Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By Randolph Ross /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS 1 Lack of this results in baldness

6 Alcohol

13 Scenes from action movies

19 Old foundation 21 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi thriller

22 Get back 23 Parenting: A+ 25 Night demons 26 Maintain 27 Number of people in an office?

29 “Step ____!” 30 Bye word 33 Nervous stress 34 Chip-on-one’s-shoulder outlooks, in slang

35 Taming wild horses: D40 Reflex messengers

42 Heavy metal 43 Some kitchen appliances

44 Wildlife conservati­onist’s device

47 Union station? 49 Valet skills: B+

54 You can dig it 55 Spain and England in the 16th century 57 Like a sure bet 58 Watch chains

59 Do an old printing-house job

60 Skills, in Sevilla 61 Heart 62 Hosting a morning news show: C+

67 Photo finish

70 First draft picks 71 It makes stealing pay off

75 “See you later!” 76 Cheerful

78 Norman Lear series star

80 Spots 81 Stuffing tip jars: D 83 Chip away at 84 Bottom-line figure

86 Alternativ­e to a Maxwell 87 Indy winner Luyendyk

88 Hot stuff 91 Employee efficiency: D+

95 Sorcerer

97 Much, informally 99 Supply-____ (economic theorist)

100 Growing room

101 Do a P.R. makeover on

103 16501-16511

107 Put on hold 109 Baseball skill: C

113 Protect, as freshness

114 What to do once you’ve made your bed, per a saying 115 Skirts

116 Nueva York, e.g. 117 Afterword 118 Bibliograp­hical abbr. DOWN 1 Channel on which to see some b&w films

2 Fleece

3 Noted Deco designer

4 1975 Wimbledon champ

5 New Age author Chopra

6 Apt name for a cook?

7 Lulu

8 Used Gchat, e.g. 9 Went back through a passage

10 Hockey infraction 11 “Yer darn ____!” 12 Clear soda

13 Lit ____

14 Farm setter

15 Story 16 Stereo quality: B

17 Blake who wrote “Memories of You” 18 Roast rotators 20 Fantasy author Canavan, author of the “Black Magician” trilogy 24 Whirl

28 Producers of the most Mideast oil 31 Actress

Samantha

32 Rides since 2011 34 Burned rubber 35 Designer Bill

36 U. S. Grant adversary

37 Trouble terribly 38 Learns to live with 39 Set a price of 41 Malodorous

45 Metro areas, informally

46 Sticks together? 48 Luxury-car pioneer Henry

49 One may exert pressure 50 Significan­t advances

51 The other guys

52 Diver Louganis 53 Porgy and bass 56 F.D.R. program 58 Dangerous structure

60 Combat zone 61 Anglican headwear 63 Strong brew 64 “Movin’ ____”

65 Call attention to, as a potential problem

66 Small power source

67 Classic shoe name 68 Starting job in Washington, say

69 Fashion sense: A 72 Lead-in to fare 73 Part of a TV transmissi­on

74 ____ Garson, Oscar winner for “Mrs. Miniver”

76 Solomonlik­e 77 One-eighth part 78 Funeral stands 79 Mushroom that might be served in ramen

81 Uncivil greetings 82 Sign of a smash hit 85 ____ de Vil,

Disney villain 89 Patch (together) 90 Way to get to Harlem, per Duke Ellington

91 Desire a piece of the action 92 Conception 93 Chutzpah

94 Mourn

95 Snooker shot

96 Flu symptoms

98 Full

101 Clinton’s attorney general for all eight years

102 Rat Pack nickname

104 Quod ____ faciendum 105 Stationer’s stock

106 “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” writer

108 Kid-____ (TV for tots)

110 Tiny criticism 111 Pioneer cellphone co.

112 Fancy-looking name appendage

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