THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Chimp relatives
7 Free spot, for short 10 Mouth pieces
14 Pac-12 team
18 Asian plumlike fruit 19 Rihanna’s 2016 ____ World
Tour
21 Puma alternative
22 QB Tony
23 Reversals of reversals in
sentences?
25 Ribald
26 Making the honor roll, e.g. 27 Org. involved in an annual open house 28 Directional suffix
29 Shell containers 31 Railroad name starting in 1832
32 Golf ball’s path 33 Result of waves hitting rocks
35 “Don’t worry about me!” 37 With 73-Across, a symbol of Massachusetts
38 Laundry unit
40 Small egg
41 Donates shelter to some
beavers?
44 Bedding in a horse’s stall 46 Name that’s Hebrew for “my God”
47 Relative of “POW!” 48 Crop-damaging rodent 49 “Don’t give up!”
51 New pony
53 One following the dotted lines?
57 Soup, black bread and, for the wealthy, meat? 62 Neutrogena dandruff shampoo
66 John or James
67 “What nerve!” 68 ____ Raton, Fla.
69 Gear for a hike
70 Part of E = mc2
73 See 37-Across
74 Not quite leaders of the pack
75 Social Security fig. 76 Based on theoretical deduction
78 Like concrete that’s shaped in advance 80 Road-sign silhouette 81 Kings and queens bringing their steeds to a halt? 84 Nelson who wrote “The Man With the Golden Arm” 86 James who wrote “A Death in the Family”
87 Freddy once hailed as “the next Pelé” 88 Husband to Emilia in “Othello”
90 Golfer Ernie
92 Tiny bit
94 Popeye creator E. C. ____ 98 “Excuse me, but my partner’s and my kids go first!”
102 “____, Escher, Bach” (Pulitzer-winning book) 104 Tackle-box item
105 When repeated,“All right, that’s enough!”
106 Up (for), paradoxically 107 Better than normal 110 Gchat notes, e.g. 111 Medical professional on TV 113 Part of a classic diner sign 115 “Listen up, Luis!”
116 WSJ competitor 117 Fantasy game role 118 Icelandic saga
119 Feast consisting entirely of Hawaiian foodstuffs? 122 Flight destination? 123 “Enough!”
124 Word with pink or cow 125 Illinois college town 126 James of R&B 127 Ring ____
128 Sot’s woe
129 Like elves’ ears
Down
1 Cronies
2 Plant disease whose two words differ by only one letter 3 Amphibious auto 4 Essence of an idea 5 Powerful winds 6 Lead-in to phonic 7 Greek god depicted on the cover of “The Wind in the Willows” 8 Onetime rap moniker 9 Clothe
10 Tomb raider ____ Croft 11 “The Terrible” czar 12 When repeated, plea to a stage magician 13 Powers to decide 14 Goad
15 “Ugh, that hits close to home!”
16 “Shoot over your response”
17 Very serious
20 Part of las Filipinas 24 Scoundrel
30 Popular rapper with a feline-sounding name 34 Bacteria-battling drug 36 Intoxicating Polynesian drink
39 Cloud’s purpose
42 Hurt
43 No. 1 Presley hit 45 Court orders 47 “Ugh!” 50 Big fashion inits. 52 Follows, as advice
54 One might represent a representative 55 Sleazeball
56 ____ culpa 57 Frothing at the mouth 58 Lyric poem
59 Who has ever won a debate over the internet? 60 Start of the Marines’ motto
61 Honoring grandly
63 Did so-so at school 64 Digital currency 65 Hangs in there 71 Singer India.____
72 One of 56 in 1776 74 Some Mardi Gras wear 76 S. Amer. land
77 Inlets
79 Genetic material
82 “Oh, boohoo!” 83 Gettysburg general 85 Head of an estate 88 “Hmm ... it’s escaping me” 89 “If all else fails ...” 91 Exam for future attys. 93 Warehouse
95 Native of Conakry 96 Little raider 97 Athlete’s time off 98 Single shot awarded for being fouled while scoring, in basketball lingo 99 Straight
100 Had because of
101 Start of a Spanish count 102 Clear one’s head? 103 Confines due to injury 108 Qualifying words 109 Facsimile, for short 112 It follows epsilon 114 Fuzzes
120 Photo ____
121 Stat for Lou Gehrig or Manny Ramirez
Answers will appear next week