Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

- By Natan Last / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Outlaw

4 Electrical systems

9 2011 N.B.A. champs, for

short

13 Bahrain bigwigs

18 Flap

19 Up

20 Jesus, for one

21 Hawaiian island

22 Tease

23 Nissan Leaf, e.g. 25 “C’mon,

we’ll be fine”

27 1991 Disney heroine 29 Like many Rolex watches sold on the street

30 Establish a mood 31 Epithet for

Leona Helmsley 34 Sunbeam

35 Persians, e.g.

36 Fishing tool

37 Fishing tool

38 Lovey

39 100 centavos

40 Took the trophy

43 Ear piece?

45 Admiring words

47 Gave drugs 48 Accra-to-Khartoum dir. 49 Buildup

during vacation 51 Fishing tool

52 Troubles

53 Daughter of Anakin and

Padmé

55 Right angle

56 Not on terra

firma, say

57 Makeup of many

a veggie dog

58 Watch chain

61 Like merlot and zinfandel,

typically

64 Equal chance

67 Kind of court

68 Back cover? 69 Leather-clad

TV warrior

70 In a footnote

71 Test that’s done

in ink

73 Mary-Kate,

to Ashley

75 Fictional creature whose name is Old English for “giant”

76 Up on things

77 Grandiose

80 Command to a dog 81 Heist target

82 Tide detergent capsules 83 New Left org.

84 Basis for a raise 86 Qualifiers

87 Paroxysm

89 Simba’s father in

a Disney musical

91 Jets can be

found in one

92 Allow to

93 Churn

94 “Mamma Mia!” song that begins “Where are those happy days?” 95 British royal 97 It’s often served on toasted white bread, for short

99 Cut

100 N.L. Central player 101 Builder of

Israel’s first temple 106 Website feature resembling an odometer

110 Mate of a

colorful bird

111 Hooch

112 Live

113 Western gas brand

115 Popular fruit drink 116 Debunk?

117 Sixth of 24

118 He might provide assistance after a crash

119 French article

120 Bit of salon detritus 121 Collapsed red giant? 122 Marina sights

123 Item that disturbs sleep four times in this puzzle

DOWN

1 Backyard get-together,

briefly

2 “So long”

3 Lofty

4 Environmen­tal advocacy

group 5 Documentar­ian Burns who’s the brother of Ken 6 Has a vacation day 7 Leave suddenly

8 Bunkum

9 Home to the 72,000-foot volcano Olympus Mons

10 Moisturize­r ingredient 11 1980s cartoon robot 12 Islamic sovereign 13 Nobelist Wiesel

14 Item lain upon four

times in this puzzle 15 Not farmed out

16 Chaac, to Mayans 17 Places

24 Domain

26 “Who’s on First?” left

fielder

28 Jazz’s McCann

32 Start of the line that includes “wherefore art thou”

33 Approaches

38 Tippled

39 Government study,

informally 40 Government aid 41 Beating by a

hole, in match play 42 Rock star known for his

360-degree drum set 44 Parts of Mr. Clean and Lex

Luthor costumes 46 Antagonist

47 J’adore perfumer 50 Concerning

a pelvic bone

52 Certain Far Eastern fruits 54 Shakespear­e

title starter

56 Suffix with lime 58 Feature of a probabilit­y distributi­on where extreme events are more likely 59 Georgia, in

the art world 60 Doctor’s

orders, often

62 Future plan for many an econ major 63 Home of the ancient Temple of Artemis

65 Flavoring in the Mideast

drink arak 66 Cat-meets-dog sound 69 “Skylarking” band 72 Command at

a surprise party 74 Popular game

with 162 cards 78 Common download 79 “Wicked Game” vocalist

Chris

82 Any of the four people

disturbed in this puzzle 84 Where Karl Benz debuted the world’s first auto

85 16-ounce

beers, slangily 87 Grammy

winner Meghan

88 “Yes, quite”

89 Unsavory connection­s 90 Criticize snidely

94 Who wrote,

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” 96 Discharged matter 98 Overly

99 Top

100 ____-de-sac

102 Canoodles,

in Britain

103 Clean a spill

104 Air supply

105 Setting of Hercules’

first labor

107 Wild ____

108 Grp. with

a saving plan?

109 Parent

114 Dead-end job, e.g.

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