EXES & NOS
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He says this puzzle reminds him of an old Steven Wright line: ‘‘I almost had psychic girlfriend — but she left me before we met.’’ This is his third puzzle for The Times, all Sundays. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Band of supporters 5 Something
absolutely necessary 10 ‘‘____ and Janis’’
(comic strip) 14 Oomph
17 Word from the French for ‘‘high wood’’
18 Washed out
20 Dock
21 Something a
winner may run into 22 ‘‘It’s tough finding the right person. My first boyfriend was a perfectly nice atheist, but he ... ’’ 24 Tour de France
seasons
25 Side dish at a fish
fry
26 Main component of
Saturn’s rings
27 Lena of ‘‘Enemies,
a Love Story’’
28 ‘‘So then I dated a fun couch potato, but he ... ’’ 31 Nonstarters? 33 Toeing the line 34 Fútbol cheer 35 Italian wine region 36 ‘‘30 for 30’’ airer 39 The 1 in {1,2,3}:
Abbr.
40 Lab vessel 42 Camphor, e.g. 45 One getting depressed during exams?
47 They’re found near
traps
48 ‘‘Then my friend set me up with a recluse, but he ... ’’ 52 Comedian Mort 54 Classic Hawaiian
folk song 55 Superman and
others, for short 56 Book with a notable world premiere?
59 What middlemen
do
60 Noisy beachgoer 62 Bun in a bamboo
steamer 63 Internet encryption
inits.
65 Binary
66 ‘‘I dated my rock climbing instructor for a while, but he just ... ’’ 68 ____-Pacific
69 Not sparkling 71 Blast-furnace
supply
72 Baloney
73 Bad signs for a
bank robber 75 Academic journal with a Breakthrough of the Year award 77 U.K. track-starturned-politician Sebastian 78 Mishmashes 79 Swindled
80 ‘‘Then I had a fling with a Pittsburgh Penguin, but I knew he ... ’’
83 Cuisine featuring
som tam
86 Drill command 88 Feel another’s pain 89 Cavalryman of old 91 Big ____ (Olympic
snowboarding event) 92 Whimper 93 Starters, for short 97 Outback speedster 98 Keep rhythm, as a
conductor might 101 Wisconsin town with a clothing namesake
104 ‘‘I was in a serious relationship with a hippie, but he ... ’’ 106 Org. issuing vaccine standards starting in 2021 107 It may be part of a
solution
108 Together, in music 109 Fading sea name 110 ‘‘Finally, I started seeing a charming magician, and he
. . . ’’
113 Pan, in part
114 Fun-size
115 Kind of thesis 116 Weekend
warrior’s woe 117 Happening offline,
to a texter
118 Relaxation
119 Devotee of Haile
Selassie, informally 120 Bit of kitchen
waste
DOWN
1 Big name in pricey
cigars
2 You can’t say it
doesn’t count
3 Lizzie is one, in the
‘‘Cars’’ movies 4 Crossword solving
option
5 Watchmaker since
2015
6 It lands on the White House’s South Lawn
7 ____ Bator,
Mongolia
8 On the ____ 9 Fastened, in a way 10 Making change 11 Well past the
freshness date, say 12 ‘‘My Fair Lady’’
composer 13 Actor/comedian who was a regular on Johnny Carson’s ‘‘Tonight Show’’ 14 Meathead 15 Military uniform
feature 16 Bluish-gray shades 19 Scintilla 21 ‘‘Shameful!’’ 23 Alley-____ 29 Possessive types? 30 Way to go: Abbr. 32 ‘‘You’re so wrong
about that!’’ 37 Lead-in to Cat 38 Something that all but three U.S. presidents have had while in office 41 ‘‘Time out’’ in the
N.B.A.
43 What makes the
short list?
44 Total jerk
45 Boxing highlight 46 Apply to 48 Jokesters 49 Some native
Alaskans
50 Tile work 51 Leadership
position
53 Bit of a chuckle 56 Rubberneck
57 ‘‘A house divided against ____ cannot stand’’ 58 Rubylike gem 60 Richard of
‘‘Chicago’’
61 Native people for whom a state is named
62 When doubled, a
candy
64 Quick with a
clapback 66 So-called ‘‘Father
of Liberalism’’ 67 Conflict taking a
couple of seconds? 70 Soccer star Messi, to fans
73 Capital of Fiji
74 ‘‘How ____ Your
Mother’’ 76 Beloved site for the Irish … and French 77 Journalist who was the first woman to guesthost ‘‘Jeopardy!’’ 78 Hard stuff that
jiggles
80 ‘‘We’ll be in
touch!’’ often 81 Dr. of 112-Down 82 Counterpart of
full, in a way 83 Wise guys? 84 One might be
smoke-filled 85 Not surprisingly 87 Big name in hot
dogs
90 Face on a penny,
familiarly
92 Strong suit 94 Regulate 95 Cupid’s love 96 Mideast currency
unit
99 Features of some
halls
100 Mucky
substances
102 Twin sister of
He-Man
103 What, in multiple senses, might get tipped 105 Take place? 106 Redding who
wrote ‘‘Respect’’ 111 Crispr material 112 See 81-Down
Answers will be printed in next week’s crossword puzzle page.