Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

- By Will Nediger / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 [I don’t believe it!] 5 Time to treat yourself 10 “The Chosen” novelist Potok 15 Vaper’s purchase, for short 19 Performer at a canine talent show in “Garfield: The Movie” 20 Water or rust 21 “Au contraire …” 22 Paul of “There Will Be Blood” 23 “Toodle-oo!” 24 Territorie­s 25 Mascara mishap 26 Sort of 27 Work with a number 28 Just fabulous 29 Guest bed when you don’t have an actual guest bed 30 Mr. ____ (fictional sleuth) 31 Grp. that often has its first meeting in the fall 32 Onetime transAtlan­tic fliers, for short 33 Things to skip 36 Major to-do 38 Thanks for waiting 39 Word with “in,” “on” or “in on” 40 Road safety spot, e.g., for short 41 Blueprint details 43 Cryptanaly­sis org. 44 Tram part 45 Enlightens 47 Affix with a thumbtack 48 Important address 50 Ermines, in the summer 51 Hits the jackpot 53 They’re full of holes 54 Actress Sohn of “The Wire” 55 “Phooey!” 56 Popular girl’s name any way you look at it 58 Not just words 59 “Curious …” 61 Father figure? 63 “Begone!” 66 What “T” may represent commercial­ly 68 Clarinetis­t Shaw 69 Bout enders, informally 73 Samurai swords 75 Delish 77 Totally apt 79 What you might write to someone you like 80 2016 No. 1 Rihanna album 82 Peeples person? 83 Goddess represente­d wearing a solar disk 84 Artless nickname? 85 Wreck site 87 Web user 90 Cousin of a martini 92 Blogger’s code 93 Cuzco residents 95 Person with a record 97 Some breads … or a homophone for what bread loaves do 98 Historical records 100 Flower traditiona­lly used to relieve inflammati­on 102 Airheaded 105 No-nos in many apartment buildings 107 Hook’s helper 108 Junk transporte­rs 112 Get ready for a long auto trip 114 Gaping opening 115 Cook in the news 116 Troy of N.F.L. fame 117 ____ Spumante (wine) 118 Having a high B.M.I., say 120 Seemingly forever 122 Literary character who says, “Cassio’s a proper man” 123 TV’s “____ Is Us” 124 Object of wishful thinking? 125 Home of the 2016 men’s and women’s Olympic marathon winners 126 “Begone!” 127 Pricing word 128 Not bottled, say 129 ____ Park, Colo. 130 Full house, e.g.

DOWN

1 What some carefree beachgoers do 2 Got comfortabl­e with 3 Pickle 4 Samosa ingredient­s 5 Epitome of slowness 6 Some track bets 7 Takes a few courses? 8 Goes on to say 9 “Right you are!” 10 Longtime broadcaste­r of the Masters golf tournament 11 Runs perfectly 12 Tasted, quaintly 13 Down 14 Quagmires 15 Dutch cheese 16 “Murder, She Wrote” setting 17 In the club 18 Start printing 32 Treat with utter contempt 33 Imitation 34 Homes in the woods 35 Seaside rental 37 Get hitched 41 Like the legs of a daddy longlegs 42 Laundry setting 46 Tex-Mex dish 49 Must 51 Walletfuls 52 Part of a dark cloud 55 Verb with “thou” 57 “Ciao!” 60 Sub 62 Roberto of “Life Is Beautiful” 63 Mere smidgen 64 Starfleet Academy attendee 65 Starting lineup 67 Dahlia and Agatha, in the Jeeves novels by P. G. Wodehouse 68 Dazzle 70 ____-face 71 How a ballerina might be seen 72 Knocks the socks off 74 Not, to a Scot 76 Early millennium year 78 Next-to-last letter 81 Stormy 83 Unit in a bar graph 86 ABC sitcom about the Johnsons 88 Oceania’s enemy, in “1984” 89 Probes 91 Slightly salty 94 Rip Van Winkle had a long one 96 Liftoff preceder 99 Sch. from which Lady Gaga and Woody Allen were dropouts 101 15-season show set in Vegas 102 Chihuahua, e.g. 103 Ottoman rank 104 Madcap 106 4-0, e.g. 107 Pump up 109 Poker variety 110 Part of an old train 111 Hair net 113 ____ stick 116 Some prosecutor­s, for short 119 Michael Jackson’s second album 121 Countdown time, for short

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