The Commercial Appeal

The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Toddler Talk

- By Katie Hale and Christina Iverson / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Unloading point 5 Trait for a

ballerina 10 “Wanna hear a secret?” preceder

14 Not much

18 The “O” of

OWN 20 Portrayer of Captain Davies in “Roots” 21 Bind with rope 22 Abacus column 23 Helpful

24 Accept payment from Batman? 27 Eponymous Irish

city

29 ____ pickle 30 Counterpar­ts of

faunas

31 Cause for celebratio­n at a pachyderm sanctuary? 36 ____ lecithin (chocolate additive)

37 What most pens

can’t do

38 Jane portrayer in 1981’s “Tarzan, the Ape Man” 41 Worry about,

informally

45 Flip (out)

46 Rock band that you might think would always be an opening act, with “the”? 48 Ex-giants QB Manning

49 Finish scooping out a big stirfry?

54 Signal approval 55 Inexplicab­ly

missing, say 56 Brontë who wrote “Agnes Grey”

57 Target of permethrin cream

58 Not very

convincing 60 Highly skilled 61 Rare race

outcome 63 Unimaginat­ive birthday gift 64 Is stertorous 65 Puritan’s goal in 17th-century Salem?

69 Changes topics in a debate, perhaps

73 Scrapes (out) 74 The Rose Bowl, e.g.

79 Czar who co-ruled with Peter I

80 Goes head to head

81 Indiana athlete 83 Sunburn soother 84 Specialist publicatio­n, for short 85 Monopolize 86 Something a Parmesan vendor might offer? 89 Unflappabl­e state of mind 90 Baron Cohen of film

92 One of all fours? 93 Container words 94 2019 film whose title means “to the stars” 96 A dance and a dip 98 Cartoondom’s Olive ____

100 What a stoner actor smoked during rehearsal?

107 Beginning and end of “America”

109 “Ha-ha!”

110 Noise heard during the London Blitz

111 Domain for Jameson and Maker’s Mark? 116 Curl target,

informally

117 Manual

alternativ­e

118 Soul singer

Bridges

119 Bank

investment?

120 Spanish dagger or Adam’s needle is a variety of it

121 New York football team, informally

122 Apt rhyme for “crude” and “rude”

123 It may need to be broken to move 124 Lucretia ____, abolitioni­st and women’s rights advocate

DOWN

1 Childbirth assistant 2 Choose to participat­e 3 Concern for Superman 4 Superman’s birth name

5 Like many a teenage boy’s facial hair

6 First Asian tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in singles

7 Press

8 Bishop’s jurisdicti­on 9 Long period 10 Like some evidence and bulbs

11 Doctor’s order 12 I.R.S. ID

13 Live broadcast no-no

14 In

15 One creating draft after draft?

16 Andean empire member

17 Some clicks of the tongue

19 Slice of toast? 25 Comes out ahead

26 Dolts

28 Market launch, for short 32 Amphibians that may have toxic skin

33 Clichéd 34 Shakespear­e villain with more lines than the title character 35 Kindle download 39 Skip the big ceremony, say 40 They’re found around Scots 41 Bony fish with prized eggs

42 “Bottled poetry,” according to Robert Louis Stevenson

43 Active Sicilian volcano

44 Filled with wonder

47 Without concrete evidence

50 “Ad Parnassum” and “Fish Magic,” for two 51 Metaphor for a shared experience 52 Be more important than 53 Exaggerate­d kiss sound

55 Fuss

59 Legal title:

Abbr.

60 He wrote lyrics to “My Way” for Sinatra

62 Channel with a lot of house renovation shows

63 Keeps in the loop, in a way 64 Give a start

66 Prez with a rhyming campaign slogan 67 Lab work

68 Cause of some brain freeze 69 It comes in California and New York styles 70 Covered in vines 71 Celebrity who holds the Guinness world record for

“Most Frequent Clapper”

72 Half and half? 75 Gallivants

76 On the safe side 77 Ancient kingdom in modern-day Jordan

78 Elusive, in a way 80 Words to learn, briefly

81 In itself: Lat. 82 “Oh, come on!” 85 Aggressive pitch 87 Physically fit 88 Rock song?

90 Big cut of tuna 91 Fill with wonder 95 Attaches, as a button

97 Some shop tools 98 “Now it makes sense!”

99 “____ So Bad” (Tom Petty song)

101 Flying ____ drop (pro wrestling move) 102 Shocks, in a way 103 Hip bone

104 Classic brand of

wafers

105 Upright

106 The Apostle of Ireland, familiarly

107 It might come in a branded tote bag

108 Buddy

112 “____-haw!”

113 Laid up

114 Formerly called 115 Perón of politics

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