REIN CHECK: All eight, in order, to start with
Across
1 What some YouTube videos “go” 6 Not level 12 Judge as qualified 20 Biscotti flavoring 21 Operatic passage 22 Spanish miss 23 Addition to spice up a dish 25 Venerable Hollywood and Vine theatre 26 Lamb’s ma’am 27 Sounds like Daffy Duck 28 Roof rack gear 30 Long-eared equine 31 Help-a-tenant gathering 34 Ballet practice facility 38 Opposite of ’neath 39 Prefix for port 40 “It’s our turn” 41 Strut with spirit 47 Landscaper’s installation 50 Start of a choosing rhyme 51 Fabric fringe 52 App extras 53 Pre-refrigeration deliverer 55 Peace, in a Latin Mass 56 Colorado resort 58 Venerable ointment brand 61 Typical highschooler 62 Salsa specification 63 Siphons off 64 Smelter byproduct 66 Of Survivor groups 68 Veep before Al 69 No longer vacant 71 Noble title 72 Spiced tea from India 74 Primary 76 Getz of jazz 78 “Take a chill pill” 81 Actress Dern 82 Pastor’s nickname 85 Certain dietary restriction 86 Squirm about 88 According to 89 Water beside Toledo 91 Reduced version 92 “Start playback” 94 Meeting schedule 96 Camera function 98 Bed on wheels 99 Oscar role for Brando and De Niro 102 Trite 108 Flatbread of India 109 Pop singer Del Rey 110 Burr novelist 111 Organic compound ending 112 Collapsible silk headgear 115 Aggressive football strategy 119 It’s left on the highway 120 Less strenuous 121 Single statistic 122 Walks over 123 African fly 124 A Van Gogh home
Down
1 Villainous Star Wars name 2 Wonderstruck 3 Up from sleep 4 Barbecue residue 5 Mr. Tolstoy 6 Swinelike mammal 7 “__ my case” 8 Giving back sass 9 Outperforms 10 GPS reading 11 Fin descriptor 12 Jellied garnish 13 Stop doing 14 It’s often seen on airport TVs 15 Take turns 16 Mark on many exams 17 Tries one’s best 18 It means “resident” 19 Univ. aides 24 Intensified, with “up” 29 Winter headwear 32 Freight measure 33 Piece of some pies 34 PD investigator 35 Administers an oath to 36 New York college 37 Cameo stone 39 Corn’s coat 41 Excellent, in the ’90s 42 Bowling button 43 French physicist 44 Tylenol alternative 45 Bubble up 46 How many LPs were rereleased 48 Exercising count 49 Expressive music genre 53 Tennis great Lendl 54 Valueless 57 Early computer 59 Step between floors 60 Hobby shop wood 62 Chocolate/grahamcracker cookie 65 Costumes 67 Grain layer 68 Smear on 69 A to E, to musicians 70 “Is it worth the risk?” 72 Greenish blue 73 Where sea meets sky 74 Insignificant 75 Touched down 77 Certain undercover cop 79 Start of the 12th century 80 Had done laps in water 81 Water garnish 82 Pore through 83 “Consequently …” 84 From Austria’s capital 87 Disturb a speaker 90 Erstwhile digital encyclopedia 92 Retired miler Sebastian 93 One-time Navajo foe 95 Disney duck 97 Via wagering 100 South American plain 101 Eroded 102 Band’s signal to start 103 Timber-shaping tools 104 Military nucleus 105 ’80s Streisand film 106 Occur after 107 Regards as 110 Gripping gadget 112 Literary adverb 113 __ excellence (superior) 114 Comprises 116 Much-repeated “Deck the Halls” syllables 117 US vaccine regulator 118 Shape of orecchiette pasta