Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD: JOB SHARING

- By Daniel Okulitch and /Edited By Will Shortz Doug Peterson

ACROSS

1 Research subject for which Bohr won a Physics Nobel

5 Grimm account 9 Musical medley 15 Like cranberrie­s 19 Protagonis­t of Colson Whitehead’s “The Undergroun­d Railroad” 20 Big-time

21 Tarot deck

grouping

22 Trash day

reminder, maybe 23 Side hustle for a

hairstylis­t? 25 Rodent-catching

feline

26 Maker of Regenerist products

27 Oust

28 French auto

pioneer Louis 30 Dan Conner and

Danny Tanner, e.g. 32 [Blown kiss] 34 Side hustle for a

veterinari­an? 36 Manage OK 39 Dangerous crowd 41 Try to lighten up,

perhaps?

42 New York Cosmos

star of the ’70s 43 Metal precioso 44 Polite rejection 46 National gemstone

of Mexico

50 Side hustle for a

therapist?

56 “A Confederac­y of

Dunces” author 57 Shed, with “off” 58 Many a Sharon

Olds poem 59 Leaf-to-branch

angles

62 It may be glossed

over

63 Turned

65 Its fleece is

hypoallerg­enic 66 Part of a gig

67 Side hustle for an

anesthesio­logist? 73 Leon who wrote

“Battle Cry” 74 Avid bird-watcher,

say

75 URL divider

76 “Mr. Mayor” airer 77 First stroke of the

day

78 Holy ones: Abbr. 81 Spanish city north

of León 84 Encrusted

87 Side hustle for a

carpenter? 90 Netted

93 Give an address 94 Home in the mud 95 Christmas

purchase

96 Like Athena 98 Moving ____

100 Record label for Otis Redding and Big Star

101 Side hustle for a marriage counselor?

106 Small sweater?

108 Cold-weather

jacket

12/26/21

109 Person with lots to

show

111 Kind of license

115 Museum that awards the Turner Prize

116 “Oh yeah? Watch

me!”

118 Side hustle for a

drill instructor? 120 Tech tutorials site 121 Sub groups?

122 Set of showbiz

awards, in brief 123 Hightail it

124 Actress and

inventor Lamarr 125 Where the tradition of shaking hands as a greeting originated

126 Clinches,

with “up”

127 Show off at the

gym

DOWN

1 “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org. 2 Animated figure 3 Evil creatures in

7-Down

4 Defiant retort 5 Large orchestral

gong

6 Mahershala of

“Moonlight” 7 Frodo’s film franchise, familiarly

8 Blues great

Waters

9 One with a nesting

instinct

10 Inflame

11 Shape 12 Something made

in a hurry

13 A in French class 14 One getting down,

so to speak 15 Cheery “Ciao!” 16 Two-time opponent of Dwight

17 Map lines 18 Guilt-producing

meeting, perhaps 24 Maxim 29 Nobel-winning

author Gordimer 31 Park supervisor? 33 Refine

35 Economic stat. 36 Male swans

37 Like one Freudian

fixation

38 Bouncy toys 40 Thrift-store fashion, informally

45 Blue

46 Order member 47 Hindu, for one 48 Justice beginning

in 2006 49 New Testament

miracle recipient 51 “Uh-oh” sounds 52 ____ fresca

53 Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of “borough” in Italian

54 “Mission: Impossible” theme composer Schifrin 55 Convention center

event

60 Some HDTVs 61 1979 Commodores hit with the lyric “Good times never felt so good” 64 Singer Celine 65 One of two in

“Hamilton” 66 Aggressive­ly mainstream, in slang

67 Unit of

prevention

68 ____ legend 69 Revise, as text 70 Org. with Divisions

I-III

71 Suspense novelist

Hoag

72 Pandora native in

“Avatar”

78 Side of a block 79 Word after high or

weak

©2021 New York Times 80 Classic skit

comedy show 82 Sole ingredient in some cookies?

83 Rock with colorful

bands

85 Sum total

86 “Buffy the

Vampire Slayer” vampire

88 Like a bad

outcome for all 89 Great deal 91 Causing quite a

stink

92 Opposite of morn 96 Frank

97 “Hold on ...” 99 Hotel room

restrictio­n

100 Drive to the

station, say

101 Come down with 102 Nonsensica­l

103 Checked a box,

maybe

104 Accent ____

105 Wizards’ wear

107 Giant bird of

Arabian myth

110 Blow a fuse

112 Starbucks size

113 Slurpee relative

114 Party mix

ingredient

117 Big game show

prize

119 Scatter

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