Code Crackers
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 College loan co-signer, maybe Establish as law 4 Long-legged birds 9 Five-O nickname 15 Before, poetically 19 Prepare to surf 20 Reunion attendee 21 King Harald's father 22 One way to enter a pool 23 — media 25 Film scene shot without 26 interruption Kenya's first prime 27 minister — Kenyatta Hydroelectric project 28 One end of a church key 29 Amazon assistant 31 Abundant element in 33 Earth's core Thingamajigs 35 Physical location? 36 Humor 41 Winans of gospel 42 Most hip 43 Supposed to arrive 45 Spa sounds 46 Plotting chuckle 49 Delta rival renamed in 51 1997 Moving aids 53 "Mobile" 54 communications device used in law enforcement Jack in a suit 60 Initial Hebrew letter 62 Mountain melody 63 Tchaikovsky's "1812 64 Overture" has one that includes cannon fire Lose it 68 Matching game 69 Total, as a bill 71 2012 Beyoncé hit with 72 the repeated line "Say you'll never let me go" Slips through the 76 cracks Domingo, for one 79 One of Australia's six 80 Summing-up words 81 Thin coin 83 Digitally approve 86 Game-winning line 88 Hallelujah trio? 89 Spanish article 90 Sharp tingle, as of fear 91 Ford contemporary 95 Discount 98 Guru whose opinions 102 are trusted Surname on Elm Street 107 Chiwere-speaking 108 native Trial subject 109 2019 "Game of Thrones" 110 event 45, in classic pop 114 Well-behaved 117 Like many Horace 118 works Mexican madam 119 Govt. employees 120 encoded by the nine other longest across entries in this puzzle ... and who might be called in to decode them — Reader 122 When Hamlet kills 123 Polonius Divider of pews 124 Word in many 125 obituaries Collectible '90s caps 126 Put away for later 127 Kingdom 128 Important stretch 129
DOWN
1 Kanye West label 2 Ring of color 3 Regarded 4 2003 holiday comedy 5 Reason for being barred at a bar Taj Mahal city 6 Immense 7 Blast cause 8 Suspected 9 Heaps 10 Tear channel 11 Czech track legend 12 Zátopek Cellular process 13 affecting nucleotide sequences Scene of some 14 "Gunsmoke" action College address ending 15 Actor born Alphonso 16 D'Abruzzo First of three Leslie 17 Nielsen comedies, with "The" Supervises 18 Venomous 24 U2 frontman 29 Whale group 30 Pitching staff star 32 VCR button 34 Masseuse's target 37 Not sure (of) 38 12th Jewish month 39 Hi-— graphics 40 Munro pen name 44 "Great minds think 46 alike," e.g. Fire-suppressing gas 47 Position 48 Med. care provider 50 U.K. fliers 52 They may be changed 53 by judges Place side by side 55 Taking it badly? 56 Run in place 57 Modernist's prefix 58 TV chef Brown 59 Love of antiques 61 Renowned clown 64 Navel formation 65 Stand-up comic's seat 66 Lock —: come into 67 conflict Front-of-bk. list 70 —Bo 73 "Just what I wanted!" 74 '70s Israeli prime 75 minister "Music for Airports" 77 producer Move quickly 78 Ruler unit 81 Veg out 82 A piece of cake 83 More than familiar 84 with Growing up 85 "Shoo!" 87 Brand with a pitchershaped 92 mascot Bard's instrument 93 Freudian focus 94 Mo. when Festivus is 96 celebrated Beetle Bailey nemesis 97 Treats again, as a 99 sprain Grow older 100 Actress Thompson and 101 ice dancer Virtue Disney Beetle 103 "I'll Never Fall in Love 104 Again" singer Warwick Drama queen, e.g. 105 View from Jidda 106 Really digging 111 Pinot — 112 Grammy winner 113 India.— Galileo's birthplace 115 Strip — 116 Away companion 120 Rock in a setting 121