Albuquerque Journal

N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle

- BANDS TOGETHER By Tracy Gray and Andrea Carla Michaels / Edited by Will Shortz For any three answers, call from a touch-tone phone: 1-900-285-5656, $1.49 each minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-814-5554.

Across

1 Plentiful 6 Pomeranian, e.g. 12 Slow musical movements 19 “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” e.g. 20 Available, as a London limo 21 A touch of class 22 Elevated sight in the Windy City 24 “Why didn’t I think of that?!” 25 Forward, as a letter 26 Quest for the unknown? 28 Aid for a flood-prone house 29 Itinerary abbr. 30 Some are 13-/14-Down 33 It’s for the birds 35 Key state geographic­ally or electorall­y?: Abbr. 36 All the cars going the same way 42 Nominative or accusative 44 “Grand” name in the frozen-food aisle 45 “Eww, gross!” 46 Arch type 47 Fatty liquid 49 Brewery kiln 51 Twaddle 55 “Absolutely!” 58 “The King of Queens” co-star Remini 60 Job-related move, for short 61 Certain sorority member, informally 62 They’re seen spread on the back of a quarter 65 Title ship in a 1997 Spielberg movie 69 Former baseball boss Bud 71 Times when shops close 72 Kind of pie or doughnut 74 Public spat 76 Medium for cuneiform writing 77 Victoria’s home: Abbr. 78 Like child-safe cleaning products 83 Strong and unwavering 86 Cold War capital 87 Investor’s concern 88 Recipe amounts 89 Skyrocket 91 ____ Claire, Wis. 94 Org. in “The Martian” 95 Lark for a Halloween hooligan 101 Chemical suffix 102 ____ Mellark, Katniss Everdeen’s partner in “The Hunger Games” 103 Bar snacks 104 “Now the truth comes out!” 107 Home Depot competitor 110 Land on the Red Sea 113 A wink or a nod, maybe 115 Gift 117 What many Black Friday shoppers do at midnight 120 Newborns 121 “We’ve been approved!” 122 Deliverer’s assignment 123 Like Crimea, now 124 Sound-related 125 Time and time again

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1 Capital of Ghana 2 Bill for cable TV 3 Early spring blooms 4 “Livin’ La Vida ____” 5 Lover of Sir Lancelot 6 John 7 Symbol of industry 8 “Wheel of Fortune” category 9 Ratchet (up) 10 Nee: Abbr. 11 No-name 12 Bosox division 13 & 14 Figs. in the war on drugs 15 It may be jaunty 16 Not taking sides 17 Peacock’s “eyes” 18 Northwest airport named for two cities 21 Big bankruptcy of 2001 23 Open spot in a woods 27 Something bound to sell? 31 Relieve (of) 32 Yelp 34 Show, with “out” 37 No de Cologne? 38 Dermatolog­ical sac 39 Sound of disapprova­l 40 Dating datum 41 Kind of wheel 42 Like the comment “Maybe, maybe not” 43 Order at McSorley’s 48 Silently acknowledg­e 50 Humiliates 51 Carrier inits. 52 Professors’ reading 53 Actress Kurylenko of “Quantum of Solace” 54 Fling 56 Travelmate in “On the Road” 57 Clunker 58 China’s Chou En-____ 59 Goads 62 American ____ 63 Chinese: Prefix 64 Pipsqueak 65 They may be taught with a song 66 Undergo ecdysis 67 Who said, “Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth” 68 Apple Pencil, for one 70 Put away 73 Place to get stuck 75 Films 78 Spectacle 79 Lead role in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” 80 Solve by logic 81 Golfer Ernie 82 LeShan who wrote “It’s Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It” 84 Typing test fig. 85 Pronto 86 Weigh (down) 89 Baked ____ 90 Traveling 92 Candy Crush Saga, for one 93 Czar’s decree 95 Singer/actress Lola 96 One of the majors 97 Favored at the 96-Down, say 98 “____ to you!” 99 Area code 801 resident 100 San ____, Argentina 105 Writer Bret 106 TV’s ____ twins 108 Start of a Mozart title 109 Classic record label for R&B and soul 111 Book that begins, “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land” 112 He, in Italian 114 Slip 116 Sport-____ 118 ____ Fridays (restaurant chain) 119 Ad follower

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