CROSSWORD PUZZLE: DOUBLE TALK By Jim Peredo
ACROSS
1 Orchestra heavyweights 6 Mushroom in ramen
11 When tripled, a comment of annoyance
14 “Oh, my!”
18 It has a very big bed
19 One of a pair of explorers on
the Missouri state quarter 20 Spring feature
21 Golden-rule word
22 Run-on sentence?
25 ____-by date
26 Common female middle name 27 Wax theatrical
28 Sharply dressed, shoewise? 30 Boring events
32 Bit of conniving
34 Five-letter world capital that
locals spell as two words 35 Tempe neighbor
36 Passing comment?
38 Riding the waves
41 Something a bib catches 43 Busy Bee, for short
44 Single quote?
50 Doesn’t touch
55 Head to bed
56 Surreal finale?
57 Big name in student grants 59 Order to attack
60 ____ Paradise, “On the Road”
protagonist
61 Weapon associated with the film quote “Here’s Johnny!” 63 Sack cloth
65 Hats, slangily
66 Just saying?
72 ____ Roddenberry, first TV writer on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
73 Ancient Greek poet sometimes called the Tenth Muse
74 Smear
75 Preschooler
77 Nickname for Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks
79 When tripled, “etc.” 80 Educational TV spot, for short 83 Square dance move 85 Fireplace item
87 Stock phrase?
90 Not commercial: Abbr. 92 Briskly
93 Bring in
94 Self expression?
101 Trade jabs
104 Sports venue
105 “Outta luck!”
106 Magical powder
110 Prepped for surgery
112 Children’s-song refrain
113 Uma Thurman’s role in “Pulp
Fiction”
114 Yonder, in dialect
115 Old saw?
119 Anger
120 Spew anger
121 ____ Mitchell, creator of the Tony-winning musical “Hadestown”
122 Handle
123 “What are the ____?”
124 Deli sandwich, hold the vowels 125 Like stereotypical Seattle weather 126 Symbol of the National
Audubon Society
DOWN
1 Coverings on ancient Roman statuary
2 Women’s-basketball powerhouse, for short 3 Gas-relieving brand
4 “What a relief!”
5 “4-Down- choo!”
6 Poe poem about a mythical quest
7 Scurriers near streams
8 Minor cut, say
9 Makeup holder
10 Suffix with Black or brack 11 “Can’t deal with that right now!” 12 Lacking focus
13 Unbridled joy
14 Composer Mahler
15 Low tie
16 Canonized fifth-century pope called “the Great”
17 “Stop right there!”
20 Adorable one
23 ____ Research Center
24 Org. tracking workplace accidents 29 English setting for a series of Impressionist paintings by Monet
31 Neighbor of an Emirati
32 Young weaned pig
33 Monk’s digs 36 Word with tippy or twinkle 37 “2001: A Space Odyssey” computer
38 Puts on ... or things put on 39 Ugly ones sometimes come out in December
40 Nosh at noon, say 42 Diamond stat 45 Second-most-common
Vietnamese surname 46 Home of Wichita Falls 47 Magnum ____
48 Game-ball material
49 The scat got her tongue, you
might say
51 Where bills pile up 52 Lower-extremity affliction 53 Secret target
54 Capt.’s assistant, maybe 58 Milk: Fr.
62 Where the meaning of life was sold in 2000 for $3.26
63 Part of a job application 64 European museum whose
name means “meadow” 67 Sign on again
68 Another name for the
moonfish
69 Common wedding
hairstyle
70 Undergo rapprochement 71 Stern’s opposite
72 “Today” rival, for short 76 “Old ____ Road,” longestrunning No. 1 single in Billboard history (19 weeks) 78 You might open one at a pub 80 Kind of book or ad
81 Didn’t just float
82 Home of 72-Down 84 Mortimer ____, dummy of old
radio and TV
86 Newcomer, informally
88 Org. in charge of the 23-Down 89 Not worry
91 Country whose most widely spoken language is Wolof 94 Democratic politician Julián 95 Flower for a corsage
96 First name in the 1970s
White House
97 Gets used (to)
98 Gopher, e.g.
99 Fighter pilot’s wear
100 [head slap]
102 Masochist’s pleasure
103 Generate, as suspicion
106 Peaceful protest
107 Brown shade
108 Evening hour in Spain
109 Cartomancer’s deck
111 Pointed remark
112 Actor Morales
116 Rattle
117 “____ voce poco fa”
(Rossini aria)
118 One of the March sisters