Vancouver Sun

THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- NOSY NONSENSE By Brendan Emmett Quigley / Edited by Will Shortz

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 ___

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