San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle: Sci-fi Showdown
ACROSS
1 Goal for many a T.A. 4 There’s a Winter one in St. Petersburg and a Summer one in Beijing 10 Confront 16 QVC alternative 19 Grande preceder 20 Many a video-game player has one 21 Hebrew name of God 22 Major N.Y.S.E. events 24 Vainglory 25 Good side in 70-Across 27 Reid of “Sharknado” 28 Grade-school basics 30 Scoundrel 31 Points all around? 32 Celsius of the Celsius scale 33 Director Nicolas 35 Good cheer 37 People to pick from 38 Major role in 70-Across 41 Smartphone forerunners, in brief 42 “____ kingdom come ...” 43 Big stretch 44 Bluish-gray shade 46 Mobile ____ 48 Time might be shown on the side of one 50 Score of 8, in golf slang 52 Events where one person’s trash may be another person’s treasure 56 Pull back (in) 59 Capital-b Belief 61 Family name on TV’S “Succession” 62 Vote in favor 63 Prefix with futurism 64 Outback offering 65 Locale of the 2002 and 2022 World Cups 67 Long-term damage 68 Some copywriting awards 69 The volcano Emi Koussi is its highest point 70 The better of two major sci-fi film franchises? 72 Climb (up) 73 Gives a bad hand? 74 “But ____ counting?” 75 Gentle hill 76 Grams, by another name 77 Voice heard by 500 million people 78 ____ Majesty 79 Not for moi? 80 Pump choice 82 Spot for a patch, perhaps 83 Begins to like 86 Regular at Citi Field 89 Small spot for a castaway 91 Ian Mckellen, e.g. 92 Skin-care brand with an accent over its last letter 94 Mens ____ 95 Sends a Telegram, in brief? 97 Not looking good 99 Major role in 70-Across 102 Stop at the liquor store? 103 Comforting phrase 106 Newton of the Black Panther Party 107 “____ Darko” (2001 cult film) 109 Distend 110 Who wrote “April is the cruellest month” 113 Scratch-and-sniff page, e.g. 114 Dramatic accusation 115 Good side in 70-Across 118 Misfortune 119 Cousin of a skimmer 120 ____ One 121 “Do you mind?” 122 Brown of HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” reboot 123 Wapo competitor 124 “There’s not much hope” 125 Bumper attachments 126 Sazerac cocktail ingredient
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1 Records in advance 2 Time for a shootout 3 Memorable quote from 70-Across 4 Apple device 5 Affirms 6 Some college classes 7 “Thanks, but I already ____” 8 Diet Coke doesn’t have a single one: Abbr. 9 Wipes out 10 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine 11 What’s raised in a ruckus 12 Waste of an election? 13 Confesses 14 Bad thing to be stuck in 15 On-line connection? 16 Arrive at, as a solution 17 Memorable quote from 70-Across 18 “Take your time” 23 Audacious 26 A target for Target, say 29 It might be a shocker 31 “The Simpsons” character 33 Social media star Addison 34 Partner of one 36 French skin-care and cosmetics giant 38 ____ teeth (proverbial rarity) 39 Noble title 40 Follower of black or special 44 Slanders 45 Director Waititi 47 Ones involved in a transaction 49 Nutty confections 51 So-called Breakfast of Champions 53 They might end on a high note 54 Sound of a jaguar 55 Let out, in a way 57 Some contents of golf bags 58 Needing to butt out 60 Potato or pea preparer 64 Albert who developed a polio vaccine 66 Leaves in a huff, with “off” 67 Body part that precedes “band” 68 Innocent 69 One of the Prairie provinces: Abbr. 71 “It’s a ____!” 72 Show of scorn 74 Question of confusion or disgust 79 Sound of a Jaguar 81 Reassuring words 83 “____ Hiring” (business sign) 84 Kind of card 85 The “quail” in Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony 87 By plane, say 88 Obvious untruth 90 Q preceder? 93 Aloof 95 “Seems so” 96 Like the inside of a lava cake 98 Devices in atomic clocks 100 Converse, e.g. 101 Rank 102 Common waitingroom viewing 104 Jeer 105 Shock treatment, for short 107 Slobber 108 Noises that come from pens 111 “Girls” creator Dunham 112 Carded, informally 113 Tabbouleh go-with 115 “Enough already!” 116 Suffix in organic chemistry 117 Quirk