New York Daily News

SUNDAY CROSSWORD II

- By Trent H. Evans, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Proverbial waste maker

6 Bee Gees genre

11 Sports datum

15 Hint such as this 19 Spaceship Earth’s theme park 20 Coral reef’s place

21 “That’s gotta hurt!”

22 Many a tweetstorm

23 [THIS JUST IN: Cap’n hands out cereal at noon]

27 Cab Calloway’s catchphras­e 28 Dolce and Gabbana 29 “Skyfall” singer

30 Princess who built Olaf with Anna

31 Mounted a campaign

33 “___ up to you”

34 Stinky fuel 35 Philosophe­r Descartes

37 Cup alternativ­e

39 Burn a bit

41 [... Armie takes the reins after Santa falls ill]

49 Bette’s “Divine” nickname

50 Old phone abbr.

51 More or ___

52 Comedian Rudner

53 H, to Hera

54 Cousin of C major

57 Typical kosher diet adherent 58 Bewitched

59 Cool solar patch

61 Oldest Hawaiian island

63 One might “splain”

64 [... Astronauts heat more food than ever before]

71 “___ dead, Jim” (Dr. McCoy) 72 Baseball’s Bud

73 Racing series

74 Lubricate again

77 Sidekick

78 Anne Rice antihero

81 Major entertainm­ent grp.? 82 With, in France

83 Ernie’s best friend

85 “I can’t ___ myself” 86 Bowling venue

88 [... McGwire blows it in his debut as an umpire]

93 Toe the line

94 Increase

95 Poetic “soon”

96 Ancient Colosseum visitors 100 Paddle’s kin

101 ATM entry

102 Lady Grantham on “Downton Abbey” 106 Rip-snorting mad

107 Fresh hires may bring them to the office

111 Password partner

113 [... White House occupants make a Caribbean purchase] (Theme hint: What can follow each word of the bracketed clues’ answers?)

116 The stuff of legends

117 “I got this round”

118 Ron Weasley’s owl

119 False

120 One-named Irish singer 121 Tampa Bay team 122 Lathered up

123 Dutch painter Jan

DOWN

1 Anne of “Wag the Dog” 2 March follower 3 Gulf War missiles 4 They put cartridges on records

5 Engrave

6 A couple, in Caracas 7 Trap, as by sleet

8 Noted Spanish muralist 9 Vena ___

10 Apt joke to tell on a cruise? 11 Many are between end tables 12 Rotate

13 Unreturned serves

14 “___ Shawshank Redemption” 15 Like some PG-13 humor 16 Expressway divisions

17 “I give up!”

18 Lucy’s neighbor 24 Grammy winner Lena

25 Etsy and eBay 26 Hideouts

32 ___ Lingus 34 Speaker’s spot

36 Diana Rigg’s role in

“The Avengers”

37 Mafia boss

38 It’s way too much

39 Furry “Star Wars” sidekick, familiarly 40 Week’s 168 (Abbr.)

41 Ask for dough

42 Yoga posture 43 Grandpa, to great-grandpa 44 Easy to understand

45 Like the latest thing 46 Combine

47 Had a snack, say 48 Feeling down 49 Predicamen­t

55 Comfy, soft shoes

56 Lance with a gavel

57 Some keep balls in the air 58 Crispy edible shell 60 Gillette competitor 62 Singer DiFranco

63 “___ Lisa” 65 Fish-eating raptor 66 Romantic poet John

67 Op. ___

68 Racing boat

69 It elevates art

70 City where Helen lived

74 Lamb’s dad 75 Senora Peron

76 “The Star-Spangled Banner” contractio­n 79 River to the North Sea 80 Jacuzzi product 83 Streisand nickname 84 Just make, with “out” 85 Salon coloring products 87 Guinevere’s love 89 “Impression, Sunrise” painter

90 Holy object of a Monty Python quest

91 Moo goo ___ pan 92 Listlessne­ss

96 Rummage (through) 97 Sky hunter 98 Perform a wedding

99 On a pirate ship, say 100 Boo-boos

101 Military mind game, briefly 103 Speak on a soapbox 104 Lather, ___, repeat 105 Append

107 Certain grandkid spoiler 108 TV award

109 Iberian river 110 Psychic energy field 112 Nine-digit figs. 114 Supporting 115 Underhande­d

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12/15 © Andrews McMeel Syndicatio­n

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