour 36 Will work 38 Peddle 41 Coddles 42 Have thirds,

say 43 Cornmeal dish 44 Hot 46 Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. 50 “Glad the week’s

almost over!” 51 Pitchfork-wielding

group 52 Help illegally 53 Narrows the gap

with 54 Only country with a nonrectang­ular flag 59 Where they sell accessorie­s at a pet shop? 60 Like a satellite’s

path 61 Unvarying in tone 62 Kind of truck 64 Red Cross setup 65 Humongous 67 Mark 71 Group sharing a

tartan 73 Only state with a nonrectang­ular flag 77 Rap epithet 79 “Nope, huh-uh” 81 Night ____ 82 Bottom-line

figure 84 Villain in “The

Avengers” 88 Historic blocks 89 Internet surfing,

often 91 Daphne du Maurier novel made into a Best Picture 92 Flooded with 93 “South Pacific”

star ____ Brazzi 94 Squeak (by) 98 Proportion­ate 100 Like a clear night

sky 102 Quill tip 103 Yearly tree growths 104 Long-nosed fish 106 Online finance firm 107 Moved like sap 109 Concern for vets 111 “Peanuts”

thumb-sucker 112 North Woods

denizen 113 Queen ____ lace 117 Some, to Spaniards 118 Some Wall St.

traders 120 “Ideas worth

spreading” grp. 121 “Live ____” (Taco

Bell slogan)

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©2016 New York Times 7/10/16

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