The Sunday New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Striped pet 6 Befuddled 11 Mr. ___ (old soft-drink
name) 15 Variety-show overseers 18 Antipasto tidbit 19 Simulate 20 Old photo’s tone 21 Loop locale, informally 22 Entry in a metalworker’s
personal planner? 24 Roast a red-breasted
bird? 26 Gall 27 Like movies and bonds 28 Pounds and pence? 29 Exercised caution 32 Copies from CD to PC 33 Distresses 34 What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents? 37 Funnywoman Boosler 40 Nose wrinkler 42 They might not be on the
charts 43 Holds up 44 Napoleon, e.g., prior to
exile? 48 Stuff 49 Suffix with fatal 52 W. Hemisphere alliance 53 Soprano role in “Il
Trovatore” 54 Fishing spear? 56 Verizon forerunner 57 Where many last names
start with “O” 58 Shirt front clip-on 60 Like superfans 61 Has a capacity of 63 Timid swearword 65 Bit of news 67 Spoke to one’s flock? 68 Small sandwich 69 “___ that” 71 Undergo 73 1975 TV debut, briefly 74 Moocher’s most valuable
acquaintance? 78 Sent texts to, in bygone
days 80 Hard water 81 Meaning reverser 82 Claim findings 83 The Salt, in Arizona? 85 Forum wear 86 ___ Cassidy, 1970s teen
heartthrob 87 High-flown poetry 88 Furnace worker 90 Coffee from Big Sky
Country? 94 Coxswain’s teammates 95 It’s suitable for framing 96 No.1 priority? 100 Smarmy preprandial
blessing? 104 California’s San ___
County 106 Filmmaker Lee 107 Official seal on a
Havana cigar? 108 Beverage made by squeezing fruit-filled cookies? 111 Partook of 112 Wind-chime location 113 Lagoon encloser 114 Benevolent Narnia
denizen 115 ___ judicata 116 Oklahoma city 117 Looked bad in
comparison 118 “The Christmas That Almost ___” (1966 holiday film)
Down
1 Specifically 2 Last Oldsmobile to be
made 3 Conniving sergeant of
1950s TV 4 Hanes competitor 5 Up to now 6 Frightened, in dialect 7 Proctor’s charge 8 Debating choice 9 “Holy cats!” 10 More than none 11 Low class 12 Device with a click wheel 13 Soweto uprising figure 14 Stock holder 15 Ed who wrote the 87th
Precinct novels 16 Chewing-gum ingredient 17 Goes under 20 Checks (out) 23 It flows through Orsk 25 “Love Train” group, with
“the” 28 Passenger ship 30 Tae ___ do 31 Venn diagram sets,
usually 32 Trade magazines? 35 ___ law (acronymic 1970
measure) 36 Minor suit? 37 Timeline divisions 38 Plenty 39 Early fratricide victim 40 Sacred piece 41 Click again, maybe 44 Turn signal? 45 “Have You Seen ___”
(1971 hit) 46 Word written across a
bad check 47 Central parts 48 Certain female grouse 49 Like biopsies 50 Logical things to study? 51 Busybody 54 Try for a hit 55 Minor-league
classification 59 Exhaust 62 Cry from Homer 64 Country’s Acuff or Clark 66 Ankle-length 67 Rest area 70 Petroleum component 72 Tick off 75 Portable diversion 76 Longing 77 Honey 79 “Girls” creator Dunham 83 One called upon to talk? 84 Suspicion 85 “Vissi d’arte” opera 86 Loud osculations 88 Private action? 89 Iroquois factions 91 Source of irritation 92 Timeworn 93 “Benny & ___” (1993
rom-com) 94 Player’s trophy 95 Lessened 97 Barrelful at a hardware
store 98 Like Cuzco’s builders 99 Insurance seller 101 Place to rest a guitar 102 Fibbie 103 Musician Shankar 104 Carpal or tarsal
starter 105 Unable to pass muster,
say 108 Refresher 109 Uppercut target 110 G8 nation
Answers will appear next week