The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Take Two
ACROSS
1 After the fact, as a justification 8 Co-star of “The Golden Girls” 17 Knock over, so
to speak 20 Quaker fare 21 Go poof
22 Drop the ball 23 ILLUS__RA__
ORS
25 What a third wheel might see, in brief 26 Setting for most
of “Life of Pi” 27 Tests the weight
of
28 One of the
Greats? 30 Oscars of the
sporting world 33 Good sign for an angel
34 Intl. org. headquartered in Geneva 37 Some bad
sentences 39 ACC__L__
RATOR 44 Grapple, in
dialect 47 Exercise too
much, say
48 A as in Arles 49 LUXUR__
__ACHT 54 “____ Agnus Dei” (Mass phrase)
55 Peak in Turkey mentioned in both the “Iliad” and the “Aeneid” 56 Runner Sebastian who once held the world record for the mile
57 What you might get from a trailer
59 Sport played at British boarding schools
60 Post
production? 64 ____ mater, membrane surrounding the brain
65 Popular 90-min.
show 66 ENDANGER__
EN__ 70 Man’s name that coincidentally is Latin for “honey”
73 Word with small or fish
74 Weak
75 What may result in a handshake
76 Help to one’s destination
82 The Blue Jays, on scoreboards 83 Comeback to a challenge of authority
84 Bitter 85 CONFIG__ __ATION
90 Actor Somerhalder 91 Most in the style of comedian Steven Wright 92 Unfocused 93 POI__T OF __IEW
100 Go all out
101 French fashion
inits.
102 “Kinda sorta” 103 Pan-cook, in a
way
107 Supermodel
Bündchen
109 Pepé ____
(cartoon skunk) 111 Drop off
112 Admit (to)
113 __OTIC__
120 Hit the weed? 121 Have guests
over
122 Guest, e.g.
123 Place full of
guests
124 Start of a seasonal request
125 Some kitchen utensils
DOWN
1 Entourage 2 Hall’s partner in pop
3 Part of a thong 4 “OK, you can stop the story right there” 5 Old-fashioned “cool”
6 One might speak under it 7 Co-star of Kline in “A Fish Called Wanda”
8 Start of a compilation heading
9 Times for some vigils
10 Letters on many towers
11 Busy mo. for C.P.A.S
12 Go bad 13 Three-sport event, for short 14 A chest often has a large one 15 States
16 Recharge 17 Photocopy, e.g. 18 It’s the law! 19 Item said to have been burned in protest, once 24 Musical prefix with beat 29 Memphis-to-nashville dir. 31 Emphatic assent
32 Lively dance genre
34 Hone
35 Contract details 36 Beehive State city 38 Aerodynamic 40 Bishop’s jurisdiction 41 Antagonist 42 Hotel-room staples 43 Top-notch 44 Booties 45 Playwright Chekhov 46 Garbage
50 Drink similar to a slushie
51 About 460 inches of rain per year, on Kauai’s Mt. Waialeale
52 HBO satire starring Julia Louis-dreyfus 53 ____ bar 54 Org. that takes the lead on lead?
58 Baby fox
60 How a flirt may act
61 Football stat: Abbr.
62 NAOH
63 Radio broadcaster: Abbr. 66 Legislation that was part of F.D.R.’S New Deal
67 Ethnic group of Rwanda and Burundi
68 Two, for four
69 Coin with 12 stars 70 “Zoom-zoom” sloganeer 71 Hollywood composer Bernstein with 14 Oscar nominations 72 Guarded
73 Like pets and parking meters 75 ____ Slam (tennis feat) 76 Julius Caesar’s first name 77 Words of hopelessness 78 Mature naturally, in a way
79 ____ Writers’ Workshop 80 Electronic Hasbro toy
81 One side of the coin
83 Arias, typically 86 Scottish folk dance 87 Alternative explanation for a lucky guess, in brief
88 Ear: Prefix 89 Letters on some badges 94 “Stillmatic” rapper 95 Seen
96 Kind of skate 97 Brown shade 98 Kids’ observation game
99 Hit musical with an “Emerald City Sequence” 104 Yoke
105 HP product
106 Narrowly beats
(out)
108 Singer James 109 Drink for un
bébé
110 A full moon will
do this
112 Life force, in
China
114 ____ Majesty 115 Hosp. areas
116 The Jazz, on
scoreboards
117 Brown shade 118 Things for happy campers?
119 Picky person’s
pick?