The Sunday New York Times Crossword

Across

1 Sting 7 Makes a love connection? 14 Like Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” 20 Inclined 21 Mollify 22 Limestone variety 23 Middlerow 25 Ones getting hit on at salsa clubs? 26 File extensions 27 Gen. Bradley 28 Sledge who sang “When a Man Loves a Woman” 30 Master 31 Stretched, in a way 33 Nesting place for a bird 35 Horned Frogs’ sch. 36 Like magic squares 42 Investor’s bottom line 44 “Spider-Man” director Sam 45 Numerical prefix 46 Eco-conscious 47 Like letters marked “Return to sender” 49 Pizza topper 51 Author of “Unto the Sons” 54 Poison hemlock or Queen Anne’s lace 56 When the Festival de Cannes opens 58 “Peace ___ hand” 59 Comic actor Jacques 60 Company closing? 61 Silent screen star Naldi 62 Winging it? 66 Back door 68 Lift 69 “I’m impressed!” 70 Woodstock artist Guthrie 71 P.T.A.’s concern: Abbr. 72 Atlanta Braves’ div. 73 Knee-length hip-hop shirts 78 Mother who was a Nobelist 80 Skeleton section 86 Rotating surveying tool 87 Hollywood’s Patricia and others 89 “It Happened One Night” director 90 Abruptly calls off plans, say 91 Show some irritation 93 See 114-Across 97 Published 98 Chorus after “All in favor” 100 Road sign that may elicit a groan 101 Used, as a dinner tray 103 Dance instruction 107 Ditch-digging, e.g. 108 ___-Seltzer 112 Hip 114 With 93-Across, 34-Down and 48-Down, what each line in the center square should do 117 Like some unexciting bids 118 One who’s beyond belief? 119 Revolutionary figure? 120 High-hat 121 Tennis Hall-of- Famer born in Bucharest 122 Get ready to ride, with “up”

Down

1 Women’s suffrage leader Carrie Chapman ___ 2 Workplace welfare org. 3 Workplace rights org. 4 “Eat at ___” (classic sign) 5 Unlock, to a poet 6 One of two photos in an ad 7 Where Ponce de León died 8 Bernstein’s “Candide,” for one 9 Black ___ 10 Stay fresh 11 Pitcher’s datum 12 Friendly introduction? 13 Parts of pounds 14 Short cut 15 Leaves out of the bag? 16 Bone connected to the oblique cord 17 Toprow 18 Ancient Greek school 19 Start of an agreement that’s not really an agreement 24 Muslim leader 29 Light side 31 Tuscan export 32 Prie-___ (kneeling bench) 34 See 114-Across 36 Gershwin’s “The ___ Love” 37 Suffix with zillion 38 Fed. agents 39 Price abbr. 40 Coach Parseghian 41 Trail 43 Singer Dion 44 Hitch 48 See 114-Across 49 Snake along 50 Oil-rich land 52 H.S. senior’s exam, once 53 Division politique 55 Playwright Fugard 57 Beginning of ___ (watershed moment) 62 “Yeah, that’ll happen” 63 Many a Rubens subject 64 Bottomrow 65 Parisian schools 67 Sports car feature 74 Greenish shade 75 79-Down’s doings 76 Slippery 77 Mercedes models 79 Worshiper with a pentagram 81 German pronoun 82 Steamed bun in Chinese cookery 83 E.M.T. training 84 Drought-prone 85 Newspapers 88 Dates 91 Donnybrooks 92 Mete out 94 Co-star of “The Stunt Man” 95 “There Is ___ …” (song by the Cure) 96 Monet’s Dutch subjects 99 Laundry problem 102 The Wright brothers’ home 104 “Hairspray” role 105 Some e-mail attachments 106 Diamonds, e.g. 108 Somewhat 109 Impart 110 Bow attachment 111 Price to play 113 Commandment adjective 115 Hand-held organizer, in brief 116 Hollywood’s home: Abbr.

Answers will appear next week