NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
Across
1 Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year 8 Presidential advisory
grp.
11 Covers
18 Worked on some
screenwriting? 19 Major work
21 Like the French directors Eric Rohmer and Jean-Luc Godard 22 Poseur
23 Kid’s creation out of pillows
24 Kind of elephant 25 Last monarch of the House of Stuart 26 Destructive sort 29 Photographer Adams
30 Lines in geometry 31 Android’s counterpart 32 ____ Xtra (soda) 34 Scoundrel 36 Worked from home? 39 Cease communication 41 Bug-studying org. 42 Steinbeck novella set in La Paz 46 Topic for Sun Tzu 47 Has as a tenant 49 Shakespearean king
50 Retired chat service 51 Military term of address
52 Perry of fashion 53 “I knew that would happen!” 58 “Twelfth Night” twin
62 Thin pancake
63 Spa treatment 64 Flowery
66 ____ Nation (record label for Jay-Z and J. Cole) 67 Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle’s 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows? 71 Stewbum 72 Noted brand of guitars
73 Use an ice pack on 74 What a conductor might conduct 75 Online admin 77 Where a big bowl is found 79 Indication to bow slowly, say 80 Creator of the “Planet Money” podcast
82 Like a boiled lobster 83 Buoy
85 Poe ode 89 Nicknamed 90 Largest moon in the solar system 91 Got down 92 Discharges 94 Reasons for sneezin’ 95 They might be backless
97 Fan favorite 98 Frequent Twitter
poster
99 Thick hairstyle 103 For the case at hand 105 Hooded cloak 109 Home to the historic
Moana Hotel
110 Connecticut city
near New Haven 112 ____ speak
113 Kind of race
115 Dum-dums
116 In ____ (entirely) 117 Bit of advice before taking off? 118 Evasive basketball move
119 Brooding sort 120 Häagen-Dazs
alternative
Down
1 Big name in Scotch 2 Appliance brand 3 Word before goat or state
4 Sporks have small ones
5 Suffix with crap 6 Bird bills
7 Now there’s a thought!
8 Sign by a pool 9 Features of monarch butterfly wings 10 Add salt to, maybe 11 Santa ____ 12 Former Buick sedans 13 “Victory is mine!” 14 Covered with water 15 Sleek fabrics 16 Closest to base? 17 Dry, as wine 20 Daze
27 Jessica of “The Illusionist”
28 Empty 33 Chocolate purchase 35 Language with six tones
36 180s
37 Dallas pro
38 Limit on what can be charged
39 “All right, let’s play!” 40 Butcher’s stock 42 Nickname for Springsteen
43 Comics superhero with filed-off horns 44 Joins forces? 45 Run off
46 Actor Wheaton 48 Prefix with -nomial 50 Joins forces 54 Insurance giant whose name begins with a silent letter 55 Spoke tediously, with “on”
56 Just for laughs 57 Marble marvel 59 Cuban province where the Castros were born 60 Found (in) 61 Nail-polish remover 63 Trivia venue 65 Margarine container 68 Sign of wind on water 69 Range that’s home to the Mark Twain National Forest
70 Unit of 74-Across 76 It stands for January 78 Raiders’org. 79 Big name in chips 81 Hamlet’s plot in “Hamlet”
84 “To what ____?” 85 Bill
86 Italian castle town 87 Advance warning 88 Nancy Drew’s boyfriend 89 “Finally!” 90 Roman Empire invader 93 Part of S.S.N.: Abbr. 94 Wrap tightly 96 Looks for purchases 98 Crested ____ (Colorado ski resort) 99 Like Santa’s suit on Dec. 26
100 Short-story
writer Bret
101 The slightest
margin
102 Shows nervousness,
in a way 104 Taking action
106 Kids’ character who says,“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day”
107 What has casts
of thousands? 108 Hair-removal brand 110 Grate stuff
111 Potent venom source 114 “____-haw!”