Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Start of the
third qtr. 4 Treatment centers? 8 Sycophant’s quality 13 Mr. Dithers’s wife in
“Blondie” 17 ____-ball pens 18 Ristorante dessert 20 Constructionsite vehicle
21 Top
22 Richard Simmons diet regimen / London tabloid 24 Records
25 One may have a
height restriction 26 Gauge
27 Carpe ____ 29 What a red pepper on a menu may signal / Made clear 31 Caninelike animal more closely related to a cat than a dog 32 Three-engine planes 34 Babies grow into them
35 O. J. Simpson trial
judge 37 “Goosebumps” author 38 So-called “cradle of civilization” 40 Curse 43 Preceder of free throws / Juice container? 46 Pretended to be 50 Inventor Howe 51 Discombobulated 52 Slimming surgeries,
in brief
54 ____ Ste. Marie,
Mich. 55 Strategic position 57 Like the data in big
data 59 Warriors’ org. 60 Really bothered 62 Used, as a chair 65 Chow mein relative 67 Self-reflective question 69 Fooler / Summer Olympics standout 72 Sound signal booster 73 Kind of medicine 75 Lady friend,
in Livorno 76 SoCal-based sneaker brand
78 Zeno of ____ 79 Colonial Indian title 81 When big bands thrived 84 Bridges of old film 86 “Shush!”
88 Writer Shaw 91 Scheduled to arrive 92 Hypothesized 94 Harry Potter’s ex-girlfriend / Register sound 96 National Spelling Bee
airer
97 Some prized Prado pieces
99 One of the Kennedys 100 Disappointing
102 Sin subject? 104 Lessens the distance between, in a race 106 Straight or curly hair, e.g.
110 “He’s so lame!” / Deer variety 112 Golden-apple goddess
114 App developer’s milestone 115 Prefix with port 116 Photographer’s light 118 Thin neckwear / Assam or Earl Grey 120 Complete 121 Lightly touched 122 Afghan, e.g. 123 Cursive capital that looks like a flipped “&”
124 Mustang feature 125 Mount
126 Little sibling, often 127 Major race sponsor
DOWN
1 Jerusalem’s onetime kingdom 2 Nervous
3 Act the middleman 4 Visits for a time 5 Yappy lap dogs, informally 6 Plane calculation 7 Unadventurous 8 Word after “&” in many a company name 9 Minister’s home 10 Makes into
a movie, say 11 Trusts
12 Richie’s mom on
“Happy Days” 13 Flare-ups in the hood? 14 OxyContin or
Demerol
15 Fixes the décor of
completely 16 Canceled
19 Sort of
20 Thin layers 23 Moscow landmark 28 Writer Jong
30 “Hoo boy!” 33 Solidify
36 18, say
37 Is litigious
39 Baby in a basket 40 Actor Patel 41 Resembling 42 Cookies filled with green creme / Flattish sea creatures 44 Best at a hot-dog contest
45 Cap
47 Risky / Denim attire 48 See 49-Down 49 With 48-Down, philatelist’s collection
53 ____ gland (melatonin producer)
56 Five things in
“La Bohème” 58 Pulled a fast one on 61 Part of a wedding that drags
62 Comp ____ (college
major, informally) 63 Dog-show initials 64 Grp. with wands 66 Often-oval floor décor 67 Puppy
68 “Are you listening?!” 70 Stressed at the end, in a way
71 ____ to go 74 Crime-fighting mom of 1980s TV
77 Jets and others 80 Tried something 82 Lambaste 83 Massachusetts’ Cape ____
85 Scan, in a way 87 Storyteller’s transition 88 Olympian blood 89 Like some German wines
90 Howl 93 Garments worn in old Rome 95 Future cereal grain 98 Actress Ronan of “Lady Bird” 101 Sprint competitor 102 Second letter in the Greek for “Athens” 103 Vehemently criticize 105 Words of resignation 107 Potful
108 Least warm 109 Daddy Warbucks’s bodyguard
110 Hard smack 111 Judgmental sounds 113 Word with “f” or full
114 First N.F.L. team to go 0-16 for a season (2008)
117 Spring locale 119 ____ the day