NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Signs off on

4 Bei Bei and Bao Bao 10 Mike’s place 16 Barnyard bleat 19 Remained unused 20 Morphine, for one

21 Still

22 Pitches

23 Facebook Status: “2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!” 26 Bobs and buns 27 Tea-party girl 28 “Repeat ...” 29 Valuable china, e.g. 31 Facebook Status: “Across the pond! And front-row seats to the Henley Royal Regatta!” 35 “King ____”(1978 hit) 37 “Above”and“beyond,” e.g.

38 Island ring

39 Chill out

40 Okapi feature 42 Salad green

43 Lily who played Ernestine

46 An arm or a leg 47 “____ it the truth!” 48 Dough dispenser 51 Facebook Status: “Yes! Retail therapy at the largest shopping spot in the U.S.!” 54 Cyberaddress

57 Van Susteren of cable news 59 Campbell of“Scream” 60 Second-____

61 ____ Miguel (largest island in the Azores)

62 Use part of

64 Sicilian erupter 67 “Am ____ believe ...?” 68 Analogy connector 69 TV host Geist 70 Facebook Status: “Ahhhh . ... Sun and surf in Cancún, Mexico! Bring on the unlimited piña coladas!” 72 Battle of the Atlantic craft

74 “Sleep ____” 75 Old United rival 77 One crossing the line? 78 Eminence 79 Call, as a game 80 “Live With Kelly and Ryan”co-host

82 Gusto 84 10-time French Open champ

85 Born 86 Facebook Status: “Hej from København! This statue turned 100 years old in 2013 but is still a beauty!” 90 Double-O sort 91 Cows and sows 93 Top that may have a built-in bra 94 Exam administered on the forearm 96 Fleur-de-lis, e.g. 98 Bad place for a frog 100 Captained

101 ____ room

104 Praying figure in

Christian art 105 It can be smoked 106 Facebook Status: “10-9-8-7 . ... Ringing in the New Year with 1,000,000 of my newest, closest friends!” 110 Excessive regulation 112 Swahili“sir” 114 Neuter 115 QB Manning 116 Facebook Status: “History abounds! Neo-Classical architecture surrounded by gorgeous cherryblossom trees. Next stop ... the White House!” 121 Sch. with the mascot

Mike the Tiger 122 Anatomical ring 123 Recording- studio

effect

124 J.F.K. posting

125 Place of Bible

study: abbr.

126 In an uncivil way 127 Wife, to Juan

128 Oedipus, for one

Down

1 Its official name is Academy Award of Merit

2 “The Prophet” author Gibran 3 Shoot (for) 4 Brainteaser

5 Well put 6 Niggling detail 7 Morse word

8 Elite group 9 Classic blazer fabrics 10 Mani-____ 11 Dingy part of a kitchen? 12 Just-passing mark 13 Con 14 ____-friendly 15 Wife on “The Addams Family”

16 Facebook Status: “Vegas, baby! And who would believe I’m standing next to Beyoncé and Katy Perry!” 17 Very cute, in slang 18 Judge

24 Seal the deal 25 Where the Santa Ana and Long Beach Fwys. meet

30 Tip off 32 For 17+ viewers 33 “When pigs fly!” 34 Lightsome 36 Tongue-lash 41 Crater’s edge 44 Muscat resident 45 Unheard-of 47 Get the better of 48 Damaged over time 49 Workplace newbie 50 Facebook Status: “Nosebleed seats but home-field advantage! GO GIANTS!!!” 52 Ultrasound target 53 Cousin of 15-Down 55 Bad joint

56 How Mark Twain is often quoted 58 Bias 63 Russian“invader” of the 1980s 65 Olympics airer since 1988 66 Bowl over 68 Speck 70 Challenge to prove you’re human 71 Critic Roger 73 Alabama and Kansas, for two 76 Quick thinking 78 Schedules 81 Start of a drill, maybe 83 Saunter 86 Still partly open, as a door 87 Punk offshoot 88 Mazda two-seaters 89 Roadside bombs, for short

92 This answer ends in“T,”e.g. 95 More on the mark 96 Some edible fungi 97 “Otherwise ...!” 98 Prime setter, informally 99 Cassiterite, e.g. 102 Less strict

103 Spawn

107 Flowing locks

108 Chipotle rival

109 You might take it to go 111 Arequipa is its

second-largest city 113 Fay of “King Kong” 117 Rival

118 Series honor,

for short

119 Workplace inits. 120 Half a couple