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The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Could You Repeat That Number?

- By David Kwong / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Part of a backpack 6 Pyramids, often

11 Dutch requiremen­ts 16 Evan : Welsh :: ____ : Scottish 19 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 20 Hunter of myth 21 Bring to bear 22 Result, maybe, in brief

23 Many apartments in old warehouse districts 24 Japanese comics style 25 Labor Day baby, e.g. 26 Shape formed by an extended thumb and index fingers 27 Good person to believe in 29 Switz. neighbor 30 Writer Tarbell who took on Standard Oil 31 Pins are placed at the end of them

33 07 film

37 Some E.M.T. cases

40 Buying binges 41 Count in music 42 Logical start? 44 U preceder 45 Picked from a lineup, informally

46 Hurt

47 Proverbs

50 Like puppeteers, usually

53 Maven

54 Leafy crown material

55 Day competitor 62 Bailiwicks

63 Legal

64 Chief Chirpa and others, in sci-fi

65 Wastes away 66 “Fantasy” Grammy winner

67 Cool, in old slang

68 “The way things are currently going ...”

72 Muscle problem 74 Muscular 76 Grammywinn­ing country singer Black

77 Play combo of old

83 Mark ____, winner of the 1998 Masters 84 George Carlin was its first host, for short 85 State capital on the Colorado River

86 Subject of Newton’s first law of motion 88 Dealers do this 89 Have an in-tents experience? 92 QB’S pass: Abbr.

93 “____ to My Socks,” Pablo Neruda poem 94 Larsson who wrote “The

Girl With the Dragon

Tattoo” 96 Additional­ly 98 Deletes, with “out”

99 Tree alternativ­e

103 Kind of salami 105 N.Y.C.’S first

subway line

106 Like some gas:

Abbr.

107 “Big Sur”

novelist, 1962 111 A suggestion 112 World capital whose name comes from the Greek for “wisdom”

114 Humble

116 Jazz composer with an Egyptian-inspired name 117 “____ your

call”

118 “Elements of Algebra” author, 1770 119 First lady of the

1950s

120 Kind of pear that resembles an apple

121 Rapper with the 2003 hit “I Can” 122 “Judge ____” (1995 Stallone movie)

123 ____ and curl (salon treatment) 124 Not interfere

with

DOWN

1 Tower over the field

2 Sci-fi film with vehicles called “light cycles” 3 Loaded (with) 4 Prone to fidgeting

5 Some 1990s Toyotas 6 American fashion designer who once served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent 7 ____ pro nobis 8 Mixed together 9 Gets one over on

10 Junkyard warning, maybe

11 Play back? 12 Rust and quartz

13 Equity valuation stat 14 Tiny bit of work

15 Vodka brand, informally

16 She gained fame from her leading role in “Fame”

17 Having the means

18 ____ Lofgren, guitarist for the E Street Band

28 Wolflike

32 Great two-pair poker hand 34 Once called 35 Spanish resort island

36 “Sure, I guess ...”

37 Relating to egg cells

38 Actor who won a 2016 Presidenti­al Medal of Freedom 39 Six-line verse 43 Wilson of “Meet the Parents” 46 Colloquial contractio­n 48 Stops up 49 Surreptiti­ous 51 Greek H’s 52 Golfer Ernie 53 It ended on Nov. 11, 1918 56 Swell up 57 Laundry soap since 1908 58 “____, all ye faithful” 59 Classic fruity sodas 60 Occupied, with “in”

61 Accept as charged

68 “How sad!” 69 Liquor levy, e.g.

70 Provoke

71 Surgical inserts 72 Painter José María ____ 73 Kind words

74 “Va ____” (Italian “All right”) 75 Something to bookmark

76 Film director Jon

77 You, to Yves 78 “____ doctor, but ...”

79 Trait of a clingy romantic partner

80 Lead singer of rock’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who uses just the initial of her last name) 81 Churchill’s trademark gesture

82 Author born Truman Streckfus Persons 87 Not much at all 88 Ballet attire

89 Pig in a poke or pigeon drop 90 “The

Simpsons” grandpa

91 “More of the ____” (1967 No. 1 album) 95 Weepy 1954 Patti Page hit 96 Haberdashe­r’s clasp

97 Of the ankle 100 Stunned, in a

way

101 Walk heavily 102 Contemptib­le

sort

103 Toothy smile 104 Jazz’s James 108 Condo, e.g.

109 Kaffiyeh

wearer

110 Christmas-tree

hanging

113 Just between

us?

115 Family

nickname

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