A Weekend Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hebrew commentary 8 Playful prankster 14 Dwarfed tree 20 Methodological discipline 21 Magnate’s purview 22 Cottonwoods 23 Very close-knit 25 Monopoly do-over 26 Garment industry 27 Pungent sauce 29 Steady guy 32 Astin of “The Lord of the Rings” 33 Neuwirth of “Chicago” 34 Distinct mus. tones 37 Lark 39 Perfectly fine 44 What say? 45 Kinda 47 Old autocrats 48 Mother of Brunhilde 49 Ottoman Empire official 50 Continental NASA equivalent 51 Fella 53 Chapter of the Koran 55 Pc. 56 Big __, CA 57 Brazen to the point of rudeness 61 1992 Wimbledon champion 63 Pig in the movies 66 Maestro Toscanini 67 Zadora of “Hairspray” 69 Gives off 70 Raines and Fitzgerald 72 Say it ain’t so! 73 Planet-finding grp. 74 Grows less sharp 75 Candied 76 Up-to-date 77 Forward flow 79 Hebrides isle 80 Wedding-vow comparative 82 Surprisingly present 85 Press coverage 86 Salton or Caspian, e.g. 88 Bigfoot’s shoe size 89 Reef predator 90 Wed. follower 93 Extinct flightless bird 94 Shows curiosity 96 Deserve 99 Petty ruler 101 Tennessee twosome? 102 Pure 105 Arctic goose 106 __ Xiaoping 108 Fill-in worker 109 Wind into loops 111 __ facto 112 Thankless so-and-so 115 Love potions 118 Wine and dine 120 Absolutely certain 125 Yellow-orange colors 126 Verdi opera 127 Lipstick tree 128 Small kernel 129 Even more organized 130 Lowest in fat
DOWN
1 Salt Lake City hrs. 2 “__ bin ein Berliner” 3 MIV halved 4 New enlistee 5 “Lonely Boy” singer 6 Unattractive ones 7 “The Scarlet Letter” woman 8 Displays a painting again 9 In the heart of 10 “Pursuit of the Graf __” 11 Non-milit. 12 Sharp mountain ridges 13 Buick model 14 Silents star Theda 15 Cheers for Manolete 16 Drug cops 17 Sleek and shiny 18 “You’ve got mail” co. 19 Small pc. of land 24 Inherited characteristic 28 Carries 29 Ignoble 30 Slaughter in Cooperstown 31 Gillette razor 33 Iraqi port 35 In grand style 36 Hollywood dancer Cyd 38 Lake in northern Italy 40 Big name in toys 41 Nova Scotia town 42 Novel inspiration 43 Pestered 46 FDR’s pooch 52 Computer acronym 54 Ad Astra per __ (Kansas motto) 57 Where the land meets the sea 58 Playwright Fugard 59 Ice cream parlor order 60 Method in which the parts of a plant are arranged 62 Divert 63 Dirtied 64 Multi-purpose 65 Total darkness 68 Congregation separator 71 Go up and down 73 Derisive looks 77 Molding curves 78 Goes in a hurry 81 Hebrew letter 83 Make new charts 84 Love handles 87 Bushy-tailed Japanese dog 90 Force into a corner 91 Katzenjammer kid 92 Involved in 95 Big name in cowboy hats 97 Cutting tooth 98 Worker’s burden 100 Isolde’s lover 103 Riot in Rouen 104 Nevertheless 107 Knot 110 Sierra __ 113 Jubilation 114 Remainder 115 Bombard 116 Hearty’s partner 117 Barrett or Jaffe 118 Actor/director Howard 119 Old French coin 121 FDR group 122 Inhabitant of 123 PMs 124 Came down with