NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: SEALED WITH A KISS
1Percussion instrument in
a marching band 7Prefix with sexual 10Prefix with sexual 14Animals in a pod 19Start of a playground
taunt 20Kitchen brand with a
palindromic name 21What an article may
come with?
22 Drain, as from soil 23 Fatsis who wrote “Word
Freak”
24Most feathery, as clouds 26“Thong Song” singer,
2000
27Sharp, in a way 28Early tie
30The ones over here 32In the capacity of 33Some Ivy Leaguers 34Born yesterday, so to
speak
36 Calm
38Comfy slip-on, in brief 39What an outstretched arm with an open palm can mean 41Fleet org.
42 It means business 43 Stakes
44 Narrow 46Group tour vehicle 49 Playground comeback 52Build up
53Sci-fi publisher of “Ender's Game” and “The Wheel of Time” 54Popular beer brand,
briefly
57With 3-Down, one of the
Avengers
59 ____ smear
61 Reduced 63Opposite of a standing
order?
64“Do me this one favor ...
“
67French vineyards 68 Prats 69 Contrariwise 71North African capital 72 Nongendered, as
language: Abbr. 73Sui ____
74Kind of dash 76Best Supporting Actor winner for “Dallas Buyer's Club” 78Prefix with friendly 79Rules out? 80West Coast beer brand,
in brief
81 “____ ruled the world ...
“
83 :
86Capital of Yemen 87Kind of modern office
plan
89Smell of a rose 92Smell of a rosé
95 ____ Fridays 96Barrister's deg.
97 Bench tool
99 Quibble 101Student's bonus points 103 Drawn-out campaigns 105When doubled, another
name for dorado 106Call ____ night 107Eighth letter 109British tennis champ who
invented the sweatband 111 ____ impasse 112Guardian spirits
114 Especially 116Soubise sauce is made
from them
118 Greenish-brown 119____ cake (dim sum
dish)
120Suffix with social 121“Wheel of Fortune”
freebies
122 Sharp
123Label for Otis Redding
and Isaac Hayes 124Latin king 125Sea lion, for one
DOWN
1Word with sound or solar 2 Few
3See 57-Across 4 Subsequent versions 5Thurman of “Kill Bill” 6Word before and after
“a”
7 Turned on
8Kind of symmetry
9 A pretty capable sort 10 Singer DiFranco 11Big name in bubbly 12Small woodland
songbird 13“Town square for the global village of tomorrow,” per Bill Gates
14 Jimmy of the Daily
Planet
15L.L. Bean competitor 16Medieval helmet 17 Exonerate 18Prime snorkeling spots 25Like many stuffed
animals
29 PX shopper
31 The Quran, for one 35Mango Madness and
Go Bananas, for two 37Ones initiating
handoffs, for short 39 Some mattresses 40 Indulgence 45Capital of French
Polynesia
47 Show again 48Caterer's container 50 A fine mesh this is! 51Debussy prelude inspired by a water sprite
54 Outcast
55Out of focus 56Surface anew, say 57Post production 58Without a doubt 60Turkish officers 62 Timid sort 63Instrument in “O!
Susannah” 64They'll be mist 65Super Bowl of 2022 66Place with robes and
sweaters 70Seasick sea serpent of
old cartoons 71Bank posting 73Words after throwing a
ball
75 Grams
77 Unbalance 82Packaging list 84 “L'chaim!”
85(a, b), e.g. 87Anthem contraction 88 Suit perfectly 90France from France 91Singer who founded
Fenty Beauty 92What ponies express? 93Field-plowing duo 94Poem piece 97Notable point in
geometry 98U.N. member since
1949: Abbr. 100 Glittery
decoration
102 Listing 104Beau ____ 105Ones with plenty of
reservations 108Blade brand 110Days of old 113Suffix with
court or cash 115Deli supply
117 Surveillance org.