NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CINÉMA VÉRITÉ BY DAN MARGOLIS / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
Dan Margolis, of Westfield, N.J., is a semiretired software applications trainer. In his spare time, he referees high school basketball games and plays keyboard in a ‘‘dad-rock band,’’ Landing Party — so named because all the members are ‘‘Star Trek’’ fans. Dan has been solving puzzles since he was a teenager. The first ones he constructed were on graph paper back in the day. This is his fourth crossword for The Times and his first Sunday. — W.S.
ACROSS
Advice columnist
Savage
4 Out of tune . . . or
bubbles
8 Saturn or Mercury,
once
11 ____ fever
16 Prayer leader
18 Opening opening? 20 Yeats or Keats
21 Pliocene, e.g.
22 Something to build
on
23 Ancient Aegean
land
24 The fly in fly
fishing, e.g.
25 Turn
26 Indy film? (1981) 30 Render
unnecessary
31 Female deer
32 Classic sci-fi anthology whose first story is titled ‘‘Robbie’’
35 Sound from a flock 36 Road movie? (1950) 40 Some M.I.T. grads:
Abbr.
41 Bizarre
43 React to a stubbed
toe, maybe
44 Confident juggler’s
props
45 Film director’s cry 46 Blood work locales 49 Sound of relief
52 Cannoli ingredient 1
56 PG movie? (1992) 63 Anthem opening 64 A little bit of work 66 Brush off
67 Draw out
69 One whose range goes from about F3 to F5, musically
70 Hilarious folks
72 World capital with the Gangnam district
74 Challenge
75 Hummingbird
feeder filler
77 Blatant
79 N.Y. engineering
sch.
80 Actress de Matteo of ‘‘Sons of Anarchy’’
81 Family film? (1972) 84 Barely contain
anger
86 ____ glance
87 Thor : Thursday ::
____ : Wednesday 89 Suffix with hero
90 Oration station
94 Cleverly self
referential
98 Social stratum
100 Common 99¢
purchase
103 Dock-udrama?
(1954)
108 Spendthrift’s opposite
____ Palace, Indian tourist attraction Perfectly timed 110 111
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Pilot, e.g.
Short film? (1989) Where Minos ruled
120 Safe, on board
121 Violet variety
122 Wait in neutral 123 Jack rabbits, but
not rabbits
124 Saturnus or
Mercurius
125 Part of a sewing
kit
126 Nair rival, once 127 Not so moving? 128 Nile reptile
129 Its name is derived from the Greek for ‘‘I burn’’ 130 OB/GYNS, e.g.
112 114 118
DOWN
1 Wear off ?
2 Easygoing
3 Hometowners
4 Toy (with), as an idea 5 Least strict
6 ____ mundi
7 Popular ABC programming block of the ’90s
8 ‘‘Perhaps’’
9 Fine spray
10 66 and others:
Abbr.
11 One of the Borgias 12 Rubber-stamp,
say
13 Kids use it for texts
14 ‘‘ Vous êtes ____’’ (French map notation)
Grp. with the Vezina Trophy
Pastels and
charcoal, for two 19 Swear words?
20 More than enough 27 Enjoy some dishes without doing dishes, perhaps
28 Hasten
29 ____ Tuesday (Aimee Mann’s band)
33 Dot follower
34 Some ESPN highlights, for short
37 Something often underlined and blue
38 Half-moon tide
39 ____ the crack of
dawn
42 Balderdash
45 Trickster of Shoshone mythology
47 Short-legged
hound
48 Fuel additive
brand
50 17, for an R-rated
movie
51 Director Ashby
52 Dappled horse
53 Key
54 Hidden downside 55 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward
57 In poor condition,
as old machinery 58 Choler
59 ____ about
(approximately)
15 17 60 Undesirable plane seat Often-animated greeting
62 Yes or no follower 65 Flub
68 Eye drop
71 New Deal program,
in brief
73 Co. with brown
trucks
76 Palindromic title 78 See 118-Down 61 82 Lady of Spain
83 Anti-mob law, for
short
85 Baby shower gift 88 Photographer
Goldin
90 ____ Pérignon
91 ____ given Sunday 92 ‘‘My package
arrived!’’
93 Alcoholic drink consumed in one gulp 95 French stars
96 Clench
97 Utah national park
99 Bit of ranch
dressing?
100 Got around
101 Street vendor 102 Radio buttons 104 First name of
a literary ‘‘Papa’’ 105 Diminutive
106 Cat’s pajamas? 107 Extends a tour
109 Invite to enter
113 Parts of kingdoms 115 When repeated, a ‘‘Seinfeld’’ expression
116 Scruff
117 Masseur’s target
118 With 78-Down, Greek letters that together sound like a world capital
Dashed 119