NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
SLEEP ON IT BY NATAN LAST
ACROSS
1 Outlaw
4 Electrical systems
9 2011 N.B.A. champs, for
short
13 Bahrain bigwigs
18 Flap
19 Up
20 Jesus, for one 21 Hawaiian island 22 Tease
23 Nissan Leaf, e.g. 25 “C’mon, we’ll be fine” 27 1991 Disney heroine 29 Like many Rolex watches
sold on the street 30 Establish a mood 31 Epithet for Leona Helmsley 34 Sunbeam
35 Persians, e.g.
36 Fishing tool
37 Fishing tool
38 Lovey
39 100 centavos
40 Took the trophy
43 Ear piece?
45 Admiring words 47 Gave drugs 48 Accra-to-Khartoum dir. 49 Buildup during vacation 51 Fishing tool
52 Troubles
53 Daughter of Anakin
and Padmé
55 Right angle
56 Not on terra firma, say 57 Makeup of many
a veggie dog 58 Watch chain
61 Like merlot and
zinfandel, typically 64 Equal chance
67 Kind of court
68 Back cover? 69 Leather-clad TV warrior 70 In a footnote
71 Test that’s done in ink 73 Mary-Kate, to Ashley
75 Fictional creature whose name is Old English for “giant” 76 Up on things 77 Grandiose 80 Command to a dog 81 Heist target
82 Tide detergent capsules 83 New Left org.
84 Basis for a raise 86 Qualifiers
87 Paroxysm
89 Simba’s father in
a Disney musical 91 Jets can be found in one 92 Allow to
93 Churn
94 “Mamma Mia!” song that begins “Where are those happy days?” 95 British royal
97 It’s often served on toasted white bread, for short
99 Cut
100 N.L. Central player 101 Builder of
Israel’s first temple 106 Website feature resembling an odometer
110 Mate of a colorful bird 111 Hooch
112 Live
113 Western gas brand 115 Popular fruit drink 116 Debunk?
117 Sixth of 24
118 He might provide
assistance after a crash 119 French article
120 Bit of salon detritus 121 Collapsed red giant? 122 Marina sights
123 Item that disturbs sleep four times in this puzzle DOWN
1 Backyard get-together,
briefly
2 “So long”
3 Lofty
4 Environmental advocacy
group
5 Documentarian Burnswho’s
the brother of Ken 6 Has a vacation day 7 Leave suddenly 8 Bunkum
9 Home to the 72,000foot volcano Olympus Mons 10 Moisturizer ingredient 11 1980s cartoon robot 12 Islamic sovereign 13 Nobelist Wiesel
14 Item lain upon four
times in this puzzle 15 Not farmed out 16 Chaac, to Mayans 17 Places
24 Domain
26 “Who’s on First?” left
fielder
28 Jazz’s McCann
32 Start of the line that includes “wherefore art thou” 33 Approaches
38 Tippled
39 Government study,
informally 40 Government aid 41 Beating by a
hole, in match play 42 Rock star known for his
360-degree drum set 44 Parts of Mr. Clean and
Lex Luthor costumes 46 Antagonist
47 J’adore perfumer 50 Concerning a pelvic bone 52 Certain Far Eastern fruits 54 Shakespeare title starter 56 Suffix with lime 58 Feature of a probability distribution where extreme events are more likely 59 Georgia, in
the art world 60 Doctor’s
orders, often 62 Future plan for many
an econ major 63 Home of the ancient
Temple of Artemis 65 Flavoring in the
Mideast drink arak 66 Cat-meets-dog sound 69 “Skylarking” band 72 Command at
a surprise party 74 Popular game
with 162 cards 78 Common download 79 “Wicked Game”
vocalist Chris
82 Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle
84 Where Karl Benz debuted the world’s first auto
85 16-ounce beers, slangily 87 Grammy winner Meghan 88 “Yes, quite” 89 Unsavory connections 90 Criticize snidely
94 Who wrote,
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” 96 Discharged matter 98 Overly
99 Top
100 ____-de-sac
102 Canoodles,
in Britain
103 Clean a spill
104 Air supply
105 Setting of Hercules’
first labor
107 Wild ____
108 Grp. with
a saving plan? 109 Parent
114 Dead-end job, e.g.