Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD

YOU’RE ONTO SOMETHING

- By Robert Ryan / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Small dosage qtys.

4 In South America they’re known as “gallinas de palo,” or “chickens of the tree”

11 You can see right through ’em

16 Jockey (for)

19 Dadaist Jean

20 Greyhound’s competitio­n

21 Went for

22 Little demon

23 Acts coy in salary negotiatio­ns?

26 Dismissive rejection

27 Components of some kitschy clocks

28 What was once yours?

29 “Good gracious!”

31 Play opener

32 Standoffis­h

34 Celeb’s hangout

35 Bowlful with Thai basil and bean sprouts

36 Public stance of a member of Congress?

41 Unsavory relation?

43 Biblical grandson of Adam and Eve

44 Clichéd name for a lab assistant

45 “SNL” alum Bryant

46 Document that may be kept in a lockbox

47 Singer Easton

49 Shepherd’s job, essentiall­y?

55 Unpleasant surprises when buying concert tickets

56 Relative of a musette

57 Take in

58 Do something illegal around a basketball hoop

62 Business card abbr.

63 Turn more heads than intended?

68 Head for business?

69 Some informants, informally

71 Memo starter

72 Part of QED

73 Nourish

74 Newspaper write-up that’s light on criticism?

79 Top-of-the-line Mercedes

82 Object with one hole or two, depending on whom you ask

83 Actress Kurylenko of “Black Widow”

84 Blessing

85 They’re craze-y!

86 It can be a strain on the pupils

92 Bungee jumping on Tuesday, skydiving on Wednesday, etc.?

96 Mens ____ (legal concept)

97 Less trustful (of)

98 Wear down

99 Swamplike

100 Almost spherical in shape

101 [Shrug]

103 The world’s bestsellin­g planes

106 2001 biopic starring Will Smith

107 Show off one’s vocal range and stamina?

111 Mother figure

112 Up and about

113 “Stop obsessing over that”

114 Downside

115 Go out with

116 Unloads, in a way

117 Diagnostic using an injected tracer

118 O’Hare identifier

DOWN

1 Eccentrics

2 Who once quipped, “I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception”

3 Singer Ronnie of the Ronettes

4 Some unique digits: Abbr.

5 Oft-relied-upon

6 Footwear craze of the early 2000s

7 Pop singer Grande, to fans

8 Sat ____

9 Nail-polish remover

10 Porpoise, in old usage

11 ____ guards (soccer gear)

12 Summon, in a way

13 URL ending

14 Heart-pumping activity

15 Soaks

16 Pairing for an entrecôte or filet mignon, perhaps

17 *Facepalm*

18 Disposable­s kept as mementos

24 Something a Brazilian is unlikely to wax

25 Age for a Latin American celebratio­n

30 Most showily aesthetic

32 “Eureka!”

33 Small, cutesily

34 D.C. tiebreaker­s, at times

36 Nintendo Switch predecesso­r

37 1500 Pennsylvan­ia Ave., e.g.: Abbr.

38 Lid malady

39 Universal blood type, for short

40 Drift (off)

42 Go out with

46 Served a sentence

47 Aquatic barker

48 Alternativ­e to high water, in an idiom

49 Kitties

50 Be a partner with in crime

51 Lone word?

52 Highly rated French vineyards

53 Word on an Irish flag carrier

54 Issa who plays President Barbie in “Barbie”

55 Antagonist

58 Journalist Ifill

59 Shade of unbleached linen

60 Approach

61 Heap affection (on)

63 Pub lineup

64 Shares one’s bunk?

65 Had a following

66 Number that sounds like a past-tense verb

67 Pop star Rita

70 Belonging to a particular time

72 Among others, for short

74 In the altogether

75 Like some displays of wealth

76 Escapes are made by them

77 Disney’s ____ of Arendelle

78 New ____

79 Govt. funds for momand-pop shops

80 “Colorful” exclamatio­n in a hospital drama

81 Basis for a fortunetel­ler’s romantic prediction

82 Road workers’ gloop

85 Fox coverage?

86 ____ Foundation for Justice (internatio­nal human rights group)

87 British ref. work

88 A, abroad

89 “____ Flow” (song by Enya)

90 Gadget for a wine enthusiast

91 Nightfall

93 Munitions compounds

94 Small, cutesily

95 ____ Lobel, author of the “Frog and Toad” series

99 Web portal with a Bing search bar

101 Face-off

102 Decorative vases

103 Give a ticket

104 Batter’s need

105 Wrecked

108 Wired internet letters

109 Past-tense verb that sounds like a number

110 Batter’s objective

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