San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
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BY FRANK A. LONGO #2,175
ACROSS
1 Protestant denom. 6 Command
11 Duel weapon
16 Blind — bat
19 Fiji neighbor
20 Acai, for one
21 Peel remover 22 Scanned ID on a
pkg.
23 “Is that something that ought to worry me?”
25 Rembrandt or
Rubens
27 Arafat’s gp. 28 Thurman of the
screen
29 With it, once
30 “I Got a Name”
singer Jim
31 Patient information
document
38 Be a thespian 39 Discount vouchers 40 ER “PDQ!”
41 Wanna- — (copycats) 43 Coll. dorm
overseers 45 Spanish “a” 46 Young miss
48 “I’m stepping away
for just a sec” 52 Actress Bingham 55 “... boy — girl?” 58 Gut-punch response 59 On the whole 60 Embarrassed oneself while singing, in a way 63 Rubs clean 64 Spinning, archaically 65 Peru’s — Picchu 66 Suffix with 29-Down 67 Fifth-cen. pope 68 What “etc.” means 72 City sections 77 Oversee
79 Android, e.g. 80 Some steel girders 81 Wise up
85 Always the wrong
way to go about it 89 With 49-Down, miraculous biblical staff
90 Singer Yoko 91 Science advocate
Bill
92 Spa treats for feet,
for short
93 Felled
96 Tip of a boot
98 Org. for a
periodontist
100 Pigs’ hangout
101 Female pig
102 Slithery fish
105 Left on one’s plate 108 In what way
110 More so
114 Grads
116 Lyricist Kahn
117 Slugger Maris, to
pals
118 Actor Stephen 119 Psyching-out
activities
122 Time to sing the tune suggested by the starts of 10 long answers in this puzzle
127 Co. name abbr. 128 Lott of politics 129 Highly skilled 130 Sporty car roofs 131 Stretch (out)
132 Threescore
133 Harbors
134 Perception
DOWN
1 Twisty letter
2 Oom- — band
3 “I think,” to a texter 4 Add juice to, as an
engine
5 Peruvian city near Lima Honshu sash 7 Mow again
8 Serious plays 9 Straying
10 Bread type
11 Do a satire of 12 “Where’s —?” 13 Munic. law 14 Sleep-stage
acronym
15 Storied vampire,
for short
16 Dictators
17 Striking thing to
behold
18 Unit of area 24 Carrying out the
task
26 Span. lady
29 Falling star
31 Prefix with puncture 32 Bend out of shape 33 Bicker
34 Hush-hush govt.
org.
35 Hailed ride 36 1993-2020 Supreme Court justice, for short
37 Dr. Oz’s first name 42 Over the entire
shop, as a sale 44 “The — the limit!” 47 Lindsay of “Get a
Clue”
49 See 89-Across 50 Stipulations 51 Youth org. with
dens
53 “Permit Me Voyage” author James
54 Food dyes 56 Shipping dept.
stamp
57 “Horton Hears —!” 60 Notes after mis 61 Tax evasion agt. 62 Very unusual 66 Analogy part 69 Tooted thing 70 Online auction site 71 Thesaurus compiler 73 Place — (participate
on 70-Down) 74 Glow with joy 75 German city
76 Org. issuing ninedigit IDS
78 Final result 81 Chatters idly 82 Alternative to AOL
or Netzero
83 Unit equal to about
31 grams 84
Astros, on scoreboards 85 Tacit “yes” 86 Rocker Brian 87 People taking oaths 88 From 1968 on, for
tennis
94 A pair of
95 Born, in Nice 97 “Days of — Lives” 99 Pantry pest
103 Texas city of song 104 One packing things
away
106 Puts forth
107 One little bite 109 Nuke, e.g.
111 Intermediary
112 Like hurricanes 113 Cairo’s land
114 Lady friend, in Le
Havre
115 Mil. bigwigs
120 Meyers of “Dark
Horse”
121 Tex- —
122 Brief sleep
123 Martians, e.g. 124 History unit
125 Corp. execs
126 Suffix with Siam