The Hamilton Spectator

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: MATCH PLAY

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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?

 ?? by Erik Agard, edited by Will Shortz ??
by Erik Agard, edited by Will Shortz

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