SUNDAY CROSSWORD: ABOUT TWO FEET
ACROSS
1 Band with the 2021 No. 1 hit “Butter”
4 Under 1%, say 8 What always has
time on its hands 13 Turns down 17 Abraham Accords
country: Abbr. 18 “Put your wallet
away”
19 Hill who wrote “Speaking Truth to Power”
20 Think of
22 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for best makeup 25 Broadway, e.g. 26 Mobile homes,
punnily 27 Secretary of the
interior Haaland 29 Oil company with
toy trucks 30 Georgetown
athlete
31 Razor edges? 32 Coin-toss spots,
once
35 Longed (for) 39 What “X” could
mark on a map 41 Jazz genre for
Charlie Parker 43 Court count 44 “____ that
somethin’!” 45 Author of “The Climate Book,” 2022
48 Vegetable that can be slimy when cooked 50 Abounds 53 Crystal container 54 Airport across the
bay from SFO 56 OB-GYN offering 58 Group of
candidates 60 Pantomimes,
perhaps 61 Important part of
a toddler’s day 65 What follows You
on the internet 67 Paella seasoning 68 “Don’t be ____!” 69 In which “P or Q, but not both” is represented as (PvQ)^¬(P^Q) 71 Prompt
72 Soup often made with rice vermicelli noodles 73 ____-Missouria
Tribe
74 Peacock seen on
TV
75 Called up 76 Diner-caddy
offering
78 Garage brand 80 Alley ____
81 “My goodness!” 82 Linguistic group including Zulu and Xhosa
84 Coast, in a way 87 Highfalutin 90 Zero
92 Does an
impression of 94 Give in
95 “Stop, I’m
blushing!” 99 Break after a
major fall? 103 Evening coffee
order
104 Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye
106 Love, at the Louvre 107 The “I” in FIFA:
Abbr.
108 Greek vowel
109 “This was fun, but I
gotta go”
113 Mages’
accessories
115 High standards established by a predecessor ... or what you are presented with in this puzzle?
118 File menu option 119 Future 122-Across 120 Like heterochromia in eyes
121 Actress Long
122 Future flower
123 Author/economist
Emily
124 Makes a case
against, say
125 Ready-to-go link?
DOWN
1 “... is there a reason, though?” 2 Its name derives from the Washoe for “lake” 3 Informal farewell 4 G, in the C scale 5 Hopping joint? 6 Devious sorts 7 Conductor Zubin 8 Asks to join
9 A couple of chips, say
10 Collegiate beaver mascot whose name is its school spelled backward 11 Overseer of Windy City buses and trains, in brief 12 Twitter username 13 Software engineer, for short
14 Chill place to stay?
15 “Olympia” painter 16 Like some winter roads
20 Chinese zodiac animal of 2023 21 Minus
23 AirPods, e.g. 24 National org. that doesn’t actually have an age requirement for membership 28 Designer Schiaparelli
32 Go down in flames 33 Cheri of
Hollywood
34 “Be right with you!”
36 Wildlife spotted in Haleakala National Park 37 Recede
38 Female 20-Down 40 ____ Negro (Amazon tributary) 42 Certain side wagers, informally 45 Silicon Valley, e.g. 46 Angles above 90
degrees?
47 Cat, in Spanish 49 Feature that helps to avoid late penalties 51 Contents of some
streaks on cheeks 52 Unflagging 53 Shocked sounds 55 Pottery oven 57 Excavated 59 Poetic lament 61 Sullivan’s opponent in a landmark free speech case: Abbr.
62 Stephen K. ____, British stand-up comedian 63 Alien-film franchise, for short
64 Prefix with sphere
or system 66 Prefix with sphere
or system
69 In a way
70 Online initialism rarely meant literally 75 Proxima Centauri,
e.g. 77 Alternative to a
monthly charge 79 Actor Oliver 81 Ventimiglia of
“This Is Us” 83 “Although ... “85 Pentathlon
event
86 “____
Rosenkavalier” 88 That guy’s 89 Recliner setting 91 Accept, as losses 93 Show excessive
affection toward 95 Gossips
96 B to B, e.g.
97 We don’t talk
about that 98 Petrol brand
100 Attentiongrabbing protests
101 Charlotte ____, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands
102 Loudly
chastise
103 Insult
105 Rated rides
109 Deer ____,
Maine vacation destination
110 “Man of the open country,” in Genesis
111 French 101 verb 112 Turndowns
114 It goes in and out 116 E.R. lines
117 ____ check