WEEKEND CROSSWORD
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
“BACK TO BASIC” BY CC BURNIKEL
ACROSS
1 True Detective, eg 6 Worshippers of the sun god Inti 11 Chinese smartphone brand 15 Organization with an ElderWatch program 19 Dollar, to Enterprise 20 Snookums
21 Rice, for one
22 ‘That explains it’ 23 Match Game host 25 Arenal Volcano home 27 Crash site?
28 Blonde __
29 The mariachi’s guitarr—n is one 31 Settled on a papasan, say 33 Senegalese-American actress __ Rae 36 Idealistic sort 37 Stick up
39 Taste in kombu kelp 42 Team to play in SoFi Stadium
45 Whole Foods fruit 51 Do figure eights 53 Sarge’s boss 54 Unthinking 55 Preliminary race 58 Hungarian town known for its baroque buildings
59 Bank transaction 60 Code creator 61 Comes to an end 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Polite words while entering 66 Pollution concerns 68 Cause of goosebumps, maybe 69 Called from the flock 71 Chip dip, casually 72 Stretchable loop 76 Parents not related by blood
80 Bygone space station 81 Last bit 82 Wealthy heir 84 Mštley __
85 Press (down) 87 Paleo __
88 Classic Ford, familiarly 89 Stuffs to the gills 90 Move furtively 92 Widespread adverse reaction, as to a new policy
95 Off the mark
98 Major artery
99 Well resource
100 Iris rings
103 Beyonce, to the
Beyhive
105 ‘That’s a shame’ 108 Item in Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
113 Hamm from Alabama 115 Black widow’s creation
DOWN
117 Savory pastry 118 Pungent deli choice 122 Indian flatbread 123 Thickener in Asian
desserts
124 Rub it in
125 Beckoning elision 126 ‘Watermark’ musician
127 Parks in American
history
128 Snow vehicles 129 Moving measurement
1 Uninteresting 2 Ticks off 3 Minnesota-based cosmetics company
4 Big __ 5 The Honest Company co-founder Jessica
6 Lollygags 7 Game of Thrones
patriarch Stark 8 Cornfield cry 9 Diva’s time to shine 10 Good thing for teammates to be in 11 Take place 12 Everyday language 13 __ Service
14 Kia sedan
15 Bus stopper
16 Iraq is about 1% of it 17 Suggestions, for short 18 Samosa veggies
24 Excuse in court 26 Taiwanese laptops 30 Father of Thor 32 Office newbies 34 Legacy creator 35 Stockpile 38 Number of Scrabble X-tiles
40 Initial fee 41 Star Wars Day month 43 805-year-old document
44 Shrek! author William 45 Paella pot
46 Place for solar panels 47 Billy’s caretaker 48 High-fashion shoemaker Jimmy 49 Winning 50 They’re often choppy 52 Periods of note 56 Winter hrs. in Halifax
57 Lip Sync Battle commentator Chrissy 60 Numerous
61 A.L. Central team 62 Fish commonly known as a porgy 65 Band named for a rodent 66 Launch site
67 They might be game changers 69 Language group including Zulu 70 Furthermore 72 Defib experts
73 ‘Big Little Lies’ novelist Moriarty 74 Sci-fi film FX 75 Clown car noise 76 Mythical mariner 77 Forum wrap 78 Cost of belonging 79 Meeting, casually 82 Tend to the sauce 83 Mojave natives 86 ‘Knowing all the facts’: Woody Allen 88 __-pitch
89 Stick in the snow
91 Grant County crime novelist Slaughter 93 Lie in the sun 94 Baby’s ailment 96 Hummingbird food 97 Island near Trinidad 101 ‘__ Theme’: Doctor
Zhivago tune
102 Stars, to Cicero 104 Skips
106 ‘Shucks!’
107 Tractor giant
108 Study, with ‘over’ 109 Privy to
110 __ limits
111 Breakfast staple 112 12 ounces, at Starbucks
114 Basics appearing in reverse in eight puzzle answers
116 Ran
119 Blini topping
120 Young chap
121 Increase, with ‘up’