SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
GIVE ME A BREAK!
ACROSS
1 Texas terminus of I-35 7 Place for a plug 14 Sport coached by Ted Lasso 20 Relative of a June bug 21 Animal farm facility 22 Shining intensely 23 Zone out? 25 Milton who designed the “I [heart] NY” logo 26 Off 27 A handful 29 Channel for watching N.C.A.A. games 30 Aid for a novice guitarist 33 Fool, from the Yiddish 34 Beginner’s edition? 37 Home of Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 39 German article 40 Certain vaccine target 41 Big mouths 42 Fairy look-alike 44 God who lent his name to a weekday 45 Bruce Wayne in the Batman comics, e.g. 47 Seat at the dining table? 50 Meds often come in them, for short 51 Identifying statement 54 Real name that becomes a fake one by changing its first letter 55 Tranquil state of mind 56 Character at the center of “Dunkirk”? 57 Without holding back 58 Kicked out of school, say 60 Atop 62 Beverage that can be served hinatakan (“sun-bathed”) 63 Beauty that runs in the family? 66 Family member 71 Brazilian currency 72 Price of ignorance, so to speak 78 Like much baby food 79 U.S. agcy. originally set up to fund war expenses 80 Words of praise 81 “Psycho” mother 82 Search blindly (for) 83 Some significant others, for short 84 Boys’ club? 87 Shape of a certain bean 89 Expose 90 Bounded 91 Result of some bargaining 93 Words to a pet at the door 95 Dollop 97 Greasy garage job 98 Swindle by instant messaging? 100 Reproductive cell 102 Something to aim for on a golf course 103 Irish name meaning “lover of hounds” 104 Toronado or Cutlass, informally 105 Pointed at, say 107 Tone deafness, medically 109 Use a family crypt? 115 Like Halley’s comet every 75 or so years 116 Not tell a soul 117 House floor manager? 118 Formal 119 Adventure-seeking travelers, in old usage 120 Polynesian language
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1 Supposed influence on Pink Floyd’s “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” 2 One in the hand? 3 Knock 4 The ____ Tour (2023 Taylor Swift concert series that broke Ticketmaster) 5 “Pride and Prejudice” surname 6 Becomes unduly prominent 7 Forty winks 8 When said three times, mantra for some accused 9 Completed collection 10 Conspicuous kissing, e.g., for short 11 Like some casts 12 Orange and peach, for example 13 Word has it! 14 Droop 15 One giving creepy looks 16 Yearbook signers 17 World’s largest inland body of water 18 Thus far, poetically 19 You might see them now and again 24 Fortune 500 company whose logo is a blue infinity symbol 28 Wisconsin politico Tony 30 Cornhole attempts 31 Lab vial 32 Long, narrow piece of jewelry 34 “If u ask me ...” 35 He can be found above it 36 Particularly: Abbr. 38 Pester with little bites 43 “Rubbish!” 44 Food container 46 Jazz great Al 48 Third-largest city of Turkey 49 It comes after nine but not after 10 50 Flowing tresses 52 Subject of D.C.’s Stone of Hope memorial 53 Word before tooth or candy 56 Chancellor who oversaw Germany’s reunification 57 Centers of attention 59 Gave a thumbs-up 60 Exploits 61 Organizer of a school field day, for short 62 Extra-crisp, informally 64 Goofs up 65 Sea change? 66 Dealership stat 67 The “Noster” in “Pater Noster” 68 Rhinoplasty target, maybe 69 Some vintage photo tints 70 Got started, with “off” 73 At some point 74 Come to 75 Cause to stumble 76 It divides and multiplies 77 Friend of Buffy on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 79 “So to speak” 80 Shout heard in the Plaza México 83 ____ box (lunch option) 84 Long-handled hammer 85 Affectedly creative 86 Pink Floyd’s lightrefracting prism, for one iconic example 88 Cancel 89 Reinforce 91 Predecessor of a USB drive 92 Like a screw after being turned counterclockwise 94 Gilda of the original “S.N.L.” cast 95 Clay figures in Jewish lore 96 Like the Toyota logo 99 People of western New York 101 “Same” 105 More than just a sec? 106 One-named singer with the 1961 No. 1 hit “Runaround Sue” 108 Word with where and how, but not usually why 110 Org. established by 111-Down 111 Prez who established the 110Down 112 Initial shock? 113 Suns setting, for short 114 Japanese honorific