NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: THE FINAL FRONTIER
ACROSS
1 Visitor-center handouts 5Crew supervisor on a
merchant ship 10QB Patrick who was
2018's N.F.L. M.V.P. 17Like a pub crawler's
breath, perhaps 18 *Embarrassing pants
mishap?
20Set apart 21Relative of “ciao”
22“I never met a ____ I
didn't like”: Garfield 23Like some tans 24*Shipper of British toilets? 26Something you might use
just for the halibut? 27____ Plaines, Ill. 28Hill worker
29 Modern-day
groundskeeper?
30 Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, for the 2022 Oscars 31Divides into sectors 335-Down, in Spanish 34“I'm not impressed” 35Some sci-fi effects 37Fast line at the airport,
informally 41Small figures? 44*Big fight for a Disney
heroine from Polynesia? 47Some track-and-field
races
48“They tell me ... “50 Impulsive sorts? 51 Spanish gentlemen 52Standing at the ready 54 Affectionate attention, for
short
55Neither blows it nor
crushes it 56Grabs lunch, say 59Word with cane or cone 61As a friend, in French 64“That hits the spot!” 65Voyage by rocket ... or a feature of the answers to the 12 starred clues? 68 U-Haul offering 69One rounded up in a
roundup
72A car that won't start is a common one in horror films 73Ties again 76 Pulitzer-winning novelist
Lurie
78 Extreme vexation 80 Alliance 81Symptom of burnout 83Take up a notch
86 Singer Abdul 87Keg attachment 88*Shortage of slime? 90 Appear
91“Is that a challenge?!” 92Part of E.S.L.: Abbr. 93Voice of dissent 94 Scratch (out) 96Film brand
98 Seoul singers? 99Component of some hightech dog collars 103Kind of card sold in many
international airports 106Metric for a Met, for short 107Diane Sawyer's real first
name
109*Rest spot for a tabby? 110Angry and impatient 112Parent who's fluent in emojis and modern slang, maybe
114“Your ____ ran over my
dogma” (classic dad joke) 115Sovereign's singular 116*Brew that's both bitter
and fruity? 117Tiny arachnids
118 Cries feebly
119Do some barbering on 120Language of the Emerald
Isle
DOWN
1 French wine region 2 Series of trade discounts? 3 Portmanteau invitations 4Website overseers, in brief 5Image on a postcard from
Yellowstone
6 Western Hemisphere
treaty grp. 7*Painting of potatoes,
e.g.?
8 Exhorts 9____-Down (what this is) 10 Botch
11*Main course featuring
Egyptian snake meat? 12 Street smarts 13 Portuguese greeting 14 “S.N.L.” alumna
Rudolph
15 Boarding school where tailcoats are part of the dress code
16 On its way
17 Show some reluctance 18Item tossed into a fire at the end of “Citizen Kane”
19 Buddy
25 “Va-va-____!” 30Set of options 31Acne spot, informally 32Brawl site in old
westerns
34West of Hollywood 35 Agree
36____ Goose, cousin of
Donald Duck 38*Iditarod, for one? 39 Bourbon alternative 40The start of something? 41 Byproduct of
composting
42 “Wow, super!” 43*Staging of a narc sting? 45How a parent serving as the tooth fairy might walk
46 Supported 49Stephen of “The Crying
Game” 51Anguish following a
dance marathon 53N.F.L. positions that sound like a fast-food chain
55“I'm sorry, ____, I'm afraid I can't do that” (line from HAL in “2001”)
57 Mountain lake 58Green prefix 60Fish with a long snout 62Layer beneath the earth's
crust 63Something made off the
cuff?
66Closing words 67Office PC setup 70 One-percenters 71 Frustrating process 74Noted speedway sponsor 75What a beehive is made
of 77*Terrific messenger at
Hogwarts? 79*Friend in a competition? 81Furbys or fidget spinners,
e.g.
82In the manner of 83Many millenniums 84 Small batteries 85“Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you ____!”: Dr. Seuss 88Lead-in to X, Y or Z 89 Substance
95Sign unlikely to have been written by the person it is attached to
97Hill workers
98 Swell
99Hindu embodiment of
virtue
100Stolen treats in “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” 101Mann of music 102Mardi ____ 103Knights and noblemen 104Privy to 105Request for permission 107TV screen option,
for short
108 Chits
109 Manage 111Dallas hoopster,
for short 113Lotta money