New York Times Sunday Crossword

Of Course!

ACROSS

1 Big inits. in news 4 Place to visit in a suit 10 Sign of winter’s end 16 Purchase that often

costs 99¢ 19 Something picked at

with a pickax 20 Comic Jones formerly

of ‘‘S.N.L.’’

21 Fleet

22 Low-____

23 Duffer’s approach shots that barely go anywhere?

25 Like kids, but not

mom or dad?

26 Gaza grp.

27 Bad position for a

server

28 Pick up

30 CD follower

31 Flair

32 Post-mao Chinese

leader

33 Duffer’s putt that

just misses?

37 Goes on a tweetstorm

____ Reader

Tiny insects in a swarm

41 Founder of Wikileaks Common skirt feature Preparatory time Nickname for a duffer who can’t hit straight? ‘‘____ on!’’ Yapped like a dog Make (out) Pauses

King Midas’s downfall

Sport Showing signs of neglect Orphan girl in Byron’s ‘‘Don Juan’’ Lodgers

Result of spectators’ heckling a duffer? 71 Rope holding down a

bowsprit

73 Course that’s free of

obstacles?

74 It was ‘‘a no-go’’ in Billy Joel’s ‘‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’’ ‘‘Such is life!’’ Foaming at the mouth

81 Certain insurance

coverage 39 40 44

45 46

49 51 55 56 57

59 60

62

64 66 77 78 84 85 87 88

90

92 94 95 98 99 100

104 108

109 110 111

112 113 115

118 119 120 121 122

123

124 125

1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14

Line on a map: Abbr. Protection Rapper Lil ____ X Duffer’s problems with an angled club? Scale starter, per ‘‘The Sound of Music’’

Attach to the end of On the button ‘‘I’m listening’’ Physician Jonas Actress Davis Duffer’s reasons to choose a wood? Turntable rates, in brief Letter-shaped fastener

____ order

Wolf (down) Button on a DVD player

Cool, in an uncool way Something consumed with a cracker?

Like the duffer in this puzzle? Palindrome in poetry Box up

Cause of fatigue VW predecessors? New York city on Long Island Sound Like the ‘‘Mona Lisa’’ in 1911

Civics and Accords School of thought

DOWN

Wanderer

____ Parade, annual June celebration Intel producer Scads

Part of the upper bod

‘‘Or so’’

V.I.P. rosters More yellow, but not yet brown, say Like a question for which ‘‘maybe’’ is not an option Capital of French Polynesia

Off the internet, to internet users Blue toon in a white dress Chocolate substitute Japanese soybean appetizer 15 16

17 18 24 29 31

33

34 35

36 38 41 42

Nickname that can be either masculine or feminine Standard outlet connection Grand dwelling Carelessly drops Ankle-biter Move stealthily Weapon sought by Voldemort Woman with a wellknown internet ‘‘list’’ Cardiologist’s tool Like some personalities

Go full ____ (throw a world-class hissy fit) Certain employee at ESPN or Jpmorgan Chase Vanquishers of kings?

Drink in a little cup 43 44 47 48 50 52

53 54

57

58 61

63 65 67

Piece of training equipment in boxing Put forth, as a theory

Dance that men often do shirtless Europe-based grp. with no European members

Org. that employs radio telescopes Principle of harmonious design Absorb, as a loss Ones practicing: Abbr.

____ Purchase, 1853 land deal with Mexico

Actor Patel Thorn in a dictator’s side

Grassy field

Kind of rating Road crew’s supply 68 69

70 71 72 75 76

79 80

82 83 86 88 89

91 93

House speaker before Pelosi Went green, perhaps?

Called up

Call to a shepherd Stadium cry Milk sources Disintegrate, in a way, as cells in the body

S?O?S in Gotham City

Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs Simple shelter Spanish winds Convinced

No longer sleeping ‘‘Marriage Story’’ co-star, to fans Simple and ingenious

Sparkle 95

96 97 99 101

102 103 105

106

107 111 113 114 116

117

Have trouble deciding Headstrong Spot coverage? Like a wunderkind Edie of ‘‘The Sopranos’’ Spoilers, of a sort Witch

‘‘Catch That ____ Spirit’’ (old ad slogan)

Exams for some bio majors

Pull some strings? Guesses by GPSES Director Craven Play with Thurman of ‘‘Pulp Fiction’’

Word with rolling or bowling