Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

TANGENT

- By Adam Wagner /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Gambling spot? 4 Chap

8 Addis ____

13 Pro response

16 Bit of chicanery 17 ____ water (healthful

drink)

18 Totally uncool

19 Rock’s Jethro ____ 20 “You’re gonna love

this, I promise!” 22 Urban area typically with the tallest buildings

24 Rocky road topping? 25 Length for a

pregnancy 27 Moneymakin­g

venture

28 LeBron James

became one in 2018 29 That’s the spirit! 30 Highway network that famously has sections without a speed limit 32 Service recipient 33 An ocean

34 Device dusted off to watch old home movies, maybe 35 Flat-topped French

hat

36 Ante alternativ­e

37 Musician Brian 38 Public court

proceeding

40 Many a bad Yelp

review

41 Luxuriate (in) 42 They’re not sciences 43 ____ Cannon, creator of the “Pitch Perfect” film series 44 Fish sticks? 48 Strength of

character

50 “Me!” 52 Compliment to a

French chef 54 Crackerjac­k 56 Slack-jawed 59 Automotive successor of the Bel Air

60 Proudly embody,

informally

61 What you’re on when you’re making progress

64 Product sold on a

rack, informally 65 “Them’s fightin’

words!”

67 Set one’s sights 68 Welcome-center

handouts

70 Free of flaws, as a

reputation 72 DiFranco of folk 73 Sewer in American

history

74 Hamlet’s cousin 75 Music-genre prefix 76 Ideal engine sound 79 Duel personalit­ies?

81 Like some memes 83 Major concern for a

meteorolog­ist 85 The Bruins, on

scoreboard­s 88 Contents of a

household box 89 Pasta whose name means “barley” in Italian

90 Startled scream

91 Weight

92 Goes from one thing

to another 11/20/22

94 Purchase option for

a dedicated fan 96 Like dumbbells

97 Like Roma tomatoes 98 Something that may

be sold by the yard 99 The Nature Conservanc­y and World Wildlife Fund, e.g., in brief

100 Hate, hate, hate

101 Certain juicing need 104 Residentia­l

constructi­on project 106 Deep shot, in hoops 107 Weird

108 Brother of Logan

Roy on “Succession” 109 Has a meal

110 Urban grid: Abbr.

111 Tennis champ ____

Osaka

112 Figs. first issued in

1936

113 Summer on the

Riviera

DOWN

1 Subscripti­on platform for online-content creators 2 “That is my

intention”

3 Where the ilium and

ischium are 4 Inhabitant of Ireland

or Scotland 5 Holiday helper

6 Sign that you can’t

go back now? 7 Philosophi­cal pillar

8 ____ Arbor, Mich. 9 Deep inhalation to get high

10 Ordered delivery, perhaps

11 Hive mind of “Star Trek: TNG,” with “the”

12 National Dog Show org.

13 ____ someone’s yum (criticized a person’s tastes, slangily)

14 Discovery astronaut Ochoa

15 With it

16 Shake a little 19 Amtrak booking

21 Worker with wax 22 “Oof, what a day!” 23 Run-D.M.C.’s “You Be ____”

26 Longtime co-host of the annual Macy’s Thanksgivi­ng Day Parade

30 Good Texas hold ‘em hand

31 Auto-loan figs.

32 Bit of roofing in Spanish-style architectu­re 34 Biden and Harris, notably, in brief 36 Underwire undergarme­nts 38 Muffin makeup, maybe 39 Over-emoter 41 Trade, informally

43 Star N.F.L. wide-receiver

Allen

45 First family from Illinois

46 Exercise in a swimming pool 47 Grabs

48 “____ Life” (1981 Rick James single) 49 Tool for cutting wood along the grain 51 Scandalize­d

52 Pro who gets many return customers?

53 Bad makeup artist

54 Spot for a band 55 High ways

56 Early stop at a casino, maybe 57 Univ. senior’s hurdle 58 Funding

62 “____ but a scratch”: oft-quoted Monty Python line

63 Con artist 66 Chattering plastic teeth, for one 69 Rapper ____ Def 71 Group with lodges 72 Part of E.T.A.: Abbr. 76 100% 77 Allow for more highdensit­y housing and mixed-use developmen­t, in urban-planning lingo

78 Company shake-up,

for short

80 Symbol of

sturdiness

82 Pallid

83 Problem for

a pitcher

84 They have their ups

and downs

85 & 86 Very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle’s clues?

87 Grand mounts 88 They go around at

museums

91 Coffin carrier 92 Drops down?

93 In no way

hidden

94 It has only one-sixth of the mass of Earth’s moon 95 Goobers 96 Pentagon

inits.

98 Cousin of turquoise 100 Part of the eye that focuses light onto the retina

102 Momma’s boy

103 Big name in outdoor

gear

105 Jones of CNN

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