Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
By Timothy Polin / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Tripartite commerce
pact
6 Nickname for Angel
Stadium, with “the” 10 Inspiration
14 They might pop up in
the morning
19 “Juno” actress Page 20 Visa alternatives 22 Figure seen on [circled letters below]
23 Most wanted
24 1976 blaxploitation film that was a sequel to “Dolemite” 26 Fascinated
27 Is overcome with
emotion, with “up” 28 It has two poles 29 Shelter
31 Tinder, for one
33 Boor
34 “Poppycock!”
35 Figure seen on [circled letters below] 38 Marquis’s subordinate 41 Like flowers’ stamens 42 Made-for-TV western co-starring Travis Tritt
44 ____ king
45 Moriarty,
to Holmes
47 Asked a lot of questions, say
48 Vittles
50 Figure seen on [circled letters below] 55 Homes
by churches
57 “I’ll pass” 58 Detroit-area stadium that hosted Super Bowl XVI
59 Down in front? 61 Disseminate 63 “Evidently”
64 French greeting 68 Part of a set
70 & 72 “If ever, oh ever a ____ there ____” (classic song lyric)
73 Exam with a reading-comprehension sect.
74 Figure seen on [circled letters below] 77 Hoedown partner 79 Pester
81 Setting off
83 [Right in the kisser!] 85 Lament of
the defeated 90 Job-search
time, maybe
91 Go postal
93 Figure seen on [circled letters below] 94 Dreyer’s ice
cream partner
95 Go on a run? 96 Brownie, e.g.
98 Emails discreetly 101 Check
102 Overdo the criticism,
say
103 It may be
brown or blond 104 Santa Fe
summer hrs.
106 Many a
Wall St. recruit 108 Like a goner
110 Figure seen on [circled letters below]
114 Many a B.Y.U. attendee
117 “Pick me! Pick me!” 119 Rich breakfast item 121 Played out
122 Fiat
123 Collides hard with 124 48th vice
president
125 Modern-day problem
solvers
126 Meyers
of late-night
127 In a foul mood
128 Interjected
DOWN
1 Close
2 Prayer figure
3 Decide somehow by
chance
4 Offers at motorcycle
dealerships 5 Pharaoh ____ 6 Luxury-hotel amenity 7 “Here’s what
I think,” briefly 8 Poindexter 9 Something getting
stuck in a trunk? 10 Answer to
“Are you …?” 11 Grayish
12 “Hairspray” matriarch 13 Kind of plane
14 Vox co-founder Klein
and others
15 Signal for dinner 16 White-bearded sort 17 Hell week, e.g. 18 Assuage
21 Point of transition 25 Meditation syllables 27 South American cash
crop
30 Cuts on the back? 32 Wedding rings? 36 Group lampooned in
“Django Unchained” 37 Is Greek?
39 Arnold Schwarzenegger’s middle name 40 Needed resupplying 41 Pea nut? 42 Phonograph stat 43 Inits. in some portfolios 45 Woodworking tool 46 Crew crew
49 Evince
51 Aquafina rival 52 Attends
53 Austen matchmaker 54 Breather
56 It may leave you
in stitches
60 Drunk
62 Top secret? 64 Creative field
65 It’s passed down 66 “____ Eyes”
(Eagles hit) 67 Bacchanalia
69 Mass leader 71 Electrocutes
75 Hymn starter
76 Wind this
way and that 78 Repeated part of a
five-mile hike? 80 Aggravates
82 Either of a pair of brothers in folklore
84 Act like a baby, maybe 86 Moved, jocularly 87 How you can count things up to five
88 “Rugrats” father 89 Rug rat
92 One looking to grab
a bite?
97 Sphinx, in part 98 Probable
money loser 99 Composer Debussy 100 Boston athlete
101 Philatelist’s collection 102 Vernacular
104 Satisfies
105 TiVo, for one
107 Amigos
109 Sweetly, on a score 111 Mark indelibly
112 River through ancient
Nubia
113 Casino opening
115 365 giorni
116 Native Rwandan
118 Mind
120 Electric-bill unit:
Abbr.
121 Place for a bachelorette party