44 March 27 , 2022CrosswordCrossword “OSCAR SNUBS” by “OSCAR SNUBS” BY EVAN BIRNHOLZEvan Birnholz MARCH 27, 2022
ACROSS
1 Ready to ride, as a horse
8 “ being said ...”
12 Gets to a parking space
19 Like knowledge that’s
not based on previous
experience
20 Discuss, with “out”
21 Holistic massage
practice
22 Suppose to be true
23 “Do it ... or !”
24 What fans provide
25 Swanky
26 Beginning from
28 Subculture with many
clad in black
30 Foolish one, in London
31 Beginning
33 Hang, as a wet shirt
36 Nicholas who directed
“Star Trek II: The Wrath
of Khan”
37 “Election” actress
Witherspoon or
“Harlem Nights”
actress Della
38 Winner of two World
Golf Championship
tournaments (in 2004
and 2010)
40 Singer who won three
Grammys for her song
“Rolling in the Deep”
41 Like this clue number
42 Need antibiotics, say
44 “Mamma Mia!” quartet
45 Unsafe, as some roads
47 Contend (for)
48 Delicate with words
51 Percentage imposed
by the state
54 Geological intervals
56 “Hair” clips?
59 Small softball margin
62 Heat in a microwave
63 2005 comedy starring
Queen Latifah that
surprisingly didn’t
win an Oscar for best
makeup and hairstyling?
66 Stratovolcano in Sicily
67 Tenor of a Wagner opera
69 Tightly stretched
70 Post-workout massage
72 Moray ___
73 Kayaker’s whirlpool
75 Lead weapon in “Clue”
76 “Underworld” director
Wiseman
77 Find for Indiana Jones
79 Bottom line of film?
84 Bear hugged by a child
86 2006 romantic mystery
starring Edward Norton,
Paul Giamatti and Jessica
Biel that surprisingly didn’t
win an Oscar for best visual
effects?
89 “No need to panic”
92 Fit for the task
93 Farm receptacles
97 Distribute equitably
98 Have a fixation, with “over”
100 “Battle of the Sexes”
actress Riseborough
101 Commedia dell’___
102 Have a night meal
104 Museum vase
106 Noble rank
107 Express disapproval of
109 Place with toys for toys
114 Broad neck scarf
115 Hanks, Hardy, Hiddleston
or Holland of Hollywood
116 2012 musical comedy
starring Anna Kendrick
and Rebel Wilson that
surprisingly didn’t win an
Oscar for best sound?
119 XX percent of XV
120 Barley wine, e.g.,
despite its name
121 Con’s counterpart
122 Lack of difficulty
123 Polyunsaturated ___
124 “Mass” actress Dowd
125 “___ Misérables”
126 Sucker, or a word that
can precede “sucker” to
make a bird
127 “Exodus” director
Preminger
128 Swimming pool facility
129 “___ you next week!”DOWN
1 Japanese city with a
beer museum
2 Protected like a chef
3 1980 thriller starring
Michael Caine and
Angie Dickinson that
surprisingly didn’t win
an Oscar for best
costume design?4 Restaurant servings
5 “Hold That Ghost”
co-star Costello
6 Singer Franklin
7 Fades out, with “down”
8 2004 sci-fi thriller
starring Robin Williams
that surprisingly didn’t
win an Oscar for best
film editing?
9 A.I. villain in “2001: A
Space Odyssey”
10 One of many pack
animals carried by
Luisa in “Encanto”
11 With 16 Down, 1965
epic starring Max von
Sydow that surprisingly
didn’t win an Oscar
for best original
screenplay?
12 “Hey! Come over here!”
13 “Don’t even go there!”
14 Spot for ChapStick
15 Passed on a racetrack,
maybe16 See 11 Down
17 Gal Gadot or Natalie
Portman, by birth
18 Plant bearing almonds
or pecans, say
27 Rowing blade
29 Olive ___ (“Popeye”
character once played
by Shelley Duvall)
32 Train in a classroom
34 “Spare” barbecue item
35 Biden’s secretary of the
interior Haaland
36 Like the feathered
serpent god Kukulcán
38 Santa’s helper played
by Will Ferrell in 2003
39 Number of fingers on
Count Rugen’s right
hand, in “The Princess
Bride”
43 “We’ve got some big
problems here”
46 Arise unexpectedly
49 Valuable casino cards
50 Mass. setting52 Bonfire detritus
53 ___ off (quite upset)
54 “___ the Dragon”
(classic Bruce Lee film)
55 Turn into an edible paste
57 “What’s your ___?”
(text to one en route)
58 Sch. where Regina Hall
received a master’s
degree in journalism
60 Not yet unionized?
61 Mary Poppins or Mrs.
Doubtfire, e.g.
64 Breaks things off
65 Familiarize (oneself)
68 Music genre at a rave
71 Puts money down for
74 “The Magnificent
Seven” actor Brynner
75 West Bank grp.
78 Sigh after a good effort
80 Share a secret
81 Rubber ducks’ settings
82 “Cast Away” locale
83 114 Across and others
85 Some Liszt pieces87 Geological intervals
88 Nation where the film
“Taste of Cherry” is set
89 Infinitely complex
geometric shape
90 NFL helmet opening
91 Every once in a while
94 “¡Muchas ___!”
95 Captain Marvel or
Wonder Woman, e.g.
96 Cracker added to soup
98 Crude body?
99 Ride a breaking wave
103 High-five call before
“down low”
105 Coral biomes
108 “Juice” actor Omar
110 “Divergent” series
actor ___ James
111 Short argument
112 It’s on the syllabus
113 Cookie eaten in
“Rounders”
114 Palindromic flour
117 Savings plan letters
118 Salary maximum
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