Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by Will Shortz

SEE 68-ACROSS

ACROSS

1 ____ aisle, part of a church 5 Prayer books

12 Bit of baloney

15 Rep

19 Two, in Toulouse 20 Neighbor of New York 21 Pesticide ingredient

23 Still a contender 24 Cousins of jaguarundi­s 25 City in Los Angeles County 26 Leave in the dust 28 European eruption site 29 Search engine failure?

30 Is able to translate what was heard on the wall? 32 Thwart

34 Choler

35 Not stay the course?

36 Gin, lime and soda combo 38 Things that are bought and soled

40 Arizona tribe 43 Scotland’s longest river 45 River through Russia and Kazakhstan

46 Is expecting

48 Oddity

50 More in order

52 Dole (out)

53 Tactic in a war of attrition 54 It goes after go 55 Mattress tester’s compensati­on?

61 Word after big or oil 62 Suggestion of what to do, slangily

64 Opposite of ennemies 65 Basics of education, briefly 66 Super superstar 68 Supercilio­us sort … or the title for this puzzle

72 A bushelful

73 Make faces in front of a camera

74 European capital named after a saint

75 “____ your head!” 76 Monster.com posting 77 Dress code requiremen­t for the Puritans?

80 Peak in Suisse

83 City on the Erie Canal 86 Tops

87 Goads 89 Test-prep aid

90 Dark beer

92 France’s ____ Noël 93 What may follow a school period?

95 Connect, as picture with sound

96 Annual CBS awards broadcast, with “the” 97 Playoff matchup

99 Years ago 101 “Mudbound” director Rees 102 Actress Rowlands 103 Hoped-for conclusion by someone with sore knees? 108 Make a really long-distance call?

113 Rani’s raiment 115 Matador’s foe 116 Infamous Chicago bootlegger 117 Mediterran­ean resort island 119 “____ go bragh!” 120 Swimmers with flippers 121 Rufous ruminant 122 Census datum

123 Sp. miss

124 Follower of hi or lo

125 Slips into at a store, say 126 Louver

DOWN

1 “Hasta la vista”

2 Corral

3 Software package

4 Like high-quality olive oil 5 Nighttime event in the western sky 6 Business magazine 7 Resolve

8 Coarse, as language 9 Elvis ____ Presley 10 Engaged in arson 11 Request for aid 12 Pointless

13 Go over one’s wardrobe? 14 Titanic’s undoing

15 Burn a little

16 Went wild

17 Added numbers

18 Many mowers 22 Number of i’s in “Sicilia” 27 Hula accompanim­ent, for short

29 With 29-Across, surprise in the mail 31 With 30-Across, is blunt 33 Khayyám and others

36 Left only the exterior of 37 Green of the L.P.G.A.

38 Fills

39 24 heures ago

40 Central command spots, for short

41 Sénat affirmativ­e

42 Polish dumpling 44 Senate affirmativ­e

47 Big brand of grills 49 Gunpowder holder 51 Overdue amount 56 Things that might be grabbed by someone in an argument 57 Authority on diamonds? 58 Uprightnes­s

59 With 55-Across, big sleepover

60 What mos. and mos. add up to 63 French vineyard 66 Devilkin

67 Apt rhyme for “grr” 68 Everybody’s opposite 69 New York Titans and Dallas Texans, in ’60s sports 70 Mine, in Milano

71 Plains tribe 72 Lackadaisi­cal sorts 74 Glaswegian­s, e.g. 76 Protrude

78 With 77-Across, red, blue and yellow

79 Welcome at the front door 81 “The Oblong Box” writer 82 Witch’s home

84 Against

85 Electrical connection? 88 Like fried food vis-à-vis grilled food, typically 90 Fey’s co-star in “Baby Mama” and “Sisters” 91 Simple variant of baseball 92 Part of Potus: Abbr. 94 Break, as a habit

96 QB’s feat

98 Way out 100 Three-dimensiona­l fig. 103 Wear down

104 Buenos ____

105 End of story?

106 With 103-Across, simple furniture style 107 Schubert’s “Eine Kleine Trauermusi­k,” e.g.

109 Lion queen in “The Lion King” 110 Prefix with dermis 111 Anchor

112 With 108-Across, not talking loudly on a cell, e.g.

114 “The King ____”

117 “D.C. Cab” co-star

118 Board hiree, for short

 ?? PUZZLE BY ELIZABETH A. LONG ?? 02/25/2018
PUZZLE BY ELIZABETH A. LONG 02/25/2018

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