CROSSWORD PUZZLE: TODDLER TALK By Katie Hale and Christina Iverson
ACROSS
1 Unloading point
5 Trait for a ballerina
10 “Wanna hear a secret?” preceder
Not much
The “O” of OWN
Portrayer of Captain Davies in “Roots”
21 Bind with rope
22 Abacus column
23 Helpful
24 Accept payment from Batman? 27 Eponymous Irish city
29 ____ pickle
30 Counterparts of faunas 31 Cause for celebration at a pachyderm sanctuary?
____ lecithin (chocolate additive)
37 What most pens can’t do 38 Jane portrayer in 1981’s
“Tarzan, the Ape Man” 41 Worry about, informally
45 Flip (out)
46 Rock band that you might think would always be an opening act, with “the”? Ex-Giants QB Manning
Finish scooping out a big stir-fry?
54 Signal approval
55 Inexplicably missing, say 56 Brontë who wrote “Agnes Grey” 57 Target of permethrin cream 58 Not very convincing
60 Highly skilled
61 Rare race outcome 63 Unimaginative birthday gift 64 Is stertorous
65 Puritan’s goal in 17th-century
Salem?
69 Changes topics in a debate,
perhaps
73 Scrapes (out)
74 The Rose Bowl, e.g.
79 Czar who co-ruled with Peter I 80 Goes head to head
81 Indiana athlete
83 Sunburn soother
84 Specialist publication, for short 85 Monopolize
86 Something a Parmesan
vendor might offer? 89 Unflappable state of mind 90 Baron Cohen of film
92 One of all fours?
93 Container words
94 2019 film whose title means
“to the stars”
96 A dance and a dip 98 Cartoondom’s Olive ____
100 What a stoner actor smoked
during rehearsal?
107 Beginning and end of “America” 109 “Ha-ha!”
110 Noise heard during the
London Blitz
111 Domain for Jameson and
Maker’s Mark?
116 Curl target, informally
117 Manual alternative
118 Soul singer Bridges
119 Bank investment? 14 18 20
36 48 49 120 Spanish dagger or Adam’s
needle is a variety of it
121 New York football team,
informally
122 Apt rhyme for “crude” and “rude”
It may need to be broken to move
124 Lucretia ____, abolitionist and
women’s rights advocate
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DOWN
1 Childbirth assistant
2 Choose to participate 3 Concern for Superman 4 Superman’s birth name
5 Like many a teenage boy’s facial hair
First Asian tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in singles
7 Press
8 Bishop’s jurisdiction
9 Long period
10 Like some evidence and bulbs 11 Doctor’s order
12 IRS ID
13 Live broadcast no-no
14 In
15 One creating draft after draft? 16 Andean empire member 17 Some clicks of the tongue 19 Slice of toast?
25 Comes out ahead
26 Dolts
28 Market launch, for short
6 questions, or what each starred answer is doing? Transmission repair chain React to seeing your idol, perhaps
123 Waterfront platform
124 Red muppet
125 Second person?
126 TV star Leakes
127 Sleeve fillers
128 Bend, as a muscle 121 122
DOWN
1 Popular sink scrubber
2 Fallen angel
3 Mark the start of
4 The Monkeemobile, e.g. 5 Wasted some gas
6 Extract, as diamonds
7 Word after “college” or “test” 8 Make a teddy bear, say 9 Breakfast item with a S’Mores flavor
Stockpile
Genre for MC Lyte
Munch (on)
Buckwheat porridge “Fighter” singer Christina Port-au-Prince natives
Like a wild party
I, on a clock
Out of bed 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21
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Amphibians that may have toxic skin
Clichéd
Shakespeare villain with more lines than the title character 35 Kindle download
39 Skip the big ceremony, say 40 They’re found around Scots 41 Bony fish with prized eggs 42 “Bottled poetry,” according to Robert Louis Stevenson Active Sicilian volcano
Filled with wonder
Without concrete evidence “Ad Parnassum” and “Fish Magic,” for two
Metaphor for a shared experience
52 Be more important than 53 Exaggerated kiss sound 55 Fuss
59 Legal title: Abbr.
60 He wrote lyrics to “My Way” for Sinatra
Channel with a lot of house renovation shows
Keeps in the loop, in a way Give a start
Prez with a rhyming campaign slogan
67 Lab work
68 Cause of some brain freeze 69 It comes in California and
New York styles
70 Covered in vines
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Boo-boo
Animated ogre
Udder part
“My Hero ___” (anime series) Designer Versace
Like an aspiring attorney’s studies
“___ at last!”
Tolkien’s tree creatures
Jrs., next year
Big name in ketchup
Trailer hookup
Gibb brothers’ band
Actor unlikely to get a meaty role
Narcissist’s problem Presidential office shape Gloomy atmosphere Wax-wrapped cheese Discontinue
Sentry’s station
Champion gymnast Aly Certain photography deg. Summer drink endings Canon line
“Little Birds” author
Empties (of)
Still competing
Long, long ___
Beach bottle letters Seafarer’s drink
“Don’t care if they do!”
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Celebrity who holds the Guinness world record for “Most Frequent Clapper” 72 Half and half?
75 Gallivants
76 On the safe side
77 Ancient kingdom in
modern-day Jordan 78 Elusive, in a way
80 Words to learn, briefly
81 In itself: Lat.
82 “Oh, come on!”
85 Aggressive pitch
87 Physically fit
88 Rock song?
90 Big cut of tuna
91 Fill with wonder
95 Attaches, as a button
97 Some shop tools
98 “Now it makes sense!”
99 “____ So Bad” (Tom Petty song) 101 Flying ____ drop (pro wrestling
move)
102 Shocks, in a way
103 Hip bone
104 Classic brand of wafers
105 Upright
106 The Apostle of Ireland, familiarly
It might come in a branded tote bag
108 Buddy
112 “____-haw!”
113 Laid up
114 Formerly called
115 Perón of politics
107
Minnesota college near Carleton
Question following a dramatic pause
“The Thinker” sculptor
Boxer known as “The Greatest”
81 Envision
84 Tax experts, briefly 85 Mystical glow
86 Magic and Jazz
87 Coalition
90 As well
92 Los Angeles, e.g.
93 Tire features
94 Scientific objective in 2020 95 “In other words ...”
97 Ovum
98 “My life’s a mess,” quaintly 102 ___ roast
103 Fenway Park team
105 Mary of “The Maltese Falcon” 107 Element in fluorescent lamps 108 They may be on tap
110 Seeded
112 Mix
113 Those folks
115 Buddy
116 Taoism’s ___-tzu
118 John or Jane in court
119 Transcript stat
120 NFL whistle blower
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