Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD: ALTERNATIV­E CINEMA

- By Francis Heaney /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Red Guard

members

8 They can get

canceled

14 Sticky situation 20 Remove braids

from

21 “Likewise!”

22 Way to go 23 Alternativ­e title for

“The Dirty Dozen”? 25 Sorted in order 26 Hear here! 27 Complete

28 “Vous êtes ____” (French map notation)

30 Alan with six Emmys

31 Pulled from a raffle drum

33 Alternativ­e title for “Cleopatra”? 38 Words to a betrayer

40 Partner of cut

41 St. ____ Chapel, New York City public building in continuous use since 1766

42 Dessert often topped with caramel sauce 45 Newswire co.

47 Zip

48 Disc-brake components 51 Alternativ­e title for “Frankenste­in”? 55 Took a load off 56 Monopoly token elected by an internet vote

57 “Sure, that makes sense”

58 Trust

60 “____ Another” (NPR game show) 62 Toyota model since 1966

64 Van ____, Calif. 65 D.C. donor

67 “Hey, pal, over here!”

68 & 70 Alternativ­e title for “To Kill a Mockingbir­d”? 72 Female friend, in France

75 Phillipa who played Eliza in the original cast of “Hamilton” 76 Hook’s sidekick 79 “The Hangover” co-star

83 Mortgage co.

85 Just out of the freezer

88 They feature clowns and rope tricks

89 Grp. organizing school dances 90 Make a move 92 Alternativ­e title for “Titanic”?

94 Hello Kitty company

96 Calendar spans: Abbr.

97 Actress Tyler who will be an apt age in 2031

98 Stopovers

99 Gives a hoot

101 “Ella and ____” (1956 jazz album) 104 Sandal brand

106 Alternativ­e title for “Gone Girl”? 110 Sheepskin holders

114 Shankar who taught sitar to George Harrison 115 ASCAP alternativ­e 116 ____-faire 118 “Blueberrie­s for ____” (classic children’s book) 119 Nabisco’s first cracker brand, introduced in 1899 121 Alternativ­e title for “The Name of the Rose”?

126 Duck dish

127 “Welp, guess I have to try again” 128 Develop over time 129 Lowbrow art

130 Round things? 131 Terry Bradshaw, for his entire career

DOWN

1 Like commercial­s,

often

2 First name of a Peace Nobelist that ends ironically 3 “Einstein on the Beach,” e.g.

4 “____ say!” 5 Scholar

6 Seating section

7 Recipients of venture capital 8 Joined a petition 9 What a dental scaler removes 10 Senator Klobuchar 11 Production co. behind “Rhoda” and “Newhart” 12 “Once upon a midnight dreary …” penner

13 Ending with ultraor super14 Sauce on chicken Parmesan

15 Parts of zygotes 16 French automaker 17 They don’t go much higher than the tongue

18 Soft leather 19 Two-door or fourdoor

24 Unenthused response to “Wanna?”

29 Upper limit

32 Turned in

34 Charles ____, religious leader known as “The Father of Modern Revivalism” 35 Lengths for rulers

36 Killed time 37 Workload that must be met

39 Pets kept in terrariums 42 Bank-backing grp. 43 Something trademarke­d 44 Laptop brand 46 “____ be an honor”

49 Head-butts 50 [Actually, don’t delete this] 52 Smooth-tongued 53 Painter Magritte 54 “The Simpsons” character with a Ph.D.

55 Catch

59 Nail-polish brand 61 Shortcut for a frequent contact 63 Approximat­ely 66 Outmoded part of a laptop

69 Hither and ___ 70 What a koozie might keep cool 71 Seller of the Ultimate Waffle Sandwich

72 Nile snakes

73 ____ Hari 74 “Regardless …” 76 Stone to cast? 77 Slugger Hideki named the 2009 World Series M.V.P. 78 Pasture parent 80 Nuevo ____ (Mexican state)

81 Like grass you can smell, perhaps

82 IDs assigned at birth: Abbr.

84 Boxer Ali

86 Tharp who choreograp­hed “Hair”

87 Modem letters 91 Soothing summer soak 93 Chart-toppers 95 Raised sculptures 100 Prefix with pathetic

102 Needs medicine, say

103 Humble abodes 105 Italian city NW of Milan

106 Semi, e.g.

107 Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum city 108 Food item

109 “The Loco-Motion” singer Little ____ 111 Standard

112 Not glossy

113 More underhande­d 117 “A likely story!” 120 O.E.D. part: Abbr. 122 Casablanca’s country: Abbr.

123 Ivy League nickname

124 Make a break for it 125 Had

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