SUNDAY CROSSWORD: OFF BRAND
ACROSS
1 A is one 8 Ozone-harming compounds, for short
12 Actor Guy
18 “How awesome!” 19 Play with, as a cat
might a toy mouse 20 Naysayers
21 Five guys?
23 It might have desks
and drawers 24 Shade of purple 25 Those: Sp.
26 Green giant? 28 Ambulance driver,
for short 30 Finished first 32 “____-ching!” 33 Just
34 Like basalt and
obsidian 37 Something sent on
a Listserv
40 Police broadcast,
for short 41 “Special Agent ____” (animated Disney show about a bear)
42 Main character in Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove” 43 Apt name for a
Christmas caroler? 44 ____ Clarendon, first openly transgender W.N.B.A. player 48 Jolly rancher? 51 Hole
52 Diagnosis characterized by repetitive behavior, in brief 53 Focus of a marathon runner’s training
54 Grand opening? 55 Sides (with) 58 ____ school 59 Dessert with some
assembly required 61 Grammy recipient
Lisa
63 What pro bono
lawyers waive 65 General mills? 69 The British 20-pence and 50-pence coins, geometrically 71 Member of a South
Asian diaspora 72 Photo finish 75 Every last drop 76 Bank, often 78 Exams offered four times a year, for short
81 Grown-up pup
82 “I promise I won’t
laugh,” often 83 Certain guiding
principle
84 Texas instruments? 87 Meadow grass with brushlike spikes 90 Fermented Baltic
drink
91 “Ugh, gross” 92 Stag’s date?
93 Doc treating sinus
infections
94 X, in linear
functions 95 Dolphins’ div. 97 Like many a company softball game
8/15/21
99 “That stinks!”
100 Subj. devoting extra time to idioms
102 ____ milk
103 Band aid?
107 Truce
109 Litter-box
emanation
113 Efflux
114 Old navy?
117 Like many a
grillmaster
118 Supermodel Kate 119 Headache helper 120 Took a little look 121 [Hey, over here!] 122 Rough patch DOWN
1 Standing on 2 Texter’s
“Hilarious!”
3 Soy something 4 Ones working
block by block? 5 Hoodwink
6 Drift apart
7 Certain Ivy
Leaguers
8 Pac-12 school,
informally 9 Qualification
shorthand 10 “Ple-e-e-ease?” 11 Help when writing
a letter
12 Its national drink is
the pisco sour 13 State of disorder 14 Some vacation
rentals
15 Lube up again 16 Old pal
17 Actress ____
Creed-Miles 19 South American
capital
20 Figures 22 Statements of will? 27 “The power of global trade” sloganeer
29 ____ Millions 31 Into crystals and
auras, say
34 Its calendar began
in A.D. 622 35 Inflated feeling of
infallibility 36 Letters on a stamp 38 ____ B or ____ C
of the Spice Girls 39 Actor Alan of “Crimes and Misdemeanors” 40 Binghamton Rumble Ponies or Birmingham Barons
41 “My b!”
43 Sign
44 Feudal lord
45 Plots of western
films? 46 Brain-freeze cause,
maybe
47 Does a summer
job?
49 Warrant 50 Magic can be seen
here
51 Relating to land, old-style
56 They can help you
see or taste
57 Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack 60 Airline based near
Tel Aviv 62 Deserving of a
timeout, say
64 Big spread
66 “No need to
elaborate”
67 Like the Hmong
language
68 ____ Ng, author of “Little Fires Everywhere” 69 12/24, e.g.
70 ____ Perlman, role for Timothée Chalamet in
“Call Me by Your Name”
73 Means of
divination 74 “What ____?” 77 Indicate availability, in a way
79 “Weekend, here I
come!”
80 Side dish at a
barbecue 85 Upsilon
preceder 86 Producer of the world’s most widely read consumer catalog 88 Genre for One
Direction
89 “... finished!” 90 Ties
94 Android
alternative 95 Exclamation after
a sigh 96 Teeny-tiny 97 Sporty wheels 98 Eccentric 99 Explorer Richard who made the first flight over the South Pole
101 Attempt to control the narrative, in a way
103 Lava, e.g.
104 Took to court
105 Omar of “Love &
Basketball”
106 Rolls around while
exercising?
108 Quick talk
110 What nyctophobia
is the fear of
111 Slobbery cartoon
character
112 “____ over” (words after letting off steam) 115 Often-contracted
word
116 Tech sch. in Troy,
N.Y.