Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“Gains” By AMIE WALKER & HOANG-KIM VU

ACROSS

1 “Couldn’t agree

more!” 5 Tapenade, e.g. 8 Pride __ 12 Chicago daily,

familiarly 16 Forum robe 17 Bread with

falafel 18 Princess Tiana

costume topper 19 Taiga or tundra 20 Collage of fabric swatches, paint chips, etc. 22 Birch kin 23 Send payment 24 Nearly fails Poseidon’s shop class? 27 Considerate of

others

28 Iowa State

town

29 Activity in a humidified room

30 Corp. leader 31 Monopoly pair 33 Desertlike 35 “What’s the

__?”

36 Karaoke outing that won’t allow Aretha’s classic song?

41 Twirl

45 Some saxes 46 __ Eisley: spaceport in the “Star Wars” universe

47 Take to court 48 __ Island 49 Harris, e.g.,

informally 50 Shout at the

slots

52 Best Original

Song, e.g. 54 Gretzky, once 55 Blunder 56 Nursing __ 57 Time in the

Peace Corps? 60 Close securely 61 High card, often 62 Skeptical expression 63 The x- or y-axis, perhaps? 69 Fizz liquor 70 Weeding tool 73 Native New Zealander 74 Numbered clubs 75 Pound sound 77 “The Powerpuff Girls” voice actress Strong 78 With 79-Across, entry in the periodic table’s last column 79 See 78-Across 80 Auction action 81 Gets, as a job 82 Flushed 83 Request to an ophthalmologist on a busy afternoon? 88 Curling surface 90 “I Will Wait” band Mumford & __

91 Io or Europa, for Jupiter 92 NCAA champion swimmer Thomas 93 Clipped

97 Hurt feelings? 99 Pot sticker kin 101 “Use all your strength!,” or an alternate title for this puzzle? 105 Problems for pipes or PR firms 106Insertion mark 107 Carrot, so to

speak

110 Penn pals? 111 Locale for

llamas

112 Alum

113 Library offering 114 Relayed

115 Long-standing

rivalry

116 52-Across honoree for “Fight for You” 117 Fangorn Forest

beings

DOWN

1 Note dispenser 2 Low in the field 3 Bit of selfpromotion? 4 Federer rival 5 Talk of the town? 6 “Nice job!” reply 7 Lakshmi who wrote the children’s book “Tomatoes for Neela”

8 Enters one by

one

9 Chaps

10 Zone

11 Brooks of

country music 12 Colorful garment that might feature a

peace sign 13 Shakespeare character in the lyrics of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” 14 Chatting online, for short 15 Bright

aquarium fish 17 Wax finish? 18 “Any __?”:

“Who’s in?” 19 Brolly carriers 21 “Say Yes to the

Dress” figures 25 Stockpile 26 Sound defeat 27 Mixology tool 30 Desire

32 Pal of Big Bird

and Julia 34 Decathlon

equipment 37 Fizzy drink 38 Ages and ages 39 Avocado dish,

for short 40 “Wish me luck!” 42 Casual top 43 Brainchild 44 Geeky type 48 Batman’s boy

friend 50 Modern location of Nineveh

51 Evil doppelgänger in the Mario games

52 Some apex

predators 53 Reindeer pal of Olaf the snowman 56 Suit well 58 Pocket 59 Skeptical

expression 60 “Didn’t mean to

open that can

of worms” 63 Mideast title 64 Prefix between

micro and pico 65 “Easy __ it” 66 __ Sea: former

endorheic lake 67 Rice pancakes served with sambar and chutney

68 Bed size 70 L’Occitane

product 71 Appoint, as a

rabbi 72 Undemanding

class

76 Leslie __ Jr. of

“Glass Onion” 77 Roof goo 80 Pho garnish 81 “Imagine”

singer

83 View as 84 Heavy favorite 85 Passes, as

legislation 86 Longtime

luxury sedan 87 Partner of

hollered 89 Irritable 93 Share, as an

appetizer 94 Parte de un platillo “ranchero” 95 Online

business 96 Coffee choice 98 Whinny

100 Proof of

ownership 102 Thick tresses 103 Lahore

language 104 Memo opener 108 Chocolate

factory tub 109 Nine Inch Nails

quartet?