THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Fancy water pitcher 7 Cranks (out)
13 Iranian president Rouhani 19 National park near Bar Harbor 20 Shoulder-supported launcher
22 Go against
23 Put in another light 24 What do you get when you cross 26-Across with a 5-Down?
26 A group of them may be called a memory 28 Bestow
29 Not down so much? 30 Item that can be blown or thrown 31 Coastal-environment simulator at an aquarium 34 Onesie protector 36 Some Instagram-feed posts
37 Pool unit
38 Tokyo-to-iwo Jima dir. 39 Iraqi currency
41 Symbols of watchfulness 46 Krispy ____
49 Musical tone below A 53 Rock climber’s tool 54 Neighbors of Saudis 56 “Cheese” products? 57 What do you get when you cross 63-Across with a 45-Down? 61 Jungian feminine side 62 Not natural, say 63 Coop group 64 Dazed and confused 66 Went (against) 68 Caper 69 London theater district 72 Flatbread often garnished with rosemary
77 Creatures that can have two sets of jaws and teeth 81 Kind of squash 82 What do you get when you cross 77-Across with a 40-Down? 85 Begin dozing 87 Dandelion look-alike 88 Congregate to rest
89 Fill with love
90 ____ Malfoy, Harry Potter antagonist
91 Logs on to, say 94 Criticizes harshly 96 Tirana’s country: Abbr. 98 Cabinet inits. since 1980 99 Abe Lincoln’s youngest son 102 ____ de los Muertos 103 Napoleonic symbol
106 “If all ____ fails ...“110 Confess
112 Got to work 114 “____ in the Garden” (Robert Frost poem) 116 What do you get when you cross 114-Across with a 93-Down?
120 ____ 101, world’s tallest building before the Burj Khalifa
121 Sporty Chevy 122 Picked (up) 123 Shaping wood using a curved blade
124 Get short with
125 Coldly determined 126 Direct DOWN 1 Wasn’t indifferent 2 D.c.-to-boston transport 3 Nonvenomous, fast-moving snake
4 Get accustomed (to) 5 School group
6 Erode
7 “CSI” broadcaster 8 Spots on ships for anchor cables 9 Weapon used by the Terminator 10 CD-____ 11 Aurelius, for Lucius Aurelius Commodus 12 Burrowing lizard 13 Spicy appetizer 14 When National Beer Day is celebrated: Abbr. 15 Tater
16 Gandhi of contemporary Indian politics 17 Queried
18 They might take a few swallows
21 Along with 25 Geographical locale whose name means “waterless place”
27 Back of the neck 32 “For shame!” 33 Make bubbly
35 Rice variety
37 Lex Luthor’s sister 39 Classroom assignment 40 What’s known for its poker face?
41 Take in the newspaper 42 ____ Stix
43 Suffix with launder 44 Department stores since 1901
45 Ika, at a sushi bar 47 Ireland, poetically 48 Some lapel attachments 50 First letter of the Arabic alphabet
51 Do, ____, fa ... 52 Exam for collegebound H.S. students
55 “Mad Men” channel
58 Pest-control brand founded by Lee Ratner (!) in the 1950s
59 ____ Island
60 Sega mascot 65 Home to Natural Bridges National Monument 67 1,000% 68 Ghana’s capital 69 Lessen in power 70 Business class, for short 71 Pop
72 “Never ____!” 73 Prefix with -gon 74 M.R.I. alternative 75 Cactus bump
76 Org. with a classified budget
78 Many stars have big ones 79 ____-majesté 80 Concordes et al. 83 Some HDTVS 84 Father of the Amazons, in Greek myth 86 “Sorry, Charlie” 92 “Moonstruck” Oscar winner 93 Smallest of the big cats 95 Home to the Hana Highway 97 Touchingly? 99 Soothing powders 100 Flighty? 101 Strongly held beliefs
103 Weather-forecast figures 104 Inception
105 Hen
106 “My Fair Lady” protagonist 107 Fatty acid, e.g. 108 “____ evil” 109 Endorse online 111 Striking sound
113 Big name in vitamins 115 Lessen in power 117 Singing syllable 118 16th letter 119 Palindromic preposition