NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD 60 by Patrick Blindauer, edited by Will Shortz

Note: When this puzzle is done, read the letters along the shaded path to get another example of the theme.

ACROSS

1 Major tenant of

Rockefeller Center 6 “Young Frankenstein”

role 10 Theater drop 15 Nuke 18 CBS’s “Kate & ____” 19 Turner of “Peyton

Place” 20 Bad thing to bring one’s

family 21 Wealthy: Sp. 22 “With the Beatles” song written by Smokey Robinson 26 In all seriousness 27 Gen ____ 28 Emulated the tortoise

and hare 29 One of seven in the

Book of Revelation 31 Ladies’ men, in older

usage 33 Gulf state: Abbr. 36 Monastery head’s

jurisdiction 39 Domesticate 43 Intimate 47 Zombie or flaming

volcano 48 “Yuck!” 51 Part of U.N.L.V. 52 “Let’s go!” in Baja 53 Meditation leader 54 Altar exchange 56 Bus. need that most lemonade stands don’t have 57 Some Japanese

watches 58 Big ____ (some

sandwiches) 59 Edgar in “King Lear,” e.g. It might help you get to Carnegie Hall, for short 61 Riga resident 62 Garden party? 63 Record-shop stock 64 Talk, talk, talk 65 “The Time Machine”

race 67 Something you might lose a little sleep over?: Abbr. 68 Delany or Carvey 69 Whopper 70 Last Hebrew letter 71 Capital bombed in 1972 74 Grade-school subj. 75 Audio problem 78 Harrison’s successor 79 African antelope 80 Message from the Red

Cross, maybe 81 Cinematic composer

André 84 Triumphant cry 85 Its state quarter has a

lighthouse 86 Luxuriant 87 Charge, in a way 88 Spanish letter between

ka and eme 89 Piece org.? 90 Silverwork city in

southern Mexico 91 “Strangers and

Brothers” novelist 92 Move quickly 94 1943 penny material 95 Merchandise: Abbr. 96 Structure used in

extreme sports 102 “Antennae” 106 Raised a ruckus 108 1977 Warhol subject 111 Filmmaker Guy 116 “Revolver” song that Paul McCartney described as “an ode to pot” 119 They go in locks 120 Ancient 121 Footwear for a run 122 Like a good scout 123 Fifth qtrs. 124 Résumé listing 125 It used to be made of

lead 126 Les ____-Unis

DOWN

1 One side of a vote 2 Link studied at

Ancestry.com 3 Coterie 4 Part of an oldfashioned swing 5 Zigs or zags 6 Napoleon’s partner on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” 7 “Wonder Woman”

star ____ Gadot 8 Shade of black 9 Fury 10 Onetime J.F.K. sight 11 1968 movie based on

“Flowers for Algernon” 12 Indy 500 winner Bobby 13 “____ roll!” 14 Blue 15 Penny, mostly 16 Zenith 17 “The Gold-Bug” author 21 Certain tribute 23 Most watchful 24 Living thing 25 “____ & the Women”

(2000 Altman film) 30 “Hey Jude” song that mentions every day of the week but Saturday 32 “Yikes!” 33 Solvers’ shouts 34 What T.S.A. helps

people avoid? 35 “A Hard Day’s Night” song that Lennon called McCartney’s “first ‘Yesterday’?” 37 Strongly worded attack 38 Panther or puma 40 “With the Beatles” song playing in the E.R. when Lennon died 41 Tiki-bar cocktail 42 Houdini feat 44 George of “Star Trek” 45 Bunches 46 Try out 48 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” song whose title is followed by “where the rain gets in” 49 Twin Cities suburb 50 Sacrosanct 55 Pommes frites

seasoning 59 Slowly fade away 65 Like names on trophies,

often 66 “I can’t hear you!” 68 Extra-special 71 End of a shift 72 Disc jockey Freed 73 Hair-razing name? 75 Bigger than big 76 Beans, e.g. 77 ____ teeth 80 The highest form of

flattery? 82 Tommy Hilfiger

alternative 83 Old movie-theater

lead-ins 90 Kitchen shortening 93 “____ a wrap” 97 Latin 101 word 98 Theater sections 99 Lose it 100 ____ dish 101 Pastoral poem 103 Came (from) 104 Pacific ____ 105 Bob or weave 106 Lacquer, e.g. 107 Contents of some

envelopes: Abbr. 109 Officially go (for) 110 Black

as night 112 Circulatory

block 113 Slangy greeting 114 “____ first you don’t

succeed ...” 115 Congers and morays 116 Melted mess 117 Olive ____ 118 Cape Horn, for one