NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: THE INSIDE STORY

ACROSS

1 [Hah!] 6 Something that might be packed with juice, informally 12 Home of Velázquez's

“Las Meninas” 17 Forerunners of MP3s 20 “Do ____!”

(emphatic agreement) 21 1958 No. 1 hit in

a foreign language 22 Concern for a samurai 23 One situp, e.g.

24 Who has trouble reaching a windshield to place a ticket? [1989, 1982]

27 Who once boasted, “I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!” 28 Enthusiastic Spanish cry 29 Lao-____

30 Smack

31 Protest any involvement 33 Former Wisconsin senator Feingold 34 Sore

36 Bill ____, “Oliver Twist” thief

38 Shout at a pool 39 Major leagues

42 Talk show host Johnny's children? [2015, 2006] 45 “There's the catch!” 47 Moist towelette 49 Flavorer of much black candy 50 Vietnamese New Year 52 Traitor who gets on one's nerves? [2006, 2002]

55 Noir weapon 56 Catches flies

58 Detox

59 The planets, before 2006 61 Item that may accompany chopsticks and a ramen bowl 63 Baghdad's ____ City 64 TV ad

66 Long building project, in a cliché 69 Montezuma's foe 70 Small screen superimposed on a large screen ... or a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares 75 Venomously biting 78 Forked over

79 Med. plans

80 “____ first you don't succeed ...” 84 Cheetah mascot of Cheetos 86 Chinese greeting

88 Still not caught

91 Line often in Latin

92 Big ____

(praise, slangily) 95 Prepares for guests who don't like their coffee black? [2017, 1996] 97 Lead-in to Pen

98 Seat in the classic photograph “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” 100 Preceder of

“And that's final!” 101 Laddie's refusal 102 Initiated global conflicts? [1977, 2012]

106 Visits during a vacation 108 Bendy blades

109 Huffs

111 Singer Sumac

112 Spill something 115 Sister of Moses 117 School-cafeteria food, pejoratively 118 Chart

120 Broad Australian accent, informally 122 Unexplained ability 123 Selection of billfolds for medical professionals? [2016, 2008] 127 Chicken ____ king 128 Let float, as a currency 129 Ticker lines?

130 That is 131 “Dragons' ____” (British equivalent to “Shark Tank”) 132 Ones picked out of lineups 133 Slobbery kiss

134 Flies in the face of someone?

DOWN

1 Its name means “three strings,” but it can have up to 21 2 ____ jacket

3 Blew out of proportion 4 Enjoy

5 Chicago paper, informally

6 Beetle Bailey's rank: Abbr.

7 Eat quickly

8 Draft picks 9 Demand from a police interrogator 10 “Black-ish” father 11 “Boatercycle”

12 That of this clue is awkward 13 Blowout

14 Santa ____ winds

15 “Is the risk worth it?” 16 Carnivora and Rodentia 17 Good manners in kindergarten drawing? [1997, 2004] 18 Supermarket section 19 Command from a dentist 25 Meddles (with) 26 Justice Kagan 32 Superior to a 6-Down 35 Most bohemian 37 “Uh, that is to say ...” 38 A brigantine has two 40 Actor Bremner of “Wonder Woman” 41 Mona Lisa, for one 43 Org. based in Langley, Va.

44 “That reminds me ...” is one 45 Fundamentals 46 Spanish greeting

48 Muscle builder 51 Recipe amts. 53 Plucky sort? 54 “Leave no ____ unstoned” (jocular phrase) 56 Hershey toffee bar 57 “Yoo-hoo!” 60 Accompaniers of canes

62 Prefix with puncture

65 Young seal 67 Popular brunch options 68 Prefix with terrorism

71 :

72 “Weekend Update” co-anchor beginning in 2014 73 “Sounds good!” 74 Russia, once 75 Fictional company behind earthquake pills and dehydrated boulders 76 Outlets, of a sort 77 Smaller piece of cookware [1953, 2017] 81 Where the action is 82 Contents of the Rio Grande 83 Head to France? 85 Unsophisticated sorts

87 Bank job 89 50 before 90 Where to be among Hmong 93 ____ Xing 94 Snores 96 Urban layout 98 Agenda topper 99 Stately residence 103 Bee: Prefix 104 Do research (on) 105 It cuts along the grain 107 Wear down 110 “Good thinking!” 113 Bad feeling 114 Borscht base 115 Drink at Valhalla 116 Catalina, e.g. 117 Flight part before a landing 119 Lead-in to stratus or cumulus 121 Take a fall 124 Nurse's training, for short 125 “____ is me!” 126 Suffix with legal