NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
SEE 68-ACROSS By Elizabeth A. Long / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 ____ aisle, part
of a church 5 Prayer books 12 Bit of baloney 15 Rep 19 Two, in Toulouse 20 Neighbor of
New York 21 Pesticide
ingredient 23 Still a contender 24 Cousins of
jaguarundis 25 City in Los Angeles
County 26 Leave in the dust 28 European eruption
site 29 Search engine
failure? 30 Is able to translate what was heard on the wall? 32 Thwart 34 Choler 35 Not stay the
course? 36 Gin, lime and
soda combo 38 Things that are
bought and soled 40 Arizona tribe 43 Scotland’s longest
river 45 River through Russia and Kazakhstan 46 Is expecting 48 Oddity 50 More in order 52 Dole (out) 53 Tactic in a war
of attrition 54 It goes after go 55 Mattress tester’s
compensation? 61 Word after
big or oil 62 Suggestion of what
to do, slangily 64 Opposite of
ennemies 65 Basics of
education, briefly 66 Super superstar 68 Supercilious sort … or the title for this puzzle 72 A bushelful 73 Make faces in front
of a camera 74 European capital
named after a saint 75 “____ your head!” 76 Monster.com
posting 77 Dress code requirement for the Puritans? 80 Peak in Suisse 83 City on the
Erie Canal 86 Tops 87 Goads 89 Test-prep aid 90 Dark beer 92 France’s ____ Noël 93 What may follow
a school period? 95 Connect, as picture
with sound 96 Annual CBS awards broadcast, with “the” 97 Playoff matchup 99 Years ago 101 “Mudbound”
director Rees 102 Actress Rowlands 103 Hoped-for conclusion by someone with sore knees? 108 Make a really
long-distance call? 113 Rani’s raiment 115 Matador’s foe 116 Infamous Chicago
bootlegger 117 Mediterranean
resort island 119 “____ go bragh!” 120 Swimmers with
flippers 121 Rufous
ruminant 122 Census datum 123 Sp. miss 124 Follower of hi or lo 125 Slips into at
a store, say 126 Louver
DOWN
1 “Hasta la vista” 2 Corral 3 Software package 4 Like high-quality
olive oil 5 Nighttime event in
the western sky 6 Business
magazine 7 Resolve 8 Coarse, as
language 9 Elvis ____ Presley 10 Engaged in arson 11 Request for aid 12 Pointless 13 Go over one’s
wardrobe? 14 Titanic’s undoing 15 Burn a little 16 Went wild 17 Added numbers 18 Many mowers 22 Number of i’s
in “Sicilia” 27 Hula accompaniment, for short 29 With 29-Across,
surprise in the mail 31 With 30-Across,
is blunt 33 Khayyám and
others 36 Left only the
exterior of 37 Green of
the L.P.G.A. 38 Fills 39 24 heures ago 40 Central command
spots, for short 41 Sénat affirmative 42 Polish dumpling 44 Senate affirmative 47 Big brand of grills 49 Gunpowder holder 51 Overdue amount 56 Things that might be grabbed by someone in an argument 57 Authority on
diamonds? 58 Uprightness 59 With 55-Across,
big sleepover 60 What mos. and
mos. add up to 63 French vineyard 66 Devilkin 67 Apt rhyme
for “grr” 68 Everybody’s
opposite 69 New York Titans and Dallas Texans, in ’60s sports 70 Mine, in Milano 71 Plains tribe 72 Lackadaisical
sorts 74 Glaswegians, e.g. 76 Protrude 78 With 77-Across, red, blue and yellow 79 Welcome at
the front door 81 “The Oblong Box”
writer 82 Witch’s home 84 Against 85 Electrical
connection? 88 Like fried food vis-à-vis grilled food, typically 90 Fey’s co-star in “Baby Mama” and “Sisters” 91 Simple variant
of baseball 92 Part of Potus: Abbr. 94 Break, as
a habit 96 QB’s feat 98 Way out 100 Three-dimensional
fig. 103 Wear down 104 Buenos ____ 105 End of story? 106 With 103-Across, simple furniture style 107 Schubert’s “Eine Kleine Trauermusik,” e.g. 109 Lion queen in
“The Lion King” 110 Prefix with
dermis 111 Anchor 112 With 108-Across, not talking loudly on a cell, e.g. 114 “The King ____” 117 “D.C. Cab”
co-star 118 Board hiree, for short