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Misquoting Shakespeare

November 16, 2025

By Randolph Ross • 140 Clues

Across Clues

1. They're charged for long trips → TESLAS

7. Tool with a point → AWL

10. No longer in as good a place → WORSEOFF

18. Here → ONEARTH

20. Early smartphone model of the 2000s → TREO

21. Conflict that ended with the Treaty of Nanking → OPIUMWAR

22. King's assessment of his son the Crusader? → GOODKNIGHTSWEETPRINCE

25. Parisian possessive → ALUI

26. D.O.J. branch that deals with trafficking → DEA

27. Nickname heard in 8-Down → TEX

28. Harder to grasp, in a way → EELIER

29. Done deal → SALE

30. "Swan Lake" role → ODETTE

32. Disney World souvenir → CEL

35. Davis of old Hollywood → BETTE

36. The possibility of losing one's job, e.g. → STRESSOR

38. Radiate → EXUDE

40. Santa's view on loyalty for those who help him? → TOTHINEOWNELFBETRUE

46. "I didn't expect that!" → OHGEE

47. Corner key → ESC

48. Platt who starred in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" → BEN

49. Marine menace → ORCA

51. With 61-Down and 78-Across, "Food at this restaurant stinks, but the duck seems fine"? → FAREISFOUL

56. Nail salon brand → OPI

58. Gal from Israel → GADOT

59. Something athletes strive to break → TIE

60. Dots on faces → PIPS

61. Gam_ show purchas_ from Ryan S_acr_st → ANE

62. Customarily → ASARULE

64. Frequent question about the spelling of "Caribbean"? → TWOBSORNOTTWOBS

68. Team transports → OXCARTS

71. Inserted, as into a printer → FED

72. It's over your head → ROOF

73. Capture → BAG

76. No Mr. Nice Guy → MEANY

77. Scratch the surface of, say → MAR

78. See 51-Across → FOWLISFAIR

81. Fly in the ointment → SNAG

82. Weed killer → HOE

84. Where the C.D.C. is headquartered: Abbr. → ATL

86. Shake off → ELUDE

87. Schnozz, honker or beak? → ANOSEBYANYOTHERNAME

94. Broke down → CRIED

95. Castle fortifications → PARAPETS

96. Leave red-faced → ABASH

100. Sign of a smashing success → SRO

101. Right-leaning? → ITALIC

102. Olympian queen → HERA

106. Sunni or Shiite → MUSLIM

108. One wearing a striped shirt, informally → REF

110. ___Arts, school in Santa Clarita → CAL

111. Pool equipment → CUES

112. Warning to a beachgoer on St. Patrick's Day? → BEWARETHETIDESOFMARCH

118. Very quickly → INATRICE

119. Getting warm → NEAR

120. "The Godfather" weapon → GARROTE

121. Movable parts of record players → TONEARMS

122. "Might I ___ …" → ADD

123. Competes for, as a contract → BIDSON

Down Clues

1. Costume garments made from bedsheets → TOGAS

2. ___ Holmes, 2020s role for Millie Bobby Brown → ENOLA

3. Hub for K-pop → SEOUL

4. Many a casual fitted top → LADIESTEE

5. Flood protection? → ARK

6. Depot: Abbr. → STN

7. Specialized skill → ART

8. Wayne's world? → WESTERNS

9. Rob of "The West Wing" → LOWE

10. Tribulation → WOE

11. Get off the fence → OPT

12. Like dark green avocados → RIPE

13. No-lose situation → SUREBET

14. Microphone inventor ___ Berliner → EMILE

15. Take full responsibility for something → OWNIT

16. Aspect → FACET

17. "___ Jacques" → FRERE

19. Like some cameras and agendas → HIDDEN

20. "Really?" → THATSO

23. Honkers → GEESE

24. Stand out → EXCEL

30. "… ___ quit!" → ORI

31. Spa handout → TOWEL

33. Formerly with law enforcement, informally → EXFBI

34. Garage job → LUBE

37. What a detail-oriented person might "dot" → THEI

39. Animal house → DEN

40. Cuisine with boat noodles → THAI

41. No Mr. Nice Guy → OGRE

42. Prefix suggesting low cost → ECONO

43. Nature calls → ROARS

44. Language that's the source of the word "khaki" → URDU

45. Earth Day subj. → ECOL

46. Many a time → OFT

50. Absorbed, as a cost → ATE

52. Difficult position → SPOT

53. Little untruths → FIBS

54. Special ___ → OPS

55. Uncle Sam's land, informally → USOFA

57. Lead-in to dollar or chemical → PETRO

58. Talk at length → GAB

61. See 51-Across → AND

62. Gone wrong, for short? → AWOL

63. L.A.'s ___ Stadium, site of the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics → SOFI

64. "Scent of a Woman" dance → TANGO

65. Twisted → WRY

66. Tried for a second term, say → RERAN

67. AAA job → TOW

68. Meditation sounds → OMS

69. TV role for Lucy Lawless → XENA

70. James of "Misery" → CAAN

73. Author who coined the word "munchkin" → BAUM

74. Campaign worker → AIDE

75. Coll. senior's test → GRE

77. Selina ___, the veep on "Veep" → MEYER

78. Parade attraction → FLOAT

79. On its way → SENT

80. Memorization tool → FLASHCARD

82. ___ honor (honorific for a judge) → HER

83. Eastern ties → OBIS

85. Represented → TYPIFIED

88. Wally ___, astronaut who commanded Apollo 7 → SCHIRRA

89. Find charming → ADORE

90. Lost shipment inquiry → TRACER

91. "Papa Bear" of the N.F.L. → HALAS

92. Final words → EPILOG

93. Partner of parks, for short → REC

96. Scope → AMBIT

97. Spanish for "good" → BUENO

98. Dam on the Nile → ASWAN

99. List of candidates → SLATE

103. Mozart can be seen on some of them → EUROS

104. Odd-numbered page → RECTO

105. Ghost-faced → ASHEN

107. Israeli P.M. before Rabin → MEIR

109. Europe's tallest active volcano → ETNA

113. Channel for cinephiles → TCM

114. "___ All That" (2021 rom-com) → HES

115. Family man → DAD

116. "Marvy!" → FAB

117. Doctor's order, for short → MRI