Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
THE ART OF PUZZLE-MAKING
After completing this puzzle, draw a line connecting the circles, starting and ending at the first circle of 62-Across, to spell a five-word message. The connected circles will reveal a picture related to the puzzle’s theme. (Note: Rounded edges look best.) To complete the effect, draw a line between the circle at 36-across and the circle at the third square of 37-across.
ACROSS
1 Accents to tuxedos 6 Leader in a robe 10 Stinger 14 Wind-borne seed 19 “Sesame Street” figure 20 “Long live …!” 21 Western ski resort 22 N.F.L.’s Kaepernick 23 Where 68-Across is permanently housed 25 How 122-Across is usually described
27 Hoses connect to them 28 Curiosity or Opportunity 29 Imperial ____ (bar orders) 30 Pill alternative, for short 31 Vegas inits.
34 Rug rat
35 Blood parts
36 It may be a shocker 37 Hawaiian for “appetizer” 38 Sum to 39 Sport-____ (off-roaders) 41 Recipe amt.
42 Ones making the grade, for short?
43 Triangular snacks
46 D.J. ____ tha Kyd
48 Time for pampering oneself 51 Lightly bite
52 Dogie catcher 56 Invisible lures 58 Thither
59 Writer with an interest in cryptography
61 Idiot, in slang
62 Not cooped up
64 Sigh of relief 66 Experimental writing? 68 1929 work that is the theme of this puzzle, with “The” 71 Short
73 “Our” side in a sci-fi battle 74 Mild cheeses
77 AAA line: Abbr. 78 California wine city
79 Nickname for the Philadelphia Eagles stadium, with “the”
81 Falsity
82 Lake that’s the source of the
Mississippi
85 With 96- and 105-Across, how 122-Across explained the subject of this puzzle
89 Tops
92 Bests in a Fourth of July hot
dog contest, say
94 Irony or hyperbole
95 MI6 R&D division in 007
novels
96 See 85-Across
99 Certain laundry appliance
101 Three ____ of the Wheel of
Dharma (Buddhist concept)
104 Lead-in to cab
105 See 85-Across
109 Spanish greeting
111 Quantity of eggs
115 ____-green
116 Prosy
120 Place for works that are in the works … or what the message formed by the connected letters is? 121 Houston-based petroleum giant, informally
122 Creator of 68-Across
123 Established figures?
124 Drying-out woe, for short
125 “Whew!” elicitor
DOWN
1 Modern pic
2 Moving company?
3 Open
4 Set in a cockpit
5 Mailed
6 Tie, as a score
7 Caramel morsel from Hershey
8 Composer of the “Concord”
Sonata
9 Dorm V.I.P.s
10 “Time ____ …”
11 Grad 12 Cloud type
13 Pirate’s pet
14 Lasting reminder
15 Some pullovers
16 Michigan college or its town
17 Choir stands
18 Snare
24 Julius Caesar’s first name
26 ____ Park, Colo.
31 Kind of sauce
32 Camera-crane operator
33 Something that shouldn’t be
mixed
37 How to get the permit, say
40 Shot deliverer
42 Circus employees
44 Palindromic musician
45 Palindromic tribe
47 Showed, informally
48 Bub
49 Big stretch
50 Milk-Bone, e.g.
53 Cultural gathering
54 Boot part 55 Scores after deuces,
informally
57 Tijuana title: Abbr.
58 Violinist Menuhin
60 Draw out
61 Org. with a June draft
63 Call back?
65 ____ Rand Institute
67 “I agree fully!”
69 Broadcast antennas, e.g.
70 Bit of Queen’s “Bohemian
Rhapsody”
71 Witches in “Macbeth,” e.g.
72 Words upon a shocked
realization
75 Form 1099-____
76 Actor Green
78 “See ya!”
80 Plane area
83 Beach-house owner
84 ID
86 Graduating grp.
87 Cawfee
88 Channel that aired “Moesha” 90 Half-Betazoid “Star Trek”
character
91 German city with a
Pennsylvania namesake
93 Dangerous job
95 Play period: Abbr.
97 French queens
98 Fall
99 Figure in the “Arabian Nights”
100 Virtuosic
102 2018 biopic with a 0% rating
on Rotten Tomatoes
103 Narrow cuts
104 Boston ____
106 Device outmoded by
smartphones
107 Unusual feature of 68-Across
108 Second side to vote
110 Nails
112 Suffix with Motor
113 Unsightly spot
114 Chemical ending
117 Scottish denial
118 Tour grp.
119 Winner of a record eight
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