NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: MATCH PLAY
ACROSS
1 Chunks of land
7 “Be on the lookout” messages, for short 11 Person to take complaints to, informally 14 Polo of “The Fosters” 18 Popular Dominican dance
20 Leave quickly
21 Musical Yoko
22 Get a ____
on someone 23 Sou'wester
25 Abbr. in many blood
type names
26 “Logic dictates ...” 27 It's usually put in the
middle of a table 28 Late hours
31 Messes up
35 Downfall in pinball 37 Music export from
Tokyo, for short 38 Sciences'
counterpart
39 “Jeez!”
41 Princess who says, “I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board” 43 Campy 1972 vampire film
45 Peace marches
48 Grub
51 Part of a preschool day 52 Opinion
53 Nirvana seeker 56 Sorority letter 57 Forbiddance 58 Masthead list, for short
60 More lit, perhaps 62 ”After Earth” 69 Pothead 70 ____ Lama 71 Do the wave? 72 What un desierto lacks 74 Lyrical lament 75 Not able to catch something
77 Growth ring
80 Farthest point in an orbit around the moon
82 This woman 83 Closure opening? 84 Vote in France 85 Blue swaths on maps 87 They follow oohs 90 Like the simplest instructions
95 Talk show host Cohen 97 Trade punches 100 Hills with gentle slopes on one side and steep slopes on the other
103 Fake 104 Verdi tragedy 105 “Grand Ole” venue 106 Say whether or not you'll attend
108 Blow out 110 Imbroglio 111 Prostates
115 French 101 verb 117 Collaborative site 118 Snatch
119 Game suggested by this puzzle's theme 125 Racer Luyendyk 126 Half of dos 127 Taking care of things 128 Nickel-and-diming sort 129 They might break out in hives 130 Cockapoo or cockatoo, maybe 131 Cpls.' superiors
132 Act obsequiously
DOWN
1 Atlanta-based cable inits.
2 Cold and wet 3 Term in tennis, golf and baseball, all with different meanings 4 Hero interred in Santa Clara, Cuba 5 “Later, luv” 6 Rhyming nickname in Cardinals history 7 Midriff muscles, for short 8 “Oh, quit being silly!” 9 Sailor in the Navy 10 Seatbelt, e.g. 11 “C'mon, be serious” 12 ____ Day vitamins
13 Rémy Martin product 14 Bridge-supporting frame
15 Dulles designer 16 Pasta-sauce brand 17 Longtime singing talent show, familiarly 19 ____-vaxxers 24 Singer Reese 29 Garment worn by John Roberts that's hidden in his name 30 R&B's ____ Hill 31 Bristol, Conn.-based cable inits.
32 Sister and wife of Cronus, in myth 33 Collect from the soil 34 Result of a religious schism 36 Camping need 40 Japanese dogs with turned-up tails 42 Neighbor of Wyo. 44 Commercial rhyme for “Famous” 46 Transmits
47 Part of a Mario costume
49 Part of a “Which came first?” dilemma 50 Comment before “I missed that” 54 Director Van Sant 55 Cross
59 Maker of the game Zaxxon
61 ____ contendere 62 Pad alternative 63 Chinese New Year treat 64 One of the Castros 65 Shed material 66 Dwarf planet with more mass than Pluto 67 Good throw? 68 “Get outta here!” 70 ____ Taurasi, all-time W.N.B.A. scoring leader 73 Supplementary item
76 Suffix with methyl 78 Gymnastics flip 79 Arizona capital of the Navajo Nation 81 ____ Germany 86 Relatively cool stellar phenomenon 88 “Come again?” 89 Some bathroom installations 91 Brother of Ham 92 Play starter? 93 Sand-burrowing marine creatures 94 Reasons to do something 96 Quaint demographic grouping
98 No. 2
99 Revved up 101 Timeline part 102 Align
107 “¡Let's go!” 109 Some flight board info 111 Mop
112 Poop out
113 Over
114 ____ interview 116 Coin in Köln 120 Sci-fi C.G.I. creations 121 Debut, metaphorically 122 Dealership expanse 123 I problem?
124 Hem but not haw?