The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Getting In The Final Word
ACROSS
1 Free, as copies 6 Small world? 11 Flock leader, for
short 14 “The Avengers”
supervillain 18 Gay rights, e.g. 19 Sportscaster
Rashad 20 Hello from
Hadrian 21 Like some enemy waters in wartime 22 ____ focus 23 “Geez, get off my back already!” 25 Drone’s mission,
maybe 26 Tums and
others 28 Mountain, in
Hawaiian 29 Flip 30 With 13-Down, shorthand pact for a wild trip 34 Mumbai
misters 35 Green dwarf 39 “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” philosopher 40 Old J.F.K. fliers 42 C.D. fig. 43 Stopping
points 44 Like most Seth
Rogen roles 46 “Sup, homie” 48 Ever so slightly 49 Red orbiter 50 Give formally 52 With 49-Down, 1995 Oscarnominated Pixar theme song 57 Tailor-made 60 “Pow!” 61 Hunted 62 Rosie, for one 64 Easy step 66 Ultimate
application 68 Bomb shelters? 69 Philosophy book
by Spinoza 71 Judge 72 Chocolatier’s
offering 75 “____ Lisa” 77 Start of many
Batman villain names 78 Forensic IDs 80 With 58-Down, request for an official document 83 Metaphor for a sudden success 85 “____ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together”: Thomas Fuller 86 Some crackers 87 The City of a Thousand Minarets 89 Guard at a gated community? 93 Not let a big opportunity slip by, say 94 Bit of rollerderby gear 95 Master of fugues 97 Latin 101 verb 98 Mr. Jefferson of “The Jeffersons” 99 Admiral Zumwalt 101 With 90-Down, reacting to a gut punch, perhaps 104 Cleverly crafted 106 Financial backer
for Magellan 107 Diverse 113 Gift in a plate 114 Stock character like Mayberry’s Otis 117 Bush in the Rose Garden, once 118 Light bulb in the
fridge? 119 Dull finish? 120 Sister of Clio 121 Age-old bug
trap 122 Barracks
barkers: Abbr. 123 Drone zone 124 Prepare, as
poultry 125 Tiniest thing
DOWN 1 Pac-12 team 2 Indian flatbread 3 With 18-Across, “To be on the safe side ...” 4 Out fishing, maybe 5 Former Ford make, informally 6 Whom Indians called “Bapu” (“Father”) 7 Home of many monasteries 8 “Wow!” in I.M.s 9 Outlaw 10 Sushi-bar appetizer 11 Accrued 12 Not here for long 13 Unlikely butchers 14 Typesetting machines, informally 15 Locale of the Battle of Stoney Creek in the War of 1812 16 With 21-Across, remembering 17 Most lazy 21 Cold War flier 24 Looked surprised 27 “____ robbed!” 31 Actress Birch of “American Beauty” 32 Be busy 33 Ocular irritation 35 Didn’t like, and said so 36 Smoke-filled establishment 37 Timeout alternative 38 Gets into hot water? 41 They’re often loaded 43 Versatile couch 44 Dot on a map 45 Summer coolers 47 Performs, in Proverbs 49 Good name for a lawn care guy? 51 W.W. II inits. 53 Potential hurdles for coll. students 54 Amenity 55 Angry 56 ____-billed woodpecker 58 Twisting 59 “Forget it!” 63 Lens-care brand 65 Biter in Niger 67 Taste that’s not sweet, sour, bitter or salty 68 What might win a race 70 Something you can’t get off your chest? 73 Whiz-bang 74 Chinese dish often wrapped in pancakes 75 Naturalist John 76 ____-in clause 79 Tennis’s Novak Djokovic, e.g. 81 Must pay 82 Must See TV night: Abbr. 84 Repugnant sort 87 With 104-Across, talking with a fake rasp, perhaps 88 “Fess up!” 90 Bristol, for one 91 Wrong no longer 92 Tiny piece 93 Physics Nobelist Martin, discoverer of the tauon 94 Italian sauces 96 Longtime Olympics TV host 98 Wall climbers 100 Big figures in Spanish ice skating 102 Off-color 103 Lets it all
out 105 Plastic guy 108 Airline to Ben
Gurion 109 With 125-Across, got the booby prize 110 March sound 111 Angers 112 Wheel (off) 115 Classroom basics, in a manner of speaking 116 Fed. rich in oil