NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
Across
1 Chest protectors 7 The 2000s, with “the” 14 Camry competitor 20 Fisher of fashion 21 Coming up
22 1943 conference site 23 “Put that Southern state on next month’s agenda”? 25 Like some wedding cakes and stadiums 26 Sulk
27 Pooh’s pal
28 New York : The Big Apple :: ____ :
The Big Guava 30 Pain in the neck
31 Go off course 32 What a male baby-sitter may sport? 36 Panama, e.g.: Abbr. 37 Numbskull 38 Minuscule, informally 39 Romantic liaison 42 Shared with, as a story 45 Ending with chick 46 Spoils, in a way 47 Playing a fifth N.F.L. period, say 48 Romanian currency 50 Capital of Yemen 54 Race pace
55 ____ volente (God willing)
56 Like a fired Broadway star? 59 Small handful 62 Comedian Smirnoff 64 Auric Goldfinger, to James Bond 65 Leave thunderstruck 66 Color in“America the Beautiful”
68 Do to do
69 A.A.A. and B.B.B. 71 Jai ____
72 One in a crowd at a bookstore? 73 Total
74 Billiards feature
75 South American greeting 76 Eskimo-____ languages 77 Winter hrs. in Vail 78 Sweaty, irritable rabbit?
83 Suffix with nod84 Follow
86 Really bother
87 Grp. in the Oscarwinning documentary “Citizenfour” 88 Kunis of “Black Swan” 89 Stuck
92 Bit of bar food 94 Real hoot 96 Commotions 97 Setting for many Stephen King novels 99 “The Persistence of Memory”artist 100 “Pencils down!” 101 What’ll feed everyone
at a tailgate party? 104 “What else
could it be?!”
107 Road to the
Forum, e.g.
108 “Lovergirl”singer
____ Marie
109 Christmas-song
contraction
110 Broadway star Rivera 112 Supermodel
Bündchen
114 Reformed
barbarian?
118 Start of a
marital spat?
119 2000s TV hit
set in Baltimore 120 Guinness entry
121 Vocal quavers
122 A cross might
be given for it
123 Invites across
the threshold
Down
1 Held in reserve 2 Queen topper 3 Jostle
4 Move, informally 5 Is unobliged to 6 Soldier, for one 7 Curtain fabric 8 Ticked off
9 Wear and tear 10 Some sporty cars 11 Popular landscaping plants 12 Compact 13 Dreaded comment on a returned exam 14 Lead-in to boy or girl 15 Island chain? 16 1993 film that garnered Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars 17 Turnaround too tempting to pass up? 18 Wand wielder 19 “What happened next?”
24 Puzzle inventor Rubik 29 Brandy fruit 33 Unpopular baby name 34 Formation fliers 35 Hour in the graveyard shift 37 Target of a 1972 ban 40 It’s inescapable 41 “Shoot!”
42 Nice piece of change 43 Plays without a break 44 “Check out the Argentine soccer star!”?
45 500, e.g. 49 Exercitation
51 Grp. that might have a launch party 52 Where kids get creative in school 53 Diving equipment co-invented by Jacques Cousteau 56 Shout from an arm waver 57 Exodus
58 They may have many chapters 60 Part of the brain that controls involuntary functions
61 Reds, Blues or Browns 63 World Cup chant 67 Start to practice? 70 Schedule position 79 Baltic Sea feeder 80 2005 horror sequel 81 Undercover operation 82 Stuffy-sounding 85 Heavenly 88 Picture of health, in brief?
89 Tense
90 First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar 91 Tivoli’s Villa d’____ 93 Attractions for bees 95 They’re always tired 97 French ice-cream flavorer
98 Lessener
99 Gossip
102 Moor
103 “____ where
they ain’t”
104 Natural-historymuseum exhibits, for short
105 Centers of early
development 106 Composer who
taught Beethoven 108 “Bill & ____ Excellent Adventure” 111 Pawn
113 Short, for short
115 1945 battle site, informally 116 2018 Super Bowl number 117 Internet ____ (what we live in)