South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
SCALE IT BACK
By Scott Hogan & Katie Hale
ACROSS
1 Improvises with nonsense syllables while singing
6 Hosp. area
11 “Frozen” snowman
15 Go the distance
19 Old Turkish title
20 Body art medium
21 Roam
22 Glom __: take hold of
23 Chant that could start any minute in a yoga class?
25 Bibliography abbr.
26 Playing a fifth qtr., say
27 Vegan pizza order, perhaps
28 Speak without thinking
29 Thick book
30 Biblical twin
31 Beaver structure that defies all laws of physics?
36 Soap chemical
38 Singer Lena
39 African capital
40 Result of a cracked Kindle?
45 Uses, as a coupon
47 Paddle kin
48 Brownstone porch
49 Family man
52 Telly watchers
54 Sitcom fixture
56 11th Greek letter
59 Casual refusal
60 Messy pile
61 Lingering resentment between rival 16th century Italian painters?
66 Con
70 Gimlet garnishes
71 Like some Chardonnay
72 Obstacles in a Grand Theft Auto construction zone?
77 AnnaSophia of “Bridge to Terabithia”
81 NAACP co-founder __ B. Wells
82 E-signature alternative
83 Celebrity mag since 1977
87 Transform (into)
89 Drops from above
91 Problem with
82-Across
92 Biodegrade
93 Resort with moguls
96 Rate at which romaine salads come out of the kitchen?
99 Impressionist Claude
100 Beekeeping hazard
102 Irish actor Stephen
103 Put up with my shenanigans?
108 Sleeveless garment
112 Twee
113 Competitor
114 Goes long?
116 Poker stake
117 Scored 100 on
118 Creating study aids during a classroom lecture, and how seven long answers in this puzzle were created?
121 Look intently (at)
122 “How __ refuse?”
123 Garlicky sauce
124 Cornell, Penn, etc.
125 Flubs
126 Jewelry designer Peretti
127 Eurasian border mountains 128 Black-and-white vegetarian
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1 Book part
2 Patterns meant to blend in, briefly
3 Org. providing creature comfort?
4 One who has an impressive green thumb?
5 With it
6 Trey Anastasio’s jam band
7 Actress Zellweger
8 Pt. of OED
9 Singer Yoko
10 Hulu’s “__ & Tommy”
11 Vague warning
12 Seated yoga pose
13 Greed
14 Had regrets
15 One who lingers
16 Latin phrase in some dates
17 Leaf pore
18 __ pole
24 Political thaw
28 “__ appétit!”
32 Breakfast chain
33 Calendar pgs.
34 Get set
35 Recline
37 Polite contraction
40 All of two
41 Talk wildly
42 Killer whale
43 __ favor
44 Crowd sound
45 Crashes (into)
46 Constellation part
50 Strange
51 Behind the times
53 __/her pronouns
55 Abbey area
57 Bun cooked in a bamboo steamer
58 Genetic letters
62 Justice Kagan
63 “The Pinkprint” rapper Minaj
64 Latin I verb
65 Brontë governess
67 Buckaroo
68 Mature
69 Pilates surface
72 Pep
73 Rite words
74 Hypothetical stuff in space
75 Oscar winner Sorvino
76 Totals
78 Sticky pod
79 Political coalition
80 Computer memory unit
84 __ salt
85 Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” collaborator
86 Scots Gaelic
88 Leads the way
90 CBS military drama
91 __ lily: Utah state flower
94 Go over again
95 Virtuous
97 Social insect
98 Meringue dessert named for a ballerina
100 Bowl game venues
101 __ Aviv
103 Land’s end?
104 Pitching aid?
105 Levels (out)
106 Flounce
107 Some tax-free bonds
109 Stay home for supper
110 Knight’s mount
111 Thompson of “Creed”
115 Scissors sound
118 19th Greek letter
119 Beach ball inflater
120 RV park chain