Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ DOUBLE TALK BY JIM PEREDO

Across

1 Orchestra

heavyweigh­ts 6 Mushroom in ramen 11 When tripled, a comment of annoyance

14 “Oh, my!”

18 It has a very big bed 19 One of a pair of explorers on the Missouri state quarter 20 Spring feature 21 Golden-rule word 22 Run-on sentence? 25 ____-by date 26 Common female middle name

27 Wax theatrical 28 Sharply dressed, shoewise?

30 Boring events

32 Bit of conniving 34 Five-letter world capital that locals spell as two words 35 Tempe neighbor 36 Passing comment? 38 Riding the waves 41 Something a bib catches

43 Busy Bee, for short 44 Single quote?

50 Doesn’t touch

55 Head to bed

56 Surreal finale?

57 Big name in student grants

59 Order to attack

60 ____ Paradise,“on the Road”protagonis­t 61 Weapon associated with the film quote “Here’s Johnny!” 63 Sack cloth

65 Hats, slangily

66 Just saying?

72 ____ Roddenberr­y, first TV writer on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

73 Ancient Greek poet sometimes called the Tenth Muse

74 Smear

75 Preschoole­r

77 Nickname for Baseball Hall-offamer Ernie Banks 79 When tripled,“etc.” 80 Educationa­l TV spot, for short

83 Square dance move 85 Fireplace item

87 Stock phrase?

90 Not commercial: Abbr.

92 Briskly

93 Bring in

94 Self expression?

101 Trade jabs

104 Sports venue

105 “Outta luck!”

106 Magical powder

110 Prepped for surgery 112 Children’s-song

refrain

113 Uma Thurman’s role

in“pulp Fiction”

114 Yonder, in dialect

115 Old saw?

119 Anger

120 Spew anger

121 ____ Mitchell, creator of the Tony-winning musical“hadestown” 122 Handle

123 “What are the ____?” 124 Deli sandwich, hold

the vowels

125 Likestereo­typical

Seattle weather

126 Symbol of the National Audubon Society

Down

1 Coverings on ancient Roman statuary 2 Women’s-basketball powerhouse, for short 3 Gas-relieving brand 4 “What a relief!” 5 “4-Down-choo!”

6 Poe poem about a mythical quest 7 Scurriers near streams

8 Minor cut, say 9 Makeup holder

10 Suffix with Black or brack

11 “Can’t deal with that right now!”

12 Lacking focus 13 Unbridled joy 14 Composer Mahler 15 Low tie

16 Canonized fifthcentu­ry pope called “the Great”

17 “Stop right there!” 20 Adorable one

23 ____ Research Center 24 Org. tracking workplace accidents 29 English setting for a series of Impression­ist paintings by Monet 31 Neighbor of an Emirati

32 Young weaned pig 33 Monk’s digs

36 Word with tippy or twinkle

37 “2001: A Space Odyssey”computer 38 Puts on ... or things put on

39 Ugly ones sometimes come out in December

40 Nosh at noon, say 42 Diamond stat 45 Second-mostcommon Vietnamese surname

46 Home of Wichita Falls 47 Magnum ____ 48 Game-ball material 49 The scat got her tongue, you might say 51 Where bills pile up 52 Lower-extremity affliction

53 Secret target

54 Capt.’s assistant, maybe

58 Milk: Fr.

62 Where the meaning of life was sold in 2000 for $3.26

63 Part of a job applicatio­n

64 European museum whose name means “meadow”

67 Sign on again 68 Another name for the moonfish

69 Common wedding hairstyle

70 Undergo rapprochem­ent 71 Stern’s opposite 72 “Today”rival, for short

76 “Old ____ Road,” longest-running No. 1 single in Billboard history (19 weeks)

78 You might open one at a pub

80 Kind of book or ad 81 Didn’t just float

82 Home of 72-Down 84 Mortimer ____, dummy of old radio and TV

86 Newcomer, informally

88 Org. in charge of the 23-Down

89 Not worry

91 Country whose most widely spoken language is Wolof 94 Democratic politician Julián

95 Flower for a corsage 96 First name in the 1970s White House 97 Gets used (to) 98 Gopher, e.g. 99 Fighter pilot’s wear 100 [head slap]

102 Masochist’s

pleasure 103 Generate,as

suspicion

106 Peacefulpr­otest

107 Brown shade

108 Evening hour

in Spain

109 Cartomance­r’s deck 111 Pointed remark

112 Actor Morales

116 Rattle

117 “____ voce poco fa” (Rossini aria)

118 One of the March sisters

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