Across1. Get around 6. Goes after 12. Sacred beetles 19. Corner store 21. Live 22. Rant 23. He warned of “irrational exuberance” 25. Where a person may be told to go jump 26. “What is it?” 27. Crow’s cry 28. Nunnery resident 30. Robust red wine, for short 31. Relaxing places 33. Fail to be 36. Highest number in sudoku 37. Ashcroft or Holder 42. Penalizes, in slang 43. Nielsen of slapstick 44. Pick something off the menu 45. Getting on film 47. Most Eastern Europeans 48. Special-effects letters 49. Can’t stop laughing 52. Painting with a pitchfork 57. Messenger material 58. Strikebreaker 61. Sunoco stuff 62. Victor on piano 63. Carrier that added “ways” to its name in 1997 65. Summons 67. Spassky or Yeltsin 68. Class for crickets and moths 70. Split 71. Singing Eydie 72. Metro stop: abbr. 73. Commits a swimming-pool no-no 74. Singer DiFranco 75. Home to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum 80. One way to think 82. Whatever number of 83. Unnecessary complications 87. Italian desserts 88. Where Kreyòl is spoken 91. DC Council member Jim 92. Picnic side dishes 94. Instruments without amps 97. Shucked ears 98. How a mountain may be covered 99. Different 100. Bobby of NHL fame 101. Canada’s capital 104. Comic actress Gasteyer 105. Make a hole 108. Use your hand stamp at a club, e.g. 110. Inspiration for much of DC’s architecture 116. Give a privilege to 117. Common text-file name 118. Chemical element whose symbol is the initials for this puzzle’s theme entries—and whose color is Washington’s newest Metro line 119. Filthy place, in metaphor 120. Put in the sunlight 121. Struck |
Down1. Site with a four-color logo 2. Little rodent 3. ____ Israel (DC synagogue) 4. Lion’s home 5. One of 12 6. Rowing team 7. Lady lobster 8. Complete jerk 9. Nurse 10. Roots Emmy winner 11. 17-year-old, often 12. Emulate a baseball player, perhaps 13. Scoop holder 14. Banned apple spray 15. Cath., e.g. 16. Its lyrics were written by English clergyman John Newton 17. Capital Crescent Trail activity 18. Movie parts 20. Not widely known 24. Relax 29. Law 31. Like a good crossword 32. Light refractor 33. Cabinet dept. 34. Color in Maryland’s flag 35. Compass pt. 36. One of Columbus’s ships 37. Franken and Pacino 38. ____ Aviv 39. DCA or BWI org. 40. Flexible people 41. Lid extension 42. Decathlon event 46. Kornheiser/Wilbon show, for short 48. Prefix in many fruit drinks 49. Places to find peat 50. Come together 51. Reid and Lipinski 53. Self-importance 54. End, as a mission 55. ____ Rae 56. “In the Hall of the Mountain King” composer 58. Go at it 59. Michael of The Cider House Rules 60. He caught a touchdown in the Redskins’ Super Bowl XVII victory 64. Put some room between 66. Noted slowpokes 67. Like some fish 68. Coy response to “Nicely done!” 69. Henpeck 71. Region of Spain 72. Fast-food place known for tater tots 76. FDR program 77. “Don’t ____ good thing pass you by” 78. “Weird Al” parody 79. Actor ____ Elba of The Wire 81. Stitched 84. “Now it makes sense!” 85. Ruin 86. Mornings, for short 88. More kind 89. “____ understand it . . .” 90. “____ true!” 91. Prison camps 92. Movie composer 93. Infamous Bobbitt 95. “Let’s keep going!” 96. Fella 101. Mr. Preminger 102. Differentiate 103. Bough’s place 104. Without ____ (dangerously) 105. “Whip It” band 106. Law & Order: SVU actor 107. Pretty Woman costar 109. Bethesda complex 111. Caribbean island 112. Words that start a marriage 113. Big bird 114. Eponymous West End chef ____ Lacoste 115. Shady figure? |
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