New York Times Sunday Crossword

Pluses and Minuses

ACROSS

1 Bedbug, e.g. 5 “Police Line — Do

Not Cross” material 9 Gay ____

14 Blemish for a

straight-a student 19 R.p.m. indicator 20 Having gone tit for

tat

21 Florida city whose name ends with two state postal abbreviations

22 Humiliate

23 Makes eye contact

before undressing? 26 Hoosier hoopster 27 Expatriate 28 Wide-eyed type 29 “What ____ thou?” 31 One of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council 32 One reading up on infant care, maybe Equilibrium Minor setback Butts

Parent wearing your Superman costume? Year abroad

The sun, for one “Party Up (Up in Here)” rapper, 2000 Bugs’s cartoon pursuer

46 Org. with evening

meetings

47 Book after Jonah 49 “Get ____”

51 Root beer brand since 1937 Script suggestion about starting the fight scene? A.F.L. partner

The “A” of I.P.A. Ocean buildup Willa who wrote “My Ántonia” Mean-spirited sort Richard Gere title role

Eat a little here, a little there

70 Greek god of sleep 72 Take for granted 34 36 38 39

42 43 44

45 54

60 61 62 63

65 68

69 76

77 78

84 86 87

88 89 91 94 95 96

101 102 103

104 106 107 109

111 113 115 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

1

2 3 4 5

6 7 Early Chinese dynasty

Black ____ Ballet choreography?

Sport

RR ____ Widening of the mouth? Broody genre Racy film

FEMA offering Cartoonist Thomas Beaut

Was harder for the bronco buster to hold on to? High flier Firstborn University of Illinois city Lumbering, say In days of yore “Same with me” Subjects of an apartment restriction Actresses Field and Hawkins

Rarity in a Polish name?

Like the digit “0” in 2018?

Iowa senator elected in 2014

“... but I could be wrong” Reynolds of “Deadpool”

James who was nominated for a 1967 Grammy for “Tell Mama” Hives, e.g. Forte’s opposite Old flames Balance

DOWN

All-too-common V.A. diagnosis Corroded

Fall guy

Loses intentionally What the classics stand “Selma” director Duvernay Southernmost Ivy 8 9 10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18 24 25 30 33 Hyphen’s longer cousin Agricultural locale that’s weed-friendly?

Down’s counterpart: Abbr.

Trail mix bit

Title city in a 1960 #1 song

“Don’t panic” Event for Jesus described in Matthew 3:13-17 Kegler’s org. Popular Mexican folk song Depletes

It’s a wrap

“Uhh ...” Positioned Lambaste Auto-repair chain 35 37 38 40

41 43

48 49

50 52

53 55 56

57 58 59 64 Boxcars half Looped in, in a way Skipper, informally Places for conductors

Kind of tide Breakfast order at a diner

Giggle syllable The New Yorker cartoonist Chast Tip of the tongue? Number between nueve and once Put out

Make Politician inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame Trunk

Tally, in Britain Vituperated Orbitz booking 65 66 67 71

72 73

74 75

76 79 80 81 82 83

85 90 Grub

Build up Fickleness of life Demeaners of the #Metoo movement, say

Part of a stockyard Dungeons & Dragons, e.g., for short T-shirt size: Abbr. First name on the Supreme Court Monsoons Draws Treeless plain

Put on an act? February birthstones 1899 gold rush destination

Be absolutely awesome

Makes potable, in a way 91 92 93 96 97

98 99 100

101 105 108 110

112 114 116 117 Wall St. worker Probably will Supergiant in Cygnus A state of rapture Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE Some arm bones Journalist Fallaci Emotionally developed

____ whale Bacon runoff Cockeyed Boundary between the earth and the underworld, in myth R.B.I. or H.R.S

The “e” of i.e.

III or IV, maybe When doubled, a 2010s dance craze