By Warren Manners
| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Kipling’s Akela, for one | 1 | Schubert piece |
| 5 | “Brave New World” ingestions | 2 | Puccini piece |
| 10 | Ice cream flavor | 3 | Put some spice into |
| 15 | They are commonly underfoot | 4 | Barely noticeable |
| 19 | Samoa’s capital | 5 | Eth. neighbor |
| 20 | Bedazzling museum works | 6 | Crude acronym |
| 21 | Of concern to otologists | 7 | Shrub bearing kumquats |
| 22 | First-floor flat | 8 | Units of angular meas. |
| 23 | Forebear of one of Israel’s 12 Tribes | 9 | Use of an astringent |
| 24 | Court plea | 10 | Cattlemen of Kenya |
| 25 | Filibuster | 11 | Weathers |
| 26 | Purlieu | 12 | Interloper |
| 27 | Poll measurement | 13 | Good sign |
| 29 | Where Virgo meets Libra, e.g. | 14 | Cheer competition |
| 30 | It precedes an extra point | 15 | Parks and Ponselle |
| 31 | “Et cetera,” e.g. | 16 | Fuse |
| 32 | Pepcid AC rival | 17 | Cabbie’s command |
| 34 | One who’s expected to deliver? | 18 | Lavender or lilac |
| 36 | Not in the picture | 28 | Alternative to 83 down |
| 37 | Under-the-table | 31 | Gym nos. |
| 39 | Hawks | 33 | Picked up |
| 41 | Individuals named in a decedent’s will | 35 | British essayist Sir Richard |
| 45 | Needle point? | 36 | Kind of wave |
| 46 | Catch unawares | 38 | It’s see-through |
| 47 | They’re unarmed, but dangerous | 40 | What’s in vogue |
| 51 | Caspian natives | 41 | By ___ of (via) |
| 53 | Wall St. measure | 42 | “Antony and Cleopatra” character |
| 55 | Italy, figuratively | 43 | Indicator of 45 across |
| 57 | “I Am the Walrus” lyrics | 44 | MIT or RPI |
| 58 | State: Abbr. | 47 | Rosey Jetson, e.g. |
| 59 | Othello’s downfall | 48 | Whiskey order |
| 60 | Plague of Africa | 49 | Make believe |
| 61 | Mineral involved in much litigation | 50 | A real eye sore |
| 64 | Data structure in computer science | 52 | Like Rodin’s thinker |
| 65 | Keep from acting | 54 | “The ___ a bucket of ashes”: Sandburg |
| 67 | Inclination | 56 | Tree with “helicopter” seeds |
| 69 | Precipitous | 58 | Like an American in Paris |
| 74 | International crime | 59 | Mr. Pulitzer |
| 76 | Part of a complex molecule | 62 | Nov. runner |
| 82 | Made young? | 63 | Pole preceder |
| 84 | Baseball Hall of Famers Simmons and Kaline | 66 | Fountain nymph of Roman myth |
| 85 | South African legume commonly referred to as fountainbush | 68 | Emulating Helen and Paris |
| 87 | Frankenstein, to his monster | 69 | Org. compounds used as refrigerants |
| 88 | State: Abbr. | 70 | Rhine feeder |
| 89 | In despair | 71 | Brain part |
| 90 | Highway sight | 72 | Baht earner |
| 91 | City in central China | 73 | Then again |
| 93 | Bar staple | 75 | They may be adjusted |
| 96 | Large shore birds | 77 | Cork’s at the bottom of it |
| 97 | Compacts | 78 | More than irk |
| 98 | Pieta figure | 79 | Captain’s heading |
| 100 | Brown spot | 80 | Branch headquarters? |
| 104 | Something to try | 81 | Spiritual guru Ram ___ |
| 106 | Slang for “very bad” or “very good” | 83 | China and Damask |
| 111 | “Pardon me?” | 86 | Scattered about |
| 112 | Jennifer on “WKRP in Cincinnati” | 88 | Without a bit of sense |
| 113 | Grounded jets, for short | 92 | Front-to-back |
| 115 | Rodeo in Beverly Hills | 94 | Severely critical |
| 116 | Kitchen item | 95 | Menlo Park family |
| 117 | Archimedean machine | 97 | Horse hue |
| 118 | “Nay, I will consent ____ any villainy”: Shakespeare | 99 | Canadian Mint locale |
| 120 | ‘80s supergroup | 100 | Gives the once-over |
| 121 | Choice word | 101 | Sprightly |
| 122 | “Skyfall” chanteuse | 102 | Religious residence |
| 123 | “___, truth is the first casualty”: Aeschylus | 103 | Peak in Colorado |
| 124 | So ___ (amen) | 105 | Messages |
| 125 | ____ Candies | 107 | Saudi, to Pierre |
| 126 | Shelley and Lincoln | 108 | Part of a staircase |
| 127 | Youngest son of Attila the Hun | 109 | Nero’s 58 |
| 128 | Greek goddess of strife | 110 | Nobel prize poet |
| 112 | “___ and the Swan”: Yeats poem | ||
| 114 | Union concern | ||
| 117 | On the ___ | ||
| 119 | Verse opening |
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