The Commercial Appeal

The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Partnershi­ps

- By Daniel Grinberg / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Venomous snake

6 “To be honest ... ” 12 “My goodness!” 16 Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet 19 Like the water in a whistling teakettle 20 Puzzled

remark

21 A student may pass it

22 Kid’s refrigerat­or display 23 Lawpartner­s 25 Booty call? 27 How-to manual

component 28 ____ learning 29 Richard of

“Chicago” 30 Mount ____, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth 31 Having a very high body mass index

33 Singer with the 2020 album “A Holly Dolly Christmas” 35 Problems with streaming

36 Puller of strings? 39 Silentpart­ners 42 Noticeably

amazed

43 Leigh who played Scarlett 44 Train ticket info, for short 45 Writing partners 48 Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in “Calvin and Hobbes”

54 Red ____ 55 Who “can get in the way of what I feel for you,” in a 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys hit 56 Business suits? 57 Famous bed-in

participan­t 58 Nest noise

60 For example 63 Salmon and sturgeon delicacies 64 Partnersin crime 69 Modern

meeting method 70 Some U.S. space

launch rockets 71 “See ya” 72 Requests at

security lines 73 Chicago mayor

Lightfoot

74 Gave up

76 First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C. 79 Flier trier? 82 Business partners 85 Commotion 86 Fervent

believer 88 Walker’s need 89 Romantic

partners 94 Tight-fitting

suits 96 Apartment, in

real estate talk 97 Core principles 98 Bake, as an egg 99 Evil Kermit or

Grumpy Cat

100 How Phileas

Fogg traveled 101 Money in coins rather than bills

104 Earnest request 108 Like some

vinaigrett­e

110 Domestic

partners

112 Sponge off of 113 Calendar row 114 Magazine bestowing

Best of Beauty awards

115 Not a big studio

film

116 Take possession

of

117 Makes a typo,

say

118 Gave a boost

119 S-shaped

moldings

DOWN

1 Officers above capts.

2 What San Diego and Tijuana do 3 Airplane ____

4 “Notorious” rap nickname

5 It may be blond, brown or ginger 6 Of the utmost quality 7 Snapchatte­r’s request

8 1981 Stephen King thriller 9 Certain bolt holder

10 Being fixed, as a

car at a garage 11 Vegan milk source

12 Still being debugged 13 Turn against 14 Event organizer’s count

15 ____ to come 16 Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice 17 Like monarch

butterflie­s 18 Debut album for

Etta James

24 Apollo’s half brother

26 Fool

29 Sweet red

dessert wine 32 Representa­tives’

term lengths 34 A thing in

poker? 36 Unfortunat­e

events, old-style 37 C.I.A. whistle

blower Philip 38 Encountere­d by

chance 39 Subject of a Magritte work (or not?) 40 Simple palindromi­c reply to “Madam, I’m Adam”

41 Fiscal year div. 43 Ryder ride 46 Dweeb 47 Rihanna or

Mariah Carey 49 Have a

preference 50 Deep-fried

tortilla dish 51 Group of

heavies 52 Universal donor’s blood type, in brief 53 Brand of pads 59 Sewing 101 assignment 60 Didn’t go anywhere 61 Spanish article 62 Investment options, for short

63 Setting for Hitchcock’s “Notorious,” informally 64 Portend 65 Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30 66 More eye

catching 67 Anthony ____, 1950s British P.M.

68 Villain with the “real” name Edward Nigma 69 Teen’s woe 73 Big game

changer? 74 This is what it sounds like when doves cry

75 P.D. or F.D. worker 77 Kindergart­en comeback 78 Indefinite degrees 80 Sweetness and

sourness 81 Canoodling in a crowd, for short 82 Prominent feature of the Who’s “My Generation” 83 Cheer for Real

Madrid 84 Drinking game that requires aim

87 Winter setting

in N.Y.C. 89 Deceptive talk 90 Perturbati­on 91 Small hole

drilling tool 92 Obstinate sort 93 Talents 94 Really stood

out

95 Patchy in color 98 Close call

102 Sport with

saddles

103 Bevy : quails ::

mob : ____ 105 Fill with

freight

106 Lake largely fed by the Detroit River 107 Lemon or lime drinks, informally

109 Wonder

110 Piano tune

111 Words accompanyi­ng a headshot, in brief

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