The Hamilton Spectator

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: MAKING ARRANGEMEN­TS

- by Randolph Ross, edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Because of

8“Pet” with green “fur” 12Illegal thing to grab in

football 20Handkerc­hief, in British

slang

21 Disney+ alternativ­e 22 Turkey piece? 23Sign at a chemical plant: “This facility is ____ ____” (with 114-Across) 25Lists of grievances 26It ends in Nov. 27“When pigs fly!” 28Recess retort 30Moody who wrote “Coming of Age in Mississipp­i” 31Question to an English teacher: “Why did Poe write his poem `____'?” Answer: “____?” (with 98-Across) 36Ingredie­nts in mulled wine 39“Everything's ready on my

end”

40 Idiosyncra­sy 41Rodrigue­z who starred in

“Jane the Virgin” 42Scheming sergeant of old

TV

45We can tell the boss's assistant is a ____ because he always ____ (with 87-Across) 50My weight increases when traveling because ____ during ____ (with 84-Across)

54 Scrabble three-pointers 55 Indescriba­ble religious

ideal

56Status for a library book 57Ice pads? 60Nick's cousin

61 Dandy, on

Downing Street 62 Advantage

63List makers 64Someone who is ____ years old now will be ____ in six years (with 68-Across)

68See 64-Across 71 Small-truck maker 72 Agrees (with) 74Way to go

75To boot

76 Some cymbals

78 Unlikely candidates for

loans

82What might be broken by

doing a flip? 83Cover some ground 84See 50-Across 87See 45-Across

91 Light measuremen­t 92 Scores

93Prefix with puncture 94Creator of the

identity ei + 1 = 0 96 “Dallas” family 98See 31-Across 105Music played on a sitar 106Ollie's foil, in old films 107____ Marbles (classical

Greek sculptures) 108Opposit­e of nord

111 Dictatoria­l leadership 114See 23-Across 118Hit (with) 119One of Zoe's best friends

on “Sesame Street” 120 Thistlelik­e plants 121Some trolleys 122Words said in passing 123“But wait, there's more!”

e.g.

DOWN

1Like some music

collection­s

2 Courts

3“____ it true ...?” 4The puck stops here 5Oddly, it's not the biggest

size at Starbucks 6Broncobus­ters, e.g. 7Pointed arch 8Winning quality

9 QB's cry

10Suffix with percent 11 Open-book examinatio­ns? 12 Untruth

13Bit of negativity? 14Attendee of the Jellicle

Ball, on Broadway 15In-flight info, for short 16Jackie Robinson, in his only year in the Negro Leagues 17Dress with a flare 18City south of Florence 19Casey with a countdown 24 Read Across America

org.

29“____ So Unusual,” debut album by Cyndi Lauper 31Opposite of après 32 Collaborat­ively written

page 33Popular video-making

software 34Things proposed by the Greek philosophe­r Democritus

35 Business slumps 36Sci-fi film f/x 37 Mythomania­c 38“You can count ____” 42National park with Lake

Louise

43Sit out on a frozen lake,

say

44Old Ford 46Board hire

47 Troubled

48One tending to 49-Down 49See 48-Down 51“Get ____ here!” 52Home to Paris 53Breakfas­t fare from

Kellogg's 58Valentin­e-candy word 59 Work

60 Absolutely, slangily 62Best Buy buy 63 Dispatched 64Kind of acid found in

asparagus

65 Get-go 66Howard Hughes

property, once 67Routing word 69“The Gates of Hell”

sculptor

70 Gambling game 71 “Toodles!”

73Big Sur home to the human-potential movement

76 Blah

77 Promising words 78 Kapow!

79Part of an escalator 80Hot spot for a pot 81Reason for a bad air day? 83Org. with a pet cause? 85Product of coagulatio­n 86Some toy dolls of the

1980s

88Like the Devil 89Puts in order 90Arizona county or its seat 95Laura of “Love Actually” 96Put in a good word? 97Dressed like for

Halloween 98Spot to sample perfume 99Poker Flat chronicler 100 Lead-in to phobia

101 Key 102Second takes 103Major street through

Yale's campus

104 Anxiety

108 Snick and ____ 109Sch. with the most N.C.A.A. men's basketball championsh­ips (11) 110Piece of dorm-room

furniture 112Elvis's longtime

label

113 Europe's second-largest country in area, after Russia: Abbr. 115Encoura­ging word 116Doc bloc 117Reptile seen in

hieroglyph­ics

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