The sunday new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Lightheaded 6 Underwater workplaces

13 One of four on the annual tennis calendar 18 Navel formation?

19 Not renewed

21 1836 siege setting 22 First name on the high bench

23 Follower of deuce 24 Wordsmith Peter Mark ____

25 Lot of back and forth? 27 Alternative to grass 29 Place for a prize ceremony

30 Nellie who wrote “Ten Days in a Mad-House” 31 Point of no return? 34 Certain corp. takeover 35 It’s meant to be

36 NBC hit since ‘75 37 Ingredient in a Dark ‘n’ Stormy

38 Muslim holy men 40 Designer inits. 42 “Awesome!” 43 Lead-in to line

44 Rod who was the 1977 A.L. M.V.P. 45 “Bridesmaids” co-star 47 Food with an unfortunate-sounding last two syllables 50 Really fancy 51 Dreams up 55 Sophocles tragedy 56 Get further mileage from 57 Vegetable or pasta, e.g. 58 Drip, drip, drip 59 Annual sporting event that is this puzzle’s theme 62 Outside: Prefix 63 Really green 64 Stingy sort?

65 Many a presidential hopeful: Abbr. 66 Treasure-map markers 68 Ostracize 69 Lead-in to boy or girl 70 Standard info on stationery nowadays 72 U. of Md. player 73 Spot 74 Conjunction in the Postal Service creed 76 The Eagles, on scoreboards 78 Pérignon, for one 79 “Nature is the ____ of God”: Dante 81 Something to live for 83 Chaney of silents 84 One at home, informally 85 Ape

88 “Zip it!”

89 Things found in clogs 90 Bourbon Street’s locale, informally

92 Frenzy

94 Stadium name near Citi Field 96 Spectators’ area 98 “Harlequin’s Carnival” painter

99 James ____, Belgian painter in the movement Les XX

100 Flowchart symbol 101 Saskatchewan native 102 It represents you

104 Old-timey

106 First and last black key

on a standard piano 108 Gas type: Abbr.

109 Location of 59-Across 114 Fly-by-night? 115 Canapé topper 116 Computer command 117 Time to vote: Abbr. 118 Italian car, informally 119 Lead-in to “Man,” “Woman” or “Fool” in Top 40 hits

120 Further

121 Part of U.S.T.A.: Abbr. 122 City grid: Abbr.

123 Enthusiasm

124 Lion or tiger

DOWN

1 Employs

2 Not for keeps

3 Low soccer score 4 Wittily insults

5 Number on a trophy 6 “Alas ...”

7 One of a well-known

septet

8 Inits. in 2010 news 9 Broadway’s Cariou 10 Computer key

11 Utterly uninspiring 12 Oscar-nominated George of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” 13 Designer Jacobs 14 Emotionally detached 15 Jungle predator 16 Code you don’t want to break 17 Returned to earth? 19 “I can’t talk now” 20 Louisville standout 26 Candidate for rehab 28 Square dance maneuver 31 Oscar-winning film of 1984

32 Revel

33 College in Boston 37 Whole host 38 “Why should ____?” 39 Win every game 41 Security agreement 43 One way to answer a server?

46 Winning words

47 Guy

48 Dweller along the Bering Sea

49 The “L” of L.C.D. 52 Genius Bar employees 53 Relish

54 Rugged, as a landscape 60 Impotent 61 Paradigm 64 Submerge 67 Cybertrash

71 Force (into)

72 When the diet starts, perhaps

75 Locale for Charlie Chan 77 Dating-profile section 78 Denims 80 Purchases at tire shops 81 Do well with

82 Fit to be tied

86 How the Quran is written 87 Film-related anagram of AMERICAN

88 City in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle 89 Clear the air?

91 “I’ll take that as ____” 93 Proficient in

95 Much TV fare during the wee hours

97 Towers over

103 Blue hue

105 Metal fastener

107 Three-person card game

110 Vox V.I.P.s 111 Forever and a day 112 Red Sox Hall-of-Famer, to fans 113 “Bravo!”

Answers will appear next week