The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
ACROSS
1 Way around
London, with “the” 5 ER VIPs
8 Haunted house sound 13 Backflow preventer in a drain
18 Brief, as a visit
20 Sub
21 Oscar role for Vivien Leigh 22 Astonishing March Madness success, e.g.
24 He denied Christ three times 25 Device with a Retina display 26 The opposition 27 “Madame X” painter John Singer ____ 29 23-Across, literally?
33 Cozy
35 Actor ____ Buchholz of “The Magnificent Seven” 36 Epitome of simplicity 37 Sour
39 Spicy fare? 41 “Where America’s Day Begins” 43 Made an impression?
45 Iron: Fr.
46 Get ready to be
dubbed
50 Machine-gun while flying low 52 Stereotypical oil tycoon
54 Remains unused 56 Sweets
58 Take both sides? 60 Word on a jar
61 Muskmelon variety 65 Bombs developed in the 1950s
66 Some airport figures, for short 67 Eminently draft-worthy
68 Pitch
71 Wiped out
72 Middling
73 Plenty sore, with “off”
74 Heat 76 Antiparticle first observed in 1929 78 Noon, in Nantes 79 Disaster film? 82 Singer Simone 83 Doomed
85 NBA Hall of Famer Thomas 87 Ladies’ shoe fastener
91 Staff openings? 92 By way of
94 Wine bar order
96 Elusive
97 ____ Lenoir, inventor of the internalcombustion engine
100 Location of Waimea Valley 101 What one will never be, in golf 102 Tended, with “for” 104 Comedian’s stock
in trade
106 118-Across, literally? 110 Africa’s oldest republic 112 Result of some plotting 114 Bingo square 115 Old Russian ruler known as “Moneybag” 116 Detective in a lab 122 Frisbees and such 123 Like spoiled kids 124 Metallic element that’s No. 21 on the periodic table 125 Like many concept cars
126 Gregor ____, protagonist in Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” 127 Snack food brand 128 Latin years
DOWN
1 Sign of nervousness 2 Sea urchin, at a sushi bar 3 Declare verboten 4 Break off a romance 5 Takeaway, of a sort
6 When a baby is expected 7 1904 world’s fair city: abbr.
8 Utilities, insurance,
advertising, etc.
9 Loosely woven fabric with a rough texture 10 Try to find oneself? 11 ____ quotes 12 What a designated driver takes 13 Candy that fizzes in the mouth 14 New Hampshire 15 Gives stars to 16 Have no existence 17 Line usually on the left or right side 19 Tonto player of 2013
20 ____ characters (Chinese writing) 23 Murderer of Hamlet
28 Tuna, at a sushi bar 29 Doesn’t keep up 30 Go up against 31 Facial feature of the Bond villain Ernst Blofeld 32 Jargon
34 Runs for a long pass, say 38 One component of a data plan
40 What the prefix “tera-” means 42 Contributed to the world
43 56-Down, literally? 44 “Don’t you ____!” 47 Line judge?
48 Home to the National Border Patrol Museum 49 Teacher’s unit 51 Funny Tina 53 Bubkes 55 60-Down, literally?
57 Stay 59 Setting eschewed by Hawaii: abbr. 61 Capturer of some embarrassing gaffes
62 “The Iceman Cometh” playwright 63 Hospital sticker 64 Handling well
69 Winner of four 1990s-2000s golf majors
70 1953 Leslie Caron film
75 Other: abbr.
77 Networking assets 80 “Ta-ta!”
81 Former world capital called “City of Lights”
84 Shift+8
86 “Everybody’s a
comedian”
88 Certain cheap car,
informally
89 Mathematician
Turing
90 Apt rhyme for “fire”
93 Asked for a desk, say
95 That the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666, e.g.
98 Uganda’s Amin
99 Marsh birds
102 Showing politesse 103 Lower
105 International package deliverer 107 Desi of Desilu Productions
108 Show a bias
109 Nintendo game princess
110 Lens caps? 111 Where fighter jets are found: abbr. 113 “Gangnam Style” hitmaker
117 ____ pro nobis (pray for us) 118 Sch. in Fort Collins 119 The dark side 120 Symbol on the flag of Argentina or Uruguay 121 “Eww, stop!”