New York Times Crossword Puzzle
1 5 Auckland Surmounting Across native
9 13 Dude Sign ranch of sensitivity? handle
19 Setting for the 2012
film “Argo”
20 Title partner of “the Swan” in a Yeats poem
21 “___ Her Standing
There”
22 Creed of the
“Rocky” series 23 “Come on, woman,
shape that wood!”?
26 Brighter 27 Start of a choosing
rhyme
28 Uploaded pic, often 29 Go weak in the
knees
31 In the past
32 Jack ___
34 Dry white wines
36 Some protests
38 Cheerful superhero?
41 Facts of life? 42 Oklahoma
birthplace of Oral
Roberts
43 “___ surprised as
you are!”
44 Cases for E.M.T.’s
46 Onetime U.N. leader
50 Guard dog’s target 52 Take approach a patient to
revenge?
56 Benefit
57 Abandon
59 “Mamma ___!”
60 Sleeper agent
61 Sallie ___
63 Barbaric 65 Some electrical
workers
68 Stand offering,
briefly 71 Ones who stop giving to their church?
74 Future grads: Abbr.
75 Emaciated
77 “Hoarders” airer
78 ___ loss
80 Hombre, formerly
81 Everyone’s bets
83 Ford sedan
85 T.A.’s overseer 89 Softly exhale cheap
sentiment?
93 Tenacious sort
95 San Antonio mayor
Julián, keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention
96 1978-79 CBS
detective drama
97 Fool
98 Big bygone bird
99 ___ Kong 101 Mad scientist’s
sadistic
exclamation upon attacking the Empire State? 106 110 “Fifty Grey,” Anatomical “Popsicle,” Shades for one ring in of
111 112 Like First- a floor 12-Down
113 apartment, Rake maybe
115 Ain’t correct?
116 Canon fodder? 117 Prime minister of
1945 119 What the Grim Reaper’s backup carries? 124 Evan-___ (women’s clothing brand) 125 Its alphabet has 44
consonants
126 Log time
127 Sailors’ saint
128 Ends of Alaska?
129 Farm females
130 Macho man 131 1,000 years before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I 1 Metric Down distance:
Abbr.
2 Author Levin 3 Summer recreation
area
4 Ready to mate
5 Confederate
6 Genteel gathering 7 Tasks around the
house 8 Web site with a “Send
Money” tab
9 Psychologist Jean
10 P.R. hours 11 First name in
Chicago politics
12 Weenie
13 Coach for dancing?
14 Wall St. opening 15 “If you don’t like my anger, do something about it!”? 16 Black in country
music
17 Vote in 18 Results of lying too
much?
24 Involve 25 ___ Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin
30 London facilities 32 Replacement refs,
maybe? 33 “The Taming of the
Shrew” setting 34 Backbeat
component, often
35 Drink to throw back 37 Recognize as a
source
39 Cry on arrival 40 Big wheel at a
reception?
45 Snide response
47 Smithereens 48 Red Wing or
Blackhawk
49 Cold temps
51 Bijou
52 “___ #1!” 53 Carnival Cruise
Lines stop
54 Go over again 55 Christine ___, “The Phantom of the Opera” girl
58 Junk
62 Killed a hero? 64 Horne and Olin 66 It’s measured in
cups
67 W.W. II craft: Abbr. 68 “Your Business”
airer
69 Director Kurosawa
70 Family inheritance
72 Finish line, often
73 Together, in music
76 Hate coke? 79 “Dragnet” message,
for short 82 Spring phenomenon 84 Winning by a small
margin
86 Dirt spreader
87 Psalm starter
88 Unreliable 90 Suppose, to
Shakespeare
91 They’re often
toasted 92 Cornell who founded Western Union 94 Off-campus local
97 Really sing
100 Miracle-___ 102 It might cause
photophobia 103 “One World”
musician John
104 Flatters
105 Hollered
106 Wet bars?
107 Prankster-like 108 “Get on the
stick!”?
109 Tidies up, in a way
114 Come back
116 Durst of Limp
Bizkit
118 Disney doe
120 Deviate from the
course
121 Bird ___
122 Owner of Abbey
Road Studios
123 Babe