The Chronicle Herald (Provincial)
THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Loosefittng garment 8 Things packed for a sleepover, informally 11 Cavs, on a scoreboard
14 Effects seen on FX, perhaps
17 Nation on the Red Sea
18 Helmsman on ‘‘Star Trek’’
20 High times for the petroleum industry 23 X, but not Y
24 It might help you keep up with old classmates
26 Big-eyed baby 28 Excerpted passage 29 China’s Sun ____-sen 30 Carrier of goods by rail
34 Player of 45s
35 Haim of ‘‘Licorice Pizza’’
37 Iconic role for Carrie Fisher
38 Certain porter 40 ‘‘Right you are!’’ 43 Contest
45 Some Kiwis
47 Stop on a publicity tour
50 When repeated, gung-ho
51 Dish often topped with marinara sauce 54 Dorm décor, often 56 Rave
58 Trivial
59 ____ Paz, 1990 Literature Nobelist 60 The ‘‘e’’ of i.e. 61 Chosen name of five popes
63 ____ Equis
65 Prepare (oneself) 66 Fundamentals 69 Alternatives to Pumas
71 Break for a bit 73 Ctrl-z command 74 Does some fieldwork 76 ____ Rose of Guns N’ Roses
77 Standings column 78 Leb. neighbor 80 French desserts whose name translates as ‘‘small ovens’’
82 Flair
84 Thor, e.g. 88 Makeup of some sleeves
89 TV chef who wrote ‘‘Semi-homemade Cooking’’
92 ____ Sremmurd (hip-hop duo)
93 White Russian ingredient 94 Playwright Eugene 95 Michelangelo masterpiece
97 Camelot figure 100 It can be written in scripts known as naskh and ruq’ah
102 Require
103 Tree with ‘‘eyes’’ on its bark
106 They can be tapped out
108 Concern at the end of a space journey 110 X
111 Ambitious sort 114 ____ Cherry, 1989 Grammy nominee for Best New Artist
115 ‘‘Take it easy once in a while!’’
118 Sonny and Fredo, for two
123 They’re all pulling in the same direction 124 Keep it in mind! 125 Classy
126 Chinese-dish eponym
127 End of days? 128 You might take them out for a quick spin, informally
129 Rages
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2 ____TV (network for ‘‘Impractical Jokers’’) 3 Lower, as lights
4 Hwy.
5 Coding headache 6 Naval engagement 7 One taking interest in your education?
8 H.S. exam
9 7/
10 Heaps at publishing houses
11 Edward Jenner used it when developing the world’s first successful vaccine
12 Sigmatism, by another name
13 The blonde in ‘‘Legally Blonde’’ 14 What might unfold at camp
15 Exclamation on April Fools’ Day 16 Words of clarification
19 ‘‘Yeah . . . pass’’ 21 Checks for bugs 22 Mlle., in Madrid 25 –
27 Wrap up by 30 Distress signal
31 Put on the air again 32 –
33 Letter after sigma 34 Borough of New Jersey noted for its indoor shopping malls 36 Landed on a licorice space in Candy Land, say
39 Male swan
41 Put side by side 42 Relative of a gator 44 Their eggs are dark green
46 Camera spec
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49 Brought before a jury 52 This, in Spanish 53 Malibu, e.g.
55 One way to go 57 ‘‘This guy? We’re together’’
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62 Accounts 64 Greenlights 66 Schedule slot filler: Abbr.
67 Grim
68 Terra ____
70 One doing the lord’s work?
71 Birch bark and pine cones, e.g.
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75 Missing work? 77 Exchange words? 79 Trickle (through) 81 –
83 Language spoken in Luang Prabang 84 Government bonds? 85 Welcome 86 Consumer 87 Set . . . or word said before set
90 Estuary
91 ‘‘Three Tall Women’’ playwright
96 Overnight site 98 Cold feet and cold shoulder, for two 99 Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors
101 Louisiana cooking style
103 ‘‘Flick of the Switch’’ band
104 Curt
105 Aches (for)
107 Classic soda brand 109 –
112 ____-Ball
113 Education orgs. 114 Hush-hush pacts, in brief
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117 Good name, informally
119 Some smartphones
120 Something bent or lent
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122 Norm: Abbr.