THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Part of a backpack 6 Pyramids, often

11 Dutch requirements

16 Evan : Welsh :: ____ :

Scottish

19 One of Chekhov’s “Three

Sisters”

20 Hunter of myth

21 Bring to bear

22 Result, maybe, in brief 23 Many apartments in old

warehouse districts 24 Japanese comics style 25 Labor Day baby, e.g. 26 Shape formed by an extended thumb and index fingers

27 Good person to believe in 29 Switz. neighbor 30 Writer Tarbell who took on Standard Oil

31 Pins are placed at the end of them

33 07 film

37 Some E.M.T. cases 40 Buying binges 41 Count in music 42 Logical start?

44 U preceder 45 Picked from a lineup, informally

46 Hurt

47 Proverbs

50 Like puppeteers, usually 53 Maven

54 Leafy crown material 55 Day competitor 62 Bailiwicks

63 Legal

64 Chief Chirpa and others, in sci-fi

65 Wastes away 66 “Fantasy” Grammy winner 67 Cool, in old slang 68 “The way things are currently going …”

ACROSS

72 Muscle problem 74 Muscular 76 Grammy-winning country singer Black

77 Play combo of old 83 Mark ____, winner of the 1998 Masters 84 George Carlin was its first host, for short 85 State capital on the Colorado River 86 Subject of Newton’s first law of motion 88 Dealers do this 89 Have an in-tents experience?

92 QB’S pass: Abbr. 93 “____ to My Socks,” Pablo Neruda poem 94 Larsson who wrote “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” 96 Additionally 98 Deletes, with “out” 99 Tree alternative 103 Kind of salami 105 N.Y.C.’S first subway line

106 Like some gas: Abbr. 107 “Big Sur” novelist, 1962 111 A suggestion 112 World capital whose name comes from the Greek for “wisdom” 114 Humble

116 Jazz composer with an Egyptian-inspired name 117 “____ your call” 118 “Elements of Algebra” author, 1770

119 First lady of the 1950s 120 Kind of pear that resembles an apple 121 Rapper with the 2003 hit “I Can”

122 “Judge ____” (1995 Stallone movie) 1 Tower over the field 2 Sci-fi film with vehicles called “light cycles” 3 Loaded (with) 4 Prone to fidgeting 5 Some 1990s Toyotas 6 American fashion designer who once served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent

7 ____ pro nobis 8 Mixed together 9 Gets one over on 10 Junkyard warning, maybe

11 Play back?

12 Rust and quartz 13 Equity valuation stat 14 Tiny bit of work 15 Vodka brand, informally 16 She gained fame from her leading role in “Fame” 17 Having the means 18 ____ Lofgren, guitarist for the E Street Band 28 Wolflike

32 Great two-pair poker hand 34 Once called 35 Spanish resort island 36 “Sure, I guess ...” 37 Relating to egg cells 38 Actor who won a 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom 39 Six-line verse 43 Wilson of “Meet the Parents” 46 Colloquial contraction 48 Stops up 49 Surreptitious 51 Greek H’s 123 ____ and curl (salon treatment) 124 Not interfere with

DOWN

52 Golfer Ernie

53 It ended on Nov. 11, 1918 56 Swell up 57 Laundry soap since 1908 58 “____, all ye faithful” 59 Classic fruity sodas 60 Occupied, with “in” 61 Accept as charged 68 “How sad!” 69 Liquor levy, e.g. 70 Provoke 71 Surgical inserts 72 Painter José María ____ 73 Kind words

74 “Va ____” (Italian “All right”) 75 Something to bookmark

76 Film director Jon 77 You, to Yves 78 “____ doctor, but ...” 79 Trait of a clingy romantic partner

80 Lead singer of rock’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who uses just the initial of her last name) 81 Churchill’s trademark gesture 82 Author born Truman Streckfus Persons 87 Not much at all 88 Ballet attire

89 Pig in a poke or pigeon drop 90 “The Simpsons” grandpa

91 “More of the ____” (1967 No. 1 album) 95 Weepy 1954 Patti Page hit 96 Haberdasher’s clasp 97 Of the ankle 100 Stunned, in a way 101 Walk heavily 102 Contemptible sort 103 Toothy smile 104 Jazz’s James 108 Condo, e.g. 109 Kaffiyeh wearer 110 Christmas-tree hanging 113 Just between us? 115 Family nickname