SUNDAY CROSSWORD II
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
ACROSS
1 ESPN replay speed
6 Jeans maker Strauss
10 Lego people, to collectors
18 Fill the tank
19 “___ go bragh!”
20 Paragons of things aging well
21 Shell decoration?
22 “What a miserable day of repairs! I tried to install new panes but accidentally ___”
24 Disreputable papers
25 “Uh-uh!”
27 Tilling tool
28 Some tennis surfaces
29 “Frustrated, I lashed out and ___”
35 We got this!
36 Home screen filler
37 Paddles
38 Upsilon follower
41 Neighbor of Namibia
44 “What’s Rita ___ Up To?” (segment on the “Who? Weekly” podcast)
45 Busy mo. for a CPA
46 Kitchen bulb
48 “Then, as I gathered my fasteners, I tripped on the stairs and ___”
53 Teen’s bane
54 Permitting agcy.
55 Sow’s counterpart
56 Cherry and burgundy
57 Parish leader
59 Tourney placement
61 Snappy dresser
63 “___ the season”
64 Nickname of baseball’s Frank Thomas, with “the”
65 “I carried on at the entryway, but I slipped and ___”
70 “___ Jones” (1970s TV series)
72 Political fundraising grp.
73 “There Will Be Blood” resource
74 Blood components
77 Raise interest rates?
78 Bicep exercise
79 Unappetizing mass
82 Morning moisture
83 Salacious stuff
84 “Trying to keep my balance, I grabbed on to the decorative front but ___”
89 Pick up
91 Android competitor
92 ICU hookups
93 Cold, creamy treats, informally 94 Puzzling
95 Circle
97 Legwork
99 Rose’s stalk
100 “When I climbed to the top of the house to survey the damage, I fell and ___”
106 Amount at risk
108 Puppy’s bark
109 Check out
110 Miles away
111 “I clung onto the eaves for a while, but in the end I ___”
116 Petrifying figure?
118 Old Hollywood technique to make hair look silver
119 Taking an extra quarter, say (Abbr.)
120 Scores 100 on a test
121 Bestrides
122 Collars
123 Models
DOWN
1 “Honey” relative
2 “Hands off!”
3 Pioneering hip-hop style of the
early 1980s
4 Very, in Veracruz
5 Goal of some international pacts 6 Dulce de ___
7 Go wrong
8 By way of
9 Creep forward 10 Mediocre, to Gen Z
11 ___ pickle
12 “The Price Is Right” prize 13 Defiant declaration
14 Not up for discussion
15 Annual May auto race, informally
16 Bygone GM compacts
17 Opposite of NNE
18 Disney’s “Phineas and ___”
20 Three in a yard
23 Designer Michael
26 Sounds of realization
30 Mathematician Leonhard who popularized using pi to represent 3.14159 ...
31 Subway charge
32 Milky gem
33 Southwest tribe
34 Caution
38 Cheesy event?
39 “Scout’s ___!”
40 Like noble gases
41 &&&
42 You might put a face to one
43 Concede some
44 “Darn it!”
45 Kicks in
47 Tex-Mex snacks
49 Chewy boardwalk treat
50 Noun preceder
51 German refusal
52 Crossword layout, for one
58 Modern type of surfing
60 Circular spins in a car
62 Some temporary shops
64 Focal point of some balls
66 Prof’s helpers
67 Not yet up
68 Big cover-up?
69 Acmes
70 Low voice
71 “Miss Congeniality 2: ___ and Fabulous” (2005 movie)
75 Take from the top
76 Wows
78 Take over
80 Incredibly distant
81 “Gay” city in a Cole Porter song
85 Real hoot
86 “Mon ___!”
87 Common sitcom rating
88 Greeting at a communist mixer
90 Marvel assassin whose name derives from Greek myth
96 Like some musical “wonders”
97 Uptight sort
98 Sneakily recruit
99 Dump
100 Rouses
101 ___ Park (London landmark)
102 Schleps
103 Serving a purpose
104 Haven
105 Campus group
106 Arias, generally
107 Talk up
111 “Miracle Workers” network
112 Musician Brian
113 Psychic’s supposed gift (Abbr.)
114 ___ shoestring
115 Keyless key
117 Prefix with “tourism”