South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)
Crossword Puzzle
Going
Head to Head
ACROSS 1 Group of trees 6 Potential queens
11 Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase 14 Harmless
weapons maker 18 Strong suit? 19 “Continue” 20 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author, 1988
21 Like the Gregorian calendar 22 Showdown in Greek mythology
25 A couple of
times
26 Word of confirmation on a messaging app
27 Couple 28 Showdown in classic video games 30 Quickened
paces
32 Wasn’t struck
down
33 Realm
34 Tours can be
seen on it 35 Triumph
37 Not in any way 39 Showdown in American history
43 Hot ____
44 One of four in a
grand slam 47 Univs., e.g. 48 Bent over backward, in a way
50 Bit of P.R.
53 Like baseball’s
Durham Bulls 54 Speaker of
Welsh or Breton 56 Actor Elba 58 One of the o’s in
“o/o”
59 Rank above maj. 61 Showdown in
cinema 65 Mork’s planet 66 Brightly colored
blazer 67 Obie-winning
playwright Will 68 “What is it?” 69 Showdown in
the funnies 74 Not use cursive 77 University in Des
Moines 78 Greenish-brown
hue
79 Neighbor of
China
81 What’s used to row, row, row your boat 83 Leave fulfilled 85 Less than
perfect 88 Geometric
prefix
89 Italian “il” or
French “le” 90 Prattle 92 Showdown in
the Bible 95 Protein shell of
a virus
98 Like sauvignon
blanc 99 Traditional Christmas decoration
100 Jump to
conclusions
103 Some petting
zoo animals
106 Word with
wonder or world 107 Showdown in
comic books
109 Lead-in to boy
or girl
111 Simple plant
114 Ostentation
115 Showdown in
literature
118 Businesswoman
Lauder
119 Apt name for a
Braille instructor 120 TD Garden
athlete
121 Knock over
122 Cowardly Lion
portrayer
123 ____ bit
124 Overjoy
125 Bone: Prefix DOWN 1 What “Talk to the hand!” is an example of 2 Unswerving 3 “I couldn’t agree more!” 4 They’re found under a bridge 5 Beats by ____ (headphones brand)
6 Short strokes 7 “Alas!”
8 Sudden impulse 9 Sister
10 “Try me”
11 Be relevant to 12 Country named for its latitude 13 College student’s assignment 14 Words after an interruption 15 Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress
16 Fast one
17 “____ Jacques” 21 Conductors’ announcements
23 “____ where it
hurts!”
24 Uncle, in
Argentina 29 Under half of 45?
31 Brother of Dori and Nori in “The Hobbit” 32 Surprising lack of Oscar recognition 34 Suitable for a dieter, informally 35 Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic 36 Watson’s
company 38 Defeat
39 Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md.
40 Word before
right or rise 41 Move
turbulently 42 Increasingly
ripe, say 45 Wedding need
… or booking 46 Stereotypical therapist’s response 49 Pipe cleaner 51 Enthusiasts 52 Go wrong 54 Part of the eye 55 Wapitis 57 British Bulldog : Churchill :: ____ : Thatcher 60 Undistinguished, as many a subdivision house 62 Rapidly
spreading vine 63 Get straight 64 Prefix with
allergenic 69 Football units:
Abbr.
70 Idiot, in
Britspeak 71 Vow 72 Relatives of
emus
73 Et ____ 75 Numbers to
avoid
76 Ragged 80 North African
land: Abbr. 82 Cry of school
spirit 84 Laid-back 86 Data-storage items on the decline 87 Organ in the leg of a katydid, bizarrely 88 Frontier lights 91 Unit of
explosive power 93 “That sounds
awful” 94 Mauna ____ 96 Wow
97 Territory name
until 1889
100 Brat’s opposite 101 Popular dip
102 Skilled laborer 104 Tex-____
105 Bit of
corruption
106 Author of the “Fear Street” series for young readers
108 Some saber
wielders
109 Bluish-green
110 Ninny
112 TV show set in William McKinley High School
113 Prefix with
stratus
116 It’s used to cite
a site
117 Bonnie and
Clyde, e.g.