THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Go UP in SMOKE, 0912, By Grant thackray
ACROSS
1 Impersonate
6 Bump on a log
11 Get into one’s birthday suit 16 Fruit drinks
20 Home of the isle of Tortuga 21 “____ often costs too much”:
Emerson
22 Word before rock or football 23 Song word repeated after
“Que”
24 Charming sort?
26 Olympics projectiles
27 People in charge: Abbr. 28 ____ Lingus
29 Lucy’s last name on “I Love
Lucy”
31 Like gasoline nowadays 33 30-year host of late-night
TV
37 Legal field concerned with
long-term care 39 Commotion
40 Televangelist Joel
42 Prima ballerina
46 Some team competitions
49 The “e” in Genoa?
50 With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do?
52 “Gangsta Lovin”’rapper,
2002
53 Yoga-class instruction 55 Food packaging
reassurance
56 Good“wheel of Fortune”buy
for REVERSE ENGINEER 57 Sold (for)
59 Toward the back
60 Where dominoes were
invented
62 Rule
64 Jazz guitarist Montgomery 66 Some U.N. officers, for short
67 Super Bowl LV champ 68 Took a swing, say
70 Basketball box score column 74 Addiction-treatment locale 76 Leadoff selections?
77 Something to file
78 French article
79 Sweet pea
81 Volkswagen model inits. 82 Give wrong information 83 Boring tool 85 Emmy-winning journalist
Finch
87 Website with a Seller
Handbook
91 “How ____ ...“
92 Encrypted URL component 94 Red-handed, say
96 Make haste
97 See 50-Across
99 Brand that stylizes its name with a lowercase second letter
100 What a button on an armrest
may control
104 Serenade
105 “____ Pal,”early episode of
“The Jetsons”
108 Shrinks
109 1980 event in Washington
111 Be completely candid 114 Gryffindor, Slytherin,
Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw 117 It may be taken in by a
traveler
119 Half of sei
120 Treat thought to be stamped with symbols of the Knights Templar
121 “We ____ please”
123 Within arm’s reach 128 Something commonly left in
an operating room 129 Going by
130 Where the Volta River flows 131 Tea go-with
132 Pull down
133 Those opposite the center
and guards, in N.F.L. lingo 134 More teed off
135 Scattered
DOWN
1 Sounds at a sauna
2 Limit
3 20-20, e.g.
4 Hit TV show created by
Donald Glover
5 Something close to a
colonel’s heart?
6 “Today” competitor, for short
7 —
8 Those against
9 Come back again (again ...
again ... )
10 Harp-shaped constellation
11 Got ready to ride, with “up” 12 Vacuum tube type 13 “Hi”follower
14 Rack up, as charges 15 No-hassle
16 Countless
17 —
18 Slips
19 Holder of merit badges on a
scout uniform
25 Jon of“two and a Half Men” 30 —
32 Gone-but-not-forgotten 33 L.L. Bean competitor 34 Plant family that jasmine and
lilac are part of
35 Safe space 36 Announcement maker of
yore
38 In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said,“from an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever”
41 ____ Minella (Muppet) 43 Pot grower’s remark? 44 What snakes grow as they
age
45 Corrects, as text
47 They used to be a“thing” 48 Floor coverings that feel
good on the feet 51 Politician’s concern 54 Detective Lupin 55 Present-day saint? 58 Surprise ending 59 Sparkling-wine variety
61 Scolded, as in a library 63 Big name in nail polish
65 —
69 Drive
70 Sets aside
71 Popped in for just a
moment, perhaps
72 The Ikea logo shares the
colors of its flag
73 Lead-in to “of mind” or “of
war”
75 Advocate for the better treatment of elves, in Harry Potter 80 Determination from
Santa
84 Big tournament news 86 Bare
88 —
89 Spots for window boxes 90 Verbal cringe
93 The St. Lawrence River’s
misnamed ____ Islands 95 Far from friendly 98 Fatigued over time 99 Set of rules popularized by
“How I Met Your Mother” 101 Doctor’s orders, maybe 102 Best ____
103 Shaving brand
106 “Let me get this out ...“ 107 Lead-in to -scope 110 Small lab bottle
112 Loud, as a stadium 113 Former second lady
Cheney
114 It often has its kinks 115 Sight from a Seattle ferry 116 Bike ride setting 118 Rides
122 Millennium start 124 See 126-Down
125 Take a ____
126 With 124-Down, feature of
van Gogh
127 Get hitched to
Answers will appear next week