SATURDAY CROSSWORD

PICKUP BALL

ACROSS

1 Boring method of learning

5 Much-shared

image, e.g.

9 Like a cottage’s

feel

13 Speedy Chevy

18 Word before or

after “wide”

19 Persian Gulf state

20 Plant in some

Korean soft drinks

21 Uninterested

in ethics

23 Ever so slightly

24 Movies with an

exclusive audience

26 Adjective for Eeyore

27 Brunch on a cart

29 Challenging

30 Hold tightly

32 Whiskey options

33 Raccoon relative

34 Francisco who

painted Maja

36 “Haven’t the

slightest”

38 Brownstone

hangout

40 Greenhouse’s

exterior

42 Inorganic food

initials

45 Time for a day

dream?

47 Sabich sandwich’s

bread

49 Acronym for choir

voices

50 Go to sea

52 Knock out of the

tournament

55 Prefix with “liberal”

56 Needing to catch up

57 Run in the raw

58 Band’s bonuses

61 Fruit with a mandarin variety

62 Labors

63 Move gracefully

64 Harshly criticize

66 Bygone jet (Abbr.)

67 Actors who usually

bow last

68 Pants fold

70 Common email

attachment

73 Mature person,

in at least one way

75 Take for oneself

76 Easy to understand

78 City with a Molly

Malone statue

81 Rode out

84 ___ d’ 85 Like cassettes

86 Above, in poetry

87 Problematic people

89 Twitter rants, say

91 “In the Heights”

segments

93 “You know you

want to!”

94 Coating for some

cheeses

95 Takeoff stat

96 Person studying bulls and bears, informally

99 Big mess

101 “Definitely not!”

103 “The Chi” creator

Waithe

104 “1, 2 Step” singer

106 Places to unwind

108 Skeptical words

110 Grande or venti,

at Starbucks

112 Straightened out

114 Italian fashion giant

116 Protector for a

car’s interior

119 Lovefest from a critic

120 Less likely to

speak up

121 French magazine or

pronoun

122 Tractor-trailers

123 Suffix with “senior”

124 HS hurdles

125 Use a swizzle stick

126 Fruit that flavors gin

127 Highland Scot, for one

DOWN

1 It may have a

bike lane

2 Related to sight

3 Latin lover’s mood?

4 Goes on until

5 Show about a

Florida pig farm?

6 Write “special

affects,” e.g.

7 The “M” of STEM

8 Coop up

9 Vessel in Licorice

Lagoon?

10 Spanish for

“Bravo!”

11 Astonished text

12 Has a longing

13 Dracula’s

watercraft?

14 Offshoot of punk

15 Legendary Yankees

manager Joe

16 “Haven’t you discussed the Iliad enough?”

17 Lack of trouble

22 “___ Miz”

25 Makes smooth

28 Perfect spots

31 Notes in a poker pot

35 Modify 37 Discourages

39 K-12 grp.

41 Ariana Ghez’s wind

instrument

43 Celebrity chef Tsai

44 Ye ___ Shoppe

45 Robins’ homes

46 Singers making

up 1/4 of 49-Across

48 Had dinner at nine, say

51 19-Across’ ruler, once

53 Name of two

Spice Girls

54 Oklahoma city

59 ’90s DJ’s items

60 Parent in a certain

blended family

63 What holds locks

in place?

65 Chinese zodiac rodent

67 Pieces of furniture

used for leg exercises?

68 “___ favor”

69 “Feel What U Feel”

singer Lisa

70 Furry honoree,

perhaps?

71 Shows audacity

72 Straight from the

garden

73 Risotto ___

Milanese

74 Some emit light

75 Medieval entertainer

known for one-liners?

76 Team leader

77 Half a kisser

78 Go out with

79 Inch or volt

80 Monopoly: Macbeth

Edition and others?

82 Linguist Chomsky

83 Flame sticker

on a car, maybe

84 Go-to swear word?

88 Uno + uno

90 Some children

92 Related to sound

97 Bumps in the night

98 Beard removers

100 Cloth

102 Tennis champion

Naomi

105 Falling tool in old

cartoons

106 “Cupid” singer Cooke

107 Much kitchen work,

for short

109 Surface in billiards

111 Bad on purpose

113 Trial run

115 It’s between the

goal posts

117 Indian music legend

___ Akbar Khan

118 Big head