CROSSWORD PUZZLE: PARTNERSHIPS By Daniel Grinberg
ACROSS
1 Venomous snake
6 “To be honest ...”
12 “My goodness!”
16 Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet
Like the water in a whistling teakettle
20 Puzzled remark
21 A student may pass it
22 Kid’s refrigerator display 23 Lawpartners
25 Booty call?
27 How-to manual component 28 ____ learning
29 Richard of “Chicago”
30 Mount ____, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth Having a very high body mass index
Singer with the 2020 album “A Holly Dolly Christmas” 35 Problems with streaming 36 Puller of strings? 39 Silentpartners
42 Noticeably amazed
43 Leigh who played Scarlett 44 Train ticket info, for short 45 Writingpartners
48 Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in “Calvin and Hobbes”
54 Red ____
55 Who “can get in the way of what I feel for you,” in a 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys hit
56 Business suits?
57 Famous bed-in participant 58 Nest noise
60 For example
63 Salmon and sturgeon
delicacies
64 Partnersincrime
69 Modern meeting method 70 Some U.S. space launch rockets
“See ya”
Requests at security lines Chicago mayor Lightfoot
Gave up
First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C.
79 Flier trier? 82 Businesspartners 85 Commotion
86 Fervent believer
88 Walker’s need 89 Romanticpartners 94 Tight-fitting suits 96 Apartment, in real estate talk 97 Core principles
98 Bake, as an egg
99 Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat
100 How Phileas Fogg traveled
101 Money in coins rather than bills 104 Earnest request
108 Like some vinaigrette
110 Domesticpartners
112 Sponge off of
113 Calendar row
114 Magazine bestowing Best of
Beauty awards
115 Not a big studio film
116 Take possession of
19
31
33 71 72 73 74 76 117 Makes a typo, say 118 Gave a boost
119 S-shaped moldings
DOWN
1 Officers above capts.
2 What San Diego and Tijuana do
Airplane ____
“Notorious” rap nickname It may be blond, brown or ginger
Of the utmost quality Snapchatter’s request
1981 Stephen King thriller Certain bolt holder
Being fixed, as a car at a garage Vegan milk source
Still being debugged
Turn against
Event organizer’s count
____ to come
Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice
17 Like monarch butterflies 18 Debut album for Etta James 24 Apollo’s half brother
26 Fool
29 Sweet red dessert wine 32 Representatives’ term lengths 34 A thing in poker? 36 Unfortunate events, old-style 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
117
Gives a tour, say, or a theme hint
Heartfelt appeal
Sand ___ (golf course feature) Like Mandarin and Cantonese
123 Baby monitor’s output
124 Look to the future
125 Event with bargains
126 Chilean currency
127 Shoppers’ reminders
120 121 122
DOWN
1 Speechless actor
2 Cheese coated in wax 3 Display model
4 “___ the Walrus”
5 Hangers’ homes
6 Satisfied sighs
7 Karaoke device, informally 8 Some native Nebraskans 9 Deep gully
10 Spirit rover’s planet 11 Styled like
12 Cedar Rapids resident 13 Concepts
14 Fritters away the hours 15 Slushy drink brand 16 Boatloads
17 Minecraft explosive 37 38 39
CIA whistle-blower Philip Encountered by chance Subject of a Magritte work
(or not?)
40 Simple palindromic reply to
“Madam, I’m Adam”
41 Fiscal year div.
43 Ryder ride
46 Dweeb
47 Rihanna or Mariah Carey 49 Have a preference 50 Deep-fried tortilla dish 51 Group of heavies
52 Universal donor’s blood type, in brief
Brand of pads
Sewing 101 assignment
Didn’t go anywhere
Spanish article
Investment options, for short Setting for Hitchcock’s “Notorious,” informally 64 Portend
65 Emperor who ruled for more
than 13 years, dying at age 30 66 More eye-catching
67 Anthony ____, 1950s British P.M. 68 Villain with the “real” name Edward Nigma
Teen’s woe
Big game changer?
This is what it sounds like 53 59 60 61 62 63 69 73 74 20 Camp structure
24 Found the origin of 26 Regarding
30 Business with tumblers 32 Popular street food in Bangkok
Replete with
Takes an oath
Country east of Cote d’Ivoire Capital near Casablanca Standing tall
Sir Guinness
Daisy variety
“Let me clarify ...”
Fruit-filled pastries
Peak of a wave
Tableland
“I’d say,” in texts
Places for facials
Small streams
Small book page size Friendly relations
Causes of overtime High-flying toy
Perfect Sleeper brand Mani-___
Hoops legend Jordan
Falls behind
Celebrity gossip program Ancient Peruvian 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 42 43 46 48 51 52 54 56 58 59 61 66 68 70 71 72 73
when doves cry
75 P.D. or F.D. worker 77 Kindergarten comeback 78 Indefinite degrees 80 Sweetness and sourness 81 Canoodling in a crowd, for short
Prominent feature of the Who’s “My Generation”
Cheer for Real Madrid Drinking game that requires aim
87 Winter setting in NYC 89 Deceptive talk 90 Perturbation
91 Small hole-drilling tool 92 Obstinate sort
93 Talents
94 Really stood out
95 Patchy in color
98 Close call
102 Sport with saddles
103 Bevy : quails :: mob : ____ 105
Fill with freight
106 Lake largely fed by the Detroit
River
107 Lemon or lime drinks,
informally
109 Wonder
110 Piano tune
111 Words accompanying a
headshot, in brief
82
83 84 75 Yoga postures
76 Toucan’s claw
78 Some clock batteries 79 Equilibrium
81 Ghostly sounds 82 Oktoberfest music 83 Asparagus piece 85 Self-motivational statement 86 Melt down, as fat
87 Noble below a marquis 92 Shrill summer bug
95 Backs down
97 Sideways
99 Talk show host Kelly
101 Genre for Megan Thee Stallion 102 Play starter
104 Sparkly crown
106 Flea or fly
108 Work the soil
109 135.9 square miles, for Las Vegas
Magician’s garment
Norway’s most populous city Bath bubbles
Sweater choice
Wedding promises OpenTable, for one
Indian dish with lentils
“What ___ that about?”
Berlin : ja :: Paris : ___ 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 118 119