New York Times Sunday Crossword
ACROSS
1 “____ Davis Eyes,”
1981 No. 1 hit
6 Some lookout notices, for short
10 One thrown for a
loop?
15 Musical genre for
“Gangnam Style” 19 Sundance Film Festival local
20 Sack
21 Venusian or Jovian 22 Pointer for a weather
person?
23 Vertical part of a
plane
24 Soprano on TV 25 Drifting sort 26 America’s Cup, e.g. 27 Step 1: Raise hell 31 Opus ____
32 “Golly!”
33 ____ Picchu
36 Wild guess
39 Step 2: Make some
literary gaffes 47 Reciprocal in trigonometry
49 Targets of a cleanse 50 Undecided, on a sked 51 Many residents of
Holmes County, Ohio 52 Movie-release day,
often: Abbr.
54 Had pants?
55 ____ rock
56 Step 3: Devote energy to something hopeless
59 Prefix with second 60 One who’s been tapped on the shoulder
61 West Coast news
inits.
62 Numbers after a decimal point: Abbr. 65 Activewear brand 66 Step 4: Be a financial
wastrel 74 Doxycycline target 75 Refusals
76 When doubled, a drink with vodka, peach schnapps and cranberry juice 77 Address not in a
phone book
78 ____ film 79 Step 5: Look pretty schlubby 87 Partner of hems 88 Eliot’s “Silas ____” 90 Employer of the Bond girl in “The Spy Who Loved Me,” for short 91 Where 84-Down is, colloquially 92 Actress Gardner 93 Figure out 94 Zoology class
96 And finally: Has divided loyalties 101 Org. involved in a probe
102 1990s tennis phenom 103 Company with a lightning bolt in its logo
104 Lee on a set 106 What 27-, 39-, 56-, 66-, 79- and 96-Across together make up? 116 “Such is life” 119 A Wayans brother 120 Israeli magazine holders 121 “Pipes” 122 Buddha, for one 123 Made some calls 124 “Ain’t I sumthin’!” 125 Zac of “Dirty Grandpa”
126 ____ asst. 127 Tweets, e.g. 128 Bank deposit? 129 Hospital opening?
DOWN
1 Totally believes 2 Nouveau-mexique,
e.g.
3 Prepare to take off 4 Like a bronze medalist
5 Follow
6 Resort in the
Wasatch Mountains 7 “Oh, nuts!” 8 Chimpanzee variety 9 William who wrote “The Confessions of Nat Turner” 10 Running-track part 11 Much
12 Family in a computer
game
13 Trump spokesman
Spicer
14 Tv-watching option 15 Bellyache 16 Handle roughly
17 & 18 Distribution limitation, informally 28 High-grade cotton 29 C.E.O. of the Planetary Society starting in 2010 30 Depletes 34 Stream coming down a mountain? 35 Pope who initiated the First Crusade 36 One crossing the line?
37 “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” e.g.
38 It spans 11 time zones 40 Conflagration 41 More, in ads 42 Navigator’s aid 43 Shaded growth 44 Anticipate
45 Lace 46 Nonvoting member in the U.S. House of Representatives 48 Gulf
53 Without forethought 54 Begin fighting 55 Growl like a dog 57 Best-selling Canadian singer of all time (with 200-millionplus record sales) 58 Duped
63 James who wrote “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” 64 Medieval toiler 66 Grand viziers, e.g. 67 Scales span them 68 Napping, so to speak 69 Rules and ____ 70 Some money set aside 71 Doo-____ 72 Recess
73 Like minor celebrities 80 Repeal
81 Be swarming (with) 82 “Hop-o’-my-thumb” villain 83 Melting
84 It has a noted school of theater, film and television 85 Pulitzer winner Armantrout and others
86 “Frozen” princess 88 Really not O.K. 89 Part of a musical 93 Ovine : sheep :: cervine : ____
95 Ad Council output, for short 97 Pickle brand 98 Pound sound 99 Talent seekers 100 Whom Kala reared 105 Altar approaches 107 Some G.I. wear, for short
108 Little hellions 109 Brooke or Brooks 110 Closes 111 Character with the aria “When I am laid in earth”
112 “Vidi”
113 Fade
114 Major before going to B-school, maybe 115 Big figure in Manhattan? 116 Response that’s often repeated
117 Bagel topper 118 ____-appropriate