SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
POP-UP RESTAURANT
ACROSS
1 Chew like a rodent
5 NYSE news source
8 Printer tray filler
13 Cut corners
18 Speedy competition
19 ___ butter (moisturizer)
20 Solo
21 French for “the sea”
22 And others (Abbr.)
23 Sonar sound
24 Weather-inspired mahjong
tiles
25 Wizards game setting
26 *USS Nautilus, e.g. (Hint: A chain’s name is hidden across each pair of starred clues’ answers, minus one letter that’s above a black square.
These letters spell something apt.) 29 *Sailor’s assent
31 Spring zodiac sign
32 Common piercing sites 34 Alphabetically second mo. 35 Cul-de-___
36 **Like a dry delivery?
39 **Competes in a lyrical battle 44 Biblical beast of burden
45 Cowboy Rogers
47 Shoes with a kitten variety
48 Pump purchase
49 Large Champagne bottle 52 Contents of 21-Across
53 Surname of two U.S. presidents 56 ***College URL closer
59 ***Similar people
64 Flipped over
66 Kanga’s kid
67 Flower holder
68 Thus far
69 Zest source
70 Verified the age of, informally 72 Stable place?
74 Cabbage type
75 “Your point is?”
76 Sugar source
78 Sigma follower
79 Ten-sided shape
82 **** Spinning one’s wheels
87 **** Dressing for graduation 88 Apologetic
89 Unaccounted for, briefly
90 Makes up lines
92 Prefix for “system”
93 Denounces
95 “___-haw!”
96 Ab ___ (Latin for “from the egg”) 99 ***** “An Essay on Criticism”
writer
104 ***** Got away
107 Male cat
108 Protein in an unagi roll
109 People who can’t live without
video games?
111 Bugs Bunny animator Tex
112 ****** Tried to hit the softball 117 ****** Most influential people 120 Go in
121 Some succulents
123 “Joey” co-author Biden
124 Cozy lodgings
125 Drawn-out attack
126 Maui neighbor
127 Swedish meatball seller
128 Mother ___ (bonanza)
129 Thompson of “Creed”
130 Rose protector
131 Use thread
132 Go to and fro
DOWN
1 The Caribbean’s Spice Isle 2 Dispositions
3 Trees with symbiotic ants 4 ___ up (rose, like tears) 5 Fan’s sound 9/12
6 Feel
7 Spotted big cat
8 Lab hand?
9 Jamaican swimmer Atkinson 10 Small horse
11 Makes beloved
12 Coast Guard’s operation 13 Hockey shot sound
14 Mario ___ Tour
15 “Doesn’t matter to me”
16 Like lowly labor
17 Move like a horse
19 Sauna’s place
27 Medium’s claim, briefly 28 Dude
30 Differences some couples will
always have
33 Small swimsuit
37 Squabble
38 Nice refusal?
40 Brown, as meat
41 Chimney passage
42 ___ Hawkins dance
43 Russian ruler, once
46 Hearty laugh
49 Fix, as torn pants
50 Go on to say
51 Marshy muck
54 “The Karate Kid” mentor 55 Squish with one’s shoe 56 Hair-preserving garment 57 Expresses a view
58 Take care of
60 Doze (off)
61 TiVo, e.g.
62 Temporary castle material 63 Sporty Ford, informally 65 Little nick, perhaps
71 Family room
72 Honeybunch
73 Distinctive atmosphere 74 Snatches
76 About, in dates
77 Word before “game” or
“guess” 78 Marvel villain who collected the
Infinity Stones
80 Great Lakes natives
81 Corn core
83 “Jurassic Park” dino 84 Representative Ilhan
85 Chicken (out)
86 ___’s Pie (ice cream bar) 91 Author Harper
93 She betrayed Samson
94 Coastal landform
96 Sign in front of a new
business
97 Partially enclosed porch
98 Long voyage
99 Certify to be true 100 Canadian dollar coin,
slangily
101 Hams it up
102 Power tool giant
103 Faces and such in texts 105 One may contain a whole
chicken
106 Is of use
110 Sharp uptick
113 They’re tapped at parties 114 Region
115 Toddler’s taboo
116 Stuff in a camper’s pack 118 Played the trumpet 119 Pie ___ mode
122 Sloth, e.g.