Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
RISE TO THE CHALLENGE
ACROSS
1 Like the protagonist at the
start of ‘‘28 Days Later’’
8 –
14 Lady Macduff, e.g.
18 Group of fighters
19 One way to recoil
21 Male deer
22 ‘‘My ____’’ (No. 1 hit for the
Knack)
23 One of the two main
branches of Buddhism
24 N.B.A. All-star Gobert
25 *Worker with a brush [three
rungs]
27 Fuel option
29 ‘‘Ciao!’’
32 Completely pooped
33 –
38 A.C.C. school
39 Place with counselors
40 Maker of Pilots and
Passports
41 Team ____
42 ‘‘____ Canto’’ (2001 Ann
Patchett novel)
43 Structure resembling a
pergola
45 –
47 Airport with a BART station 50 Mail, e.g.
52 Otis who founded the Otis
Elevator Company
54 Expelled from the body
56 *Captain with a periscope
[four rungs]
58 Some military wear,
informally
60 Carpet specification
61 Former make of Ford
62 [I’m frustrated!]
63 Lab eggs
64 Animation and sculpting,
for two
65 Advances through corporate ranks .?.?. and what the answer to each starred clue in this puzzle does
71 ‘‘Mon ____!’’
74 Singer Grande, to fans
75 Center
76 Celebrity gossip show with an
exclamation point in its title 79 Map inits. until 1991
80 Pest control brand
81 –
84 ‘‘Really good work!’’
86 Sung by a group
87 Writer known for his anthropomorphic animal characters
89 ‘‘When r u coming?’’
90 *Seasonal orchard worker
[eight rungs]
93 Staple of Dutch Golden Age
art
95 Feeling while watching a
volcanic eruption, perhaps 96 According to
98 Narwhal’s tusk, actually
99 Pleasant speech cadence 100 Pen that aptly rhymes with
‘‘click’’
101 *Worker for AT&T or Verizon
[four rungs]
103 Common wall mirror shape 104 Sound on Old Macdonald’s
farm
105 Chicken scratch
106 –
109 Worker who probably isn’t
paid enough
110 Really, really spicy
115 1/100 of a franc
119 Dirt clump
120 Googles, e.g.
121 Like people in crowds, whether intentionally or not 122 Donations for the needy
123 *One putting a coat on outside [three rungs]
124 Surreptitious assents 1 Communications on Slack, e.g. 2 Org. funding Covid-19
research
3 In the manner of
4 Roughly
5 ‘‘Then again .?.?. ,’’ in a tweet 6 Upscale-hotel-room fixture
7 One calling for a tow, maybe 8 Visual depiction of the apparatus used by the starred professionals
9 ‘‘____ wise guy, eh?’’
10 Like some humor
11 Important stretch
12 Stretch longer than an
11-Across
13 Mario who founded a fashion
empire
14 Snowboards well, informally 15 Rabble-rouse
16 Something taken by a waiter 17 ‘‘Cya!’’
19 ‘‘How ____ Your Mother’’
20 Con’s vote
26 Mafia : Sicilia :: Camorra : ____
28 Harden
DOWN
29 Latin for ‘‘trumpet’’
30 Disinclined
31 Temple text
34 Beach in Rio de Janeiro,
informally
35 ‘‘From now ____ won’t be hanging around’’ (bluegrass lyric)
36 1600, in ancient Rome
37 Tick off
39 ____-by-the-sea, Calif.
44 Welcomes, as the new year 46 Narcissist’s treasure
48 Perceived
49 Output from Sappho
51 Cloud
53 Adjustable bike part
55 ‘‘I don’t wanna hear it’’
57 Boxer Laila
58 Stephen who said: ‘‘Think books aren’t scary? Well, think about this: You can’t spell ‘Book’ without ‘Boo!’’’ 59 Director Duvernay
66 Play title that superstitious actors avoid saying aloud in theaters
67 Certain sib
68 Currency to which the
Maltese scudo is pegged
69 Opus ____
70 Hypnotized, say
71 Sci-fi novel made into films in
1984 and 2021
72 Skeptical reply to ‘‘That’s
true’’
73 Activity one tries to get out
of?
77 Sushi condiment
78 Strand, perhaps
80 ‘‘Silly me!’’
82 Pope of 1963-78
83 Government bonds?
85 Preppy clothing brand
86 Ending with leuko- or oo
88 Quick kiss
91 One with a marsupium,
affectionately
92 Bacardi, e.g., in México
94 Threat from a squealer
97 Antelopes with twisty horns 101 Immune system agent
102 Like luxurious pillows
103 Breakfast that may be
prepared overnight
104 Former N.F.L. QB Kyle
105 Pet rescue org.
107 ‘‘The Black Cat’’ author
108 Genderqueer identity
111 Soccer star Messi, familiarly 112 Delta ____ Chi, house in
‘‘Animal House’’
113 B&O and Reading: Abbr.
114 Either half of pocket rockets,
in poker slang
116 ____ Jima
117 Rx from a doc, e.g.
118 Newsroom heads, for short
10/23/2022