Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“LOW-TECH GLOSSARY” ACROSS By MATT McKINLEY

1 Next to nothing? 5 New newts 9 Trying to break a tie, briefly 13 Battle zone journalist 18 Courier alternative 20 Area below Greenwich Village 21 Equivalent of neener 22 Weeper of myth 23 Part of a parallel parking lesson? 26 “I might” 27 Redundant modifier of “bit” 28 Sealskin boot 29 Castle defense 31 City west of Boise 33 “__ for Alibi”: Grafton novel 34 Sch. in Manhattan 38 One of Mary Stuart’s people 40 When one might have a late lunch 42 Pet store array 43 Lead-in for worm 44 Hesitates 46 Cookie recipe? 48 1977 Steely Dan album 49 Pleasing application 50 Nonfiction piece 52 Mayall of “Drop Dead Fred” 53 Go right to the top? 54 Monetary promises 55 Pretty pitcher 56 Starbucks order 58 Stats for NFL defensive linemen 59 Fishing __ 60 Tar Heel State campus 61 Corporate agreement finalizer 62 Basic security feature 64 USN rank 65 Déjà vu? 68 Shore bird 71 Graph’s depiction 73 Schulz’s “psychiatric help” dispenser 74 Tot’s scrape 75 New beginning 76 Devious intentions 78 Scrap 80 Soft shoes 81 PC scrolling key 82 Not often seen 83 “What __ the odds?!” 84 Get clean 85 Board game with a lawsuit card 86 Org. with a two-leaved flower logo 87 Spider-Man? 91 Best way to play, teamwise 93 Wrinkly-faced dog 94 Bars on the road 95 Actress Samantha 97 Tax-evasion agts. 98 Deceptively convincing 100 Bearded bovine 101 Not quite first-stringers 103 Fords whose initials didn’t actually stand for anything 104 West Coast surfing mecca 106 Musical symbols 109 Just not done 112 What a jittery camera operator may be having? 116 Candy heart words 117 Barely made it, with “by” 118 Where Zeno taught 119 Cellphone group pic, in slang 120 Military rookie 121 Upbeat 122 Snippy return 123 Macy’s div., e.g.

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1 Locomotive compartment 2 Q.E.D. word 3 “Impressive!” 4 What most do in class 5 Medium power? 6 Configuration 7 Bank heist unit 8 Save, as money 9 Pakistan’s longest river 10 Stooge laugh 11 Row 12 Travelers celebrated annually 13 How tour groups move 14 Mazda two-seater 15 Youngster 16 Go out on the beach? 17 Bad mark 19 Crescent-shaped 24 Poe title stowaway 25 Jennyanydots’ creator 30 Turow memoir 32 “I’ll skip it, thanks”? 34 “The Trial” author 35 Poirot’s note-to-self about locating the Orient Express murder weapon? 36 “Solve or spin?” host 37 Cafeteria staples 38 Swinging-doors site 39 Meteorologist’s rainfall prediction measure? 41 Skier’s aid 42 Gum source 44 Renaissance __ 45 Land with a 59-Across 47 Like many shakes 51 On its way 53 Ms. __-Man 56 Car battery pioneer 57 Tide table? 58 Apt rhyme for “eye” 60 Times to prepare 61 Cooks in oil 63 Happens 66 Michelob diet beers 67 Like arguments no longer worth having 69 European perch 70 A chamber work by Louis Spohr was the first to bear this title 72 W. Coast’s 101, e.g. 76 Jobs before the main job 77 Really enjoy 79 Eponymous chair maker 80 “CSI” actress Helgenberger 81 Crashed 84 Enchants 87 Bide one’s time during, as a storm 88 Bk. after Genesis 89 Much ado about nothing 90 Workout wt. 92 As far down as it’s been 96 Rule violations 99 Garlic unit 100 Overly showy 102 Prefix with tourist 104 Springfield bar 105 Composer Bartók 107 Wind similar to a piccolo 108 Small cut 109 Involuntary habit 110 Phrase on a menu 111 Bar order 113 “Top Hat” studio 114 Already acquired 115 Acquire

6/16/2019