The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Early wake-up time
7 Title for Iran’s Ruhollah Khomeini 11 Herbert of old “Pink Panther” films 14 Penultimate tourney round 19 “Doesn’t matter to me”
20 Not yet completed 21 ____ moment 22 Sash go-with 23 Ancient capital of Laconia
24 Brew 25 Letters before single, double or triple
26 Lace tip 27 Casting doubt on 30 Lake Volta’s land 31 The best, informally 32 Radio/TV character played in film by Michael Horse (1981) and Johnny Depp (2013) 33 Like some ruins in the Western Hemisphere 35 Lookalike
36 8.5” x 11”: abbr. 37 Scare quote? 38 Words of resignation 40 Topic concerned with hacking and software rights 42 Put on a few layers 44 Three-star mil. rank
45 Pope who supported the House of Borgia 47 Diminishing returns? 50 They’re between shoulders 54 Word with shot or suit 55 Rowdydow
56 Not abstaining 57 Much sales
58 “No bid”
60 An end to depend 62 Head honcho 63 “Resume speed,” musically 64 Emailing option 65 Riddle-ending query 67 Toward the stern 69 Its first letter stands for “India” 70 Certain tenant 72 Lex, e.g., in NYC 74 Misfortunes 75 Going for broke 77 Sides in Risk 78 Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname 80 Tense periods, for short 82 Archer of film 83 Dangerous environment
84 Easy-to-swallow pill
85 Food item cracked open before eating
87 Prized duck
89 It comes after 2 Chronicles 91 “Today was just brutal!”
94 Coiner of the term “Oedipus complex”
96 /
97 Thickheaded
100 Words of denial 101 Lost
103 All-nighter aid 105 Sets of plotted
points
106 Shade of pink
108 Immediately ... or where this puzzle’s five shaded squares appear? 111 Floor 112 Japanese symbol of luck
113 Largo or lento 114 Swimming 115 Notable schemer 116 Some dash lengths
117 Rock stars are frequently on this 118 Come out 119 Standard parts of combo meals 120 “I’m good, thanks” 121 E-tail site since 2005
122 King’s speech?
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1 Kind of year
2 Collision
3 Calf raised for its meat 4 Gloucester and Kent in “King Lear” 5 Certain bubbly, informally
6 Final work of Willa Cather’s “Prairie Trilogy” 7 Tennis commentator’s cry
8 Police officer who’s not necessarily on horseback
9 “Play next” command on a music app 10 Shade of green 11 Cowboy’s rope 12 “Here we go again ...” 13 Followers of openers
14 By oneself, in a way 15 It’s played for half a beat in 4/4 time 16 Country whose name consists of three consecutive state postal abbreviations 17 Peaceful
18 ____ spawn (hellions) 28 “Ooh, let’s do that!”
29 “Eww, that’s enough!” 34 MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards 37 Clear and set, as tables 39 Scanned IDs 41 Italian pistol 42 Gets to
43 One who cracks the whip? 44 Plastic construction piece 45 Serving in a red-and-white striped box
46 Totally out
48 Juice brand
49 Longtime NBA on TNT analyst 51 Who wrote “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen, though. That’s the problem.” 52 Action of a ladle 53 “Miss ____” (2016 political thriller) 54 Some fall births 57 Heroes of the Battle of Britain, for short
59 Babe
61 Mannerly
66 Freelancers’ units:
abbr.
68 Colorful treat that resembles a rocket 71 All-Star Mets catcher of the 1990s-2000s
73 Corner PC key
74 Tow destination 76 Scat snippet
79 “Quién ____?”
81 Sanctuaries
84 Be conned 86 [Shiver]
88 With 93-Down, half of a double helix
90 Skunklike, say
91 Like TV but not radio?
92 “Old MacDonald” farm sounds
93 See 88-Down
94 Purchase at an African market
95 “Yay, team!”
97 Cause damage
98 Volunteer’s declaration
99 Snowball fighter’s protection
102 Botanical opening 104 Marriage money 105 “Ciao!”
107 Gifts that one usually bows when receiving
109 Certain dirección 110 What stars have