The Commercial Appeal

The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Cinéma Vérité

- By Dan Margolis / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Advice columnist Savage

4 Out of tune ... or bubbles 8 Saturn or Mercury, once 11 ____ fever 16 Prayer leader 18 Opening

opening? 20 Yeats or

Keats 21 Pliocene, e.g. 22 Something to

build on 23 Ancient Aegean

land

24 The fly in fly

fishing, e.g. 25 Turn

26 Indy film?

(1981) 30 Render

unnecessar­y 31 Female deer 32 Classic sci-fi anthology whose first story is titled “Robbie” 35 Sound from a

flock

36 Road movie?

(1950)

40 Some M.I.T.

grads: Abbr. 41 Bizarre

43 React to a stubbed toe, maybe 44 Confident juggler’s props

45 Film director’s

cry

46 Blood work

locales

49 Sound of relief 52 Cannoli

ingredient

56 PG movie?

(1992) 63 Anthem

opening

64 A little bit of

work

66 Brush off 67 Draw out

69 One whose range goes from about F3 to F5, musically 70 Hilarious folks 72 World capital with the Gangnam district 74 Challenge 75 Hummingbir­d

feeder filler 77 Blatant

79 N.Y. engineerin­g sch.

80 Actress de Matteo of

“Sons of Anarchy” 81 Family film?

(1972)

84 Barely contain

anger

86 ____ glance 87 Thor : Thursday :: ____ : Wednesday 89 Suffix with

hero

90 Oration station 94 Cleverly self

referentia­l 98 Social stratum 100 Common 99¢

purchase

103 Dock-udrama?

(1954)

108 Spendthrif­t’s

opposite

110 ____ Palace, Indian tourist attraction

111 Perfectly timed 112 Pilot, e.g.

114 Short film?

(1989)

118 Where Minos

ruled

120 Safe, on

board

121 Violet variety 122 Wait in

neutral

123 Jack rabbits,

but not rabbits 124 Saturnus or

Mercurius

125 Part of a

sewing kit

126 Nair rival,

once

127 Not so moving? 128 Nile reptile

129 Its name is derived from the Greek for “I burn”

130 OB/GYNS, e.g.

DOWN

1 Wear off? 2 Easygoing 3 Hometowner­s 4 Toy (with), as an idea

5 Least strict 6 ____ mundi 7 Popular ABC programmin­g block of the ’90s 8 “Perhaps” 9 Fine spray 10 66 and others:

Abbr.

11 One of the

Borgias 12 Rubber-stamp,

say

13 Kids use it for

texts

14 “Vous êtes ____”

(French map notation) 15 Grp. with the Vezina Trophy 17 Pastels and charcoal, for two

19 Swear words? 20 More than

enough 27 Enjoy some dishes without doing dishes, perhaps 28 Hasten

29 ____ Tuesday (Aimee Mann’s band)

33 Dot follower 34 Some ESPN highlights, for short 37 Something often underlined and blue 38 Half-moon tide 39 ____ the crack

of dawn 42 Balderdash 45 Trickster of Shoshone mythology 47 Short-legged

hound

48 Fuel additive

brand

50 17, for an

R-rated movie 51 Director

Ashby 52 Dappled horse 53 Key

54 Hidden

downside 55 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward

57 In poor condition, as old machinery 58 Choler

59 ____ about (approximat­ely) 60 Undesirabl­e

plane seat 61 Often-animated

greeting

62 Yes or no

follower 65 Flub

68 Eye drop 71 New Deal program, in brief

73 Co. with brown

trucks 76 Palindromi­c

title

78 See 118-Down 82 Lady of Spain 83 Anti-mob law,

for short 85 Baby shower

gift 88 Photograph­er

Goldin

90 ____ Pérignon 91 ____ given

Sunday

92 “My package

arrived!” 93 Alcoholic drink consumed in one gulp 95 French stars 96 Clench

97 Utah national

park

99 Bit of ranch

dressing?

100 Got around

101 Street vendor 102 Radio buttons 104 First name of a literary “Papa”

105 Diminutive

106 Cat’s

pajamas?

107 Extends a

tour

109 Invite to enter 113 Parts of

kingdoms

115 When repeated, a “Seinfeld” expression

116 Scruff

117 Masseur’s

target

118 With 78-Down, Greek letters that together sound like a world capital 119 Dashed

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