San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)

NEWYORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- AT THE HALLOWEEN PLAY ... by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Reposed

6 Ruler divisions: Abbr. 9 Objective

12 Source of stress for a

returning vacationer 18 Homes staffed with

butlers, say

20 Heartburn-relief

brand

22 Snapple competitor 23 AttheHallo­ween play,whenthebla­ck catappeare­d,the____ 25 Really bother

26 Sound of a candy

wrapper

27 Collectibl­es-like ticket stubs and matchbooks

29 Glassy square?

30 “Critique of Pure

Reason” philosophe­r 31 Enemy of Bowser in

video games

33 Music producer Gotti 35 Fr. religious title

36 ...theskeleto­ngavea

____

43 Belle of a ball

46 Bradley or Patton:

Abbr.

47 Citrus fruit with a

portmantea­u name 48 ...Frankenste­inhad

____

53 One of the kids on

“Stranger Things”

57 Most common U.S. street name, surprising­ly

58 Scarecrowp­ortrayer 59 Blanket that’sworn 60 Followclos­ely, as the

curb

61 Pitcher Satchel in the

Baseball Hall of Fame 63 Chow

65 “Of course I

remember you!” often 66 Glasses, in slang

68 ...thecritics­lovedthe witch’sperforman­ce, ____

71 Tickled

72 Dragon-roll ingredient 73 Friendly

74 Prepare, as

mushrooms

75 Vexation

76 Cassandra, for one

78 Vocal critics

81 Hooded jacket

84 Great Lake name

85 ...theghostha­d____ 88 Amazon, for one

90 Old-timey title

91 No-go area, in brief

92 ...thevampire­never

____

99 “EvilWoman” group,

for short

100 Most common English letter, in

Morse code

101 Joyce Carol with two

O. Henry Awards 102Slumps

106Send emojis, say

108 Southern shade

trees

112 It gained its independen­ce from Ethiopia in 1991

115 Source of some

tweets 117 ...themummywa­sa

hit____

119 Try tomake out 120Tot’s spot in a lot

121 Certain Bach

compositio­ns

122 Fitting anagram of

ANGER + E

123 In the style of

124G. I.’s chow

125 Artoo-____

DOWN

1 Kiss

2 Oscar winner Dern

3 Finish with

4 Final destinatio­n,

perhaps

5 Long haul

6 Title for Emma

Bovary: Abbr.

7 Appreciati­ve cry

8 Arrive unnoticed

9 “As I Lay Dying” father 10 Twoof Us?

11 Fashioned

12 Them’s fighting

words!

13 “It’s Raining ____”

14 “This minute!”

15 Formal admission

16 Simple shelter

17 Glossy gown fabric 19 “30 Rock” was

inspired by it, for short 21 Apt thing towear during allergy season?

24 Mortar = sand + water

+ ____

28 Gymnastics event

32 With skill

34 French towns

37 What you’re doing at

every moment

38 Bassoon attachment 39 Buck

40 Like royal flushes

41 Beg

42 Museum offering

43 Article of

Cologne?

44 She raised Cain

45 Hit ABC dating show,

with “The”

49 Component of

béchamel sauce

50 Celebratio­n of a life,

for short

51 Clouds (up)

52 Tickled

54 Spam filter, of a sort

55 Capital of Samoa

56 Lentil, e.g.

59 Card’s place: Abbr. 61 Good thing to make

or break

62 One of two for a tee 64 It might be pale or

amber

66 Late-night host

Meyers

67 Indiana city that’s 100 mileswest of Lima, Ohio

68 Pale

69 Quaint “not”

70 Tidy up ... or make

less tidy

71 Produce on a farm

73 Poster heading

75 Spy’s collection

77 Billy in the Rock and

Roll Hall of Fame

79 Not up

80 Fatty tuna, in Japanese cuisine

81 Lead-in

to phobia

82 Common sight at a

cash-only bar

83 AM radio abbr.

85 Capone

contempora­ry

86 Bone: Prefix

87 Like some Coast

Guard rescues 89 Superfan

92 Do another take of 93 Number of sides on a

hendecagon

94 More crafty

95 ____ ark

96 ____ Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic Caucus 97 Them’s fighting

words!

98 Will matter

103Stop, in France 104Reach

105Have the final

word

107“United States of ____,” showfor which Toni Collettewo­n an Emmy

109Cow, in Cádiz

110 Bibliograp­hy abbr.

111 ____ vez (again, in

Spanish)

113 Record speed,

for short

114 Gadget that once came with a click wheel

116 Rip (on)

118 It might start with “I-”:

Abbr.

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