NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 List of courses
5 ____ alla Bolognese (meat-based pasta sauce)
9 Don’s partner in the underworld
13 Melting point? 19 Condo, e.g. 20 Crowning
21 Crew’s control?
22 Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy 23 Bygone office group 25 Final remark in an argument
27 Scratch (out)
28 Like the luck of the draw
30 ), when it follows :31 H
32 "Seems that way" 34 Pieces of gangs 36 Pain reliever containing aspirin and caffeine 38 Golfer Ernie
39 Gave birth 41 Sheltered balcony with abundant natural light
45 Wished
47 Archer’s pride
48 "The Dark Knight ____,“2012 superhero movie 50 Bring back on board 51 Actress Jessica 52 No Doubt vocalist Gwen
54 Best-selling self-help book subtitled "TimeTested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right"
56 Hot spots
58 Moved briskly 60 Council of
____ (CounterReformation body) 61 More to the point 62 Part of Q.E.D. 63 Chooses 65 Wanders around the head of a line, briefly? 66 Long-running show whose iconic hourglass is in the Smithsonian collection 70 Rotating engine part 73 Con ____ (with animation, musically)
74 Hot spot
75 It has issues with celebrities
80 See 17-Down 82 Ostensible
84 Had a heaping helping of humility 85 Catchy 1950s slogan
87 Send another way 89 Let go of
90 Serious
91 Runway professional
93 Little louse 94 Purposes
95 Car-stereo choices 97 Zoning, so to speak 99 Something that’s helpful in a dash? 100 Emotive brass
sound
102 Night call
103 Marketer’s target 105 Bumbling sort
107 They outrank
viscounts
109 Legendary sea monster
111 Floor cleaner, for short
113 Union Pacific
vehicle
116 Neither gains nor
loses
118 Chant for the Dream
Team
119 Eldest of Chekhov’s
"Three Sisters"
120 Town near Buffalo that sounds like paradise
121 From the start
122 "And now good-____ to our waking souls": John Donne 123 Desire
124 Digital IDS
125 ____-X (cut)
Down
1 Creative inspiration 2 Miso-soup mushroom 3 Made the rounds?
4 Native of the Beehive State 5 Knock on, as a
window 6 Oodles
7 Words said with a post-match handshake 8 Send to the
cloud, say 9 Camp sight 10 Sighing sounds 11 Not customtailored 12 Country singer K.?T. ____ 13 HBO show costarring Issa Rae
14 Dove’s sound 15 Doctor’s reassurance before a shot 16 Tech-news website
17 With
80-Across, longtime
CBS News correspondent 18 Conclusion 24 Smelter’s inputs
26 "C’est la vie" 29 Spot from which a dove once notably flew
33 Makes cloudy 35 1943 Pulitzerwinning Thornton
Wilder play, with "The"
37 Like the noble gases 39 Singles, e.g. 40 "That so?" 42 Steams up 43 "Garden" or "Center," often 44 Pain in the neck
45 100 satang, in
Thailand
46 On the safe side 47 Spiritual retreat 49 Intervene 53 1960s sitcom set at Fort Courage 55 Set in a man cave
57 Bill’s time-traveling partner in film 59 "Holy ____!" 62 Favor
64 The deadly sins,
e.g.
67 House involved in the Wars of the Roses
68 Scenic vista
69 Holy ____
70 Orange or plum 71 Fleet of foot 72 Qualifies to fight in a certain class
76 "We are the 99%" movement, familiarly 77 Journalists might be invited to it 78 Prospector’s find 79 Flock members 80 Misarticulate, in a way 81 Home of a mythological lion 83 Language of Pakistan 84 Working away 86 Au naturel 88 Garments for acrobats
92 "Wow, that’s beautiful!"
96 Big bat
98 Ranker of the rich
99 Greasy goo 101 It takes a bow
103 Partner of rice
104 Less well done
105 Thereabouts
106 In the distance
108 + or –
110 Sharp
112 Monk’s hood
113 "Fee, fi, fo, ____"
114 Military support grp. 115 D.C. player
117 Designer Posen
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