Quite Fitting
ACROSS 1 Quite a strong feeling 6 A real standup bunch 12 Jockey Eddie who won two Triple Crowns 18 Ed in Reagan’s cabinet 19 One way to have ice cream 20 Last part 22 Letting your dad shoot an apple off your head, for example 24 Stealing 26 What the 50,000-word novel “Gadsby” contains, amazingly 27 Here, to un pere 28 Fashionable Christian 30 Actress Swinton 31 Retired space shuttle 35 On the abolitionists’ side 39 Hitching post? 40 Craft with lethal tubes 42 Director Kazan 43 Sudan suffix 44 Bolted 46 Ruby and others 49 Doctors’ directives 51 Shipping option 57 Old nuclear agcy. 58 Broken-dish repair need 59 Vindictiveness 60 Speechify 64 Scrabble pieces 66 “No seats” sign 68 Mantra sounds 69 Rascal’s behavior 71 Richard of “Pollyanna” 72 “Preposterous!” (or an alternate title for this crossword) 75 Approximately 76 Chilled to the bone 78 Highest: abbr. 79 Chilly mo. 80 Retired 7’11” center 81 “Go ahead, ask” 82 Colors may do it 84 Very brief time 86 Wall Street buy: abbr. 87 What the last-minute changes did, perhaps 91 “In other words ...” 93 Twin in the Torah 94 Leader who outlawed mah-jongg 95 The ___ Party 96 93 Across’s nation 98 Calendar rows: abbr. 100 Frat letter 104 Insect with letter-shaped wing markings (3 words) 108 Puzzlesmith and author noted for writing the rebuses on TV’s “Classic Concentration” 111 The ___ Party 112 Mirthful Martha of the movies 114 Hirt and Hirschfeld 115 1947 comedy, “Road to ___” 116 Warner Bros. animator who was the first to have Bugs Bunny say, “What’s up, doc?” 120 Q: “Psst ... what’s the answer to this clue?” A: “___” 124 Classical guitar great 125 Cutlery 126 Photo finish? 127 Senior members 128 Nicoise, par exemple 129 Word on a button DOWN 1 Peet or Plummer 2 Glock’s kick 3 Can’t stand 4 Bolivian bear 5 Foul caller 6 Sorceress of Aeaea 7 Put ___ (behave haughtily) 8 Dallas player, briefly 9 Kept from swelling 10 Papal court 11 Watch secretly 12 QB’s try 13 Old college cheer 14 Nvmber of stories in the Empire State Bvilding 15 Prince Valiant’s wife 16 Palindromic rescuer 17 5th Dimension hit, “___ Bell To Answer” 21 Big name in rap 23 Spectrum mnemonic, ROY G. ___ 25 Approving cry 29 Rd. with a no. 32 Singer Vikki 33 Sumatran simians, briefly 34 Mongolian tent
36 Amo, in America 37 Foal’s father 38 Female thief, in Spanish (anagram of ARNOLD A.) 41 Kings and queens? 45 Nothing 47 They’ve been expelled 48 Like a snail’s trail 50 Red cat of South America (anagram of 112 Across) 51 Actor Warren of “Stripes” 52 Engine type 53 Cream-filled treat 54 Excessively effusive 55 “Hold this” 56 Tennis commentator’s comment 61 Mary Kay rival 62 Mother of mercy? 63 Fake 65 It’s a sin 67 Seed-to-be 69 Bacon from Philadelphia 70 Rich in yellow egginess 72 Trick-or-___ 73 French pupil 74 Martial arts school 77 Thompson or Watson 80 Piece ___ (snap) 82 Broom made of twigs 83 No-win situation 85 Not masc. 88 Nursery nappy 89 Loud laughs 90 Loud laughter 91 Sent, in pre-fax days 92 Take a stab (at) 95 Some pit-crew changes 97 Casablanca’s country: abbr. 99 Didn’t look away? 101 Fool’s gold 102 Puts on a coat 103 Battery terminals 104 Three-striper: abbr. 105 Diplomatic agent 106 Fish or fuel holders 107 Laughing scavenger 109 Alex’s mom on “Family Ties” 110 Letters on a brandy bottle 113 The dark side 117 The day before 118 Start of a dog’s name 119 “___ in ‘yellow’ ” 121 Uncle Tom rescues her from drowning 122 Foul caller 123 Put a dent in