Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By Matthew Stock and Will Nediger /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 “Bon ____!”

8 “See ya later!”

13 It covers more than 30 percent of the earth’s surface 20 Donna ____, member of Bill Clinton’s cabinet 21 Klein who wrote the best seller

“This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”

22 Desert whose soil has been compared with that of Mars

23 Biting writings 24 Breakfast treat 25 Persuades a customer to pay more

26 “Or so”

27 Much of a delivery person’s income 29 Makes a choice 31 Hoppin’ 32 Prearrange­d

33 Suffix with official 34 Nickel found in a pocket, say

35 Actor Barinholtz of “The Mindy Project”

36 Classic Camaro 38 ____ K. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for “Life on Mars” 40 Cosmetic that can be applied with a brush

42 Neighbors of exclamatio­n marks 43 “La Dolce ____” 45 Stuffed one’s face 47 Bump on a frog 49 Question regarding a mic

51 Hubbub

52 One of the Blues Brothers

55 Above criticism 56 Question from the befuddled

57 Syrian city with a historic citadel 58 What “10” can mean

60 Extra

62 Rolled one’s r’s, say 63 Linguistic unit 64 Giraffe’s closest living relative

65 Deb ____, secretary of the interior starting in 2021

66 Opposite of ‘neath

67 Regarding

69 Exams for some future clerks:

Abbr.

71 Cold open?

72 Hang out on a line 73 U.K. award bestowed by the queen

74 West Coast news inits.

75 Blunder

76 They cast lots

78 “Love covers a multitude of ____”: I Peter 4:8

79 Lawn material 82 Something’s essential aspect ... or what’s spelled 3/20/22 out by letters in this puzzle’s eight “cups”

87 Comedian

Margaret

90 2011 film for which Octavia Spencer won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar

92 It takes blades to

blades

93 Deal

95 Like the consonants

“t” and “d”

97 Eject forcefully 98 Records request

inits.

99 ____ history

101 Utah’s state flower 102 Org. that sets permissibl­e exposure limits

103 Karaoke instructio­n ... or what to do starting at 10-Down 109 P.R. consultant on

“Ted Lasso”

110 Start playing for

pay

111 Into really small

pieces

112 Scott who sued for

his freedom

113 Afford, casually

114 Add salt to, say

DOWN

1 Home of St. Clare 2 Starfleet weapon 3 Election night calculatio­n ... or what’s traced by the circled letters 4 Name that’s

6-Down backward 5 Save it for a rainy

day!

6 La Corse, par

exemple

7 Brewery employee 8 Comb through 9 Bubs

10 Worker’s “on

vacation” inits. 11 “Actually, I

disagree” 12 Rococo painter of “Allegory of the Planets and Continents” 13 They might be

pregnant 14 Organic energy compound, for short

15 “Mi ____ es su

____”

16 Part of a cold

compress 17 Become clear ... or make like the object represente­d by the circled letters

18 “So then my

response was ... “19 Hereditary

divisions 28 Physicist Newton 30 Loyalty that’s

pledged 37 Lemonlike fruit 38 Big rigs

39 “Well, fine then” 40 Age beautifull­y,

informally

41 Cuss out

42 Big Brother’s

creator

44 Pink pad on a paw, in slang

46 The Lord, in the

Hebrew Bible 48 Start of a simple

request 49 Roly-poly,

scientific­ally 50 ____ torte (Austrian cake)

53 Warm-up act 54 Move shakily 59 Ross Perot founded

it in 1995

60 Lack of

engagement 61 More wacky 62 “You’re just

assuming”

68 It’s blown in the

winds

70 Showed off one’s

pipes

77 Airport with a Harvey Milk terminal: Abbr.

©2022 New York Times 78 Harry Styles tune about a woman who “lives in daydreams” 79 Lines of notes 80 Sight line? 81 Cooked with hot

seasoning

82 Prefix with -lithic 83 Not against the

rules

84 It’s under @ on a

keyboard

85 ____ lodge 86 Rowing machine,

informally

87 Event for moving

vehicles

88 Super

89 Actress Tatum 91 Folk medicine

practition­er 94 Foolish sort 96 Sports fan’s

cheer

97 Universal Human

Rights Mo.

100 Ability to sustain

long-term interest 101 Kiss, in Kent

104 Sports fan’s cheer 105 Gift wrapper’s final

touch

106 Nail-polish

brand

107 Buffet table item 108 Zoo animal whose name rhymes with “zoo”

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