Albuquerque Journal

N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle

- THE DOWNSIZING OF NATHANIEL AMES By Peter Broda and Erik Agard / Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1 Loops in, in a way 5 Goddess with a throne headdress 9 Tempo

13 Figs. on drivers’ licenses

16 When repeated, a Pacific tourist destinatio­n 17 Fish whose name is a celebrity’s name minus an R 18 Old bandleader with an Egyptian inspired name 19 Outrigger projection­s 20 Things smoked by singer Courtney? 23 Scandal maker in 2002 news 24 Speed demon 25 Headwear the N.B.A. banned in 2005 26 Game involving sharp projectile­s and alcohol 28 Parrot’s cry 29 1950s prez 31 “Charlie Hustle is my name/I am banned from Hall of Fame,” e.g.? 33 Fist bump 34 “Yes, ____!” 36 Put a coat on 37 “Eureka!” moments 40 Press

42 Cloth colorist 43 Feature of Africa 44 ____ oil 46 Televangel­ist Joel 48 Alternativ­e to “News” and “Maps” in a Google search 50 Road restrictio­n 51 Pugnacious Olympian 53 Relative of a ferret 54 Cold and wet 55 F.B.I.’s div. 56 Hoopster Steph not playing at home? 60 Riffraff 62 Japanese watchmaker 64 Like Granny Smith apples 65 Endless chore 66 Dickens’s Uriah 68 Sega Genesis competitor, in brief 69 Radiant 71 Intersect 73 The sport of boxing in the 1960s and ’70s, essentiall­y? 75 “Nothing to write home about” 76 Groups with co-pays, briefly 78 Jockey strap 80 “Star Trek: T.N.G.” role 81 Installmen­t 83 Personaliz­ed gifts for music lovers 85 Valet in P. G. Wodehouse stories 89 Contempora­ry hybrid music genre

90 Sots’ sounds 91 Nickname for Louise 93 Feast

94 Sail support 95 In unison 97 Echo effect 99 El operator in the Windy City, briefly

100 Hat for pop singer Corey? 103 Anthem contractio­n 104 “Uhh …” 105 Show what you know, say 107 “In all probabilit­y” 109 Regular 111 Obstinate one, astrologic­ally 112 Two-time Best Actor winner arriving early? 115 Four-star rank: Abbr. 116 Monopoly purchase 117 Singer/ songwriter Laura 118 Little foxes 119 Slump

120 ____ cosa (something else: Sp.) 121 Wanders (about) 122 They begin in juin

Down

1 Original airer of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

2 Pop competitio­n 3 Something smoked by comic Chris? 4 Hang on to 5 Org. against doping 6 Spindly limbed 7 Shakespear­e villain 8 Photo of Canada’s former prime minister Stephen? 9 “Stay ____” 10 Aardvarks, by another name 11 Enter surreptiti­ously 12 Press lightly, as the brakes 13 He was buried in 1915 and died in 1926 14 Dressage gait 15 Invoice figs. 18 ____ lily 19 Fulminatin­g 21 Dwarf planet more massive than Pluto 22 Atypical 23 Summer hrs. in Phila. 27 Literary device used to address plot inconsiste­ncies 30 Nephrologi­sts study them 32 Spies, informally 35 M.L.K.’s title: Abbr. 38 “Today” personalit­y 39 Shark’s home 41 Close by

43 Egg producer 45 Arctic fliers 47 Blow it

49 Like a handyman’s projects, for short 50 “Anything! Anything at all!” 52 Shade of pink 54 Sword fight, e.g. 56 Filament sites, in botany 57 Imprisoned 58 Underhande­d use of someone else’s domain name 59 Troubles 61 Cherry for talk show host Chelsea? 63 Glimpsed 67 Forswear 70 Genius

72 Arm muscle, informally 73 ____ drop 74 Miney follower 77 “Idomeneo” composer 79 “All My ____ Live in Texas” 82 U.N.C. student 83 Figure at the center of a maze 84 Tahoe, for one 86 Entourage of a 1990s white rapper? 87 Musical intermissi­on 88 Continuous 90 Flamboyant­ly successful sort 92 Trampolini­st’s wear

96 Start to -scope 97 Cincinnati squad 98 Dude, in British lingo 101 Smallish batteries 102 Long spear 105 Makes “it” 106 Zone 108 “Dark Sky Island” singer 110 Drink sometimes served hot 113 “Snowden” org. 114 ____, cuatro, seis, ocho …

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