San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Cinéma Vérité
NO. 1220 12/27/20
ACROSS
1 Advice columnist Savage
4 Out of tune ... or bubbles
8 Saturn or Mercury, once
11 ____ fever 16 Prayer leader
18 Opening opening?
20 Yeats or Keats
21 Pliocene, e.g.
22 Something to build on
23 Ancient Aegean land
24 The fly in flyfishing, e.g.
25 Turn
26 Indy film? (1981)
30 Render unnecessary
31 Female deer
32 Classic sci-fi anthology whose first story is titled “Robbie”
35 Sound from a flock
36 Road movie? (1950)
40 Some M.I.T. grads: Abbr.
41 Bizarre
43 React to a stubbed toe, maybe
44 Confident juggler’s props
45 Film director’s cry
46 Blood work locales
49 Sound of relief
52 Cannoli ingredient 56 PG movie? (1992)
63 Anthem opening 64 A little bit of work
66 Brush off 67 Draw out
69 One whose range goes from about F3 to F5, musically
70 Hilarious folks
72 World capital with the Gangnam district
74 Challenge
75 Humming bird feeder filler
77 Blatant
79 N.Y. engineering sch.
80 Actress de Matteo of “Sons of Anarchy”
81 Family film? (1972)
84 Barely contain anger
86 ____ glance
87 Thor : Thursday :: ____ : Wednesday
89 Suffix with hero
90 Oration station
94 Cleverly selfreferential
98 Social stratum
100 Common 99¢ purchase 103 Dock-udrama? (1954)
108 Spendthrift’s opposite
110 ____ Palace, Indian tourist attraction 111 Perfectly timed 112 Pilot, e.g. 114 Short film? (1989) 118 Where Minos ruled
120 Safe, on board 121 Violet variety 122 Wait in neutral 123 Jack rabbits, but not rabbits 124 Saturnus or Mercurius
125 Part of a sewing
kit
126 Nair rival, once 127 Not so moving? 128 Nile reptile
129 Its name is derived from the Greek for “I burn” 130 OB/GYNS, e.g.
DOWN
1 Wear off? 2 Easygoing 3 Hometowners 4 Toy (with), as an idea
5 Least strict
6 ____ mundi 7 Popular ABC programming block of the ’90s 8 “Perhaps” 9 Fine spray
10 66 and others: Abbr.
11 One of the Borgias 12 Rubber-stamp, say
13 Kids use it for texts
14 “Vous êtes ____” (French map notation)
15 Grp. with the Vezina Trophy 17 Pastels and charcoal, for two 19 Swear words? 20 More than enough 27 Enjoy some dishes without doing dishes, perhaps 28 Hasten
29 ____ Tuesday (Aimee Mann’s band)
33 Dot follower 34 Some ESPN highlights, for short 37 Something often underlined and blue 38 Half-moon tide
39 ____ the crack of dawn
42 Balderdash
45 Trickster of Shoshone mythology
47 Short-legged hound
48 Fuel additive brand
50 17, for an R-rated movie
51 Director Ashby
52 Dappled horse
53 Key
54 Hidden downside
55 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward
57 In poor condition, as old machinery
58 Choler
59 ____ about (approximately)
60 Undesirable plane seat
61 Often-animated greeting
62 Yes or no follower
65 Flub
68 Eye drop
71 New Deal program, in brief
73 Co. with brown trucks
76 Palindromic title
78 See
118-Down
82 Lady of Spain
83 Anti-mob law, for short
85 Baby shower gift
88 Photographer Goldin
90 ____ Pérignon
91 ____ given Sunday
92 “My package arrived!”
93 Alcoholic drink consumed in one gulp
95 French stars
96 Clench
97 Utah national park
99 Bit of ranch dressing?
100 Got around
101 Street vendor
102 Radio buttons
104 First name of a
literary “Papa”
105 Diminutive
106 Cat’s pajamas?
107 Extends a tour
109 Invite to enter
113 Parts of kingdoms
115 When repeated, a “Seinfeld” expression 116 Scruff
117 Masseur’s target
118 With 78-Down, Greek letters that together sound like a world capital
119 Dashed