The Hamilton Spectator

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: LETTER DICTATION This puzzle contains clues that are intentiona­lly misspelled.

- by Sam Trabucco, edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Magical healer

7 Maintain 11Overseas landmark located in Elizabeth Tower

17 “Fa-a-ancy!” 18Classic Mell Lazarus

comic strip 19Soaring performer 20 GAZACHO 22Young antagonist in

Super Mario games 23Counterp­art of the

Roman Aurora

24 Jargon

25John, to Lennon 26Mythical archer 27Suffix with Jumbo 29 SMEILL

34Poet who wrote “For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love” 35Chocolat­y Post cereal 36Org. for which Pelé once

played 37Somethin­g many an

A-list celebrity has 38Area with a half-dome 42 Noted Chinese-American

fashion designer 44Mystical ball 47 ENTURIES 51Payment to a freelancer for unpublishe­d work

53 ____ fixe 54Informal “Ugh!” 55Little thing to pick 56Some p.m. times 57China flaw 59Familiar inits. in math 60Original airer of “The

Office”

61Lapis lazuli shade 62 TECHNIQUEO 66 DEFINITEL 68Romeo and Juliet, e.g. 69Adam's ____ 70Air-traffic watchdog, for

short 71 Literary protagonis­t named after a king of Israel

72 Violinist Leopold 73 “That's show ____!” 74 Film character introduced in 1977 who died in a 2015 sequel 76 ____ Major 80French compliment 82 INSTBANT 84Ability that's hard to

explain 85Hand-sewn toy 87Derive (from) 88Woman in Progressiv­e

ads

89Book reviewers, for short 911910s flying star 94James Garfield's middle

name 96 ENVIRONMEN­AL 101 Yuletide

102Part of binoculars 103 Fireside-chat prez 104“The United States is not, and never will be, at war with ____”: Obama 106Home of the Sun Devils,

familiarly 107Subj. of Article I, Section

3 of the Constituti­on 110 RUMYSELF

114 Digitally IDs by location 115Rock standard? 116Big name in skin care 117Feature­s of some

dresses and shoes 118 Subtractin­g

119 Stifled

DOWN

1 Help line? 2“With any luck!” 3 Uncompromi­sing 4House of Burgundy? 5 Keyboard key 6 Cabernet county 7Land between Albania

and Serbia

8 Histrionic sort 9Bird Down Under 10 ____ smear 11Play's final act? 12Computer addresses,

for short 13Fraterni­ty and sorority

members

14 Carnival or circus, so

to speak 15Delight in 16Language from which

“reindeer” comes 18 Christmas-gift bearers 19Annoyanc­e for Santa 21Rowing machine, in

fitness lingo 22____ nova

25 Sierra ____ 28 Peachy-keen 30Like some hair and

embarrasse­d friends 31 Sweetums

32 First Nations people 33Get perfect 34____ counter

39 Tiny amount 40Somethin­g that's not

easy to blow 41____ sauce (sushi bar

condiment)

43 Alpine lodging 45Happenin­g again? 46 Burdened

48 Millennial­s

49Veil over a Muslim

woman's face 50 ____-doke

52No go-getter

55 Org. to which Jordan

once belonged

58 “____ complicate­d” 60Grendel, e.g.

61“I knew it was you!” 62 Take to the soapbox 63Store-sign info

64 Curse remover 65Diana Ross musical,

with “The”

66 “Life of Pi” author Martel 67Reply of faux

innocence

70 Have no success with 73 Speak with swagger 74 Spiral

75Words of wonder 77Like some web pages

and memories 78Will Ferrell and Tina Fey 79Chemist's study 81Muffin choice 82Leafy shelter 83U.S. ally in the Gulf War 86Nickname of the Miami Heat's all-time leader in points, games, assists and steals

90Old Spanish bread 92“Hear ye! Hear ye!”

announcers 93 Obstacle-free

courses

95 Waterside lodging with a portmantea­u name 96Drinking sounds 97Put back to Level 1, say 98Young salamander­s 99 Congeal

100 Cross shape 105*big kiss* 108Quick time out 109Chief legal officers: Abbr.

110 Target of an athlete's M.R.I.

111 Charlotte of

“The Facts of Life” 112“____ changed” 113Stretch of history

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