THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Top off, as
someone’s drink 8 Isolated hill surrounded by lava 15 Shine 20 Lubrication point 21 Snapping things 22 Avoiding the rush,
say 23 She “speaks things in doubt, / That carry but half sense” 24 They’re not
accented in music 25 Unimaginative 26 One unsatisfied with a “She loves me, she loves me not” result? 28 Picky little dog? 30 Faint trace 31 A lot 33 Neglect 34 Detests 38 Game
equipment 40 Haitian couple 41 Bandleader’s cry 42 Called off 43 Lay atop 47 “L’Arlésienne”
composer 48 It’s not much 49 Lake ___ ( Australia’s lowest point) 50 Audition winner’s
part, maybe 51 Peep 52 Business transactions free from government regulation? 57 Spanish bear 58 Vanquish 61 Narrow land projections into the sea 62 Floors 64 Billet- doux
recipient 66 Hands,
informally 67 Orbit rival 69 Coat style 70 Bank run 71 Change
structurally 72 It’s nothing at all 73 Carefree dairy
product? 77 “Really!” 80 Radiohead head
Yorke 82 Modest response
to a compliment 83 French 101
pronoun 84 It covers Hector’s
death 86 Continental free
trade group 88 Block, as a stream 91 Likes lots 92 F. S. U. player, for
short 93 Bright red 94 One spinning
one’s wheels? 95 Optimally 98 It’s often heard at
a ballpark 99 Reconstructionera cartoonist 101 Optimistic
theater audience? 103 Marvel from Idaho’s largest city? 109 Soot 110 Kind of seat 112 Straight- shooting 113 It’s bigger than a
family 114 Slalom, for one 115 Winston’s home
in “1984” 116 Snapchat
demographic 117 Nuts 118 In words
Down
1 Kind of pyramid 2 TV’s Kelly 3 Educ. book
category 4 “___ Like the Wind” ( song from “Dirty Dancing”) 5 Sunday reading 6 Supporter of the
1%, say 7 Advances on 8 Missile name 9 Got to the point? 10 Eagerly adopt 11 Polish leader? 12 Developers’
expanses 13 Profanities 14 Canadian business often connected to a Tim Hortons 15 Makes bail, e. g. 16 Talking points? 17 “Un Ballo in
Maschera” aria 18 Some chorus
members 19 “Like hell!” 27 Mollify 29 “Hold your
horses” 32 Boosted, as an ego 34 Heat alerts, for
short? 35 Tiny indicator 36 Barely remembered seaman? 37 “Listen up, Lucia!” 39 Hoosier capital,
informally 40 Detective writer Earl ___ Biggers 43 Some loaves 44 Sports score most likely to be on the highlight reel? 45 Actress Elizabeth
with older twins 46 Fagin’s end 48 Pulled tight 49 Defib team 52 Post office workers, for short? 53 CBS series that, oddly, was filmed in L. A. 54 Lens 55 Sen. McConnell 56 “Downton Abbey”
maid 59 Museum
decoration 60 “Sherlock” channel, affectionately, with “the” 63 Bread box? 64 “De Monarchia”
writer 65 He discusses divine providence in Job 66 Labyrinthine 67 An Arnaz 68 Busy travel day,
maybe 70 Cheeky 71 Goes back into
business 74 Venice’s oldest
bridge 75 “Fûmes” is a form
of it 76 Birds with inflatable neck sacs 78 “I ___ Hamlet” ( Paul Rudnick play) 79 Fumes may
produce one 81 Financiers 84 Brand of gloves
and slippers 85 Blitzed 87 Concertgoers who
are into the hits? 88 Rice paper?:
Abbr. 89 Desert steed 90 One of the
Balearic Islands 91 County seat of
Suffolk, England 93 Stupid sort 95 Specialized talk 96 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee 97 The Beatles’ “P. S. I Love You,” e. g. 98 Honshu port 100 “The Two Pots”
storyteller 102 College up the
coast from L. A. 104 March time 105 Certain tourney
overseer 106 TV spots 107 City near Presque Isle State Park 108 Like some tea
leaves 111 Sports ___