Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

KARAOKE BARS

- By Matthew Stock Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Prayer, e.g.

7 Market index, for short 13 And so on and so forth 19 Actor Ray of ‘‘Field of

Dreams’’

20 Like a certain complex 22 Relative of the mambo 23 High winds

24 Space bars? [Frank

Sinatra]

26 Healthful dessert

options 28 Overhauled, in a way 29 ‘‘____ making a list ... ’’ 30 Offering in china ... or

from China

31 ‘‘Top Chef’’ chef ____

Hall

32 Geographic­al name that comes from the Sioux for ‘‘sleepy ones’’ 35 First prize at the Juegos

Olímpicos

36 Sink holes

40 Biting

42 Bird whose males

incubate the eggs 44 Mathematic­al

propositio­n

47 Wet bars? [Gene Kelly] 51 Things many people lose as they grow older

53 Big Five studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age

54 ‘‘Thus . . . ’’

55 St. Louis symbol 56 Strongly endorse

58 Hot place to chill 59 ____ Adlon, Emmy winner for ‘‘King of the Hill’’

61 Papal name last taken

in 1939

63 Smallest state in India 64 Options for outdoor

wedding receptions 67 Like some bread and

cereal

68 Director Lee

69 Prison bars? [Elvis

Presley] 73 Bamboozled

74 Weight right here! 76 ____ Austin, Biden

defense secretary 77 Misidentif­y something,

e.g.

78 For the lady

79 Center of a court 81 They’re often parked

in parks

82 Relevant

84 Excited cry after scratching a lottery ticket

85 Move a cursor (over) 88 Pride : lions :: ____ :

dolphins 89 Hip

92 Cash bars? [Abba] 96 ‘‘Same here’’

97 ‘‘I mean ... ’’

98 What goes right to the

bottom?

99 Got around

101 ‘‘Hoo-boy!’’

102 Gist

104 Last option in a list,

maybe

107 ‘‘That feels goo-ooood!’’

109 Practice

110 Brainy?

112 A+ earner

116 Singles bars? [Robyn] 120 First House speaker

from California 122 Not going anywhere 123 Was snoopy

124 Made square

125 Japanese mat

126 ‘‘We got permission!’’ 127 Makes insulting jokes

about

DOWN

1 Sitcom extraterre­strial 2 Did a little lifting 3 Candy bars? [Def

Leppard]

4 ‘‘You, too?!’’

5 Wiped out

6 Stood the test of time 7 Mapo ____ (spicy

Sichuan dish)

8 A leg up

9 Häagen-Dazs competitor 10 Low-wattage

11 Where trills provide

thrills

12 Something that’s wellkept? 13 Comeback

14 It’s turned, in a phrase 15 It’s a relief!

16 Prefix with conscious 17 Poetic shortening 18 Food-pantry donation 21 Broad valley

25 Large expanses

27 2006 film with the tagline ‘‘Keep it wheel’’

29 Hindu festival of colors 31 Most-watched TV

show of 2002-05 33 Gold bars? [Queen] 34 ‘‘Do you understand

me?’’

37 Disappoint­ing court

result

38 Black

39 Habitat for Humanity

is one, for short 41 Sister restaurant of

Applebee’s

43 Lets go of

45 Gaping holes 46 Weizenbock or

Berliner Weisse 48 Scruffs

49 Ridiculous

50 Seventh avatar of

Vishnu

52 It’s a long story 57 Muddy

58 Beefcakes 60 Thumbs-up

61 Solving crosswords, e.g. 62 Insect named for the way it moves, not for its length

65 Got hot on Twitter, say 66 Kind

69 ____ Psaki, Biden

press secretary 70 Gymnastics apparatus 71 Oral equivalent of a

facepalm

72 Native American tribe

of Montana

75 Single

78 Box score column 80 Noted 1815 comedy of

manners

82 Actress Chaplin

83 Flag carrier to Karachi

and Islamabad 86 Traditiona­l Chinese

drink

87 Anointment 88 Perspectiv­e, in brief 90 ‘‘No more for me,

thank you’’

91 Minute

93 Element 39

94 Big bleu expanse 95 Alumni grouping 100 Stylish

103 World capital that’s home to Kotoka Internatio­nal Airport 105 World capital that’s home to Noi Bai Internatio­nal Airport 106 Horror film locale,

in brief

108 Egg: Sp.

111 2016 No. 1 album for

Rihanna

112 Pop

113 Really thin type

114 ____ Domini

115 ‘‘I beg of you,’’ e.g. 116 Bit of Morse code 117 Actress de Armas 118 D.C. pro

119 ‘‘Of course!’’

121 They’re checked at

check-ins

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