New York Times Sunday Crossword
Ready ,Se t ... Get slo w!
ACROSS
1 Palindromic band with the palindromic song title “SOS” 5 Place for an oxygen
tent, for short
8 A whole bunch 13 High-level H.S. math
class
19 Exploit
20 Dandy
21 Like many barrels 22 “Yay!”
23 Cheer for beer on
campus? 26 Milan-based fashion
brand
27 Skate effortlessly 28 Put down in print 29 Part of a strip
31 West of Chicago 32 Discerning judgment 33 Author Calvino 35 Played the fall guy? 37 Half-____ (rhyming
order)
38 Hoot at an out-of-focus nature photograph?
43 Chicago university 46 Small three-legged
table
47 Two-time best actor,
1954 and 1972 48 “____ Old Cowhand”
(Bing Crosby hit) 49 Put away
52 “If you ask me,”
briefly
53 Something populists
revile
54 Antsy feeling when one is out of cellphone range? Sport ____
One of the dames in 2018’s “Tea With the Dames”
61 Like the lion slain by
Hercules
62 Cans
66 “Tilted Arc” sculptor Richard
Jackie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 70 Places to sleep 71 Spanish-omelet
ingredient
72 Isaac’s firstborn 73 Fought
75 Bête ____ 77 Counterpart of frost 59 60 68 78 82 85 86
87 88
89 92 94
98 99
100
101 104 107
108 110 112 114
117 118 119 120 121 122 123
124 1 2
3 4
5 6 7
8 9 10 11
12
Where a demanding dockworker gets supplies? Snack item with a salient anagram? Word that’s its own synonym in reverse Symbol of danger or anger
Boot Discriminating against elders They’ve got talent “Ditto!” Landing in Rotterdam?
Curry or Rice Snack items with their name on the top and bottom Result of union negotiations, often Lotion-bottle abbr. Native seal hunter Part of a college application, informally Unfeeling Roaster or toaster It’s not legal Piano that plays only a certain three notes?
Slips “Fingers crossed!” Wrath
A long time ago Willie Mays phrase A little tight Pseudoscientific subj. Charon’s river
DOWN
“Waste not, want not,” e.g.
It has a button in the middle
Show to be untrue Reason that some students struggle in school, for short “____ were you ...” Joint effort, slangily Requiring difficult pedaling, say Exclusive Phone Pseudonymously Manny’s last name on “Modern Family” Slip through 13 14 15 16
17 18
24 25 30 34
35 36
38 39
“Of course!”
Bill padding Time out? Stuffed and deepfried rice balls, in Italian cuisine Name-tag holders Political system with a paramount leader Vocal quintet? More or less Work well together Translation of the French “vivre” or German “leben” Rested
World capital settled by Vikings circa the ninth century Scourge
Apt rhyme for “constrain” 40 41 42 43 44 45 50 51 53
55
56 57 58
Martin Sheen’s real first name Name of seven Danish kings
“Le ____,” Matisse work that hung upside down at the Museum of Modern Art for 47 days Neglect
Acts dramatically Bakery/cafe chain Like a bowl Cheat, informally Refusing to answer directly Suggested intake level, for short Glass fragment Correct
“Two Sisters” or “Two Young Girls at the Piano” 63 64 65
67 69
71
73 74
76 79
80
81 82 83 84 89 90
Struck Exceedingly
Site of a 1976 South African uprising Quaintly countrified Virtual animals in an early 2000s fad “____ Got the Whole World in His Hands” Attended Alternative to a snake
They catch waves Nickname on “The Addams Family” Shakespeare’s “You, too?”
Bugs Bunny, e.g. Sob stories Christina of pop “Here, move over” Not much at all Trattoria dumplings 91 93 95 96
97 101 102
103 105 106 108 109 111 113 115 116
New England fish Dork “Catch-22” pilot Cloth that may get a lot of tears Handy types Meager Walker ____, 1962 National Book Award winner Shipping option Sundance state Place for un béret Concessions
It beats a deuce Stock sounds
Bit of sun
Short flight Informal affirmative