New York Times Sunday Crossword
Hidden Tactics
Instructions: The center of this puzzle represents a 70-Down/55-down, in which you can achieve a 122-Across by moving the 25Across.
ACROSS
1 Cleaning product in a dangerous 2010s viral internet challenge
8 “Home” in a classic
song
16 Jack of children’s
rhyme
21 “Agreed”
22 Escapes, as molasses 23 Irregularly notched,
as a leaf
24 Protein found in hair
and hooves
25 See instructions 27 Watson’s creator 28 Pain for a tiler, maybe
Yearbook
Side represented by Adams and Elgort Doctor’s order Dorothy’s caretaker in “The Wizard of Oz”
Irritate Irritable
Verify the addition of Nabisco product with an exclamation point in its name That guy’s
Ill repute, to a Brit Santa ____ winds Some ovations Become attentive Succeeds Cowboy flick Eve’s counterpart What a plant may exude
Freak out Treasure
When doubled, a Thor Heyerdahl book 73 Mother ____ 74 [Grumble, grumble] 75 Pith holders
76 Set aside for now 78 Score elements: Abbr.
Digital message Old gold coin Map of Hawaii or Alaska, often
82 1974 Gould/ Sutherland C.I.A. spoof Lushes Deteriorate with age Cut into bits Prevents, legally 30 31 34 35 37
40 41 42 43
49 50 52 55 60 61 65 66 67
69 71 72 79 80 81 83 84 86 88
89 90 92 95 98 104 107
108 109
111 116
117 118 121 122 125 128
129 130
131 132
133 1
2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14
Letters near an X-ray machine People native to Tennessee and the Carolinas “While I have you ...,” in a text Classic 1922 film subtitled “A Symphony of Horror” Brown-headed nest appropriator “Fighting” college team
Maker of pens and lighters
Sheer fabric
First commercial film shown in stereophonic sound
Key of Bizet’s first symphony
Side represented by O
87 is a common one Conspicuous Yuletide contraction See instructions Arrests Outpost for an osprey
No longer needed for questioning Senator Tammy Duckworth or former Senator Max Cleland Symbol of directness Arrived at, as an answer Swollen area
DOWN
Hangout often near a pool
Glacial hue
Like Mount Kilimanjaro
Doe in ‘‘Bambi’’ Polling fig. French acceptances Title 1962 film villain Valentine heart, e.g. Urban cacophony Slate, e.g. Touch up, as styled hair
Some airborne particulates
What dashes may represent in internet searches
Kind of reaction 15
16 17
18 19
20 26 29 32
33 35 36 38 39 40
43 44 Ike’s W.W. II command
Veto on movie night Figure in many a fairy tale Mischievous One-named singer with the 2002 No. 1 hit “Foolish” Some cuppas No longer edible Computing acronym Silicon Valley startup V.I.P.
Baby fox Unexceptional Prefix with planet St. Louis’s ____ Bridge, the oldest span over the Mississippi
Biblical high priest The “u” spelling of 50-Across, e.g.: Abbr. Figures in the Sistine Chapel
Part of Africa or an orchestra Answer Below 45
46 47 48 51
53
54 55 56
57 58 59
61 62
63
64 66
68 Your signature might be in this
Came down hard Terrific Chatter
City that hosted the 1974 World’s Fair Rare beneficiaries of royal succession Together
See instructions Dating-app distance metric
Stat
Lush
Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon Enter incorrectly Jawbone of ____ (biblical weapon) How early Beatles songs were recorded Best
Suffix on many an infomercial product’s name Self-inflicted ritual death of a samurai 70 73 77
82 85 87
88 90
91 92 93
94
96 97
99
100 101 102 103 See instructions Leash
Dulce de ____ (confection) Notice
____ Luis Obispo One of 24 in un giorno
Those: Sp. Banned aerosol propellant, for short Green: Prefix Like some lenses Wrong pipe, so to speak
Spends December through March (in) Bit of judo attire One-named singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier” Indianapolis-to-st. Louis dir. “Phooey!”
Ape
Calls it quits Boutique stock 105
106 108
110 111 112 113 114 115
118 119
120 123
124 126
127 Barbie’s younger sister
Long (for)
Part of an M.A. program application Religious sch. Called out
Any of the Apennines In ____ (grumpy) War hawk Situation after a leadoff single Ball ____
Big org. in Saturdayafternoon TV “Indiana Jones” setting
Half of a 1955 union merger Singer’s syllable They’ll sound sped up at 45 r.p.m. French director Besson