Montreal Gazette

THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ HOOK-UPS, 0526, BY NATAN LAST

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1 “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” channel 4 Counterpar­t of “highway” in an m.p.g. rating 8 Little rapscallio­ns 12 Weapon that’s thrown 17 Male buddy, in slang 18 Source of some penetratin­g notes 19 Infiltrato­r 20 In two pieces 21 Took a chill pill 23 Danger for coastal residents 25 He hosted the secondever episode of “Saturday Night Live” 26 Event in nuclear physics 27 It “should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortabl­e,” according to a saying 28 Incompeten­t sort, slangily 29 Reveals 30 Braves’ division, briefly 31 Pirouette 33 War loser, usually 34 Like beer and baking dough 35 Try Sinatra at karaoke, say 37 Boost 40 Member of a South Asian diaspora 41 Format accommodat­ing poor vision 43 Fate, in Greek myth 46 Like some sheets 51 Requests 52 Depiction in Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” 53 Presage 54 “I kid you not!” 55 Vietnamese soup 56 Went white 57 Vittles 58 For the most part 59 1972 Bill Withers hit 61 The miser’s daughter in Molière’s “The Miser” 63 Cuddly-looking bear 64 They’re full of hot air 66 Shoe with lots of holes 67 Fleet-footed 69 Crash site? 72 Alternativ­e to Corinthian 73 First word in many a limerick 74 H. H. Munro’s pseudonym 75 ____ Club 76 “You’ve gotta be kidding” 77 It may lead to taxevasion charges 78 Sci-fi subgenre with “retrofutur­istic” technology 80 Blabbed 82 Widespread unrest 84 Shield of Greek myth 85 Facebook users’ multitude 88 Doppelgäng­er 90 Oscar winner for “Shakespear­e in Love” 92 Language family that includes Crow and Lakota 93 Helms 94 Rain unsteadily 95 Digital world 98 French toast 100 Hot chili designatio­n 102 Not like the odds of, say 103 Steinbeck novel featuring the madam Dora Flood 104 Title in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” 105 Hoodwink 106 Comedic actor Wareheim 107 “Wonder Woman” antagonist 108 Over 109 Feature of an oldfashion­ed swing 110 Peace Nobelist Walesa 111 What the Czech word “ano” means in English, paradoxica­lly

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1 Gym rat’s developmen­t 2 High pitch, maybe 3 1984 Steve Perry hit 4 Act over protective­ly toward 5 Bygone Apple laptop 6 Word with boom or skip 7 Ache 8 Acher’s lament 9 Ragtag 10 Lumbers (along) 11 One working on an estate 12 Role for a biology grad student, perhaps 13 Works with numbers 14 One might be thrown from a horse 15 Flotilla of merchant ships 16 Hospital tube 17 Animal with tusks 21 Worker with numbers, for short 22 French fashion icon 24 Does groundbrea­king work? 26 The “Aladdin” song “A Whole New World” takes place on one 29 Approx. 1,055 joules 32 Refuses to share 34 What a cake candle often represents 35 Give it up, so to speak 36 Reckless 38 Fencing sword 39 Like “mailman” and “waitress” 40 Clobber 42 Cowboys and Spurs 44 Barbra Streisand album “A Love Like ____” 45 “Uh ... sure” 47 Like the central planet in “Dune” 48 Surprised 49 Not 100% 50 Rival of BAL and BOS 56 Gave extra juice 58 Family business 60 Tres y tres 62 Actress Petty of “A League of Their Own” 63 What might get you a “ladle” drunk? 64 Handyperso­n’s inits. 65 Sushi topper 66 Quaff quickly 68 Engineer who coined the term “horsepower” 70 Hilton alternativ­e 71 Sounds of disappoint­ment 73 Larrups 75 Something journalist­s may work on 79 Its wingspan can reach 30 feet 81 Problem usually encountere­d at night 83 Aetna’s business: Abbr. 85 Say uncle 86 Searched for truffles, maybe 87 Delightful event? 88 Stretching or tightening muscle 89 Dangling part of a rooster 91 Isle named for a Gaelic goddess 92 Shade of black 93 Capital once known as Thang Long (“Ascending Dragon”) 94 Like some booms 96 Bow-wielding god 97 Mini manufactur­er 99 Winnow 100 Meter reading 101 Erato’s instrument 103 Bit of old-fashioned animation Answers will appear next week

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