South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
Crossword Puzzle The New York Times Magazine
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 pettingzoo 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.