San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
DON’T QUOTE ME ACROSS
1 Exaggerated virility 9 Effortless assimilation 16 Alternatives to H.S. diplomas
20 Surgical removal procedure
21 What might raise the roof?
22 Come down, in a way 23 Line never said by 58-Across
25 Columnist Bombeck 26 Birth-control option, briefly
27 “Please hold the line” 28 Shopping center? 29 Excerpt
30 Subjects of expertise 33 Lay an egg, say 34 Targets on “chest day”
35 Hollers
36 Line never said by 83-Across
41 Lobster ____ diavolo 42 Official language of a U.S. territory
45 Medical research org. 46 “Gotcha, man!”
48 Dec. 31, e.g.
49 Diminutive for
Theresa
52 Takes the plunge
55 Will who played Grandpa Walton on “The Waltons”
56 Big name in applesauce
58 Film villain who never said 23-Across, with “the”
61 Some purchasers of expensive gowns 64 Manhattan’s ____ Stadium
66 The “E” in Q.E.D. 67 Noses out? 69 Counterpart of pitch 70 Prefix with -lepsy
71 Title for two Beatles 72 ____-Locka, Fla.
73 Try, in a way 75 Woodworker’s tool 76 Digital-image format 79 3:00
80 Willowy
81 Washer/dryer unit 83 Commander who never said 36-Across 86 Former Mississippi senator Trent
87 The first recorded one was noted by the Greek scientist Hipparchus in 134 B.C. 89 2014 hit film featuring Oprah Winfrey 90 Announcement from a band
92 Colorful fish 93 Surveillance aid
95 Word before check or drop
96 Overnighter
98 Chinese principle 99 TV detective who never said 121-Across
106Exercise done while sitting
108 Wax holders
109What a plus sign may indicate
110 Belief of Benjamin Franklin
114 Already: Fr.
115 Lhasa ____
116 May ordeal for some H.S. students
119 N.Y. engineering sch.
120Pop singer Jason
121 Line never said by 99-Across
125 Last of the Stuarts
126 Thoroughly enjoyed something
127 Birth
128 Obstinate responses 129 “Oh, lordy!” 130Corporations and partnerships, e.g.
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1 Secret society 2 Moving too quickly to be seen clearly
3 Half of an old crime duo 4 Croque-monsieur ingredient
5 Plural suffix?
6 Drinks in moderation 7 Post-____
8 Difficult kind of pushup
9 German artist Dix 10 “____ Love” (Cole Porter song)
11 G.I. grub
12 Without a buyer lined up
13 Seattle-based insurance giant
14 Least productive 15 Some beans 16 ____-Roman wrestling
17 British noble who never said 44-Down 18 Anastasia’s love in Disney’s “Anastasia” 19 Irritably answers 24 Purchase for a lorry 31 Blood-typing letters 32 Politician’s goal 34 Impatient dismissals 35 London’s ____ Park
37 All over again
38 Not yet rented 39 Varicolored
40 Like BFFs
42 Formative
43 Shade of green 44 Line never said by 17-Down
47 Iraq War danger, for short
50 Rest of the afternoon 51 Economizes
53 Common landscaping tree with acorns
54 Puts the kibosh on something
57 Active ingredient in marijuana
59 Sport making its Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2020 60 Number of Spanish kings named Carlos 62 Small boat, maybe 63 Angel
65 Head, slangily
68 Home to the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi: Abbr. 74 Suffer
77 Part of Caesar’s boast 78 Las ____, Canary Islands
79 Opposite of kill
82 Elmer, to Bugs 84 “Sounds good to me!” 85 Many a northern Iraqi 88 Rubin ____ (classic illusion)
91 Try for a part
93 ____ Graham, Oprah’s longtime beau
94 Former Penn State football coach 97 Go green, say
100 Standing
101 Hilarious joke, in slang 102Titillating 103Feudal estate 104Cyrano de Bergerac’s love
105How paint is usually sold
107 Stuns 111 Shiraz native
112 #, to a proofreader 113 Performers in oldfashioned dumb shows
115 Stuck, after “in” 116 Buzzing
117 Stinky Le Pew
118 ____ Helens 122 Communication syst. for the deaf
123 Comp ____ (coll. major)
124 Crossed