The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Alternative Cinema
No. 0823 ALTERNATIVE CINEMA By Francis Heaney / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Red Guard members
They can get canceled 14 Sticky situation 20 Remove braids
from 21 “Likewise!” 22 Way to go 23 Alternative title for “The Dirty Dozen”? 25 Sorted in order 26 Hear here! 27 Complete 28 “Vous êtes ____” (French map notation) 30 Alan with six
Emmys
31 Pulled from a raffle drum 33 Alternative title for “Cleopatra”? 38 Words to a
betrayer 40 Partner of cut 41 St. ____ Chapel, New York City public building in continuous use since 1766 42 Dessert often topped with caramel sauce 45 Newswire co. 47 Zip 48 Disc-brake components 51 Alternative title for “Frankenstein”?
55 Took a load off 56 Monopoly token elected by an internet vote 57 “Sure, that makes sense” 58 Trust
60 “____ Another” (NPR game show)
62 Toyota model since 1966
64 Van ____, Calif. 65 D.C. donor
67 “Hey, pal, over here!” 68 & 70 Alternative title for “To Kill a Mockingbird”? 72 Female friend, in France
Phillipa who played Eliza in the original cast of “Hamilton” 76 Hook’s sidekick 79 “The Hangover”
co-star 83 Mortgage co. 85 Just out of the
freezer
88 They feature clowns and rope tricks
89 Grp. organizing
school dances 90 Make a move 92 Alternative title
for “Titanic”? 94 Hello Kitty
company 96 Calendar spans:
Abbr.
97 Actress Tyler who will be an apt age in 2031 98 Stopovers 99 Gives a hoot
101 “Ella and ____” (1956 jazz album)
104 Sandal brand
106 Alternative title
for “Gone Girl”? 110 Sheepskin
holders
114 Shankar who taught sitar to George Harrison 115 ASCAP
alternative
116 ____-faire
118 “Blueberries for ____” (classic children’s book) 119 Nabisco’s first cracker brand, introduced in 1899
121 Alternative title for “The Name of the Rose”? 126 Duck dish
127 “Welp, guess I have to try again”
128 Develop over
time
129 Lowbrow art
130 Round things? 131 Terry Bradshaw, for his entire career
DOWN
1 Like commercials, often
2 First name of a Peace Nobelist that ends ironically 3 “Einstein on the Beach,” e.g. 4 “____ say!” 5 Scholar
6 Seating section 7 Recipients of venture capital 8 Joined a petition
9 What a dental scaler removes 10 Senator Klobuchar 11 Production co. behind “Rhoda” and “Newhart” 12 “Once upon a midnight dreary ...” penner 13 Ending with ultra- or super
14 Sauce on chicken Parmesan
15 Parts of zygotes
16 French automaker 17 They don’t go much higher than the tongue
18 Soft leather 19 Two-door or four-door 24 Unenthused response to “Wanna?” 29 Upper limit 32 Turned in 34 Charles ____, religious leader known as
“The Father of Modern Revivalism” 35 Lengths for rulers
36 Killed time 37 Workload that must be met
39 Pets kept in terrariums 42 Bank-backing grp.
43 Something trademarked 44 Laptop brand 46 “____ be an honor” 49 Head-butts 50 [Actually, don’t delete this] 52 Smoothtongued
53 Painter
Magritte
54 “The Simpsons” character with a PH.D.
55 Catch 59 Nail-polish brand
61 Shortcut for a frequent contact 63 Approximately 66 Outmoded part of a laptop
69 Hither and ___
70 What a koozie might keep cool
71 Seller of the Ultimate Waffle Sandwich
72 Nile snakes 73 ____ Hari 74 “Regardless ...” 76 Stone to cast? 77 Slugger Hideki named the 2009 World Series M.V.P.
78 Pasture parent 80 Nuevo ____ (Mexican state) 81 Like grass you can smell, perhaps
82 IDS assigned at birth: Abbr. 84 Boxer Ali
86 Tharp who choreographed “Hair”
87 Modem letters 91 Soothing summer soak 93 Chart-toppers
95 Raised sculptures
100 Prefix with
pathetic
102 Needs medicine,
say
103 Humble abodes 105 Italian city NW
of Milan
106 Semi, e.g.
107 Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum city 108 Food item
109 “The Locomotion” singer Little ____
111 Standard
112 Not glossy
113 More
underhanded 117 “A likely story!” 120 O.E.D. part:
Abbr.
122 Casablanca’s
country: Abbr. 123 Ivy League
nickname
124 Make a break
for it
125 Had