New York Daily News

SUNDAY CROSSWORD II

R-RATED FILMS

- By Desiree Penner and Jeff Sinnock, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Dynamic introducti­on?

5 Succulent known for its nectar 10 Fresh talk

14 Long tale

18 Read, as a bar code

19 DNA strand shape

20 One may play in the ocean 22 Fishing site

23 Movie about the “Simpsons”

father trying to survive solo? 25 River through Paris

26 Land parcels

27 Skip the big wedding

28 Appears to be

30 ETs’ transports

31 Kind of sax

32 Cove, for one

34 Movie about a couple fighting over

orange juice preference­s? 37 Without wavering

41 “The Sweetest Taboo” singer 42 Movie about the rise and fall of

Helen’s city?

45 Big beer order

47 “Again!”

52 Ancient letter

53 Crawls, perhaps, but doesn’t walk 55 Sound of resignatio­n

58 Resident of the second-largest

state

59 Doorway

61 Mimic

62 Shipwreck site, say

64 Reject as untrue

65 Freudian focus

66 Movie about a guppy named for

an African country?

72 Senior event

73 Key left of Q

74 Equipment

75 Movie about a group that writes

apprehensi­on-themed verses? 82 Fly catcher

85 Count (on)

86 “Whatever you say”

87 Mme., in the U.S.

88 Turtle cover

90 “To recap ...”

92 Pitched shelter

94 Double-deckers, e.g.

97 University with the oldest

a cappella group

98 Sounded like a chick

100 “Silly me!”

102 Movie about singer Paisley’s fan club?

104 Parks in civil rights history

107 One has many quick bites 109 Movie about an aptly named cranky ranger?

114 ___ down (gets thinner) 117 Nepal’s locale

118 Word after “gray” or “Bay”

119 Move laterally

123 “Eat crow” or “talk turkey” 125 Neighbor of Senegal 126 Instrument­s in Buddhist temples 128 Movie about an associatio­n of horror movie lovers? 130 Squeezed (by)

131 Wise member of a church 132 Fabricate, as a signature 133 Retired tennis star Kournikova 134 Barq’s rival

135 Certain children

136 Twitch

137 Cincinnati sluggers

DOWN

1 Tennis’s Arthur ___ Stadium 2 Cause of some food poisoning 3 Name that anagrams to Norma 4 Like solitaire

5 “Now I get it!”

6 Hair stiffeners

7 Soothing stuff in lotion 8 42-Down hugger?

9 Free from obligation

10 Morse code plea

11 Consumed with gusto 12 Doesn’t tip

13 Madame, in Mexico

14 Accident sound in a cafeteria 15 Garlicky sauce

16 Arrive at

17 Fire crime

21 Dwell

24 Swamp plants

29 Sit and mope

33 Ink on the body

35 Caustic cleansers

36 Gumball cost, once

38 Maintain a lawn

39 Divas’ solos

40 Mythical maiden

42 Poplar or plum

43 It helps you climb the ladder 44 No longer fooled by

46 Certain child

48 Hope chest wood

49 “Olly olly ___ free”

50 Author Ayn

51 Irish singer of “May It Be” 54 Religious offshoots

56 “How ’bout that?!”

57 Natural property divider 60 Almost a meter

63 Guitar ridge

67 Stylish fellows

68 “Later!”

69 Batteries for remotes, perhaps 70 Drop the ___ (admit adoration) 71 Paths

72 Fork over money

75 Leak sound

76 Actress Russo

77 End of an ultimatum

78 Before, to Browning 79 Watch over

80 What may be eschewed instead of

chewed

81 One Time?

82 Become threadbare

83 Jazz legend Fitzgerald

84 Ran, as colors

89 Prius, e.g.

91 Not more than

93 Protein sold in blocks

95 Chemical safety org.

96 6-1, 7-6, etc., in tennis

99 Prescripti­on measure

101 Deli meats

103 Sparked again

105 Casual walk 106 One is prepared for a meeting 108 Spruces (up)

109 Widely known

110 Japanese port

111 Agitated

112 Vikings’ attacks

113 Felt fury

115 Pooh’s creator

116 In good condition

120 Plummet

121 Old Italian currency

122 Caviar, essentiall­y

124 Entreprene­urial degrees

(Abbr.)

127 Sophs., in two years

129 Skirt edge

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