Waterloo Region Record

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- By Will Nediger / edited By Will Shortz

Across

1 Flaw, metaphoric­ally 5 Antismokin­g spots, e.g. 9 Cleveland Browns’ defense, informally 14 Dress 19 What a line doesn’t have 20 Lévesque of Quebec 21 Pelvis-related 22 ____ card (wallet item) 23 ____ Reza shrine (Iranian holy site) 24 Former supporter of seabirds 26 Where the frontiersm­an Bowie died 27 Burdened (with) 29 Snatcher’s exclamatio­n 30 Yawn-inducing 32 Postgame shower? 33 The Big Board, briefly 34 Funny Fey 35 Jewelry worn above the elbow 37 What’s brewing? 38 Spray the monarch to keep him cool 40 Prosecutor who’s sympatheti­c to the defendants in a witch trial 42 Play with 43 Winter coat 44 Sound of something rushing by 45 Singer Morissette 47 Not fixed 49 Director Jonathan 50 Agenda starter 51 Hog’s home 52 Pontius Pilate’s province 53 Liqueur akin to sambuca 54 Place for a browser 55 First character in Genesis 56 T. rex, e.g. 57 Metro ____ 58 Bridle strap utilized only on sidewalk surfaces 62 When Macbeth delivers the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” soliloquy 66 Potential dinner 67 Hitching spot 68 Rating that’s on the cusp of NC-17 73 Manitoba, Saskatchew­an and Alberta, with “the” 75 Stuck-up person 76 Aplenty 77 Ohio University team 78 Informal expression of gratitude 79 Namesakes of Muhammad’s daughter 80 Brilliant debut 81 Ruffian 82 Miss 83 “Who ____?” 84 What a dog groomer might charge 86 Result of wearing a fedora at the beach 88 Pulled off 89 Make an effort 90 T.S.A. agent’s tool 91 Item smashed by the original Luddites 92 Having a crisp picture, say 94 Leave gratified 95 Must, informally 96 “Death of a Salesman” salesman 98 Lead-in to phobia 100 Result of accidental­ly throwing a Frisbee into a campground 103 ____ California 104 Plucked instrument­s 105 Compound imparting a fruity smell 106 Hence 107 Oodles 108 Shoots out 109 Without much confidence 110 It falls quietly 111 “Swiper, no swiping!” speaker of children’s TV

Down

1 Sound from a banshee 2 Italian designer menswear since the 1970s 3 Running start? 4 Like kiddie rides among all amusement park rides 5 School opening? 6 Amorous play, in modern lingo 7 ____ Lavoisier a.k.a. the Father of Modern Chemistry 8 Romantical­ly involved with 9 Light tennis shot 10 Reminiscen­t of 11 Iowa’s state flower 12 Move clumsily 13 Charybdis’s counterpar­t, in Greek myth 14 Pharma watchdog 15 Part 16 “This isn’t very pleasant, but …” 17 Some calls to the police 18 Norwegian money 25 Genetics initials 28 Serving during Prohibitio­n 31 Diplomatic office below an embassy 35 Nose 36 Gathering around a campfire? 38 One target of a childhood vaccine 39 Oven 40 Apple devoured by an elderly relative 41 Called 44 United with 46 Look for 48 Car ad no. 49 Carol Ann ____, U.K. poet laureate starting in 2009 50 Not superficia­l 52 Crave, with “for” 53 Try to hit 55 Stable parents 56 Thoro cleansing 59 “The Great” and “The Terrible” 60 Lookalike 61 “There’s nothing else” 62 Blue alerts, in brief 63 Arising 64 Meal with a set menu 65 Certain cleric 69 Foe of Frazier 70 Egg-shaped item from a garden 71 Performer in a campus production, often 72 Sticky stuff 74 Talks hoarsely 75 “On the Beach” novelistNe­vil 76 Nasty wound 78 Crime against good taste 79 Dance mentioned in Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” 81 Like people who take lifts 82 Camper’s light 85 Some winds for seafarers 86 Nonshiny finishes 87 “Sucks to be you” 88 Speedomete­rs, typically 90 Korean money 93 Tied 95 Like a lot of zombie movies 97 Mom’s mom 99 Intensifyi­ng word add-on 101 Disney collectibl­e 102 Request to Triple A

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