The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Start of the third qtr. 4 Treatment centers?
8 Sycophant’s quality
13 Mr. Dithers’ wife in “Blondie” 17 ____-ball pens 18 Ristorante dessert
20 Construction-site vehicle
21 Top 22 Richard Simmons diet regimen / London tabloid 24 Records
25 One may have a height restriction 26 Gauge 27 Carpe ____ 29 What a red pepper on a menu may signal / Made clear 31 Caninelike animal more closely related to a cat than a dog 32 Three-engine planes 34 Babies grow into them
35 O.J. Simpson trial judge 37 “Goosebumps” author 38 So-called “cradle of civilization”
40 Curse
43 Preceder of free throws / Juice container?
46 Pretended to be 50 Inventor Howe
51 Discombobulated 52 Slimming surgeries, in brief
54 ____ Ste. Marie, Mich. 55 Strategic position 57 Like the data in big data
59 Warriors’ org.
60 Really bothered 62 Used, as a chair 65 Chow mein relative 67 Self-reflective question
69 Fooler / Summer Olympics standout 72 Sound signal booster
73 Kind of medicine 75 Lady friend, in Livorno 76 SoCal-based sneaker brand 78 Zeno of ____ 79 Colonial Indian title
81 When big bands thrived
84 Bridges of old
film
86 “Shush!”
88 Writer Shaw
91 Scheduled to
arrive
92 Hypothesized
94 Harry Potter’s ex-girlfriend / Register sound
96 National Spelling Bee airer 97 Some prized Prado pieces
99 One of the
Kennedys
100 Disappointing
102 Sin subject?
104 Lessens the distance between, in a race
106 Straight or curly hair, e.g.
110 “He’s so lame!” / Deer variety 112 Golden-apple goddess
114 App developer’s milestone 115 Prefix with port 116 Photographer’s light
118 Thin neckwear / Assam or Earl Grey 120 Complete 121 Lightly touched 122 Afghan, e.g. 123 Cursive capital that looks like a flipped “&” 124 Mustang feature 125 Mount
126 Little sibling, often
127 Major race sponsor
DOWN
1 Jerusalem’s onetime kingdom 2 Nervous
3 Act the middleman 4 Visits for a time 5 Yappy lap dogs, informally
6 Plane calculation 7 Unadventurous 8 Word after “&” in many a company name
9 Minister’s home 10 Makes into a movie, say 11 Trusts 12 Richie’s mom on “Happy Days” 13 Flare-ups in the hood? 14 OxyContin or Demerol 15 Fixes the décor of completely
16 Canceled
19 Sort of
20 Thin layers
23 Moscow landmark 28 Writer Jong 30 “Hoo boy!” 33 Solidify
36 18, say
37 Is litigious 39 Baby in a basket 40 Actor Patel
41 Resembling
42 Cookies filled with green creme / Flattish sea creatures
44 Best at a hot-dog contest
45 Cap
47 Risky / Denim attire
48 See 49-Down
49 With 48-Down, philatelist’s collection
53 ____ gland (melatonin producer) 56 Five things in “La Bohème” 58 Pulled a fast one on
61 Part of a wedding that drags 62 Comp ____ (college major, informally) 63 Dog-show initials 64 Grp. with wands 66 Often-oval floor
décor
67 Puppy
68 “Are you listening?!” 70 Stressed at the end, in a way 71 ____ to go 74 Crime-fighting mom of 1980s TV 77 Jets and others 80 Tried something 82 Lambaste
83 Massachusetts’ Cape ____ 85 Scan, in a way 87 Storyteller’s transition
88 Olympian
blood
89 Like some
German wines 90 Howl
93 Garments worn
in old Rome 95 Future cereal grain
98 Actress Ronan of “Lady Bird” 101 Sprint competitor 102 Second letter in the Greek for “Athens” 103 Vehemently criticize 105 Words of resignation
107 Potful
108 Least warm
109 Daddy Warbucks’ bodyguard 110 Hard smack 111 Judgmental sounds
113 Word with “f” or full
114 First NFL team to go 0-16 for a season (2008) 117 Spring locale 119 ____ the day