NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
MISQUOTING SCRIPTURE By Randolph Ross / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Purchase via Charles Schwab: Abbr. 4 “Unfinished” Symphony composer 12 Commercial
success? 18 Expose 19 Its slogan is “Family City U.S.A.” 20 Final bit 22 The Bible on political horse trading? 24 One of the original
Mouseketeers 25 Approaches
aggressively 26 Cries at unveilings 28 Part of a chorus
line? 29 The Bible on
camera problems? 35 1987 Best Actress
winner 36 Water carrier 37 Square dance
group, e.g. 38 Rave review 42 The Bible on an
alien invasion? 46 Went on an African
hunting expedition 50 Without exception 51 Losing ground? 52 A hill of beans? 56 Pass carefully 58 The Bible on where Prince Harry learned horticulture? 60 Perceive 61 Spacewalk, for
short 63 Arafat’s successor
as P.L.O. chairman 64 Nursery-rhyme
boy 66 Forum farewells 68 Number of weeks
per annum? 69 Those with clout 71 The Bible on bad business practices? 74 Item near a stereo 77 Buc or Bronco 78 Newport event 79 Long, long time 81 Like all official
football games 82 The Bible on
directions to hell? 88 Weasel out of 89 “Take me ____” 90 Sportswear brand 94 Bozos 95 The Bible on a climactic part of a baseball game? 100 Blood-work report
abbr. 101 In la-la land 104 Skilled banker? 105 Bungle 107 The Bible on ruined
sugar crops? 113 ____ Mill (California goldrush site) 114 Parent vis-à-vis a
child’s loan, maybe 115 “Would ____?” 116 Conical
construction 117 Avoid boredom,
say 118 Safety device
DOWN
1 Don Quixote’s
squire 2 Vestiges 3 Setting for spring in Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” 4 Vowel sound in
“hard” and “start” 5 Betray 6 Film in which Scarlett Johansson is heard but not seen 7 Actress Thurman 8 Rear half? 9 LAX listing 10 Something poking
through the clouds 11 Symbol in
trigonometry 12 Just slightly 13 Perino of Fox News 14 Confessor’s
confessions 15 Sierra Nevada, e.g. 16 The Bible on diet
food? 17 Beseech 18 62-Down’s political
party 21 Scarcity 23 Night-school subj. 27 Japanese relative
of a husky 30 Two-time Wimbledon winner Lew 31 Destination from
the E.R. 32 Cardinal letters 33 Anti-Prohibitionist 34 W.W. II zone, for
short 35 One doing heavy
lifting 39 A wee hour 40 French assembly 41 Storms of the
1990s 42 Sign of spring 43 Ireland’s ____ Fein 44 Western lily 45 Runners behind
O-lines 46 Erich who wrote
“Love Story” 47 Like our numerals 48 The Bible on a taboo musical instrument? 49 Start of many
recipe steps 52 Wrangler
alternative 53 Words after hit or
knock 54 Fable finale 55 Perspective 57 Mrs. Michael
Jordan 59 OT enders,
sometimes 60 “Oh wow!” 62 Putin ally 65 United Nations entrant of 1949: Abbr. 66 Political writer
Kenneth 67 A long way off 69 Matter of debate 70 “Keen!” 72 Before: Abbr. 73 Mortgage deal, for
short 75 Essential parts 76 Bug-eyed 77 Prefix with con 80 Photo finish? 81 Scale sequence 82 Online mischiefmakers 83 Get going 84 Falstaffian 85 Pompeii problem 86 Golfer’s concern 87 Test site 90 Motrin
alternative 91 Sportscaster Dick 92 Being part of a
secret 93 Match 96 New York town on
the Hudson 97 Reacts to an
awesome sight 98 Shade of white 99 “Children of the
Albatross” author 101 Escape slowly 102 100% 103 Quiet place to pray 106 ____-Foy, Que. 108 Stooge with a bowl
cut 109 “Peer Gynt”
character 110 Upholstery
problem 111 Org. in a le Carré
novel 112 Burma’s first P.M.