Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

THE GAME IS AFOOT

- NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Gumshoes

5 ____ Hall, ‘‘Days of Our Lives’’

actress

11 D.C. lobbying group with a

Star of David in its logo

16 Back

19 Italian menu word

20 Gave out

21 Handy

22 Cut back a lot?

23 Fresh pair of loafers?

26 Actor Mcshane

27 Engraves with a machine

28 Plant also called herb-ofgrace

29 Apollo 11’s lunar lander

31 Follow

32 Wilford who co-starred in

1985’s ‘‘Cocoon’’

36 Blanc’s opposite

37 ‘‘____ life?’’

38 Forerunner­s of flip-flops?

43 Singer Rita

44 Many nonscholar­ship

athletes

45 Protein-rich fluid

46 Slip before putting on a boot? 50 Backup groups

54 They’re found in pods

55 Lose fizz

58 Home of the Sheikh Zayed

Grand Mosque: Abbr.

59 Opposite of a no-no?

62 Company that manufactur­es

Silly Putty

65 Colorful breakfast bowlful

66 Peddle

67 Noted name in clogs?

71 Navigation app

72 Movement whose name may derive from the French for ‘‘hobbyhorse’’

73 They quiet one’s footsteps

74 Came (from)

76 It’s mined, all mined!

77 Ladybug or firefly

79 Starting point for many soul

singers

81 The ‘‘I’’ of 11-Across

83 Collectors of moccasins?

90 Number of swans

a-swimming

93 Star in Scorpius

94 Bon ____ 95 Custom-fitted pumps?

100 Ship pole

101 Plot driver in ‘‘Romeo and

Juliet’’

102 ‘‘I can .?.?. almost .?.?. reach

it’’

103 Bit of grass

104 Metro costs

106 What a doll!

107 Dying stars

111 Elev.

112 1970s-era sneakers?

117 Green, say

118 Distant

119 ‘‘You’re welcome,’’ in Spanish 120 Comic-strip canine

121 Ingredient in a Waldorf

cocktail

122 ‘‘Gnarly!’’

123 So-called dog daisies

124 The stuff of legends?

DOWN

1 Make the rounds at a

restaurant

2 ____ Fagan, Billie Holiday’s

birth name

3 Conflict associated with

Marxism

4 Plea to a superhero

5 Part of a spine

6 Genesis brother

7 ‘‘Who ____?’’

8 Razzie Award winners,

typically

9 Jewish title

10 URL ending

11 Fall

12 ‘‘That makes things a little

better’’

13 Word before hole or crust 14 Org. with a ‘‘Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books’’ list

15 Give up

16 Chums

17 Networker?

18 Titleholde­rs

24 Spleen

25 H.S. math topic

30 Comic book : manga :: film

: ____

32 Judge’s seat

33 Put on the line

34 Afore

35 ____ Linda, Calif. 38 Scrap

39 Simple pond organism

40 Nasdaq and N.Y.S.E.: Abbr. 41 Polynesian staple

42 Taker of a dog DNA test

44 Sinewy

47 Certain tree-hugger

48 Land of Ozymandias

49 Fixing things

51 Acoustic

52 Johnnycake grain

53 Health-class topic, in brief 56 Winter bug

57 Flight

59 ‘‘Me too’’

60 They’re sometimes in Roman

numerals

61 One saying, ‘‘Back in my day

.?.?. ’’

62 Result of a perm 63 Mature

64 Beverage suffix

65 Show off a new dress, say 68 Clinch

69 Chewable stimulant

70 Some French wines

75 Supports

77 Grouse

78 Star of the 1965 comedy

‘‘Harum Scarum’’

79 More than singe

80 Stag

82 Digression

84 Sighs of relief

85 Kind of a jerk?

86 Greek vowel

87 Savory pastry whose name comes from the Spanish for ‘‘breaded’’

88 Occasion for playing I Spy

89 Underlines

91 Prefix with tourism

92 Low whinnies

95 Family ____

96 ‘‘Are you pulling my leg?’’

97 Chocolate-and-pecan

confection

98 Tips off

99 Jacket specificat­ion

100 Zig and zag

103 Momentous

105 Conference booty

107 Artist Magritte

108 Site with a Daily Deals option 109 ‘‘My man!’’

110 Mardi ____

113 When fools rush in?: Abbr. 114 Fields medalist Terence

115 Hubbub

116 Cowboy nickname

 ?? PUZZLE BY MICHAEL SCHLOSSBER­G ?? 07/30/2023
PUZZLE BY MICHAEL SCHLOSSBER­G 07/30/2023

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