Houston Chronicle Sunday

LETTER DICTATION

SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

- By Sam Trabucco /Edited By Will Shortz

NOTE: This puzzle contains clues that are intentiona­lly misspelled.

ACROSS 1 Magical healer 7 Maintain

11 Overseas landmark located in Elizabeth Tower 17 “Fa-a-ancy!” 18 Classic Mell Lazarus comic strip

19 Soaring performer 20 GAZACHO

22 Young antagonist in Super Mario games

23 Counterpar­t of the Roman Aurora 24 Jargon

25 John, to Lennon 26 Mythical archer 27 Suffix with Jumbo 29 SMEILL

34 Poet who wrote “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love” 35 Chocolaty Post cereal

36 Org. for which Pelé once played 37 Something many an A-list celebrity has

38 Area with a halfdome

42 Noted ChineseAme­rican fashion designer

44 Mystical ball 47 ENTURIES

51 Payment to a freelancer for unpublishe­d work 53 ____ fixe

54 Informal “Ugh!” 55 Little thing to pick 56 Some p.m. times 57 China flaw

59 Familiar inits. in math

60 Original airer of “The Office”

61 Lapis lazuli shade 62 TECHNIQUEO 66 DEFINITEL

68 Romeo and Juliet, e.g.

69 Adam’s ____ 70 Air-traffic watchdog, for short

71 Literary protagonis­t named after a king of Israel

72 Violinist Leopold 73 “That’s show ____!”

74 Film character introduced in 1977 who died in a 2015 sequel

76 ____ Major

80 French compliment 82 INSTBANT

84 Ability that’s hard to explain 85 Hand-sewn toy 87 Derive (from) 88 Woman in Progressiv­e ads 89 Book reviewers, for short 91 1910s flying star

94 James Garfield’s middle name 96 ENVIRONMEN­AL 101 Yuletide

102 Part of binoculars 103 Fireside-chat prez 104 “The United States is not, and never will be, at war with ____”: Obama 106 Home of the Sun Devils, familiarly 107 Subj. of Article I, Section 3 of the Constituti­on 110 RUMYSELF 114 Digitally IDs by location

115 Rock standard?

116 Big name in skin care

117 Features of some dresses and shoes 118 Subtractin­g

119 Stifled DOWN 1 Help line?

2 “With any luck!” 3 Uncompromi­sing 4 House of Burgundy? 5 Keyboard key 6 Cabernet county 7 Land between Albania and Serbia 8 Histrionic sort

9 Bird Down Under 10 ____ smear

11 Play’s final act? 12 Computer addresses, for short

13 Fraternity and sorority members 14 Carnival or circus, so to speak 15 Delight in 16 Language from which “reindeer” comes 18 Christmas-gift bearers 19 Annoyance for Santa

21 Rowing machine, in fitness lingo 22 ____ nova

25 Sierra ____ 28 Peachy-keen

30 Like some hair and embarrasse­d friends

31 Sweetums

32 First Nations people

33 Get perfect

34 ____ counter

39 Tiny amount 40 Something that’s not easy to blow 41 ____ sauce (sushi bar condiment) 43 Alpine lodging 45 Happening again?

46 Burdened 48 Millennial­s

49 Veil over a Muslim woman’s face 50 ____-doke 52 No go-getter

55 Org. to which Jordan once belonged

58 “____ complicate­d” 60 Grendel, e.g. 61 “I knew it was you!”

62 Take to the soapbox 63 Store-sign info 64 Curse remover 65 Diana Ross musical, with “The”

66 “Life of Pi” author Martel

67 Reply of faux innocence

70 Have no success with

73 Speak with swagger

74 Spiral

75 Words of wonder 77 Like some web pages and memories

78 Will Ferrell and Tina Fey 79 Chemist’s study 81 Muffin choice

82 Leafy shelter

83 U.S. ally in the Gulf War

86 Nickname of the Miami Heat’s all-time leader in points, games, assists and steals

90 Old Spanish bread

92 “Hear ye! Hear ye!” announcers 93 Obstacle-free courses

95 Waterside lodging with a portmantea­u name

96 Drinking sounds 97 Put back to Level 1, say

98 Young salamander­s 99 Congeal

100 Cross shape

105 *big kiss*

108 Quick time out 109 Chief legal officers: Abbr.

110 Target of an athlete’s M.R.I. 111 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” 112 “____ changed” 113 Stretch of history

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©2020 New York Times 3/15/20

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