Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

A MONUMENTAL CENTENNIAL

- By Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Part of a big media

campaign

5 About 200 feet, for

a Boeing 777 9 Artist Vincent van

____

13 Tiara go-with 17 Kind of spider commonly found near train tracks 18 Held on to 19 Slacks, say, in

slang

20 Apparel in many a

Degas painting 21 With 23-Across, what this puzzle’s subject promised in his most famous address

23 See 21-Across 25 Premium flight

amenity 26 Piercing-free

bijouterie 27 Landmark dedicated on 5/30/1922 33 Raymond ____, Best Actor nominee for portraying this puzzle’s subject (1940)

36 Hades’ collection 37 Rough and uneven 41 Actress Green of

“Casino Royale” 42 They watch what

you eat, for short 44 Order of

doughnuts

45 It’s in, then it’s out 46 “Norma ____” 47 Pining away 50 Suitcase

51 He played

Ferris Bueller’s droning economics teacher 53 Something easily

snapped 54 Pay-____-click (advertisin­g model)

55 Place for an ace 56 Wish to take back 57 Composer Zimmer 58 N.H.L. great Bobby 60 PDF alternativ­e 62 Get the ____ 63 Situated

64 Office

67 Big moneymaker 71 Italicize or

underline

74 It’s all about me 76 Feature first recommende­d to this puzzle’s subject by an 11-year-old girl 77 Extendable

recording device 78 Rivendell resident, in “The Lord of the Rings”

79 Drink (up)

80 “You with me?” 81 ____ Offroad Fury (2000s video game series)

82 Cable news anchor

Cabrera

83 Stuffed pockets 85 Nickname for this

puzzle’s subject 88 Eponymous

physicist Mach 90 Have ____ (be able to jump high, in slang)

92 Ulysses S. Grant,

e.g.

93 Bit of “deets” 94 Locales in a winery

tour, perhaps 96 Bikini’s place 99 “Crazy Rich

Asians” director Jon M. ____

100 IV site, for short

101 Choose

102 When repeated,

cheer accessory 104 Stretches

109 Trattoria staple

111 Takes part in a pilot

program?

112 Sanskrit for “great

soul”

113 Sent a letter

114 Govt. aid for a mom-and-pop store

115 Some titles with

tildes

116 Backs

DOWN

1 Some Asian cuisine 2 Skiing star Lindsey 3 Partner of aid 4 Pieces included

with Ikea furniture 5 Barely get wet? 6 Writer Georges

whose 300-page novel “A Void” completely avoided the letter E

7 Is ____ (probably

will)

8 Utmost

9 Classic Pontiac 10 Title role in a

Monteverdi opera 11 Win at life 12 One-eyed giant? 13 McCartney of

fashion

14 Maker of the Q7

and Q8

15 Cry from one being

tickled, maybe 16 Runs well 22 Snug-fitting

underwear 24 Greetings sent

with a click

28 Tab inits. 29 Unlikely winners in

Fortnite, say 30 Earful in an

elevator

31 Dead lines?

32 I.S.P. alternativ­e to

84-Down

33 Diner order

34 Say outright

35 One epithet for this puzzle’s subject

38 Another epithet for this puzzle’s subject 39 “Buy low, sell high”

outcome

40 Aches (for) 43 Nailed

45 Ongoing quarrel 48 Cousin of a bittern 49 Ray of McDonald’s

fame

51 Arched body part 52 Utility bill unit 59 Campaign nickname that reflected the rustic upbringing of this puzzle’s subject 61 Beachside locale 62 Loving turndown 63 Accessory in which this puzzle’s subject stashed important documents 64 [Outta my way,

slowpoke!] 65 Wrinkly fruit 66 Home to about 75% of the world’s tornadoes 68 Rocker Bob

69 More than

unpleasant 70 Island whose capital and largest city is Iraklion 71 Habitual drinker 72 Subject of the seven-letter mnemonic PALE GAS 73 “Zip-a-dee-doodah,” e.g. 75 Fastball stat

77 Hon

84 I.S.P. alternativ­e to

32-Down

86 Biting remarks? 87 ____ on over (go somewhere, in slang)

89 Court figure,

informally 91 Perfumed

pouches 93 Symbols of rebirth in ancient Egypt 94 Goat’s milk

cheese

95 Anthony or Joe who directed “Avengers: Endgame” 97 Makeup set?

98 One making a

racket?

99 Some arcade machine mechanisms

103 Spooky sounds

105 One chased by un

perro

106 Lead-in to historic 107 ____ the Kid, rhyming N.H.L. nickname

108 Otolaryngo­logist,

for short

110 This really blows

 ?? ?? 6/12/22
6/12/22

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States