32 May 29 , 2022CrosswordCrossword “BUSINESS MEETINGS” by “BUSINESS MEETINGS” BY EVAN BIRNHOLZEvan Birnholz MAY 29, 2022
ACROSS
1 Tapped playfully on the
nose
7 Allows
11 Lollapalooza equipment
15 Trope used in many a
hospital drama
19 Fictional assassin Jason
20 Feel the effects of
yoga, maybe
21 Tangible
22 River through 58 Across
23 Shiny metal plating
24 Trench around a fortress
25 Humble reply to praise
26 Hooked temptation
27 Branford or Wynton of
jazz music
29 Patron of sailors, also
named Erasmus of
Formia
31 Leaves astonished
34 Ear canal, e.g.
36 Interpreter of visions
37 Those who might paint
the town red?
39 Tokyo-born Yoko
40 “Puh-leeze!”
44 counter (device
for measuring radiation)
45 “Assassin” comedian
Margaret
47 Blends
49 “... ish”
50 Talking past other
51 Ran a fever, say
53 Files that may have
digital signatures
54 Starting players’ group
55 “Now, doc!”
56 Give up
57 Water (Olympic
sport)
58 Where Rachmaninoff
was born
59 Discharges volcanically
61 Light fight?
63 Parlor creation, briefly
64 Wilma Flintstone, to
Pebbles
67 “Purebred clown” dog,
per Garfield
68 First positive integer
69 “Sultans of Swing”
band Straits
70 “I’m onto your tricks!”
71 Man seen in zeppelins?
72 Stuck around
74 Some ballpark drinks
76 Skin-care products
designer Arpel
78 “No ifs, ___ or buts”
79 Icebox fruit in a William
Carlos Williams poem
80 Subtracting
84 Picks up
85 Patient care grps.
86 Brownish-gray hue
87 Co. owner, e.g.
88 Exclamation that Robin
theoretically could
have used instead of
phrases such as “Holy
oleo!” or “Holy bargain
basements, Batman!”
(he actually said those)
89 “Ugh, sorry I asked!”
90 What the view from
a mountaintop may
inspire
91 “Yuh-HUH!”
93 Fixes up, as a house
95 Guest book locale
97 Leave for a moment
98 Direct
99 Downloadable program
since 2010
102 Brings down, as a tree
103 Bob Seger hit with the
lyric “I was strong as I
could be”
107 Sporting vehicle in the
“Star Wars” universe
109 Son of Bestla in Norse
mythology
110 Cleveland Cavaliers
forward Mobley
111 ___ sci
112 Play grounds?
116 Pear also called a
Kaiser
117 Sea captain of a 1954
Disney film, or a sea
creature of a 2003
Disney film
118 Toledo’s Great Lake
119 Not as fatty, as beef
120 “What ___ Can I Do?”
(song from “Encanto”)
121 Selected from the deck
122 “That’s mine!”
123 Business combination,
and what’s spelled out
by the intersections
of this puzzle’s circled
businessesDOWN
1 Network that may be
airing in an English pub
2 “That looks cool!”
3 “The Happiest Days of
___ Lives” (Pink Floyd
song)
4 May day events, often
5 As one large group
6 Animal depicted on
top of the shield in
Vermont’s coat of arms
7 Quarterback Jackson
who won a Heisman
Trophy and an NFL MVP
award
8 Microbes named after
Theodor Escherich
9 Dishes such as pad kra
pao, khao soi, yum nua,
etc.
10 Takes effect
11 Pop up, as an issue
12 Consciously
self-referential
13 Ecclesiastical districts14 Sneaky quality
15 Some radical solutions?
16 Administered through
the mouth
17 Critically injure
18 Choir range
28 Palindromic plea
30 Palindromic holiday
31 Learned folks
32 Reward from a trainer
33 Upstate New York city
that Superintendent
Chalmers of “The
Simpsons” is from
35 Created concertos, say
38 Exchanged, as at a
dealership
40 Official colour of a
British university
41 “And there it is!”
42 Prophet of ancient
Judah
43 Edible paste ingredient
45 Nail-biters
46 Cool, back in the 1940s
48 Not busy right now52 ___ R. Schyster,
1990s wrestler whose
initials hinted at his
taxman gimmick
54 Boring shop tool
57 Transparent squares
58 It’s not well-done
60 Skiing items
61 His ___ (noble title)
62 Keep busy
64 Hardly plentiful
65 Focus of gerontology
66 “Degrassi: The Next
Generation” actress
McDonald
73 “The Dukes of Hazzard”
deputy
75 Traveler’s rest area?
77 Lethargy
79 Pointer’s foot
81 Sing the praises of
82 World capital that’s
home to the Moonlight
Rainbow Fountain
83 People from Paisley
85 Deferred86 Cooked using a clay
oven, in Indian cuisine
89 Happening in late
December
92 One making sure that
Bears and Lions don’t
play too rough
94 Narc’s employer
96 Visited dreamland
97 “Me time” retreat
99 “Seriously!”
100 Deliver off the cuff
101 Is quite snoopy
103 Hoop, ring or stud site
104 Red carpet figure
105 Wedding ceremony
highlight
106 Was present
108 Not agitated
113 “Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon”
director Lee
114 “The Empire Strikes
Back” actor Billy ___
Williams
115 Answer incorrectly
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