THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

LETTER DICTATION, 0308, BY SAM TRABUCCO

Note: This puzzle contains clues that are intentionally misspelled.

ACROSS

1 Magical healer

7 Maintain

11 Overseas landmark located in Elizabeth Tower 17 “Fa-a-ancy!” 18 Classic Mell Lazarus comic strip

19 Soaring performer 20 GAZACHO

22 Young antagonist in Super Mario games 23 Counterpart of the Roman Aurora 24 Jargon

25 John, to Lennon 26 Mythical archer 27 Suffix with Jumbo 29 SMEILL

34 Poet who wrote “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love” 35 Chocolaty Post cereal 36 Org. for which Pelé once played 37 Something many an A-list celebrity has

38 Area with a half-dome 42 Noted Chinese-american

fashion designer 44 Mystical ball

47 ENTURIES

51 Payment to a freelancer for

unpublished work

53 ____ fixe

54 Informal “Ugh!”

55 Little thing to pick

56 Some p.m. times

57 China flaw

59 Familiar inits. in math 60 Original airer of “The

Office”

61 Lapis lazuli shade 62 TECHNIQUEO 66 DEFINITEL 68 Romeo and Juliet, e.g. 69 Adam’s ____ 70 Air-traffic watchdog, for short 71 Literary protagonist named after a king of Israel 72 Violinist Leopold 73 “That’s show ____!” 74 Film character introduced in 1977 who died in a 2015 sequel

76 ____ Major 80 French compliment 82 INSTBANT 84 Ability that’s hard to explain 85 Hand-sewn toy 87 Derive (from) 88 Woman in Progressive ads

89 Book reviewers, for short 91 1910s flying star 94 James Garfield’s middle name 96 ENVIRONMENAL 101 Yuletide

102 Part of binoculars 103 Fireside-chat prez 104 “The United States is not, and never will be, at war with ____”: Obama 106 Home of the Sun Devils, familiarly

107 Subj. of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution 110 RUMYSELF 114 Digitally IDS by location 115 Rock standard?

116 Big name in skin care 117 Features of some dresses and shoes 118 Subtracting 119 Stifled

DOWN 1 Help line? 2 “With any luck!” 3 Uncompromising 4 House of Burgundy? 5 Keyboard key 6 Cabernet county 7 Land between Albania and Serbia 8 Histrionic sort 9 Bird Down Under 10 ____ smear 11 Play’s final act? 12 Computer addresses, for short 13 Fraternity and sorority members 14 Carnival or circus, so to speak 15 Delight in 16 Language from which “reindeer” comes 18 Christmas-gift bearers 19 Annoyance for Santa 21 Rowing machine, in fitness lingo

22 ____ nova 25 Sierra ____ 28 Peachy-keen

30 Like some hair and embarrassed friends 31 Sweetums

32 First Nations people 33 Get perfect

34 ____ counter

39 Tiny amount 40 Something that’s not easy to blow

41 ____ sauce (sushi bar condiment) 43 Alpine lodging 45 Happening again? 46 Burdened 48 Millennials

49 Veil over a Muslim woman’s face 50 ____-doke

52 No go-getter

55 Org. to which Jordan once belonged 58 “____ complicated” 60 Grendel, e.g.

61 “I knew it was you!” 62 Take to the soapbox 63 Store-sign info 64 Curse remover 65 Diana Ross musical, with “The”

66 “Life of Pi” author Martel 67 Reply of faux innocence 70 Have no success with 73 Speak with swagger 74 Spiral

75 Words of wonder

77 Like some web pages and memories

78 Will Ferrell and Tina Fey 79 Chemist’s study 81 Muffin choice 82 Leafy shelter

83 U.S. ally in the Gulf War 86 Nickname of the Miami Heat’s all-time leader in points, games, assists and steals

90 Old Spanish bread 92 “Hear ye! Hear ye!” announcers 93 Obstacle-free courses 95 Waterside lodging with a portmanteau name 96 Drinking sounds 97 Put back to Level 1, say 98 Young salamanders 99 Congeal

100 Cross shape 105 *big kiss*

108 Quick time out 109 Chief legal officers:

Abbr.

110 Target of an athlete’s M.R.I. 111 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life”

112 “____ changed” 113 Stretch of history

Answers will appear next week