San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
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ACROSS
1 Extreme selfdeniers
9 Common proof of age
15 Plotting band
20 Cousins of croci
21 Worker whose job is fitting
22 Nice smell
23 Stylized bow that’s a token of affection
24 Godly
25 Fragment 26 Unwrap
27 Put on fancy duds, with “up”
29 Many Punjabi believers
30 Take forcibly
31 Marry
32 Cultural
35 Many August babies
36 Ford bomb
37 Writer Elinor or Philip
39 Praise highly
41 Toad feature
43 Toppings for nachos
45 “The King —”
46 Shakes up
51 Entertainer Falana
52 Nutrition std.
54 “— Kapital”
55 Tapering off
56 Flying hooters
57 They have depots: Abbr.
58 Father of Beau Bridges
60 Most bizarre
61 Rugged truck, in brief
62 Sandy islets
63 Napoleon’s isle of exile
64 News anchor Huntley
65 Hebrew holy scroll
67 Plus others: Abbr.
69 “Noah” actress Watson
71 Chewed Andean stimulants
75 Title for a fictional Southern rabbit
77 Cowboys’ city, informally
79 Writer Dinesen
81 Suffix with Seattle
82 Behind bars 85 Bruno — (shoe brand)
86 Moo — pork
87 Be boastful
88 Hurting from hiking, say
90 Color tone
91 Gridiron stats
92 Pale brown
93 Legume-family plant
94 Incline
96 “Not so!”
98 PC memory units
99 19th-century Shakespeare editor Alexander
100 Chevy muscle car
101 Farfalle, e.g.
105 A8 carmaker
107 Paige of “Evita”
109 Gene-splicing need
112 Trellis plants
113 Current style
115 Finale
116 Colorado ski mecca
117 Vetoed
118 Early online protocol
120 Rip apart
123 Justice Kagan
124 Distinctive film director
125 Ripped apart
126 Impertinent
127 Meager
128 Jewel box holders ... or eight features of this puzzle?
DOWN
1 Radiant
2 Incline
3 Neanderthal, e.g.
4 Eve’s garden
5 “— TOK” (Kesha hit)
6 Electrojet bit 7 Laundromat machine
8 Make a chair of
9 “— be an honor”
10 Speaking stand
11 Passive resistance to laws
12 Quite similar
13 “Apollo 13” director
14 Equestrian training
15 Bit of outdated hi-fi equipment
16 Traveled in a curved path
17 Tennis’ Becker
18 Astonish
19 Suit coat flap
28 — monster (large lizard)
32 Lofty trains
33 — del Fuego
34 Romantic evening meal
38 In-favor votes
40 Longtime politico Mo
42 Rival of Xerox or Canon
43 Political pull
44 Diyer’s book
47 Build upon
48 Deadlock
49 Mil. officer
50 Mil. officer
53 Mgr.’s aide
59 Tasty tuber
62 December 25
64 Periodic payment to a stockholder
66 Taper off 68 Judges’ org.
70 Very fine rain
72 Hora or hokeypokey
73 Classic arcade name
74 Smooth transition
76 31-Across on the sly
78 Viscous
80 Novelist Jane
82 Possibilities
83 This moment
84 Java
85 Fulfill expectations
87 Really tired
89 Sailing races
95 “Take it out” mark
97 Beatified Fr. woman
101 Really yearns
102 Teresa of —
103 “Boxcars” roll
104 Cold temps
106 River mouth
108 Silly prank
110 Constituent of gunpowder
111 At — for words
114 — ex machina
116 Observe
119 III, to Italians
121 Inclined
122 ’16 Olympics host