SUNDAY CROSSWORD

METER READERS: A professional puzzle

ACROSS

1 Beaver's creation 4 Fedora fabric 8 Giant of rhyming

kiddie lit 13 Well-mannered 18 Fútbol cheer

19 Lyft competitor 20 Far from plentiful

21 Keep entertained 22 Cleric's assistant 24 Altimeter reader 26 Consider to be 27 Lee of Marvel Comics

fame 28 Woodland 29 Self-centered sort 32 Short parody

33 Apple's digital voice 34 Beer, so to speak

37 LAX posting 38 Micrometer reader

41 Two-speaker system 43 Liverpool lav 44 Carpet's coverage

45 Magna __ 48 Idyllic spots 49 Explorer who named

Louisiana 52 Solar system circlers 54 Butterfly cousin

55 Rich layer cake 58 Parties with hulas

59 Comprises 62 Reveille player 64 Postal meter reader 66 Sleeveless top

67 Assumed names 69 NASA spacewalk 70 Be a go-between 72 Choral part

73 Taximeter reader 78 Something

confidential 79 Hill builder 80 Float like a helicopter

81 Traditional battlers 83 Twosome 84 About 907 kilos

86 Minuteman's hat 88 Stop it

92 Tavern servings 94 Spanish love

95 Wander (about) 98 Except if 100 Spectrometer reader 103 Calendar column

heading 104 Dutch cheese 105 “That's too bad” 108 Relax in the tub 109 Put a value on

111 Small silvery fish 113 Overwhelm 114 Italian wine region 115 Light meter reader 118 Offstage aide 122 W.H. of poetry 123 Fond aspirations 124 Mystical glow 125 Homophone for “air” 126 The nearest ones 127 Mails (out) 128 Shed tears 129 Signal to stop

DOWN

1 Come to terms 2 Quick tempo 3 Barometer reader 4 Cat's coat 5 Fall back gradually 6 Zodiac feline 7 Test out 8 Near the hip 9 Be worthy of 10 Website ID 11 Stories with saucers 12 Mexican mister 13 Superhero's garment 14 “My aim wasn't so good” 15 Bird of prey 16 Prefix like equi17 Allow 20 Gown fabric 23 “__ seeing things?” 25 Dwarf planet beyond Pluto 27 Do a slalom 30 Breaks into bits 31 The O'Hara abode 32 Israeli greeting 33 Leisurely walk 35 Cub Scout group 36 Sea plea 39 Scot's ancestor 40 Observed 42 Hardy title heroine 46 “That's a fact” 47 Frighten 50 Geographic reference 51 Period of history 53 Fists, so to speak 54 Disney film set in China 56 Stadium level 57 “King of Rock and Roll” 59 Audiometer reader 60 Fall flower 61 Editorial mark 62 Ali __ 63 Scout's mission 65 Underground chamber 66 Parish priest 68 Doesn't discard 71 Conducts (oneself) 74 LittleWomen girl 75 Bends downward 76 Interoffice no. 77 Start over, in pool 80 Weeding implements 82 __ Valley, CA 85 Vague degree

87 Thing: Sp. 88 Signal to speak

89 Phase out 90 Apple pie order 91 Many Middle

Easterners 93 Certain analysts'

specialties 96 Severely simple

97 Had a yen for 99 Did karaoke 101 Becomes bitter 102 Jamaica's __ Fleming

Airport 106 December song

leapers 107 In the know 110 Drain of energy 112 Nary a soul 113 River herring 115 Gentle touch 116 “What was that?” 117 Fenced-in farm spot 118 Fox's foot 119 Have regrets

about 120 Mine resource 121 Navigation aid