Across
1. Call for help
7. Marina employee
14. Major for future docs
20. Role for Alec or Ewan
21. Not in the water
22. In a spooky way
23. It was first burglarized on May 28, 1972
25. Italy’s ___ Coast
26. IAD or DCA guess
27. “___ not funny!”
28. Crusader Nader
30. Maya of memorials
31. Stuffed, on Tex-Mex menus
34. Obama Cabinet member, 2009–13
37. Not buying
40. On May 15, 1997, he renamed the Bullets the Wizards
42. ___ Cucamonga, Calif.
43. Taupe or mauve
46. Tiniest sound
47. Starr or Jennings
48. Dance in a line
51. Celebrated pugilist
52. Not in a bottle or can
55. Range ___
57. Give off
58. Watermelon cover
60. It first published on May 17, 1837
64. Grammy winner born in Tokyo
65. 3.14 and others
67. Prize for Linus Pauling, twice
68. Sunday words
70. Give a speech
71. Caribbean activity
72. Power
73. Key in the upper right
75. “Common Sense” pamphleteer
76. Environmental concern since the 1970s
79. Writer Rand
80. He was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884
83. “It stands to reason, then . . . .”
84. Sens. Cardin and Mikulski, for two
86. Bar Harbor’s state
87. Numbers
89. No pro
90. Highly skilled
92. One of its letters stands for Health
93. Jessica in a 1980s scandal
95. Earth tone
97. Paltry, in Britain
99. The first message ever sent using one of these was from the Supreme Court on May 24, 1844
102. Count on boxes
104. Jon of Two and a Half Men
105. Long to be with
109. That ship
110. Scarlett surname
112. Tenth mo.
113. Thurman on screens
114. Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, say
117. 1964 political thriller set in DC—or what this puzzle’s theme entries would be if you put them together
123. “In other words . . . .”
124. Warning to potential trespassers
125. Skin-care brand
126. Date on food containers
127. Eye-catching
128. Becomes accepted as fact
Down
1. Farmer, at times
2. Lessen
3. Key
4. She’s watched by a shepherd
5. Ruin
6. Thing under the hood
7. Computerized task performers
8. 12 months old
9. ___ Wednesday
10. Despite that, in poems
11. Bayer rival
12. Parts of town
13. Dickens heroine
14. Female fowl
15. Athens, Ga., band
16. Historical period
17. National Mall protest of May 14, 2000
18. Small and mischievous
19. Almost out of power, as a phone
24. On
29. 737s and F-16s
32. Language heard in Vientiane
33. Longest river in Spain
34. Caught some Z’s
35. “Well played!”
36. Pursed or puckered part
38. UVA is part of it
39. Clog or pump
41. Rocks usually from Australia
42. Celebrate
43. Trey or jack
44. Former Caps goalie, casually
45. Former President Taft dedicated it on May 30, 1922
47. Divided peninsula
49. Football great Marchetti
50. So much
53. Grizzlies or Pelicans
54. Narrative
55. He’s always holding things up
56. Decaying in a field, maybe
59. Desperate
61. Cut
62. ___ Pleasant
63. Demand
66. Fields Medal subject
69. Difficult to find
71. Decide to pass
72. Look up and down
73. Absurdist art movement
74. Kept watch on
75. Like 13 and 97
76. In the midst of
77. Mad scientist’s assistant, in many films
78. Zero
81. Overly enthusiastic
82. Wedding-day role
85. Word before sheet or house
88. Second-year student, casually
91. Greek T
93. “Over here!”
94. It leaves a bitter taste in your mouth
96. The Motorcycle Diaries role
98. Like some magazine pages
99. Washington Post section
100. Risqué
101. Plays the role of
102. Casual conversations
103. Pronouns separated by a slash
104. Skeezy person
106. Is so angry
107. Certain Arab League representative
108. Synthetic fabric
111. Makes inquiries
112. How Cheerios taste
115. Georgia city, for short
116. Pen tip
118. Administrator Gina McCarthy’s org.
119. Rejections
120. “I should’ve known that”
121. Johnny Cash’s “___ Been Everywhere”
122. Butterfly collector’s need
