SATURDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Broadcaster of the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards

4 “___ girl!”

8 ___ Moines

11 Warhead carrier (Abbr.)

15 A peeling place?

18 Of lower quality

20 Mork’s home planet

21 “Gladiator” venue

23 *Figure eights?

26 Kvetches and moans

27 Grassy Spanish plain

28 Botox target

29 It might go off with a bang (Abbr.)

30 *Grand old times?

33 “OMG, stop already!”

35 Sounds of satiation

37 Fashionable

38 Imp’s year-end comeuppance

39 *Perfect score in Vegas?

43 *Woman with a six-pack?

47 ___ studies (discipline championed by Du Bois)

48 To the ___ degree

51 December decor, for some

52 *Fiver, famously?

57 Canadian brew

60 Perilous place

61 Like some old houses

65 “Famous” cookie producer

66 Bengals, on scoreboards

67 End of a college’s address

69 Fabric that might make you look FA-BU-LOUS!

70 Punchline to the “Interrupting Cow” knock-knock joke

71 *A penny for your thoughts?

78 Lament

79 Fall for, in a way

80 Ref. named for a British university

81 Goads into bungee jumping, say

82 ___ Paolo, Brazil

83 “Our God Is Marching On” orator (Abbr.)

84 Some tea and juice blends

87 Bucks, on scoreboards

88 Nintendo accessories

90 *Eleventh hour happening

93 Scrape

94 Harangue

95 Like some uphill climbs

98 Tibetan capital

102 Former Labor Secretary Robert

106 Producer of shear fabric?

107 *Four corners monument?

113 “Caught you!”

114 *Double-header?

117 Whopper, e.g.

118 Certain additional partygoers ... and a hint to the adjustments needed for the starred clues

121 Uncommon delivery

122 Naughty tot

123 Supplement

124 Resonates with

125 Crosses (out)

126 Tot toys making animal noises

DOWN

1 Dell offerings (Abbr.)

2 Opaque brew

3 So

4 Big brand in appliances

5 Ceramic worker

6 Actress Thompson of “Creed III”

7 Sum to

8 People making delivery orders?

9 Stray

10 Lowdown, in slang

11 Like the Arctic Ocean

12 Shellfish often cooked into fritters

13 Spout

14 Silent types?

15 Takes care of business

16 Will’s strength, in “Good Will Hunting”

17 Breakfast times (Abbr.)

19 Avatar for some Nintendo players

22 Federal loan agcy.

24 Sound often made by flutes

25 Labors

29 Letters preceding Q

31 Brand for lighting and writing

32 ___ Alpha

34 ___ de la Cite

36 Certain vowel sounds

38 Big name in high fashion

40 Be a blue-collar worker?

41 Dump

42 Play part ... or play a part

44 Who says?

45 Subway option

46 Andy who wrote “Project Hail Mary”

48 D.C. pro

49 Celebrity gossip source

50 “Shaq” airer

53 Fashionable

54 Perfected

55 Celebrity gossip source

56 Take a mulligan

57 Mild-mannered folks, metaphorically

58 X, in math

59 “In yo’ face!”

62 Charm

63 Charm

64 Smells to high heaven

66 People who wrangle with Python?

68 Meteor shower radiating from the Little Bear

71 Replenishes

72 Bruises

73 License info

74 The Fates or the Magi

75 “To thine own ___ be true”

76 Blemish

77 More welcoming

85 Davidson of “Meet Cute”

86 Note that follows fa

88 Golfer Michelle

89 Shrek, for one

91 Seaweed

92 Org. fighting piracy

95 Certain splinter groups

96 Pipsqueak

97 Spine-tingling

99 Shape of an Archimedes screw

100 Japanese cartoon genre

101 Flight path?

103 Ancient Aegean region

104 Vehicle driven to the levee, in song

105 Kinky items?

107 Very, at Versailles

108 Jabba the ___

109 Canadian gas brand

110 HS stats

111 Faire adjective

112 Clad in a birthday suit

115 ___ free (label on bottles)

116 Fraternal order member

119 Envy or greed

120 NBA extra periods