NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: OF COURSE!
ACROSS
1 Big inits. in news
4 Place to visit in a suit 10Sign of winter's end 16Purchase that often costs
99¢ 19Something picked at with
a pickax 20Comic Jones formerly of
“S.N.L.”
21 Fleet
22 Low-____
23 Duffer's approach shots
that barely go anywhere? 25 Like kids, but not mom or
dad?
26 Gaza grp.
27 Bad position for a server 28 Pick up
30 CD follower
31 Flair 32Post-Mao Chinese leader 33 Duffer's putt that just
misses?
37 Goes on a tweetstorm 39 ____ Reader
40 Tiny insects in a swarm 41Founder of WikiLeaks 44 Common skirt feature 45 Preparatory time 46Nickname for a duffer
who can't hit straight? 49 “____ on!”
51 Yapped like a dog 55 Make (out)
56 Pauses
57King Midas's downfall 59 Sport
60 Showing signs of neglect 62 Orphan girl in Byron's
“Don Juan”
64 Lodgers 66Result of spectators'
heckling a duffer? 71 Rope holding down a
bowsprit 73Course that's free of
obstacles?
74 It was “a no-go” in Billy Joel's “We Didn't Start the Fire” 77“Such is life!”
78 Foaming at the mouth 81Certain insurance
coverage
84 Line on a map: Abbr. 85 Protection 87Rapper Lil ____ X 88 Duffer's problems with an
angled club? 90Scale starter, per “The
Sound of Music”
92 Attach to the end of 94On the button
95 “I'm listening” 98Physician Jonas 99 Actress Davis 100Duffer's reasons to
choose a wood?
104 Turntable rates, in brief 108 Letter-shaped fastener 109 ____ order
110 Wolf (down)
111 Button on a DVD player 112 Cool, in an uncool way 113 Something consumed
with a cracker?
115 Like the duffer in this
puzzle? 118Palindrome in poetry 119 Box up 120Cause of fatigue
121 VW predecessors? 122 New York city on Long
Island Sound
123 Like the “Mona Lisa” in
1911
124 Civics and Accords 125School of thought
DOWN
1 Wanderer
2____ Parade, annual
June celebration
3 Intel producer
4 Scads
5 Part of the upper bod 6 “Or so”
7V.I.P. rosters
8 More yellow, but not yet brown, say
9 Like a question for which
“maybe” is not an option 10 Capital of French
Polynesia 11 Off the internet, to
internet users
12 Blue toon in a white
dress 13Chocolate substitute 14 Japanese soybean
appetizer
15 Nickname that can be either masculine or feminine
16 Standard outlet
connection
17 Grand dwelling 18 Carelessly drops 24 Ankle-biter
29 Move stealthily 31Weapon sought by
Voldemort
33 Woman with a wellknown internet “list” 34Cardiologist's tool 35Like some personalities 36 Go full ____ (throw a
world-class hissy fit) 38Certain employee at ESPN or JPMorgan Chase 41Vanquishers of kings? 42 Drink in a little cup 43Piece of training
equipment in boxing 44 Put forth, as a theory 47 Dance that men often
do shirtless 48Europe-based grp. with
no European members 50Org. that employs radio
telescopes 52Principle of harmonious
design
53 Absorb, as a loss 54 Ones practicing: Abbr. 57____ Purchase, 1853
land deal with Mexico 58 Actor Patel
61 Thorn in a dictator's side 63 Grassy field 65Kind of rating 67Road crew's supply 68House speaker before
Pelosi
69Went green, perhaps? 70 Called up 71 Call to a shepherd 72 Stadium cry
75 Milk sources 76 Disintegrate, in a way, as
cells in the body
79 SOS in Gotham City 80 Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs
82 Simple shelter
83 Spanish winds 86 Convinced 88No longer sleeping 89“Marriage Story” co-star,
to fans 91Simple and ingenious 93 Sparkle
95Have trouble deciding 96 Headstrong
97 Spot coverage? 99Like a wunderkind 101Edie of “The Sopranos” 102 Spoilers, of a sort 103 Witch 105 “Catch That ____ Spirit”
(old ad slogan)
106 Exams for some bio
majors
107Pull some strings? 111Guesses by GPSes 113 Director Craven
114 Play with
116 Thurman of
“Pulp Fiction” 117Word with rolling or
bowling