The Hamilton Spectator

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: SURPLUS STORE

- by Andy Kravis, edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Sadistic feline character in

a Scott Adams strip

8 Out

14Concern for a P.R. team 20 Trembling 21Land, as a fish 22The Red Baron, for one 23“The operation was a

success!” e.g.? 25 Unimportan­t-sounding

dessert

26 Novelist/poet Cisneros 27Posthumo­us award? 28Cause of death in many a

murder mystery 29 Lampoon

31 Kidney-related 33Montana, in the 1980s 34“Let's get going!” 36People who start arguments out of nowhere?

40Metal in galvanizat­ion 41 Comes after

42 Embedded design 43Stud fees? 45Lighthea­rted movie 46 Painter Velázquez 48Network that once advertised its prime-time block as “Must See TV” 51Bygone car company that

bore its founder's initials 52City with views of the Mediterran­ean and Mount Carmel 54Officers who woke up on

the wrong side of the cot? 57No longer plagued by 58The “R” of the Bay Area's

BART 59Material for some suits 60One who's unfaithful? 63They're written in chess

notation

64Loose and flowing, as a

dress

66Unit of stamps 67Felt bad 68What's the holdup? 69Soirees where people are dressed in their finest board shorts?

72 “Holy guacamole!” 73Response to a breach of

movie-theater etiquette 76Airport monitor, for short 77 Supports 78Island whose name

rhymes with 72-Across 79 Chef's topper

81 ____ kebab

83 Tailors' measuremen­ts 85Be awesome 86Got 101 percent on an

exam, say? 91“Don't touch that ____!” 92 Really bothered 93Stuntwom­an Kitty known as “the fastest woman in the world”

94One of a pair on the table 96 Hotheaded ones? 98Site of a noted oracle 101How a tandem bicycle is

built

104“Well, all right then” 105Why someone might practice deep breathing every five minutes? 107 ____ Mae

108 Multiparag­raph blog

comment, maybe 109Nit pick? 110Celsius with a namesake

temperatur­e scale 111Knit pick? 112Intrigu­ed by

DOWN

1Mama ____ 2Shade similar to turquoise 3Makes aware of 4March Madness tourney,

with “the”

5Flip inside out

6Put a bluffer in a tough

spot

7Give a whirl

8Son of 62-Down 9Muppet who sings “I

Refuse to Sing Along” 10 Humorist David 11One-percenters and the

like

12 ____ Creed 13Demoliti­on material 14Like some

granola bars

15 Amazon predator 16Dublin alma mater of

Oscar Wilde 17“Don't worry, that only

looked painful!” 18Early accepter of mobile

payments?

19 Haughty looks 24Doesn't go straight 28Requirin­g a lot of

attention, say

30Go on a rampage 32Off the beaten path 34 Industry magnate 35 “Hands off!”

37 Adidas competitor 38 A.O.C., e.g. 39Grab (onto)

44Any member of the

Twelver branch of Islam 46 Hornswoggl­ed

47 Author Murdoch played onscreen by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench 48Faux pas 49Begin to develop 50 Quartet that performed

at Woodstock, for short 53Revenue sources for

podcasts

54 Squirrels away 55“Good to go!” 56Stand up at the altar 57 Biodiverse habitat 58Gets going, so to speak 60Abbr. that begins some

entry-level job titles 61Start of a conclusion 62Goddess who cursed Echo to just repeat the words of others 63Ingredie­nt that turns a Black Russian into a White Russian 64 Entrance

65 Roman triumvirat­e? 67German city where

Charlemagn­e was buried 68Do a favor for a

vacationin­g friend, maybe 70Four for a grand slam,

briefly

71They often end on a low

note

72Many a Dickensian child 73Water heater? 74 Polynesian performanc­e 75Last-eaten part of a loaf,

often 78Women's History Month:

Abbr. 80“Supplies are limited!” 81Paste used for home

repairs 82Frequent result of wearing

a bike helmet 83Getting three square

meals a day 84Office worker 86Appetize­r often served

with mint chutney 87Pioneer Day celebrant 88Like urban legends, again

and again

89 Figure out

90Only state capital that shares no letters with the name of its state 95Animal whose genus name, Phascolarc­tos, means “pouch bear” 97What contacts

contact

99 Zest

100 Cache 102Directi­on for one who's been in Benin to go to Togo 103Popular name for a black-and-white pet

105W-2 ID 106“How ____!”

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