NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It might end up in a

sack

9 E neighbor

15 Nada

20 Robots

21 “Not exactly, but

close …” 22 Filmmaker Coen 23 Checkout devices 24 Tired tale

26 Seriously annoy

27 Roll out, as a flag 29 Stuff in a muffin, say? 30 Neighbor of Okla. 31 Exciting, in modern

lingo

32 Rock, maybe 36 Danson’s “Cheers” role 38 End of some hybrid

dog breed names 39 N.Y.C. dance company 40 Hounds

42 Tidbits for aardvarks 43 Bearded beast

44 They go with potatoes

in soup

46 Sting operator 49 Regarding

51 Vitamin stat

52 Hosts, in brief 55 Italian cheese

59 Peel place

61 Out at a library, say 63 “Yeah, why not” 64 Cyrus who sang the 2013 No. 1 hit “Wrecking Ball” 66 Once did

67 States, informally

68 Be prone

69 Radiated

70 Leafy salad ingredient 72 Didn’t delay 74 Inexperienced

75 Fool

76 Something frequently

found in pink lipstick 77 Pupil’s location 78 Stabilizes with a heavy

load

81 Lump in the throat 82 Geologic period

83 Get upset over 84 Lincoln-to-Madison

dir.

85 Sunrise direction, in

Stuttgart

87 River in a 1914 battle 90 Skim

92 Not a science, but ____ 94 & 95 What often seems to disappear in a dryer

98 N.C. military

installation

102 “____ Trois

Mousquetaires” 103 Big do

104 Appealed to a higher

authority?

107 Religious time in

spring

109 Critical message that’s a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle

110 Circular components? 111 Cave dweller

113 Caruso and Pavarotti 114 It makes for a boring

job

115 1973 Beach Boys

song

119 “Three Stooges”

insult

123 Sal of “Rebel Without

a Cause”

124 Course of action 125 Stretched tight 126 Caribbean game fish

127 Changes back to

0000

128 Swollen

DOWN

1 Ballet step

2 They have lots for sale 3 Not exactly hit the

ground running 4 PlayStation company 5 L.B.J. follower

6 Home of the Burj

Khalifa: Abbr. 7 Showed ’em what we’ve

got

8 “It ____ hit me yet” 9 State of abandonment 10 Traffic troubles 11 Where the phrase “To thine own self be true” comes from 12 What shocked people

stand in

13 Raja ____, Indian author of “The Serpent and the Rope”

14 Ernie ____, Pulitzerwinning journalist of W.W. II

15 Keebler cracker brand 16 Member of TV’s

Addams Family 17 Something scientists

make light of? 18 Rear

19 Some cameo stones 25 Obstacle for a fish 28 Dandies

31 Tour grp.

32 Bro

33 Cab alternative 34 Common Market org. 35 Starting point in logic 37 Swimmers’

assignments 41 Slippery vendor

45 The Wildcats of the

N.C.A.A.

47 Jason with the 2008

hit “I’m Yours” 48 Poet Lowell 50 Store window sign 52 Dress seller

53 Take root

54 Sweet summer treat 56 1978 Dire Straits hit 57 The Ram

58 Doesn’t just want 60 Word said in passing? 62 Headed up

64 “Morning Joe” airer 65 Rumor starter 71 Timecard abbr. 72 Prized pitcher 73 Please too much 75 “Unto us ____ is given” 79 Like a string bean 80 Blood-typing letters 86 Word with bay or

family

88 Course registrant 89 Cars that disappeared during the Depression

91 “Don’t know yet,” on a

schedule

92 Prefix with industry 93 Bit of shaming 95 Involuntary actions 96 Make official

97 House of cards? 99 “Wheel of Fortune”

sextet

100 Eschewed home

cooking

101 Mystery and

romance, for two 105 Download for a tablet 106 Skilled judoist

108 Draft

112 Nicholas II was the

last one

114 Big name in laptops 116 The Lion

117 “____, Imperator!” 118 “-y” pluralizer

120 Irk

121 W.W. II arena: Abbr. 122 Baseball Hall-of

Famer Roush