The Crossword Let’s see what this baby can do by Merl reagle | www.sundaycrosswords.coM ACRoSS


1 Eccentric 5 Puccini opus


10 Actor Tamiroff 14 “Misery” star 18 Dr. Pavlov 19 Run ___ of 20 Come-on 21 Plump 22 Continued 23 Result of getting too close to a happy baby?


25 “No Time for Sergeants” playwright


26 Remnant 27 More stale-smelling 28 Other, to Orozco 30 “___ takers?” 31 Engine type 33 Stopping temporarily, baby-style?


37 Ingredient from Mars 40 Mu ___ pork 41 Automatic door opener? 42 Cannes canful 43 Robt. ___ 45 River in Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”


48 In the least 51 Elaborate verse forms 53 L.A. baby’s reaction to her first designer diaper?


56 Nobelist Wiesel 57 It has cup-shaped flowers


59 “Norma ___” 60 Ref. giants 61 Skilled in 63 See 25 Across 64 Aquarium buys 66 Dancer Reinking 67 Famous actor as a baby? 71 Audit rep 74 Northern 75 Received 76 Of an air element 78 Where Goliath fell 81 Do something 82 Most unsettling 85 Baseball’s Sandberg 86 Hurry, baby-style? 89 Whodunit roster 91 Word before sing or dance


92 “The ___ Love” 93 Brooklyn pronoun 95 Galley propellers


96 Sicilian hothead? 98 Ultimate


100 Constancy 102 Result of some digit-sucking?


106 “Gil Blas” author 109 1960s style 110 Turner who turned heads


111 Well-meaning type 114 Pump content 115 Kirkuk native 117 Maternity ward? 120 Sailors 121 Second showing 122 Sol’s opening 123 Mortise insert 124 Undercover apparatus 125 “Puppy Love” singer 126 Rhyming word in “Light My Fire”


127 “Awake and Sing!” penner


128 Cameo stone DoWn


1 Rode, in a way 2 “___ know that” 3 “This baby needs a rest,” for example?


4 It levels the playing field 5 ___ rasa 6 Just the two ___ 7 Do a laundry chore 8 Dilbert workspace 9 To go, in Bordeaux


10 Tirane’s land: abbr. 11 Sorento maker 12 Under one’s control 13 Conductor from Mumbai


14 Prompt 15 Edge 16 Purview of a president’s council


17 Woody’s home: abbr. 21 Level area on a chart 24 Distinctive times 27 Manhattan Project member


29 Fit out 32 Like some nuts 34 Starbuck’s quarry 35 Temporary calm 36 Openings 38 Nasty companion 39 In addition


109 115 121 125


42 Lawbreaker 44 City just east of Lisbon 46 Shimon of Israel 47 Hilton rival 49 Law prof’s degree 50 “___ Liaisons Dangereuses”


51 Nintendo rival 52 Kin of organic 54 Sedaka’s “Next Door to ___”


55 Managers, formerly 58 Grain grinder 62 Blood-type trio 64 Director Jacques 65 Bush spokesman Fleischer


68 Right-hand page 69 “Cry, the Beloved Country” author


70 Prepared, as apples 71 What a baby does if it doesn’t succeed?


72 Ice cream amounts 116 1 18 22 26 31 37 42 51 56 61 66 74 78 79 80 86 91 96 102 110 117 122 126


73 “Cloud hoppers” 74 Pakistan’s first female prime minister


77 Dog rewards 78 Urge (on) 79 Elton’s john 80 At night 82 Head of Paramount 83 Old brand of 114 Across


84 Chop ___ 87 Cosmetic ingredient 88 Rear end problem? 90 Propelled, as a gondola 94 Nudged rudely 97 Atticus Finch’s st. 99 Beyond successful


101 Adjusts, as wheels 102 Charles Van ___ 103 Scheduled 104 Blues guitarist John 105 Slogan 107 Activist-chess star Kasparov


118 119 123 127


108 Elizabeth I’s favorite 109 Actress Sorvino 112 Sup in style 113 Sheepshank, e.g.


97 103 104 111 87 92 98 99 105 112 113 120 124 128


116 Sine ___ non 118 Miss an easy fly 119 Heartache 120 Tango minimum


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