New York Times Sunday Crossword
Constant Consonants
ACROSS
1 Socializes (with) 6 With 20-Across, fire
the whole staff 11 Most exorbitant 19 Showing more craft 20 See 6-Across 21 Artillery
22 With 105-Across, “What walks on four dino legs in the morning, four dino legs at noon and four dino legs in the evening?” and other riddles?
Genre for “Rush Hour” and “Lethal Weapon” Oversupplies
The band Ben Folds Five, oddly
The “A” of BART Any nonzero number to the zeroth power “Little Women” sister Pioneering silent director Weber Bitter Shopping binge Says “Quack” instead of “Buzz”? Like Cinderella’s stepsisters
Like tennis player Anna Smashnova’s name “High-five!” Melodic opera passages Something a new parent might take 47 Audio engineer’s
device
51 Tables in an Old
West saloon, e.g.? 55 “My Gal ____” 56 Admirer’s words 57 Source of hand-medowns Unloading sign The stuff of legends Member of the Be Sharps, Homer Simpson’s barbershop quartet Kerfuffle Olympic powerhouse in boxing 24
25 26
27 28
29 30
31 33 35
39 40
41 42
45 58 60 61 62 64 65 68
72 74 75
78 80 81
82 84
85 86 93 94 95
96 98 99 100
101 102
105 108 109 110 111
112 113
1 2 3 4 Confuse “stem” with “stern,” e.g. Claude ____, villain in “The Hunchback of Notre-dame” Some Dior dresses Change to the Constitution first proposed in 1921, for short
Chess gambit employed by gangster Tony Montana? Separate
Invite out for Things that may be kicked
Verse, quaintly English novelist Mcewan
“Je t’____” Claims that Louis XIV’S palace is better than all the other buildings in France combined?
In the middle of, old-style Parishioner’s offering Menaces to Indiana Jones
Really big show Side in checkers Not tread lightly Advertising claim that usually has a catch
Animal with a flexible snout “From my standpoint ...”
See 22-Across Most brave Increase
Start to type? Nickname for the capital of the Peach State
KFC order Groups of stars
DOWN
Site of a 1920s renaissance Relative of a guinea pig
Last innings, typically
Figures out 5 6 7 8
9 10
11 12 13
14 15 16
17 18 Sign of theatrical success Subject of a fundraiser Thelma’s road-trip partner Currency with a “zone”
Tempe sch.
Old game console, for short Nickname Aligned Icelandic literary work
Where a tunnel opens
“You’ll ____ for this!”
Extra couple of numbers?
Tea treats Mobile home not much seen nowadays 19
23 27
30
31 32 33 34
36 37 38
42 43
44 46
48 49 Bygone N.Y.C. punk club Informer
“____ longa, vita brevis”
Brings from outside with great effort
A in physics
Trig ratios
Pack rat
User of the Twitter handle @Pontifex Target number
It’s a blessing Person who helps with a crash, informally
Large wardrobe Finds hilarious, perhaps Deduce
A doctor might check them Together Full-bodied Argentine wines 50
51 52
53 54
59 61 63
66 67 69 70 71 72
73 76 77
79 Word often said with a drawn-out “e” sound
Took shots Single squat or crunch
Small goofs Craft in a close encounter 54-Down genre ____-compliant Doomed to fail, for short Motorcade head Tender feelings Debonair
La-la interval Sierra ____ Friend of Athos and Porthos
Smear in print “Goodfellas” co-star Onetime fad item with replacement seeds Culmination 83
85 86 87
88 89 90
91 92 93 97 99 100 101 103 104
105
106 107 Songs to be played at a concert Gives the nod Has because of Portmanteau for a TV addict
Inc. relative ____ to go Some deals from dealerships Whiz
Church toppers Completely destroy Approximately Hammer part Half-man/half-goat “Toodle-oo!” South, in Brazil Texted question to someone who hasn’t shown up yet Automotive initialism
Louis XIV, e.g.
Key in a corner