The Element of Surprise
Across
1 Indian musical sequence 5 Tampa Bay Tom
10 Make counterpoints to 15 Tough exterior
19 MC alternative
20 “This ain’t my first ___” 21 Theranos whistleblower
Cheung
22 Muse for Andy
23 See how that chunk of
element No. 74 tastes? 26 Mention the works of 27 Here, in Paris
28 Artistically pioneering
29 On behalf of
30 Safeway rival
32 “Be honest!”
34 Second Family of the ’90s 36 It’s northwest of Lanai 37 Autobiography by element
No. 36?
43 University endower Hopkins 45 55-Down stuff
46 Crunchy lunches
47 Crew team’s favorite letter? 48 Fury
49 Web spot
51 “___ God” (Eminem song)
52 Recede
53 Food, clothing, and shelter made from element No. 56? 61 Google once bought 5% of it 62 Longtime D.C. delegate ___ Holmes Norton
63 Cover completely
64 Indigo, notably
66 Like a jaybird
68 “How was your ___?”
69 Huge quantities
71 Amount on a bottle
74 Start taking customers by 77 Wild
81 NYSE event
82 “If you want this container of element No. 9 so much, you can have it!”?
85 Feel under the weather 86 TV freebie
87 Frog’s action
88 Part of NGO
89 Macadamia, e.g.
90 “___ Be Sedated” (Ramones tune)
93 OMG or FTW, e.g.
94 Hand holder
96 Mineralogist’s cry after finally locating some element No. 92?
101 Suffix with aware and alert 102 Church areas
103 “Cyrano de Bergerac” playwright
106 Hat for Bruno Mars
109 A dozen minus a pair
110 Broad valley
111 Velvet Underground name 112 Apt rhyme for “cram”
113 Element No. 100, when used as payment for arranging a deal? 119 Viral visual
120 Ancient region on the
Aegean Sea
121 Charity events
122 Rae born in L.A.
123 Deck quartet
124 Remove wrinkles from
125 Works in Word, often
126 Iowa State’s city
Down
1 Foaming at the mouth
2 Friend, in Florence
3 Golf fan’s shout near the green 4 Swung tool
5 “The Prime of Miss Jean ___” 6 Cheek covers
7 “Not ___ eye in the house”
8 NYPD member, often
9 Villain’s insult, in movies 10 They’re sent to party hosts 11 Hosp. areas
12 Unit of info, to programmers 13 Don Ho played one, for short 14 Ale container
15 Get back
16 “Gotcha,” in the ’60s
17 Evening, on marquees
18 Doe, say
24 Screeches
25 “Cheers” chorus
31 Darby of “Our Flag Means Death”
33 Crayola color
34 Homer’s home
35 Puppeteer Lewis and singer Belafonte
36 Giraffe relative
38 Sing the praises of
39 Makes so happy
40 Tire feature
41 “Now you’ve done it!”
42 Unlike knaves
43 Be consistent (with) 44 Unwritten, often 49 Fire-preventing bear 50 Concerning, in a memo head 54 Suffix with Dickens or Sherlock 55 Sauced sushi
56 Wound up
57 Thin, as evidence
58 Depressing words?
59 Tie
60 Took care of
65 Word derived from “Caesar” 67 Fails to
70 Brazilian president from 2003 to 2010, casually
71 Rigg or Ross
72 Word before Wars or den 73 Longtime Chicago Symphony director
75 Intend to do
76 “We can’t handle the suspense!” 78 Understated approach 79 Book of Mormon book 80 Problem for a body shop 83 Devices with passcodes 84 Triskaidekaphobia, for one 90 He played Gandolfini’s son 91 Condiment-section options 92 Focused on the group’s success 93 Part of TMNT
94 None the ___ (still in the dark) 95 Wagon-wheel track
97 Garden protectors
98 At any point
99 Rabin’s Oslo Accords partner 100 “… if you can believe that”
104 Pointless to even try
105 “The Count of Monte Cristo” novelist
106 Part of Homeland Security 107 Decision-maker, for short 108 Judi Dench, e.g.
110 Pastrami Queen, for one 114 Become inedible
115 “Just ___ more thing …” 116 Maker of Sportages
117 Josh of “Frozen”
118 Wasikowska or Hamm