First Things First
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Don Gagliardo and C.C. Burnikel ACROSS 1 Pocket for falafel 5 Crossing sign? 9 Some old notebooks 13 Came up short 17 USNA part: Abbr. 18 Snuck 19 Eponymous store founder Gulf State native 20 Willie Mays won 12 in 21 12 consecutive years Brake components 24 "More!" 25 Left hanging 26 John Wayne types 27 In the offing 28 "99 Luftballons" singer 30 Org. created in a 1949 31 sports merger Lyft offer 33 German exclamation 34 Pitt of "The Big Short" 37 "Mad Men" actress 39 Glasgow's river 42 Vineyard grape 44 Decorative metalwork 46 "And there you have it!" 47 "No worries" 48 Kept out of sight 49 Brewery named for a 50 Dutch river Stonehenge worshiper 53 Brahms' "Variations on 55 a — of Paganini" Putin's former org. 57 Wish Tree artist 58 Canada's most 59 populous province Pot growth from 61 overwatering Sonata finale, perhaps 64 "I — differ" 66 Certain group leader 68 Hunter with a belt 70 Von Trapp girl who 71 sings "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" with Rolf Eye twinkle 72 Enable 73 Subject for Keats 75 "— Kapital" 76 Capri or Elba, locally 78 Jack in the deck 80 Settles, as a debt 82 GI bill? 84 Stout quantities 86 Enter the pool, in a 88 way Exotic vacation, maybe 90 Praline nut 92 Ed with Emmys 93 Early '60s group that 94 included John Glenn Cherry-pick 97 Sound near a "Beware 99 of Dog" sign Dog attractor 100 East, to Goethe 101 Shelter chorus 102 Kite trailer 104 Philly cagers 106 Hotel convenience 108 Heir and heiress 111 Way to step 115 1990 movie with a 116 muscular teacher Like acid in some 118 disinfectants Fascinated by 119 Citrus hybrids 120 James of jazz 121 Tech gadget review 122 site Trade org. 123 Island in a computer 124 game Roulette bet 125 DOWN 1 Printer output 2 Tapped image 3 It's 1 on the Mohs scale 4 Accessory 5 Expert 6 Big name in denim 7 Home to the first collegiate business sch. Groan elicitor 8 1967 Spencer Davis 9 Group hit Stinging rebuke 10 Pioneering fast food 11 name Part of TBS: Abbr. 12 Fraternity O's 13 "Rip Van Winkle" 14 author Protect from hackers, 15 hopefully Insults 16 Golf-friendly forecast 18 — Mae: Whoopi's 20 "Ghost" role Diving bird 22 Succeed in 23 Whirlpool brand 27 Totally absorbed 29 Push-up top 32 Take the stage 34 Garbed 35 Component of hair 36 bleach Purify, as whiskey 38 Reuters rival 40 Fullback on the NFL's 41 1960s All-Decade Team Unnerves 43 Pessimist's words 45 Wyo. neighbor 48 Captain's post 49 Inner: Pref. 51 Minnesota's state bird 52 "See?!" 54 Polite addresses 56 Stay fresh 57 Cleaning cloths 60 Language that gave us 62 "galore" Annual fact book 63 Daphnis and Echo, e.g. 65 Fuzzy image 66 Its legislature is the 67 Oireachtas Hard rain? 69 Signs off on 74 Colt .45s, since 1965 77 Venue for free 79 discussion Constantly 81 Sanction, as a college 83 London trash cans 84 Prospector's target 85 Letter-shaped bolt 87 holder — on the side of 89 caution Cries of dismay 91 As such 92 Tea party attendee 93 Inlaid design 94 Rival of Tesla 95 — Trophy: annual 96 PGA honor for lowest scoring average Doesn't fade 98 Yielding to gravity 103 Tablecloth material 105 DVR button 107 Farm swarm 109 Besties 110 Numerical prefix 112 "Moi?" 113 Go toe-to-toe 114 Korean carmaker 116 Slowing, to an orch. 117