Springfield News-Sun

THE SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- NBA PLAY BY FRANK A. LONGO

ACROSS 1

Relatives of pistachios 8 Mail-related

14 Baio and Turow 20 Wife of Nero 21 Fingers-in-ears

syllables 22 Headwear for Mr.

Peanut

23 Golden State hoopster who lives for Saturdays and Sundays? 25 Existence

26 Days of yore,

archaicall­y 27 Ruling group 28 Schlepped through

the entrance 30 Ballestero­s of

golf

33 Groom, e.g. 35 Exemplary Houston

hoopster?

38 San Antonio hoopster scaling a mountain? 42 Suffix with lion 43 Guy in the fam 44 High peak 45 Heavenly

46 Health club

48 Gyro bread

49 Semi fuel 51 Cowardly Denver

hoopster? 55 “Mom” actress

Jaime

58 Start eating 59 Org. against

pollution 60 Redding of R&B 61 Event for stunt

pilots

64 — -Z (total)

65 Foot part 68 Brooklyn hoopster using a rod and reel?

71 Phoenix hoopster preparing a typeface for printing? 74 Frau’s “Oh!”

75 Girl in the fam 76 Name originally

proposed for Utah 78 Gas guzzler 79 Reindeer kin 80 Notion, to Fifi 81 Damsels

84 Los Angeles hoopster originally from New England? 90 Train in the pool 92 All excited

93 Mtn. stat

94 Tested for fit

97 “— culpa!” 98 “Stillmatic” rapper 99 Footed vase

101 Sacramento hoopster holding power? 103 Eco-conscious Charlotte hoopster?

107 Livy’s lang.

108 Words in an analogy 109 Some nobles’

domains 110 Jamaican pop 19 Pigpen

genre 24 Flying needs

112 Baby wolf 29 Collect bit by bit 114 Justificat­ion 30 Cousin of a jack 116 Chicago hoopster mackerel devoid of 31 Oval-shaped spontaneit­y 32 Spiteful and emotion?

34 Even one

Sock with diamond

35 Capital of Bavaria patterns

“Seinfeld” character 36 One-named deco

master

Shrunken Asian lake

37 Exactly

Some vowel sounds

39 Pollen eaters Phrase structure

40 “Get ’em, Spot!” Lower than

41 Syllable after

“oom”

46 Broiling bar 47 Church seat 48 Club swingers’ gp. 50 Meeting period,

informally 52 Picked

53 — pot (sinusclean­ing product) 54 “Once — a time ...” 56 Dillydalli­es

57 Dark half of a

Chinese circle 60 Birds — feather 62 News aggregatio­n

website 63 Precipitou­s

64 “— girl!”

65 Giant waves 66 Paid more than 67 Musician Brian 69 Capri, e.g. 70 Adidas rival

72 Pro —

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Mooing beast High card

Fr. holy woman Olajuwon of the NBA

Daredevil Knievel Power sources with spinning sails Tearful

Strategize

Rowers’ tools 35 mm camera inits.

Alteration pro

Not silently

Huge

Directs

Buyable apartments Vision-related Have high aspiration­s

Bit of ink art 73 Celtic speaker 77 Piece for seven 79 Heart test, for

short

80 Ailing

82 Apathetic

response

83 Ding- —

84 Light half of a

Chinese circle 85 Lab gelatin 86 Horse feed holders 87 Body of rules 88 Verdi’s “— tu” 89 Fix illegally 91 Pudding starch 95 China’s Zhou 96 Day, in Peru 99 Open, as a new rug 100 Some French

wines

101 Make a new digital

image of

102 Dry dog food

104 Class that’s a

cinch

105 “Blue” singer

Leann

106 Hockey great Cam 110 Capital of Yemen 111 Lego alternativ­e

113 — Bator

114 Jogged, e.g.

115 History unit

117 Smack

118 Taxi

119 D.C.’S nation

120 Tennis call

121 “— -di-dah!”

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