South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He says this puzzle reminds him of an old Steven Wright line: ‘‘I almost had a psychic girlfriend — but she left me before we met.’’ This is his third puzzle for The Times, all Sundays. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Band of supporters
5 Something absolutely necessary
10 ‘‘____ and Janis’’ (comic strip)
14 Oomph
17 Word from the French for ‘‘high wood’’
18 Washed out
20 Dock
21 Something a winner may run into
22 ‘‘It’s tough finding the right person. My first boyfriend was a perfectly nice atheist, but he . . . ’’
24 Tour de France seasons
25 Side dish at a fish fry
26 Main component of Saturn’s rings
27 Lena of ‘‘Enemies, a Love Story’’
28 ‘‘So then I dated a fun couch potato, but he...’’
31 Nonstarters?
33 Toeing the line
34 Fútbol cheer
35 Italian wine region
36 ‘‘30 for 30’’ airer
39 The 1 in {1,2,3}: Abbr.
40 Lab vessel
42 Camphor, e.g.
45 One getting depressed during exams?
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47 They’re found near traps
48 ‘‘Then my friend set me up with a recluse, but he . . . ’’
52 Comedian Mort
54 Classic Hawaiian folk song
55 Superman and others, for short
56 Book with a notable world premiere?
59 What middlemen do
60 Noisy beachgoer
62 Bun in a bamboo steamer
63 Internet encryption inits.
65 Binary
66 ‘‘I dated my rock climbing instructor for a while, but he just...’’
68 ____-Pacific
69 Not sparkling
71 Blast-furnace supply
72 Baloney
73 Bad signs for a bank robber
75 Academic journal with a Breakthrough of the Year award
77 U.K. track-starturned-politician Sebastian
78 Mishmashes
79 Swindled
80 ‘‘Then I had a fling with a Pittsburgh Penguin, but I knew he . . . ’’
83 Cuisine featuring som tam
86 Drill command
88 Feel another’s pain
89 Cavalryman of old
91 Big ____ (Olympic snowboarding event)
92 Whimper
93 Starters, for short
97 Outback speedster
98 Keep rhythm, as a conductor might
101 Wisconsin town with a clothing namesake
104 ‘‘I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he . . . ’’
106 Org. issuing vaccine standards starting in 2021
107 It may be part of a solution
108 Together, in music
109 Fading sea name
110 ‘‘Finally, I started seeing a charming magician, and he ...’’
113 Pan, in part
114 Fun-size
115 Kind of thesis
116 Weekend warrior’s woe
117 Happening offline, to a texter
118 Relaxation
119 Devotee of Haile Selassie, informally
120 Bit of kitchen waste
DOWN
1 Big name in pricey cigars
2 You can’t say it doesn’t count
3 Lizzie is one, in the ‘‘Cars’’ movies
4 Crossword solving option
5 Watchmaker since 2015
6 It lands on the White House’s South Lawn
7 ____ Bator, Mongolia
8 On the ____
9 Fastened, in a way
10 Making change
11 Well past the freshness date, say
12 ‘‘My Fair Lady’’ composer
13 Actor/comedian who was a regular on Johnny Carson’s ‘‘Tonight Show’’
14 Meathead
15 Military uniform feature
16 Bluish-gray shades
19 Scintilla
21 ‘‘Shameful!’’
23 Alley-____
29 Possessive types?
30 Way to go: Abbr.
32 ‘‘You’re so wrong about that!’’
37 Lead-in to Cat
38 Something that all but three U.S. presidents have had while in office
41 ‘‘Time out’’ in the N.B.A.
43 What makes the short list?
44 Total jerk
45 Boxing highlight
46 Apply to
48 Jokesters
49 Some native Alaskans
50 Tile work
51 Leadership position
53 Bit of a chuckle 67 Conflict taking a 80 ‘‘We’ll be in touch!’’ 95 Cupid’s love
56 Rubberneck couple of seconds? often 96 Mideast currency unit
57 ‘‘A house divided 70 Soccer star Messi, 81 Dr. of 112-Down 99 Features of some against ____ cannot to fans 82 Counterpart of full, in halls stand’’ 73 Capital of Fiji a way 100 Mucky substances
58 Rubylike gem
74 ‘‘How ____ Your 83 Wise guys? 102 Twin sister of
60 Richard of ‘‘Chicago’’ Mother’’ 84 One might be smokefilled He-Man
61 Native people for 103 What, in multiple
76 Beloved site for the whom a state is 85 Not surprisingly senses, might get named Irish … and French tipped
87 Big name in hot dogs
62 When doubled, a 77 Journalist who was 105 Take place? candy the first woman 90 Face on a penny, 106 Redding who wrote
familiarly ‘‘Respect’’
64 Quick with a clapback to guest-host
‘‘Jeopardy!’’ Strong suit 111 Crispr material
66 So-called ‘‘Father of 92
Liberalism’’ 78 Hard stuff that jiggles 94 Regulate 112 See 81-Down