Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Erik Agard, 25, is a professional puzzle maker from Maryland. He is the champion of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. On average he finishes a Sunday
New York Times crossword in a frighteningly quick five minutes. Last October he won $66,802 in a three-day winning streak on
Jeopardy! This is Erik’s 32nd crossword for the paper. EVERYTHING EVENS OUT IN THE END
ACROSS
1 Solo partner 10 Multidecker sandwich 14 Stack at Starbucks 18 Word that follows “standard” and means something nonstandard 19 Abundant
20 Nettie’s sister in “The
Color Purple”
21 Likely inexpensive place to get one’s hair done
23 During the time that 24 Baton Rouge sch. 25 Auctioneer’s cry 26 Brownish tint
28 Final: Abbr.
29 En ____ (chess move) 33 Jolly time
35 Sports rival of Union
College, for short 36 Chemistry unit: Abbr. 37 Wee devil
38 Cry like a baby 40 Tourist activity in
northern Scandinavia 44 Backpack filler
46 “I dare you!”
48 Make a quick move 49 Chinese dynasty ended
by Kublai Khan
50 It’s groovy
52 Get to the bottom of 55 Lockup, to Sherlock 57 Villain’s hideout 59 Source of call-ups, in
baseball lingo
61 Prefix with culture 62 Virgil described its eruption in the “Aeneid”
63 “You got it, boss man!” 64 Posting that blows in
the wind
67 Serenaded
71 Odyssey
72 Has little excitement
for
77 Florentine : spinach ::
lyonnaise : ____ 82 Curry go-with
83 To be abroad?
84 Allen Ginsberg, e.g. 88 Baby beavers
89 Bird akin to the nene? 90 Arab country expelled from the Arab League in 2011
91 Green, in a way
92 Word cried before and
after “all” 94 Governing org. of
soccer 96 Reaction of shock 98 Analytics fodder 99 Bottom-of-page design
choice
103 Spanish muralist José
María ____
105 Actor Cariou
106 Place for a bouquet 107 Boston’s Mass ____ 108 Pb
110 Away from the wind 112 U.F.C. fighting style 113 Get Wired again, say 116 Hotel visit
118 ____-Magnon man 119 Scarecrow portrayer
Ray
121 “How lucky was that?” … or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues
127 Seated yoga pose 128 Well-being
129 Seriously worry 130 What the Joneses may
elicit
131 Tater
132 “Crazy Rich Asians” actress whose stage name puns on a bottled water brand
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1 Bank offerings, for
short
2 Fashion line
3 Fashion model Marcille 4 Documents that name
executors
5 Tree resin used in
fragrances
6 On the same wavelength 7 A.F.L. partner
8 Bullies
9 Grate on 10 Charging station for a
smartphone
11 Rapper ____ Yachty 12 Sci-fi saucers
13 Part of N.B.
14 Hula dancer’s
adornment
15 Subject of many
conspiracy theories 16 Knocking out of place 17 End a lawsuit, say 20 Musical ____
22 Speak indistinctly 23 Erase
27 One of South Africa’s
capitals
29 Oink-filled pen
30 Don who won an Oscar
for “Cocoon” 31 Converted splits
32 1400
34 Holiday marking the
end of Ramadan 39 Feature of a Welsh
accent
41 Winter Olympics host
before Salt Lake City 42 Dreadfully slow
43 List in the credits 45 Wearers of striped
shirts
47 Calendar column: Abbr. 51 Part of a trunk
53 Worker often found on
hands and knees 54 Mini maker
56 Jargons
58 Bled
60 Not to be seen or
heard by children 65 Tower construction
material
66 Men
68 Infrequently
69 Howe nicknamed “Mr.
Hockey” 70 Restrict with a string 72 Challenge for a stain
remover
73 Popular Japanese manga series with a schoolgirl heroine 74 Counterpart of local
channels
75 Beginning
76 Pranks, in a way,
informally
78 Mini, for one
79 “How fancy!”
80 Like a tidied-up room,
now
81 Bit of hair
85 Alternative to .net 86 Some Spanish
babysitters 87 Art-studio prop 93 Alternatives to nets 95 HuffPo purchaser in
2011
97 Make easier to eat, as
an infant’s food 99 Clumsily drop
100 Finished
101 Like a set of measuring
cups, typically
102 “Later, luv!”
104 Mother ____
109 Role in “Our Gang” or
“Queen Sugar”
111 “To the Lighthouse”
novelist
114 ____ milk
115 Swatting sound
117 “Jeez, that’s hot!” 120 Man
122 The Sun Devils, for
short
123 “No, you shouldn’t
have”
124 Opus ____
125 Iniquity site
126 Springs for a vacation?