Sunday Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 More than a little

unkind

5 Tolkien monsters 9 One hanging in a

2000 election 13 Tiny tweet 17 Leaking slowly, as

a faucet

19 Pacific salmon 20 Juno’s Greek

counterpart 21 Sassy “Cheers”

waitress

22 Prime growing month for a citrus fruit? 24 Culturally affected 25 Broadcast booth

sign

26 Sources of current information 27 Recon pro

28 Take a dip 29 Belgrade resident 30 Song sung by a French fruit lover?

33 First fruit site 35 Fields for fillies 36 New Balance rival 37 Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat logo

41 Starts the show 43 Gulf of __:

Arabian Sea arm 44 Comics impact 47 “No juice in my

mojito, please”? 50 Duck Hunt

console, briefly 51 Trait carrier 52 Chef lead-in 53 Midwest native 54 Mideast potentate 56 Masters of

allusion

57 Verse sometimes

sung

58 Kid’s punishment 59 Mosquito mating

maneuver

61 Not too sharp, as

an image 62 Vintner’s

prospects? 66 Lack on some

gowns

68 Toy line? 69 Temporary pause 70 Styron protagonist

Turner

73 Visually rapt 74 1987 Best New Artist Grammy winner Watley 75 Tortilla dough 76 “Carpe diem,” in

textspeak 77 Wood shop tool 78 Paul on guitar 79 One removing fuzz from fuzzy fruit?

82 Leadoff double? 83 Bit of power 84 How some items

are auctioned 85 Explorer da Gama 86 Sorority letters 87 Intangible quality 88 Drink brand with a

lizard logo 91 Fruit farm’s cash

flow?

96 “Little Shop of __” 101 First AfricanAmerican majorleague coach Buck

102 General and

private

103 Hip-hop label co-founded by Jay-Z 105 Barrel

component 106 Painter Nolde 107 Write-up on a

fruit?

108 Solution strength 109 Busy as __ 110 Cream color 111 Kirsten of

“Spider-Man” 112 Reserved __ 113 Fail to make

contact with 114 VA concern 115 Chile money

DOWN

1 Mighty sharks 2 Draw out 3 Emmy-winning producer of “The Fugitive” Alan __ 4 Muslim face

covering

5 Pump figure 6 Runaway victory 7 Deep fissure 8 Vegan protein

source

9 Dances with shuffle

steps

10 Medal awardees 11 Keyboard contemporary of Vladimir 12 Market speculator 13 Hat that originated in Ecuador, strangely 14 Keats’ Muse 15 Yale of Yale fame 16 Fruit lover’s

gadget

18 Most weak

21 Kurt of Nirvana 23 Make __ dash 27 Play setting 31 Primordial substance, in physics 32 Designer __ Saint

Laurent

34 Bad blood

37 “I get it”

38 Crucifix

39 Lawn choice 40 Abbr. on a teeing

ground sign 42 Fruit-filled dessert,

often

43 Circus highlights 44 Self-appointed

pub experts 45 Pay to play

46 It calls for

sweeping action 48 Court game 49 Kitchen add-on? 51 One may come

with a train 54 Apiece

55 “I pity the fool”

speaker 56 Billiards type

58 It’s at one end of

the back

59 Do a vet’s job 60 Jazz guitarist

Montgomery 61 Purple hue 63 Wreck with a ball 64 Marked on a ballot 65 Behind 66 File menu option 67 Letters for one with weekend plans 71 Knighted

Guinness 72 Snowblower

maker 74 So-called “river of

wind”

75 “Little Red Book”

writer

76 Vocalist Sumac 78 Placed 79 Compulsive fire starters, informally 80 Jack of old oaters 81 Like plump pets,

perhaps 83 Pequod, for one 84 Belt parts 86 Ornamental

hedge shrub 87 “__ Song”: John

Denver hit 89 “Dang it!” 90 Dull-sounding

critter

91 Runs, moneywise 92 Let loose 93 Spanish lasso 94 Poetic pairs 95 Build

97 Gun, as an engine 98 NFL pass blockers as a unit, in football lingo 99 Like “Harvard Yard,” as spoken by some locals 100 Took care of 104 Scull crew 107 Get-up-and-go