San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)

NEW YORk TImES CROSSWORD

- By Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Getting warm, so to

speak

6 It was establishe­d by

a 1926 royal charter

9 Ulan ____, Mongolia

14 Be against

18 Send, as payment

19 No. 1 of 50,

alphabetic­ally: Abbr. 20 Former basketball star Gilbert ... or the places he played

22 Garb in a duck blind,

informally

23 Way into a garage,

typically

25 California wine region 26 Road-trip guessing

game

27 Freak (out)

28 Tennis star who won at least one Grand Slam title for a record 13 straight years

29 Initialism that can include an “h” for “humble”

30 Old-timey “OMG!”

32 GPS guess

33 Variables in r2 and

2r

34 Nickelodeo­n

competitor

38 Bagless-vacuum

maker

40 Savvy couple?

42 ____ the Kid, nickname

for N.H.L. star Crosby 43 Party game similar to

Catch Phrase

44 Grows increasing­ly

more irksome

47 Starbucks sizes

smaller than grandes 49 Dove bar, e.g.

50 Given as a bequest

52 Suffix with mega- or

multi

54 Ones making strong

impression­s?

56 “Je t’____” (words from

a beau)

57 Prince Andrew’s

younger daughter

60 On the main

61 Prominent women’s

rights lawyer

63 Member of an Iraqi

minority

65 Obscure knowledge 70 Violent, maybe

71 Certain laundrydet­ergent capsule

73 Causing constricti­on

of the pupils

74 Nailed the test

75 007’s alma

mater

76 Visual phenomenon created by short flashes of light

78 Linguist Chomsky

80 Dense fog,

metaphoric­ally

82 When repeated, a

Hawaiian fish

83 Major utility pipeline 87 Whimper

88 It has its pros and

cons

90 Part of P.R.

91 Far from wild

93 Pesto ingredient

96 For one purpose

only

98 Org. that takes many

forms

99 Five-star

100 Quark-antiquark

combo

entertaine­rs at children’s birthday parties

107 Europe’s longest river 110 Trouble

111 O icon

112 Western Hemisphere

grp.

113 Legendary firefighte­r

Red

114 Curler’s surface

115 Kind of palm

cultivated for its fruit 117 Prove wrong

119 Awards show that airs

at night, ironically

121 Part of une éclipse 122 Submits an online

return

123 Brown. ender

124 “

125 What’s more, it’s said 126 Down stream?

127 Easy target

128 Buddy of “The Beverly

Hillbillie­s”

DOWN

1

Sang one’s own praises

2 Humor regarding a

serious matter

3 “w”-like letters

4 Anthony Hopkins, for

one 5 Wi-Fi alternativ­e

6 Complained about

getting fleeced?

7 Subject of a Sleeves

Up campaign

8 French luxury jeweler 9 ABCs

10 Lead-in to therapy

11 Jazz instrument pitched in the key of B flat

12 Peace activist Yoko

13 Classic dorm-room

meal

14 Fading process for

jeans

15 Deep-toned cousin of

an English horn

16 One whose calling is

making calls?

17 American Kennel Club

designatio­n

21 Stuffing herb

24 Green on the screen 31 QB’s passing stat:

Abbr.

35 Up to

36 Din from a den

37 Keystone ____

39 Put forward

41 TV channel that owns the website The Undefeated

45 Beer in a green bottle 46 Part of a college visit,

typically

47 Prepare to swing, say 48 Unseal furtively, as an

envelope

50 Floral fragrance note 51 Behave theatrical­ly 53 Restored to mint

condition

55 Lesser Antilles native 56 City that’s home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites

58 “Go ____!” (coach’s

encouragem­ent)

59 Computer menu with

Undo and Redo

60 Expand upon

62 Tony winner Menzel 64 Antarctica’s ____ Ice

Shelf

66 Nestlé creamer

67 Bothered persistent­ly 68 Not for mass

audiences

69 When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in “Hamilton”

72 Took steroids, say

77 Like loud phone conversati­ons in public

79 Designed to deter

stealing

81 T-Bonz dog treat

brand 83 Word before bag or

bar

84 Musical with the opening number “Every Story Is a Love Story”

85 Sallie Mae products 86 Marshmallo­w-filled

snacks

87 University of Montana

city

89 Hitchhike

92 Shapiro of NPR

94 Emulates the

Mongols

95 Old genre for 12-Down 97 Z4 or Q50

99 Judge

101 Pool competitio­ns 102Immatur­e egg cell 103Star of the “Taken”

trilogy

105Like snow leopards

and Siberian tigers 106What tots might go

after?

108 Easy two points 109“Scram!”

115 ____-American

116 Tool for pool

118 Old-timey cry of

disgust

120Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones film series, for short

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