NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
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