New York Times Sunday Crossword
ACROSS
1 Poor-weather driving
aid 7 Pale-faced 11 Texting format, for
short 14 Indonesian island 18 Possible weapon in a
bar fight 19 Resting place for a
polar bear 20 “I totally crushed
that!” 22 It’s actually made of
55-Down 24 Companion of Jason 25 Wood that makes up the foundation of much of Venice 26 Clomped (on) 27 Basil who designed England’s Coventry Cathedral 28 Level 29 “____ All That” (1999
rom-com) 30 Who 93-Down was all
along 35 Product of Boston or
Chicago 36 Part of a KFC order 37 Enthusiastic assent
in Madrid 38 Cambodia’s Lon ____ 39 What flows in une
rivière 40 The “E” of Q.E.D. 42 Boat with a very fine
net 44 “Phooey!” 45 It turns out to be
99-Down 49 Beefcake’s pride 50 Fresh 51 House call? 52 Up to this point 53 Bad luck, old-style 56 Joke, slangily 57 Metal band around a
pencil eraser 61 Peeping aid 63 Fashion 66 It really is an 8-Down 69 Has pegged, say 70 Disappointment for someone looking for a parking spot 72 Record-holder for the most times hosting the Academy Awards 74 Limit 75 Studio sign 76 Ga. neighbor 79 Indonesia’s ____
Islands 80 Nothing, in Latin 82 Having a spare tire,
maybe 83 What 11-Down does,
shockingly 88 Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo 90 Relating to the sun 91 Tolkien’s trilogy, for
short 92 Cut 93 U.S. broadcaster
overseas 94 ____ row 95 The end: Fr. 96 “Dies ____” 100 To whom the title “45-Down” was referring the whole time 103 Big name in headphones 104 Hindu god of destruction 105 Trims 106 Kids’ character who says, “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside” 107 Annual meal 108 Learned inside and
out 111 Warning for solvers
of this puzzle 114 Source of one’s
sense of balance 115 Many resting places 116 Plant that’s the source of a caffeinefree tea 117 One way to sit by 118 Squeeze (out) 119 Figure in statistics 120 Altercation
DOWN
1 “Gangsta’s Paradise”
rapper 2 Tomboy 3 Subjects of some food-package warnings 4 Cake finisher 5 Extra in “The Sound
of Music” 6 Make it clear how things are going to go 7 Natural dos 8 See 66-Across 9 Ground breaker 10 Itch 11 See 83-Across 12 Muddles 13 Accept, as a package 14 “The Devil and Daniel
Webster” author 15 Nabokov novel 16 Lucy of “Charlie’s
Angels” 17 TV “Cousin” 18 Jrs. take them 21 Good person to ask
for directions 23 Actor Kinnear 27 Not covering much 29 Picket, e.g. 30 Pre-euro money 31 Govt. cultural org.
until 1999 32 Big cheese 33 Suffix with Jacob 34 Throw on the floor? 37 Sound in the stacks 41 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” protagonist 42 Lead-in to foam 43 Oh follower 44 “Tiny Bubbles”
singer 45 See 100-Across 46 Hill of R&B 47 Inquired about 48 Jamie of “M*A*S*H” 49 Falls for 54 Brightest star in
Aquila 55 See 22-Across 57 Swamp 58 Kind of port 59 Regulus’s constellation 60 Draw back 62 Slapstick prop 64 Puccini pieces 65 Stolen item in “Alice
in Wonderland” 67 Moving aid 68 State quarters? 71 Rest 73 Penguin and others 77 Lead-in to Jon or
Wayne 78 Exclusive groups 80 Nothing but ____ 81 Player of Nelson Mandela in “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” 84 Interest for a limnologist 85 Some core classes:
Abbr. 86 Treehouse builder,
maybe 87 Unattended 88 Exclusion 89 Big name in kitchen
utensils 90 Center of a roast 93 See 30-Across 95 Jester 97 Cause a wedgie 98 Opposed
99 See 45-Across 101 Bucko 102 Major John ____, Benedict Arnold’s coconspirator 103 Western capital 106 Koi’s habitat 107 Baghdad’s ____ City 108 Early millennium
year 109 Not to mention 110 Show with a “cold
open,” for short 111 Excel command 112 For 113 Remote button