NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

OSCARDOUBLE FEATURES By Alan Arbesfeld | Edited by Will Shortz | Solution on E7 ACROSS 1 Compadre 6 Director of“Carrie”and “Scarface” 13 Muss 19 They put up walls 21 Does some farrier’s work on 22 Berate 23 Nelson Mandela? [1995, 1985] 26 She, in Lisbon 27 Strike the ground in a golf swing 28 On the line 29 Fraternal group 30 One giving unreliable testimony? [1976, 1985*] 34 Blood-related 36 Gang girl 37 Paradigms 40 Bread holder? 43 Magnate 46 Alternatively 48 Like yaks and mynas 50 Muckraker Tarbell 51 Flips over 53 Reason for missing a flight? [1970*, 2000*] 57 Message from one who’s all thumbs? 58 60“With the jawbone of ___ ...”(declaration of Samson) 61 Purposely misinform 62 First name in tyranny 63 Real enthusiast 65 Ending for acro- or homo66 Look-alike 68 Part of a line at O’Hare? [2002, 1976*] 73 From the top 74 Hide-hair connector 75 ___ cologne 76 Put away 79 Leader of the pack 82 Insurance giant 84 Part of a jazz duo? 85 Noted provider of pictorial instructions 86 Cheesy pickup line? [1944, 1995*] 90 Bears, but not Cubs 92 Novelist Patchett 93 Forfeits 94 Degrees for attys. 96“Hound Dog”or “What’s New Pussycat?” 97 Baseball’s Iron Man 99 Snowmobile brand 102 River to the Rhine 104 V-shaped fortification 106 Reason why all the computers are down? [1976*, 2005] 111 Gallic girlfriend 113 Surgically remove 116 Pulitzer winner James 117 Locale in Gray’s “ElegyWritten in a Country Churchyard” 118 Seaside outing? [1955*, 1954] 123 Former Gracie Mansion resident 124 Repeat 125 Lying face up 126 ___ Channel (“Hannah Montana” airer) 127 Successfully impersonate 128 Early Apple computers DOWN 1 Yellow shade 2 Thomas ofTV 3 Caravaggio’s “The Sacrifice of ___” 4 End of some URLs 5 Individually 6 Annual N.B.A. event 7 Auction ending? 8 The Oscars are awarded on it: Abbr. 9 When repeated, a plea of Richard III 10 Daughter in“The Sound of Music” 11 1986 World Series champs 12“Dilbert”intern 13 Reciprocal raising of tariffs, e.g. 14 Lummox 15“Amazing!” 16 Many a hanging 17 Deficiency 18 Some P.A. announcements 20 Knitted wrap 24 TurboTax option 25“Yuk!” 31 Target competitor 32 Not yet final, legally 33 Linda of Broadway’s “Jekyll & Hyde” 35“Holy cow!” 38 Historic fort on the Oregon Trail 39 Bygone boomers 41 Mince words? 42 Tijuana treat 43 Star of“Mr. Hulot’s Holiday” 44 Put the finger on 45 Poisonous 47“The Divided Self” author R. D. ___ 49“I’m not kidding!” 52 Enliven, with“up” 54 Like Gamal Abdel Nasser’s movement 55 Jet black 56 Numismatic condition 59 Ocean routes 63 Achieved through trickery 64“Rough day?” response 67 Expand 69 Chemistry Nobelist Otto 70 Award won 21 times by Harold Prince 71 In a stupor 72 Like fall leaves 77 Hatcher or Polo 78 Allay 79 Food thickener 80 Actress Anderson 81 Small irritations 83 Meadow mamas 85“No one’s ___ than me” (Eminem lyric) 87 Belgium or Denmark 88 Tons 89 Diddle away 91 Emphatic 95“Beetle Bailey”figure 98 Excited about 100 Moves slowly 101 Scares off 103 Astronaut Thomas on four space shuttle flights 105 Prefix with natal 107 Western 108 Dr. Alzheimer 109 Medicinal plant 110 Can’t stand 111 Mimicked 112 Skirt style 114 Short cut 115 James portrayed by Beyoncé 119 Clinch 120 Post-W.W. II female service member 121 From ___ Z 122 The Engineers of the N.C.A.A., for short