Chattanooga Times Free Press

New York Times Crossword

- Answers on page F3 By Lee Taylor Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Parabolas, essentiall­y 5 Part of a wedding 9-Across 9 See 5-Across 13 Trophy winner 18 He planned for a rainy day 19 Sled dog with a statue in Central Park 20 Jewish month before Nisan 21 Corolla part 22 Result of a foul on a long basketball shot 25 Bandleader Shaw

26 Start of Euripides’ signature 27 Bargainbas­ement 29 See 92-Across 30 Took off the board 32 Popular jeans 33 Does, as an animated character

35 A, B or C, in Washington 38 Albino orca, e.g. 41 “You’re on!” and others 42 Skedaddles 45 Country singer Chesney

46 “It was all ____” 48 Chops down 49 Places for toasters and roasters 51 Word after sock or bunny 54 Subjects of some New Year’s resolution­s 56 Deli order 57 Reddish 59 When repeated, emergency cry to a fighter pilot 60 Wise-looking 63 Pub orders 64 On base, say 67 Part of a department store where people sit 70 Legally confer, as a power 71 Opulent 73 Kind of joke 74 Lilac color 76 High regard 78 Certain intersecti­on 79 Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee home, with “the” 83 Family-reunion attendee, informally 84 One taking inventory? 87 ____ Pueblo (World Heritage Site) 88 Polite 89 Expensive outing 90 Philadelph­ia art museum, with “the” 92 With 29-Across, source of a famous smile 93 Home of the world’s only 14-lane suspension bridge 98 “Atonement” author Ian 100 Old barracks decoration­s 101 Catches up to 102 Bollywood instrument­s 105 Man Ray’s genre 106 Ham it up 109 Wine orders 112 Good servers 114 Timekeeper on the Emerald Isle 117 “Free ____” 118 Text-message status 119 Assists in a way one shouldn’t 120 One getting the red-carpet treatment 121 Diary passage 122 Avant-garde 123 Father 124 Scottish caps

DOWN

1 Hill and tunnel builder 2 Architect Mies van der ____ 3 Complain 4 What a dairymaid does all day long 5 Poi plants 6 Chaiken who co-created “The L Word” 7 Printemps follower 8 Source of a deferment in the 1960s draft 9 Syndicate 10 Big fan 11 Yamaha competitor 12 Formerly, once 13 Figurehead? 14 Tim ____, frequent collaborat­or with Adam Sandler 15 Ancient Greek state with Athens 16 “The Marvelous Mrs. ____” (award-winning Amazon series) 17 “I beg of you” 19 A sharps 23 Aer Lingus destinatio­n 24 Performanc­es for Hawaii tourists 28 Plane, e.g. 31 Column in soccer standings 34 Confesses 35 Picket line crosser 36 Hobbes’ favorite food in “Calvin and Hobbes” 37 Text-message status 39 Leading characters in “Mad Max” 40 Matter in court 43 Pretentiou­s 44 1984 Olympic gymnastics sensation 47 ____ Boston (noted hotel) 49 ____ de leche 50 Somewhat 51 Put an edge on 52 Loopholes 53 “Hey you!” 55 Wanna-____ 56 Writer Stieg Larsson, e.g. 58 Hard way to say the answers to the italicized clues in this puzzle (good luck!) 60 Willow twig 61 San ____, Calif. 62 Having a frog in one’s throat 64 Building direction, briefly 65 What “btw” means 66 Mess (with) 68 Spanish direction 69 Book before Deut. 72 Extend a hand to after a fall, say 75 London’s

Old ____ 77 Beyond that 79 Listens attentivel­y 80 Declare 81 “Jane the Virgin” actress Rodriguez 82 Pizazz 85 Wine: prefix 86 Was on the verge of collapse 87 What “light” cigarettes are lower in

89 Not so hip 90 “The Garden of Earthly Delights” painter 91 Cleverness 93 App release 94 One of the B vitamins 95 Underwater 96 Electricia­n’s concern

97 Like the smell of some bread 99 Where something annoying might be stuck 103 Less welcoming 104 Sample 107 What a headache might feel like 108 Start of a classic Christmas poem 110 James of jazz 111 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 113 Wilbur’s home in “Charlotte’s Web” 115 Box-score inits. 116 Time-sheet units: abbr.

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