Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SURROUND SOUND

- By Patrick Berry / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Canned food you don’t eat 5 “Black Swan” director Aronofsky 11 Compete in the Winter Games, say 14 Lose strength 18 Whistle prompters 20 Become invalid 21 Org. that prepares tables 22 Norway’s patron saint 23 Office missive sent out arbitraril­y? 26 “Rent” character ___ Marquez 27 It borders five U.S. states 28 Yarn 29 What Gustave Doré’s “The Confusion of Tongues” depicts 30 Stone fruit? 36 Fellow sailors 39 Gourmand’s want 40 Tailor’s sideline? 41 Dark horse 42 Applicabil­ity 43 Back 46 Expander during inhalation 48 Aeronaut who’s headed for the moon? 53 Headmaster honorific 54 Earnest request 55 Suffix with land or sea 57 “Outside the Lines” broadcaste­r 61 Stickers? 62 Like audiences for R-rated films 64 D.C. transport 65 It may be open at a bar 66 Photograph­ers who stalk future lieutenant­s? 71 Sunset shade 72 One getting a licking, informally? 74 The Pequod, e.g. 75 Poverty relief organizati­on 77 Support for a proposal? 78 Animal that may carry its baby on its back 79 Wireless? 82 Subsist 84 Desktop machine made of malleable metal? 88 Eddie ___, “Leave It to Beaver” boy 92 Like some restrictio­ns 93 Blast furnace input 94 Thurman of “The Producers” 95 Turkey’s place, in large part 97 Snowbelt city 98 Groused 101 Provides some idea of an object’s size? 106 Communicat­e with the server, perhaps 107 Oscar nominee for “Silkwood” 108 Feed supplier 112 Wind up 113 Lassie’s affliction after failing to rescue Timmy? 118 C.P.A.’s study 119 1965 Johnny Mathis album of Latin American music 120 Turn while seated 121 “Into the Wild” star Hirsch 122 ___ mining 123 Gender-neutral pronoun 124 Excomm-unication provocatio­n 125 “It’s a pity”

DOWN

1 Age of Aquarius hairstyle 2 Student’s burden 3 Bad choice on first down 4 Retirement period 5 Possessor? 6 Medieval battle weapon 7 Dashboard abbr. 8 Kia model 9 Go astray 10 “That’s amazing!” 11 Moves obliquely 12 Last name in horror 13 Doctrine 14 George Eliot, but not Marilyn Manson 15 Chinese company whose 2014 I.P.O. was the world’s largest in history 16 Retail clerk’s accessory 17 Glare 19 “You’ll be ___!” 24 Some Veterans Day honorees, for short 25 Pentagon Papers subject, for short 29 Babe in the woods 31 Lead one to believe 32 Plane, e.g. 33 “Cubist” Rubik 34 Dinero unit 35 Not just see 36 Hybrid animal 37 South American capital 38 Arm of the sea 43 Was in session 44 Amenity in a G.M. vehicle 45 What some dreams and themes do 47 First Nations tribe 49 What doesn’t come full circle? 50 Hear again 51 “Bugsy Malone” star Scott 52 ___ avis 56 Candy from Austria 58 Briggs & ___ (engine maker) 59 Tinseltown event 60 Drift off 62 Nyasaland, today 63 Parody 64 Problem of mistaken identity 65 Reformer from the time of D.D.E. to L.B.J. 67 Tommy Lasorda’s jersey number 68 Require balm, say 69 Reacted to a shock, maybe 70 Streak 73 Boon for an investigat­ive journalist 76 A.C.C. school 78 Five-time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner 79 Farm name ender 80 Unforthcom­ing 81 Reputation, informally 83 Have an encore presentati­on of 85 Abound 86 To be, to Balzac 87 Drops out of the sky 88 Played along with 89 “A poem in our eyes,” per Emerson 90 Little pitcher’s place 91 $5 picture 96 Jessica Simpson’s sister 98 No longer standing tall? 99 In readiness 100 Bronchial woe 102 Singer ___ Marie 103 First of 50: Abbr. 104 Source of the word “galore” 105 2006 World Cup winner 109 Work hard 110 “___ and Basie!” (1963 jazz album) 111 Jim Beam and Wild Turkey 113 Gentle bird call 114 Palindromi­c animal 115 Once-high station? 116 “Paradise Lost” figure 117 Media exec Moonves

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