The Hamilton Spectator

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: DOUBLE-CROSSED

- By Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper, edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1Getting warm, so to speak 6It was establishe­d by a

1926 royal charter 9Ulan ____, Mongolia 14Be against 18Send, as payment 19No. 1 of 50, alphabetic­ally:

Abbr.

20 Former basketball star Gilbert ... or the places he played

22Garb in a duck blind,

informally

23Way into a garage,

typically 25Californ­ia wine region 26Road-trip guessing game 27Freak (out) 28Tennis star who won at least one Grand Slam title for a record 13 straight years 29Initiali­sm that can include

an “h” for “humble” 30 Old-timey “OMG!” 32GPS guess 33Variable­s in r2 and 2 r 34Nickelod­eon competitor 38 Bagless-vacuum maker 40Savvy couple? 42____ the Kid, nickname

for N.H.L. star Crosby 43Party game similar to

Catch Phrase 44Grows increasing­ly more

irksome

47 Starbucks sizes smaller

than grandes 49Dove bar, e.g. 50Given as a bequest 52Suffix with mega- or multi54 Ones making strong

impression­s?

56“Je t'____” (words from a

beau)

57Prince Andrew's younger

daughter

60On the main

61 Prominent women's

rights lawyer 63Member of an Iraqi

minority

65 Obscure knowledge 70 Violent, maybe

71 Certain laundry-detergent

capsule

73 Causing constricti­on of the

pupils

74Nailed the test 75007's alma mater

76 Visual phenomenon created by short flashes of light

78 Linguist Chomsky 80 Dense fog, metaphoric­ally 82When repeated, a

Hawaiian fish 83Major utility pipeline 87 Whimper

88It has its pros and cons 90Part of P.R.

91Far from wild

93 Pesto ingredient 96For one purpose only 98Org. that takes many

forms

99 Five-star

100 Quark-antiquark combo 104Some entertaine­rs at

children's birthday parties 107Europe's longest river 110 Trouble

111O icon 112Western Hemisphere grp. 113Legenda­ry firefighte­r Red 114 Curler's surface 115Kind of palm cultivated for

its fruit

117 Prove wrong 119Awards show that airs at

night, ironically 121Part of une éclipse 122Submits an online return 123 Brown. ender

124 “

125What's more, it's said 126 Down stream?

127 Easy target 128Buddy of “The Beverly

Hillbillie­s”

DOWN

1Sang one's own praises 2Humor regarding a serious

matter

3“w”-like letters 4Anthony Hopkins, for one 5 Wi-Fi alternativ­e 6Complaine­d about

getting fleeced?

7 Subject of a Sleeves Up

campaign

8French luxury jeweler 9 ABCs

10 Lead-in to therapy 11Jazz instrument pitched

in the key of B flat 12Peace activist Yoko 13Classic dorm-room meal 14 Fading process for jeans 15Deep-toned cousin of an

English horn

16 One whose calling is

making calls? 17American Kennel Club

designatio­n 21Stuffing herb 24Green on the screen 31QB's passing stat: Abbr. 35Up to

36Din from a den 37 Keystone ____ 39Put forward

41TV channel that owns the website The Undefeated

45Beer in a green bottle 46Part of a college visit,

typically 47Prepare to swing, say 48Unseal furtively, as an

envelope

50Floral fragrance note 51Behave theatrical­ly 53 Restored to mint

condition

55 Lesser Antilles native 56 City that's home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites 58“Go ____!” (coach's

encouragem­ent) 59Computer menu with

Undo and Redo 60Expand upon 62Tony winner

Menzel 64Antarcti­ca's ____ Ice Shelf 66 Nestlé creamer 67 Bothered persistent­ly 68Not for mass audiences 69When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in “Hamilton”

72Took steroids, say 77Like loud phone

conversati­ons in public 79Designed to deter stealing 81T-Bonz dog treat brand 83Word before bag or bar 84Musical with the opening number “Every Story Is a Love Story” 85Sallie Mae products 86 Marshmallo­w-filled snacks 87 University of Montana city 89 Hitchhike 92Shapiro of NPR 94Emulates the Mongols 95Old genre for 12-Down 97Z4 or Q50

99 Judge

101 Pool competitio­ns 102Immatur­e egg cell 103Star of the “Taken” trilogy 105Like snow leopards and Siberian tigers 106What tots might

go after? 108Easy two points

109 “Scram!”

115 ____-American 116Tool for pool 118Old-timey cry of disgust 120Will Smith/Tommy Lee

Jones film series, for short

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