Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
“Bring It On” By Alan Massengill & Doug Peterson
ACROSS
1 Classic cartoon horse Quick Draw __
7 Superhero with anger issues
11 Rapper __ Nas X
14 Slavic native
18 Beethoven’s Third
19 “Ohhhhh”
20 Point value of a gol de fútbol
21 Egyptian peninsula
22 Drill team for outlaws?
25 “__ it!”
26 Be behind
27 Texter’s rebuttal
28 In the past
29 __ tofu
30 Big name in casualwear
31 Study up on Newton’s theories?
35 Big name in cookware
38 Ramp up or ramp down
40 2022 AL MVP Judge
41 Permits
43 Sword part
44 Pronombre personal
45 Gather into loops
49 Book club choices for a church group?
52 Really big
54 Mariana Trench, e.g.
55 Subject for a primatologist
56 Zen garden tool
58 Homeric saga featuring the Catalogue of Ships
59 Door latch
61 Put (together)
63 Groups of sheep
64 Vampire’s introspective question?
68 Key with one sharp
70 Legal docs
71 Leave out
72 Bossy star of a kid’s game
73 Sony laptop brand
74 Org. that oversees tobacco
75 Apt name for some Aries
80 Has a tendency for
82 Unusual cold snap in England?
86 Hawaii’s state bird
87 Pasta type
89 “Voilà!”
90 Lady Bird’s husband
91 Swiped
93 Hyundai model
95 “Alice in Wonderland” bird
96 Funny business in an Oregon city?
99 Egyptian vipers
101 Academic’s achievement
102 In the manner of
103 __ chamber
104 Atlanta-based network
107 Met’s lineup?
108 “Now where did that minty cocktail go ... ”?
113 Bishop’s hat 114 Secret code
115 20 quires
116 Twist in a novel
117 Pomegranate bit
118 Reproductive cells
119 Lady __ of “A Star Is Born”
120 “Prithee make thyself scarce”
DOWN
1 Inbox item
2 Sticking point, metaphorically
3 1990s vice president
4 Pro wrestler Flair
5 Blessed sound?
6 Limbo for a college applicant
7 Daily temperature stat
8 Computer port initials
9 Grassy expanse
10 “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Jeong
11 Video game brother
12 Counting everything
13 __ Angeles
14 Round Table knight
15 Thin mushroom
16 Poe’s “ungainly fowl”
17 “Muy __”
21 Hubert’s successor
23 Twelve sharp
24 Bautista of “Guardians of the Galaxy”
29 Hall of Fame football coach Hank
30 Fat raindrop sounds
31 Candied, as cherries
32 Breach
33 Not pro
34 New Haven Ivy Leaguer
35 Andalusia appetizer
36 Part of a blooper reel
37 Fellow fighter
39 Great Lakes people
42 Thanksgiving snapper
44 Put into law
46 Ready if required
47 Novelist Dinesen
48 Parts of some flashlights
50 Observe Ramadan, say
51 Cookies with an occasional Mystery Flavor
53 Word with service or surplus
57 Low-carb regimen
60 Bubble filler
61 In the past
62 Mtge. figure
63 Heist film antagonists, often: Abbr.
64 Shakespeare’s title Athenian
65 Ready for anything
66 Savannah antelope
67 Persian Gulf sultanate
68 Network with a “Deportes” channel
69 Sticking point
73 Soft sheer fabric
74 __ pack
76 Hangs
77 Try again
78 Big name in casualwear
79 Former host Jay
81 Oil region?
83 Rice cake served with chutney
84 Fits __
85 Quickly assembled group
88 Israeli port on the Mediterranean
92 Clipped
93 Short critique?
94 Risqué 96 Haunting
97 Join together
98 Justice Kagan
100 English Channel port
101 Scottish lids
103 “Room” novelist Donoghue
104 Record, in a way
105 Bingo call
106 Vexed
108 Stock acronym
109 Alternative to edu
110 Coral __
111 Playground game
112 Leprechaun’s dance