Triple Play
By Alan Olschwang
ACROSS
1 Wii or Xbox aficionado
6 Tantalizes
12 Mop & —
15 Persian Gulf capital
19 Moby Dick, e.g.
20 Hint at, with “to”
21 Long time
22 Unknown author, for
short
23 Cherries jubilee?
25 Area that separates a
nave from a sanctuary
27 Nixed, at NASA
28 Make less strict
29 Areas of human
development
30 “Macarena” band —
del Río
31 Topped, in a way
34 French possessive
pronoun
35 “I mean a different
cereal box mascot!”?
37 Actor Holbrook
38 Swill
40 Warn with a horn
42 Brown in the kitchen
43 Spring flower
45 India’s smallest state
47 “Trinity” novelist Leon
49 Ships with staterooms
52 Headline after the IT department fixes a bug on Hulu?
57 “Law & Order: SVU”
actor
58 All over the place
59 Headliner
61 Merrie — England
62 Hold on to
65 Comedian
Silverman
68 Scrutinized
Last week’s solution: ““I Oughta Be in Pictures”” 70 All — sudden
71 Tipped off
73 Neck parts
75 Sea nymph of Greek
mythology
77 Junior
78 Roof with removable
panels
80 Defensive trenches
82 Birch family trees
83 Check mark
85 Reggae great Peter
87 Plain
89 Sailing
90 Beer brewed by the
Royal Family?
96 Security system
component
99 Manitoba First
Nations people
100 — trip
101 North Carolina college
town
102 Crook
104 “Yeah, right!”
106 Tight-fitting
109 Former owner of Virgin
Records
110 Where NHLers serve
penalty time?
113 Game with
matchsticks
115 Fruit jam in Sacher
tortes
117 Japanese IT services
giant
118 Mila of “Bad Moms”
119 Useless, batterywise
121 Small fruit pie
122 Knight spot?
124 Wading bird that a girl
can really look up to?
128 River in Tuscany
129 Before, in ballads
130 Changed into
131 Battery terminal
132 “Oh, shoot”
133 Leb. neighbor
134 “... if you know what’s
good for you!”
135 Repairs
DOWN
1 Hudson Riv. crossing
2 Sushi-grade tuna
3 Official flower of two
Southern states
4 — grease
5 Rules
6 Schoolyard game
7 Dresden’s river
8 Margaret Atwood’s “—
Grace”
9 Nightly show with free
admission
10 Beats by a whisker
11 “Catch my drift?”
12 Really bug
13 Golfer Ochoa
14 Winning steadily
15 Some govt. lawyers 16 Dolly the sheep, sitting
all by herself?
17 Climb aboard
18 Nasty anagram
24 Yule tune
26 Tucci’s “Road to
Perdition” role
29 Lets loose
31 Gambler’s marker
32 Almost unique
33 Religious doctrine
36 “Pagliacci” clown
39 Audre Lorde and Lord
Byron, e.g.
41 NHL great Bobby
44 Ink mishap
46 Like most of the
world’s people
48 Make full
50 Colorful timber tree
51 Places
53 Travis of country
54 “BoJack Horseman”
voice actor Will
55 “Get lost!”
56 BLT spread
60 Car manufacturer’s
woe
62 Many dreadlocks
wearers
63 Plaza Hotel girl
64 Cheap perfume?
66 Mil. mail drop
67 Fling with force
69 Street of mystery
72 Way in
74 — whisper
76 Wise words
79 Tiny fraction of a min.
81 Catches
84 Golean cereal maker
86 Hound
88 Massey of old films
91 French article
92 Sven of “Frozen,” for
one
93 Kind of microscope
94 Dallas quarterback
after Bledsoe
95 Cross mood
97 Farmyard noises
98 Picture puzzles
103 Fancy duds
105 Intense
107 Until
108 “Gilmore Girls” actress
Lauren
110 Early Peruvian
111 India’s first prime
minister
112 Compound in
fireworks
114 Taj —
116 Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry
120 Pols from blue states,
usually
123 Brillo rival
124 “Succession” network
125 Food Network host
Drummond
126 Out of the ordinary
127 Early video game
letters
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