Mind the Gap

ACROSS

1 Experts 6 Accord

12 The Harry Potter novels, e.g. 18 External parasites 20 Minuscule, cutesily

21 Not yet packed, say 22 Another nickname for Old Abe … or a description of the circled letter?

24 Got fit 25 Funny Brooks 26 Eight: Prefix 27 Astronaut’s place … 29 Aves.

30 Let out, as a sigh 33 Venus, but not Serena 34 Truckful

35 A lid usually covers it at night 37 Naval rank: Abbr. 38 Counterpart of Venus 42 Screen or partition … 47 Kitchen-sink attachment 50 Much-disputed part of an airplane 51 Where decongestant spray goes … 53 Animal with a snout 54 Candidate’s goal

57 “____ time” 58 Discontent 59 Alternatively 60 Kind 61 Cellular messenger 62 CBS drama beginning in 2018 63 Negative connector 64 Cyberexpert’s worry …

69 ____ Poke (caramel candy) 72 ____-rock 73 Each “O” of BOGO

74 “____ and the Real Girl” (2007 comedy) 75 “What have I done!” 79 Part of an auto garage’s business 81 Hawaiian mash-up? 82 Product much advertised during football games 83 Clutch 84 Office device … 87 “That’s my intention”

89 At the end of the day 90 Heist figure … 93 General ____ chicken 94 Bear: Sp. 96 Soon 97 Memphis-toNashville dir. 98 Coinage during the 2008 presidential election 101 “Spider-Man” baddie

103 ____ drive

106 Bit of good fortune … 111 Something you might get your mitts on 112 By birth 113 Away from work for a while

114 Store banner …

118 Early ____

119 Scowling

120 Worry in East Africa 121 Something to chew on 122 Some seethrough curtains 123 “Ni-i-i-ice!”

DOWN

1 Common phobia source 2 Overturn 3 Omani money 4 Powerful arm 5 What a “singleton” is, in baseball lingo

6 City from which the U.S. moved its embassy in 2018

7 Big retailer of camping gear 8 Middle-earth denizen 9 About 10 Keep busy

11 Dr. Seuss title animal 12 Be a lousy bedmate, say 13 Physicist Mach 14 Little protestation 15 “Ain’t I somethin’?!” 16 Cabinet dept. 17 Kind

19 Is on the up and up? 21 Part of a place setting 23 Mom-and-pop org. 28 Followers of talks

31 “____ tu” (Verdi aria) 32 Chose not to 34 Whigs’ opponents 36 “Water, water, everywhere,” per Coleridge 38 “You’re in my spot!” 39 Like an increasing amount of immigration to the U.S. nowadays 40 Rizzo in “Midnight Cowboy” 41 More cunning 42 The “r” of r=d/t 43 Kind of hygiene 44 Experts in the field? 45 Publisher’s announcement 46 Wet

48 Visits a school, maybe 49 Feeling with a deadline approaching 52 Like carbon 12, but not carbon 14 55 Trip up 56 Intrinsically 60 Eyeball layer 61 Calif.’s 101, e.g. 62 Containing iron 65 Gung-ho 66 Quick signatures, quickly 67 Grammy winner Corinne Bailey ____ 68 Poet who originated the phrase “harmony in discord” 69 Apostle of Ireland, for short 70 Lounges 71 Have because of 76 Respond to a bumper sticker, maybe 77 Bill

78 Lilac or lavender 80 Section at a zoo 81 Distant source of radio waves 82 “X” isn’t really one 83 Void 85 Wallop

86 Org. founded under Nixon 88 General rule 91 “Aw, nuts!” 92 Converts to binary, e.g. 95 Literally, “great O’s” 98 “Pretty slick!” 99 Expression of dismay

100 “Gah!”

102 Egg: Prefix

103 Join

104 Have a feeling

105 Bring into the world

106 Truckful

107 Computer command

108 Problem for a plumber

109 Remained fresh

110 ____ chips (trendy snack food)

115 Scot’s refusal

116 Scottie’s warning

117 ____ Amsterdam (name on colonial maps)