NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: SOFT T’S

ACROSS

1 Coating on some facial

tissues 9 Typical Busby Berkeley

film 16 They’re often wasted 20 Drove fast 21 Athena turned her into a

spider 22 Riverbank basker,

informally 23 What faking a stomach

ache might entail? 25 At any point 26 “Blueberries for ___”

(classic children’s book) 27 With 91-Across, 1976 album with a palindromic title 28 Fluoride, for one 29 Ship that sailed

“the ocean blue” 30 Gun belts, holsters and

nightstick straps? 38 In advance 41 Contend 42 Loan-insuring org. 43 Architectural designer

Maya 44 QB with a statue at

Sun Life Stadium 45 Dismounts like an

expert gymnast? 50 Uses a keyless entry

system? 52 Promise 53 They go places 54 “___ Andy’s Ballyhoo”

(“Show Boat” song) 56 Move briskly 57 Engaged in battle 61 Group with a Grand

Lodge 62 Bach’s “___, meine

Freude” 63 Contraction in a

patriotic song 64 Actress Wright of

“Mrs. Miniver” 65 Growth ring? 66 Women’s pants with pictures of wood shop tools? 70 Word before pole or

jump 71 Sci-fi author

___ del Rey 73 Take to sleep with, say 74 Good at scheming 75 Four-legged newborn 76 Drained of color 77 Time for TV debuts 79 City near Turin 80 Author/media observer

Michael 81 They don’t face the

street 84 1992 Olympic tennis

gold medalist 86 Become a new person by washing up? 90 “I’ve got something to say” 91 See 27-Across 92 Pres. advisory grp. 93 Buddy 94 Men in a lineup 95 Unpopular ophthalmologist’s implement? 101 What a fist might

represent 102 Wall St. event 103 Sound of frustration 104 It had a hub at J.F.K. 107 Founding member of

OPEC 108 What the giggling supporter of the Salem witch trials was told? 115 Defender of the West 116 It keeps things moving 117 Squad leader 118 Make mouseholes,

maybe 119 Retiree’s accumulation 120 Arsenic ___ (ratsbane)

DOWN

1 Elementary school

group? 2 Pasternak heroine 3 Pitcher Hershiser 4 Disco ___ 5 Hound doc 6 Certain Ivy Leaguer 7 Rise up 8 One-named singing star with the surname Adkins 9 Render imperfect 10 Central Swiss canton 11 “Gymnopedies”

composer 12 Blood of the Greek

gods 13 Trouser fabric 14 ___ Taylor 15 Journey segment 16 All-too-public spat 17 First name in aviation 18 Painted thing,

sometimes 19 Lacking meat 24 Use a flying shuttle 30 Common chords 31 Rush-hour din 32 Grandson of Adam and

Eve 33 Moon larger than

Mercury 34 Physiology Nobelist

Walter Rudolf ___ 35 E equivalent 36 Watery 37 Cooks up 38 Sidewalk cafe sight 39 New releases? 40 Bizarre 45 Grind 46 Bone: Prefix 47 Plows leave them 48 Back again 49 Catch 51 “Law & Order: SVU”

actor 55 Historic multistory

dwellings 58 Like ghost towns 59 Show polite interest in,

say 60 They were big in the

’50s 62 Place for tips 63 Seasoned 64 Seriously annoy 66 Willing to let things slide 67 In the hold, say 68 Gymnast Gaylord 69 “Essays of ___” 72 “Music in the Key of Love” composer 75 Forces (upon) 77 One standing around

the house, maybe 78 Mention parenthetically 79 Bygone Chevy van 80 Form letters 82 Recipe amount 83 Saucy fare 85 Be in the game 86 Comportment 87 Late finisher 88 Many a Bach

composition 89 Long little

doggie 94 Thomas who wrote

“Little Big Man” 96 “… see what I mean?” 97 Cabinet members? 98 Some MoMA

works 99 Maze answer 100 Bond villain

___ Stavro Blofeld 104 Cuisine with

curry 105 Proceed 106 Funny Johnson 108 “Little Birds”

author 109 Possible lunch

hour 110 Massive memory unit,

informally 111 Miss America

she’s not 112 Noninvasive med.

procedure 113 In former days 114 Cowpoke

moniker