Crossword
By Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen, edited by Jeff Chen
WRONGFUL TERMINATIONS
ACROSS
1 Volleyball touch
5 Illegal start?
12 Far from fine
18 Some abstract visuals
20 Night lights?
21 Some mahjong tiles
22 “It’s so unfair! I lost my job making boomerangs, even after I ___!”
25 One who gets half the credit
26 Opposite of fast
27 Chicago trains
28 G.I. fare
29 “I got fired as a Zamboni driver, even after I ___!”
36 “Jinkies!”
39 Plus
40 Absolutely must 41 Done to ___
42 Turning point?
44 Big name in banking
47 Court org.
48 Part of FTW
49 “I got canned as a taxi driver, even after I ___!” 54 Russian sea
58 Giant who was in “The Princess Bride”
59 “___ minute now”
60 Silvery fish
62 Scratch (out)
63 Ramirez of “Grey’s Anatomy”
65 “PDQ!”
68 Running things
70 “I lost my job roping cattle with the ranch crew, even after I ___!” 75 Polite dismissal
76 Grp. with a phonetic alphabet
77 Single
78 Root word?
79 Cattle breed
81 Network connections
83 Network junctions 86 Mani-___
88 “I got fired from making hedge mazes, even after I ___!”
93 Actress Issa
95 Part of a Waze rte.
96 Jazz singer Laine
97 Rap mogul Knight
98 Wide-eyed with excitement
100 Super 8 and others
103 @@@ 105 Pull
106 “I was terminated at Nissan’s electric car factory, even after I ___!”
111 Dating term?
112 Yalie
113 Underground band
114 Orpheus, notably
118 “I got fired from making keyboards, even after I ___!”
125 River mouth area
126 Country singer McBride
127 “No harm, no foul”
128 Tediously old-fashioned
129Have
130 Klutz’s comment
DOWN
1 Bartlett kin 2 Until 3 Starburst producer
4 Chris who plays Star-Lord
5 “So there!”
6 Blew one’s cover
7 Pay for
8 Chinese dumpling
9 Red state?
10 “Far out, man!”
11 Ballpark fig.
12 Biblical verb
13 Texter’s “Holy smokes!”
14 Core components
15 Bunkmate
16 Tip provider
17 First name in cosmetics
19 Royal headwear
21 Steve Martin’s scheming sergeant in 1996
23 Jim Carrey’s scheming meanie in 2000
24 Miami’s NBA team
30 Emmy-winning Falco
31 Stomach or shoulder
32 Country’s McEntire
33 Coated Dutch cheeses
34 Osaka assent
35 European hot spot
36 Sip from a sippy cup
37 Teammates with pull?
38 What the Beaufort scale measures
43 Layers
45 Tazo offering
46 “Nuh-uh”
48 Jam and juice brand
50 Mother ___
51 “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” speaker
52 “Let’s do this thing!”
53 Mardi Gras follower
55 Reset, in a way
56 Indie band known for its elaborately choreographed videos
57 Gov. position turned down by Daniel Webster, allegedly saying, “I do not propose to be buried until I am really dead and in my coffin” 61 Neo, to Trinity
64 Even the score
66 Actress de Armas
67 Small, to Simone
69 Gives the go-ahead
70 Genre for BTS
71 Palindromic beauty magazine
72 Big name in the freezer aisle
73 Steamroll, in sports
74 Kind of bond
80 Political party list
82 TV show with a “FiveTimers Club”
84 “By that reasoning ... “
85 Throw off balance
87 Go to press?
89 “Your turn to speak”
90 Actress Ward
91 Color worn by the San Jose Sharks
92 Hyatt and Hilton
94 Bumble bio info
98 International Mahjong Day month
99 Capri has a famous blue one
100 State where the fuzz is in plain sight?
101 Poet who wrote “To be loved, be lovable”
102 Honkers
104 “Give my regards!”
106 Catches on a security camera
107 “Sugar”
108 Bert’s 15-Down
109 Gradually removes
110 ___ pie (“walking” chili treat served in a bag)
115 “Should that be true ...”
116 “Quit it!”
117 Chiding sounds
119 OB/GYN offering
120 Noodge
121 Challenging tot
122 Confucian belief
123 Return letters?
124 ___ Vegasz
SPORTS
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