NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Villains’ antagonists 7 “Uh, sure”
13 Power project
16 Real mess
19 2007 Lil Wayne song that opens: “Young Money! You dig?” 20 Subject of clip art? 22 “What do we have here?!” 23 Word before the year
on U.S. paper currency 24 Small thing to keep on
track
25 Human rights activist Xiaobo, the first Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2010) 26 Presses CTRL+P + ______ + Easter egg coloring
28 ______ + Scroungy mutt + Parent’s sister, in some regions 30 Active Sicilian volcano 31 European river that’s an
anagram of REED 34 Promise to pay
35 [I’m frustrated!] 36 Fragrant noodle soup
made with beef
39 Like Captain James T.
Kirk, by birth 41 Número de “Años de Soledad” in a Gabriel García Márquez novel 43 Follows
44 ______ + Golfer’s cry + “Ugh!” 46 Column crossers + Sentry + ______ 49 “Encore!”
50 Irks
52 Crossed off 53 Gangster-film prop 56 “Holy” city 58 Nongendered possessive 59 Insult that’s also a
measurement device 61 “The landlords of New
York,” once
63 One cast in a fantasy
movie
65 Digging
66 French festival, familiarly + ______ + Actor Michael 70 Punching tool + Chopping tool + ______ 72 Cherubic archer
73 Foil lookalikes 75 Seoul-based carrier 76 Influential sorts
78 Rod with seven AL
batting titles
80 Athlete’s cup 85 Flattering verse
86 In the manner of 87 Demonstrate extreme
flexibility, as an acrobat 89 Opposite of neo90 Tandoor bread
+ Harlem music venue + ______ 93 Word of obligation + ______ + Punxsutawney name
95 Some origin stories 97 Response to “Shall we?” 98 HS science class for some college-bound students
99 Rocky Mountain bugler 100 Move, in real estate lingo 101 Pioneered
103 Immediately
105 Couple of llamas? 107 Rug rat + Magic stick + ______ 110 Soccer score + ______ + Scottish inlets
115 Resistor unit
116 Iconic 1984 movie vehicle that was a combination ambulance/hearse 119 “Anything for you!” 120 Actress de Armas 121 Annoyances when trying to make change 122 Challenging, informally 123 Corleone, for one 124 Toilet-paper spec 125 Most likely to offer
solace, say
126 Calm
DOWN
1 Fastener used with a padlock
2 The “E” in FEMA: Abbr. 3 “Diamonds” singer, to fans
4 QB protectors, collectively 5 Time to decide who’s in or out
6 Polite Spanish assent 7 ThinkPads, e.g., once 8 “Doc” in the Mets Hall of Fame 9 Removed, as a knot 10 Language suffix 11 Spanish seasoning 12 Hindu goddess in the
“Ramayana” 13 Serpentine constellation 14 Ambidextrous features? 15 It may have just desserts 16 Converter of natural
heat energy 17 Doohickey
18 Tweens, e.g.
21 Making level 27 Welcomed at the door 29 Broccoli follower 32 Intestinal bacterium 33 Choir platforms 36 Boggy stuff
37 Literary award shaped
like a rocket
38 Milky gemstone 40 Common solvents 42 Some RPI grads 43 Chances
45 Hurry
46 Waze suggestions: Abbr. 47 Armpit, anatomically 48 Move to a larger pot, say 51 More than a couple 54 Doesn’t just sit there 55 Boxing stats 57 Influential leader of the
Seminole people 59 Burrito-shaped lunch
counter item
60 Part of X-X-X
62 [Is this thing on?] 64 Scenic stroll, from the
Spanish
66 Baja Peninsula resort,
for short
67 In the thick of 68 Hardly Mr. Nice Guy 69 Hippocratic oath takers:
Abbr.
71 Path covered with
diamonds
74 Vamooses 75 Pretentiously affected 77 “Frozen” villain 79 Existential emotion 81 Goofus
82 Dance squat
83 Where 95-Down’s Wild
Ride ends, at Disneyland 84 Key ingredient in Key
lime pie
87 Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame city: Abbr. 88 Floated down a river, say 91 “Hmm, gotcha” 92 Unteachable sort, in a
saying
94 Tessellations
95 “The Wind in the
Willows” squire 96 “Nice try, but I don’t
think so”
98 Islands that form atop
underwater volcanoes 101 Making all the stops 102 Portion of a log
104 Quick to think or act 106 [Grrr!]
108 “Eh, what can you do?!” 109 Black cat, classically 111 For fear that
112 Michael of “Superbad” 113 Wraparound garment 114 Eye affliction
117 Belt worn with a
yukata
118 Company that owns
Wite-Out