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SUNDAY CROSSWORD:

WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN

- By Lewis Rothlein and /Edited By Will Shortz Jeff Chen

ACROSS

1 … and the rest:

Abbr.

4 Small bit

9 Chilled

13 Feng ____

17 Takes off

19 Word whose rise in popularity coincided with the spread of the telephone

20 It’s shorter on land than at sea

21 Bit of change 22 Traditiona­l Hanukkah gift for kids

23 Computing machine displayed in part at the Smithsonia­n 24 Beachgoer’s item 25 Instrument heard in “Eleanor Rigby” 26 Bits of regalia 28 “Git!”

30 Get hammered 32 Providers of books to remote locations

34 Unlawful activity by a minor

36 Land of the Po (not Poland)

37 Special ____ 38 ____-cone

39 Home of the world’s smallest country: Abbr. 40 Alias letters 41 Demurring words 42 Member of the genus Helix

44 Marcel Duchamp, e.g.

47 Genre for the Spice Girls or Backstreet Boys

49 Passion

51 Bug experts, informally 55 Breathtaki­ng sight in the ocean? 56 Back

58 This and others 59 Downed

62 GPS’s guesses 64 Montezuma, for one

65 Assign new functions to, as keyboard keys 66 Some natural remedies

69 Cabinet position once held by Herbert Hoover 72 Give one’s take 73 Basic knowledge, with “the”

77 Went after, in a way

78 ____ admin 79 Classic brand of candy wafers 80 Magical teen of Archie Comics

82 Give kudos to

84 Pop a wheelie? 86 “I’ve got that covered”

87 Paid to play

91 Work requiring some intelligen­ce? 93 ____ Bahama (clothing label) 95 DNA carrier

96 Word after “so” or “go”

99 Middle of many similes

100 1%-er in D.C.?: Abbr.

102 ’60s war zone

103 Not reflective 104 Untimely time 107 Great depth

109 Myth propagated to promote social harmony, in Plato’s “Republic”

110 Faux cough

112 “Aw, hell!”

113 Shady outdoor

area

114 Collection of stock 116 4x100, e.g.

118 Sole

120 Put down

121 Opposite of une

adversaire

122 Selfie taker’s

concern

123 Liberal arts college

in Portland, Ore. 124 Just makes, with

“out”

125 Recipe amts.

126 Serious-minded 127 Cavity filler’s deg.

DOWN

1 Mayonnaise

ingredient 2 Directly opposed 3 Like a virgin

4 Cut

5 Good thing to have

after work

6 QB Manning 7 Number of concern

to a teacher 8 Former New York City mayor with the autobiogra­phy “Mayor”

9 Tow truck’s destinatio­n

10 Org. in “Argo”

11 Jet set

12 Precisely describe 13 It’s made up of lines

14 State capital in Lewis and Clark County

15 Crack

16 2017 hit movie about an Olympic skater

18 Songbird with dark, iridescent plumage

25 What A.P. exams grant incoming freshmen

27 Unit of hope

29 IHOP beverages 31 Supply

32 Make, as money 33 Water-safety org. 35 U.S. broadcasti­ng service

42 Conductor Georg 43 Long river of Siberia

45 Places for hustlers?

46 “Rent me” sign 48 What marriage merely is, to some 50 Cutting tool 52 Catamounts, by another name 53 1960s countercul­ture figure

54 Play awards 57 Remote-control button

59 A part of

60 Plains structure 61 Order from above 63 Low-hanging clouds 67 Atahualpa’s subjects

68 Bawl

70 Sports

Illustrate­d named him “Sportsman of the Century” in 1999

71 Villain

74 Places for strollers 75 German article

76 Something a crab might be found in 80 Coverage in

Africa?

81 Penance

83 Shin guards of old 85 Disinfecta­nt brand 88 Held up

89 Like most haikus 90 Source of zest 92 Fighting Tigers’ sch.

94 Evil: Fr.

96 Pilot’s opposite 97 Heavy winter wear

98 Margot who played the titular role in 16-Down

101 Utmost degree 103 Stage ____

105 Moves like an elephant

106 Bustles (with) 108 Howled like a wolf

111 Museum sections, perhaps

115 Criticize in no uncertain terms 117 JFK alternativ­e 119 Amts. “gained” or “lost”

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©2020 New York Times 6/14/20

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