NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
LINES OF WORK BY ERIK AGARD Across
1 Fasteners ... or, if you change the fourth letter to an S, what the fasteners might be made of
6 It’s lit eight nights in a row
13 Figure that denotes
acidity
18 Less everyday 19 Humble expression of
capability
20 Number that might be
kept secret
21 Professional whose favorite movie line might be“there’s no place like home”
23 Muse of astronomy 24 Dis-qualified? 25 Cyclops’s“i” 26 “Uh-oh!” 28 Maker of the Acadia S.U.V.
29 Franchise with a series set in New Orleans
30 Singer ____ J. Blige 31 Weasel relative 34 South Asian garment 35 ...“Here’s looking at you, kid”
37 Not be attentive 38 President whose wife went on to become president
39 Unconfident utterances
40 ...“I wish I knew how to quit you”
42 Not manually controlled
46 Foreign capital where W. E. B. Du Bois is buried
48 Do a little tidying 49 Lukewarm response 50 Arthropod appendages
51 Emitters of cosmic rays
53 Arctic coat 55 Typing sounds 56 “Well, aren’t I clever?!” 57 Shaving mishap 59 One honored on March 8 per a 1977 United Nations resolution 61 ...“Go ahead, make my day”
66 Less bronzed
67 Hated figure
68 Promote
69 Relative of the emu 70 Couleur in the middle of the French flag
72 Big maker of smartphones
74 Word between “stink” and“stunk”in“you’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
75 Hurry, quaintly
77 Place to get a knish 79 Obstetrics worker 80 Dwell 81 ...“Get to the chopper!”
84 Recording device, for short
85 ____ planning
86 Part of N.S., in Canadian mail 87 ...“Is this your king?!” 92 Fine deposit 93 Airport named for two Washington cities 94 Hurry
95 “This one’s ____” 96 Caesar’s“i”
97 Reaction to scritches, maybe
98 “____ the Explorer” 99 Things you might take a spin in
100 Stored
102 ...“I’ll have what she’s having”
107 Low-carb-diet creator 108 Piece of furniture that’s at least a couple of feet wide 109 Best competitive performance, informally
110 Trials
111 Trick that’s“pulled” 112 Doodling, say
Down
1 Mile High City athlete 2 Palm fiber
3 Drawer, say 4 Restructuring target 5 Sp. title
6 Term of address for a noble
7 Like some calories 8 Beyoncé film role 9 “Snakes ____ Plane” 10 Shaft of sunshine 11 Estimation from dating
12 Placed on a pedestal 13 Swedish name akin to Lawrence 14 Commercial suffix with Motor
15 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the Green Belt Movement 16 Flower that’s often yellow
17 Flower that’s often purple
20 School district higherup, informally
21 Like praises and arias 22 Story tellers
27 Half a pint
30 Firm-ly worded letter? 31 Bars that people walk into?
32 Actress Dawson
33 Clean (up)
34 French for“salt” 36 Humble homes 37 Incites to attack, with “on”
38 ____ saint
41 Witness’s attestation 42 Makes a choice
43 Image Award org.
44 Children’s playthings that help with spelling 45 Encourage to buy add-ons
46 Sound bites and such
47 Trolley sounds 51 Buddy
52 District 9, for short? 54 Alternatives to Targets
56 Swayed to the dark side, say
58 Danish coin 60 Ceaselessly 62 Exactly right 63 Half-frozen Italian dessert
64 Grooved on
65 Leaf blower alternative 71 Effective salesperson
73 Sp. title
74 Long truck
75 What goes in a box 76 Water
78 Overseen by
80 Anger
82 Receptacle for donations 83 Little‘un
84 Source of chocolate
87 One serving on a ship
88 Andean feline 89 Eventually 90 Enjoying a comedy 91 Stick-y pad? 93 Brewski
94 Like DC and MI 97 Calligraphers’ choices 98 Twentysomethings, e.g.
99 Burkina Faso neighbor
101 Word before“home” or “the road”
103 Schoolorg.
104 Part of fwiw
105 Matrix character 106 Place to wear
smocks