Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
GOING HEAD TO HEAD
ACROSS
1 Group of trees
6 Potential queens
11 Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase
14 Harmless weapons maker
18 Strong suit?
19 “Continue”
20 “Foucault’s Pendulum”
author, 1988
21 Like the Gregorian calendar
22 Showdown in Greek
mythology
25 A couple of times
26 Word of confirmation on a
messaging app
27 Couple
28 Showdown in classic video
games
30 Quickened paces
32 Wasn’t struck down
33 Realm
34 Tours can be seen on it
35 Triumph
37 Not in any way
39 Showdown in American
history
43 Hot ____
44 One of four in a grand slam
47 Univs., e.g.
48 Bent over backward, in a way
50 Bit of P.R.
53 Like baseball’s Durham Bulls
54 Speaker of Welsh or Breton
56 Actor Elba
58 One of the o’s in “o/o”
59 Rank above maj.
61 Showdown in cinema
65 Mork’s planet
66 Brightly colored blazer
67 Obie-winning playwright Will
68 “What is it?”
69 Showdown in the funnies
74 Not use cursive
77 University in Des Moines
78 Greenish-brown hue
79 Neighbor of China
81 What’s used to row, row, row
your boat
83 Leave fulfilled
85 Less than perfect
88 Geometric prefix
89 Italian “il” or French “le” 90 Prattle
92 Showdown in the Bible
95 Protein shell of a virus
98 Like sauvignon blanc
99 Traditional Christmas
decoration
100 Jump to conclusions
103 Some petting-zoo animals
106 Word with wonder or world
107 Showdown in comic books
109 Lead-in to boy or girl
111 Simple plant
114 Ostentation
115 Showdown in literature
118 Businesswoman Lauder
119 Apt name for a Braille
instructor
120 TD Garden athlete
121 Knock over
122 Cowardly Lion portrayer
123 ____ bit
124 Overjoy
125 Bone: Prefix
DOWN
1 What “Talk to the hand!” is an example of
2 Unswerving
3 “I couldn’t agree more!”
4 They’re found under a bridge
5 Beats by ____ (headphones
brand)
6 Short strokes
7 “Alas!”
8 Sudden impulse
9 Sister
10 “Try me”
11 Be relevant to
12 Country named for its latitude
13 College student’s assignment
14 Words after an interruption
15 Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress
16 Fast one
17 “____ Jacques”
21 Conductors’ announcements
23 “____ where it hurts!”
24 Uncle, in Argentina
29 Under half of 45?
31 Brother of Dori and Nori in
“The Hobbit”
32 Surprising lack of Oscar
recognition 34 Suitable for a dieter,
informally
35 Body of water connected by
canal to the Baltic
36 Watson’s company
38 Defeat
39 Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade,
Md.
40 Word before right or rise
41 Move turbulently
42 Increasingly ripe, say
45 Wedding need … or booking
46 Stereotypical therapist’s
response
49 Pipe cleaner
51 Enthusiasts
52 Go wrong
54 Part of the eye
55 Wapitis
57 British Bulldog : Churchill ::
____ : Thatcher 60 Undistinguished, as many a
subdivision house
62 Rapidly spreading vine
63 Get straight
64 Prefix with allergenic
69 Football units: Abbr.
70 Idiot, in Britspeak
71 Vow
72 Relatives of emus
73 Et ____
75 Numbers to avoid
76 Ragged
80 North African land: Abbr.
82 Cry of school spirit
84 Laid-back
86 Data-storage items on the
decline
87 Organ in the leg of a katydid,
bizarrely
88 Frontier lights 91 Unit of explosive power
93 “That sounds awful”
94 Mauna ____
96 Wow
97 Territory name until 1889
100 Brat’s opposite
101 Popular dip
102 Skilled laborer
104 Tex-____
105 Bit of corruption
106 Author of the “Fear Street”
series for young readers
108 Some saber wielders
109 Bluish-green
110 Ninny
112 TV show set in William McKinley High School 113 Prefix with stratus
116 It’s used to cite a site 117 Bonnie and Clyde, e.g.