Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 “That’s sorta
funny”
4 Oscar-nominated biopic about a Supreme Court justice
7 Pampered pet’s
destination
13 “If I Were __
Man”
18 Good Grips
brand
19 In the way of
20 Eyepieces
22 Soprano
Fleming
23 Choking hazard
warning label
25 Like some car
engines
26 Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally
27 *Coral Sea
structure
30 Fawning
parents?
31 Roland Garros
playing surface
32 “Far out!”
33 Shows of soft
power?
35 Battleship
response
36 Webpage
standard
37 Delight
40 Pushover
41 Quick __ wink
42 Tribeca
neighbor
43 Names on a fundraiser’s call list
45 Customizable Wii Sports avatar
46 *Place to chill
on the train?
50 Wander off
54 Property
transfer need
55 Word on a
whiskey bottle
56 Stadium visitors
58 DDE rival
60 __ Xtra: soda
brand
63 Pan Am rival
64 Track legend
Zátopek
65 *Long-running comic strip about the Patterson family
71 First name in
game shows
72 Old Prizm
maker
73 Actor Morales
74 South, south of
the Rio Grande
75 Liz of fashion
78 Vegetables in
fried rice
81 Peal
84 Fifth cen. pope
85 *Naval vessel known as a “flattop”
90 Org. with lots of
“Raw” footage
92 Wrote
36-Across, say
93 Threesome
94 Fannie or Sallie
follower
95 Salt spray
99 Gas additive
brand
100 Luge, e.g.
101 Ctrl+C action
102 Belle &
Sebastian genre
104Hearty bowlful
105Blue Pixar fish
106 Red or Card
107 *Dog breed that weighs no more than seven pounds
113 Iraq port city
115 “You had your chance!”
116 Centrum alternative
117 One who plays a part
118 To the extent that
119 Adobe file format
120 New __: cap brand
121 Caterpillar rival
122 Fins, or when parsed differently, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
123 Retired boomer
124 1040 fig.
DOWN
1 __ Kong
2 Lifted one’s
spirits?
3 Traveler’s
storage spot
4 Well-worn
5 Amorphous
mass
6 Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” for one
7 Round up
8 Nail the midterm
9 Mascara container
10 Curved line, in musical notation
11 Twosome
12 “King of the Hill” town
13 Pt. of ETA
14 *Cause of some memory problems
15 Jeans measure
16 Part of etc.
17 San Simeon castle builder
21 Mount
24 Duracell options
28 Suckerfish
29 Gift tag field
34 Pass off (on)
35 Tarnish
36 Biker’s wheels
37 “The Back-up Plan” actress, familiarly
38 Sharing word
39 Org. with a community pool
42 Record half
43 Wear
44 Handled
47 *Need for a comprehensive background check?
48 Suisse peak
49 Playful growl
51 Hits hard
52 French friend
53 Couture initials
57 Veers port or
starboard
59 Bell-shaped lily
61 Sox from Mass.
62 Cup insert
65 Experienced
66 __ hygiene
67 Portable drive
capacity prefix
68 Restorative
69 Medieval land
70 Closing music
71 Roast hosts,
briefly
76 “Young Americans” singer David
77 Son of Ares
and Aphrodite
79 Prime minister before and after Churchill
80 Some bottle
caps
82 Stretches out?
83 2024 and 2028
86 ORD summer
hrs.
87 Weight room
unit
88 Help
89 Del __ Books:
sci-fi publisher
91 2023 award for
Lionel Messi
95 Mythical mariner
96 Twist together
97 “__ Fideles”
98 Horn sounds
100 Emotional strain
101 Former “Iron Chef America” chef Cat __
103Word on a whiskey bottle
104 Instrument in the tanbur family
105 P&G detergent brand
108 Former U.N. chief Annan
109 Macedonian or Montenegrin
110 Aesop character
111 Winds down
112 Meg of “You’ve Got Mail”
114 “__ you sure?”