SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
ACROSS
1 What helicopter
rotors do
5 “____ to Psyche” 8 Bartók and Lugosi 13 Seven Sisters school that went coed in 1969 19 Famous feature of the Florence Cathedral 20 Romulus, exempli gratia
21 It goes up with alcohol consumption 23 Cereal mascot since 1933 24 N.Y.C.-based dance troupe
25 Memoirist
26 Psalm 63 opening 28 Unable to choose 30 Blood drive worker 31 On the way
32 Many
34 Tactless
36 Marsh flora
38 Rapper Lil ____ X 39 Journalist and author
42 Maui setting: Abbr. 44 Downwind
45 Mimic
46 Quarry, e.g.
47 Raise one’s spirits 49 Weighed on 51 Gangster’s gun 52 Large print source 54 Org. for the Demon Deacons and Blue Devils
55 Sci-fi author 58 Observance on Yom Kippur or during Ramadan 61 H.S. class for future engineers, say 62 Spoke with a forked tongue 63 Guides of a sort 64 “From where I sit,” briefly
65 Increases
66 Word appearing on only one current U.S. coin (the nickel)
67 Bit
68 Yonder
72 Medium on display at Brickworld 73 Famed rights advocate
75 Agcy. that supports entrepreneurs 77 Many a middle schooler
78 Sounds during a strep test
79 1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line “Take it easy”
84 Buenos ____
85 Sis’s sib
86 Isn’t in the black 87 Information on a game box
88 The so-called “winter blues,” for short
89 Noted politician and orator 93 “Honor”-able org. 95 Gush
97 Largest cell in the human body
98 Got by
99 Yeats’s homeland 101 Brings up
103 Award for Best Moment, e.g.
105 The “1” of 10-1, say 106 American composer and lyricist
109 Canyon maker
111 Kissers
113 “I can’t understand
this at all”
114 Half of a blackjack 115 Hideout
116 Star of the “Taken”
film series
117 Wind ____
118 “Erie Canal” mule 119 Certain IDs
DOWN
1 MS. units
2 Site of the first Ironman race (1978)
3 Words accompanying “Uh-oh!”
4 Moved, as in a greenhouse
5 ____ pro nobis 6 Factor affecting a bond’s rating
7 Took by threat 8 Actor on Time’s list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century 9 California’s ____ River
10 Reclined
11 Hex’d
12 Playing on both sides
13 “I ____” (sticker message)
14 “I’ll take that as ____” 15 Parts of a portfolio: Abbr.
16 Iconic environmental book
17 Maker of the classic Radarange 18 Concludes one’s case
22 “Ghosts” playwright
27 Forest mother 29 River through Dortmund
32 Model of vengeful obsession
33 Part of a Swiss bank account
35 One good at reading emotions 37 Boating hazard 40 Something a house might be built on 41 Epigrammatic 43 Brand in the dessert aisle
47 Clue collectors, for short
48 Grow a fondness for
50 Grub
51 Assoc.
52 Includes surreptitiously 53 Melds
55 Left on board
56 High percentage of criminals? 57 No longer green, say
58 Popular sans-serif typeface
59 Truism based on a line by Gertrude Stein
60 Major source of coffee beans 61 Mass-produced response? 63 Inspiration for a horror movie? 64 Nobelist Pavlov 66 Hammer feature 68 U.K. honours 69 Choreographer Twyla
70 Trio often heard in December 71 Northern borders?
74 Can’t do without 75 Runners support it
76 Place of security 79 What causes a willo’-the-wisp
80 Ann and Andy, notably
81 The King of Latin Pop
82 Popular sports news website 83 ExxonMobil abroad
85 Promise
86 Heavy responsibility 89 Comment following an unrepentant admission 90 Symbolic socioeconomic divider
91 Less bumpy
92 Suffix with sex or text
93 Get the show on the road
94 Número de Maravillas del Mundo
Antiguo
96 Get one’s hair just right
100 Bits of work 102 Something a cobbler may hold
104 “It’s fun to stay at the ____” (1978 hit lyric)
107 Miracle-____
108 Org. for docs
110 Bit of animation
112 About one-quarter of a high school: Abbr.