New York Times Sunday Crossword
Shell Game
ACROSS
1 Browns
7 Four-hit achievement, in baseball lingo
12 Mil. posts
15 System used at Gallaudet Univ. 18 The U.S., in Mexico 20 Milo of “Romeo and Juliet,” 1968 Hawaii’s ____ Day Low
“Et tu?” and others Lotion ingredients Suburb of Chicago Joyful internet cry Bubbly mixer Popeye’s boy Harassed, in a sense Cartoon seller of Squishees Pyrex glass marking Jackson 5 member Philip who wrote “Portnoy’s Complaint”
41 Cain and Abel’s
younger brother 42 Word before questions or advice
43 Do sales work, informally
A part of
Band with the 1989 platinum debut album “Junta” 47 Darryl, in the comic “Baby Blues” Accomplishing Poke around
The “K” in Kmart Places for plugs Plastic-dispenser producer
The clue for 128Down, if this shell game weren’t a scam
Hardly guzzle Group of pros “Rights of Man” author, 1791 Early Cuzco dweller Series of mistakes? Vacation spot Inside-dope source Prefix with business Chilled
With 13-Down, herbal brew 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 31 33 34
35 38 39 44 45 49 51 54 59 62
65 68 69 71
72 73 74 77 80 81 83 85 86 90
91 93
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103 105 107 109
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127 129
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137 138 1
2 3 4 5 6 Cartoon seller of Duff Beer
The clue for 127Across, if this shell game weren’t a scam
Former N.f.l.’ers Detmer and Law All together Shapes of some Halloween cookies Country united in 1990 Soft-drink options A peeling place? Westernmost of the ABC Islands “Bug”
Hosp. worker Prefix with caching 2.5, for the set {1, 2, 3, 4}
Classic sculpture Novel narrated by a soon-to-be mutineer Material for small buildings? Proctor’s warning Students often take them out
When some bars close
Edict
End in ____ Style influenced by Cubism
Like hand motions during a shell game Professional group with a van Month of l’année Singer Reed Four-time World Series-winning manager
In the near future Superfund org. Something to build on
Looks fabulous, in slang
Pincher
DOWN
England and Spain fought one in 1588 Smirnoff Ice, e.g. Lacking polish Push
Verbal stumbles Walks or runs, for short 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 19
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30
32 36 Work together Fashion inits. Elected Degree of freedom Lightens
Like hounds and most bunny rabbits See 83-Across Guru, maybe “Pretty cool, huh?” Johannesburg neighborhood much in the news during apartheid Underground locale Give a ring while on the road?
Tizzy
Typical Vanidades reader
How many TV shows are shown
Port. is part of it One caring for a bebé 37 40 41 46 48
50
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57 58 60 61
62 63 64 Classical poem Email openers Egghead? Deceitful sort Grp. with lots of pointers
Like the verbs “eat” and “drink”: Abbr. Bobcat relative Fund-raising org. Fair
Warm up for a bout, say
Bug
Ages and ages With politesse They’re symbolized by slashes Minecraft or Starcraft
Fantasy novel hero who rides the dragon Saphira Capital 175 miles east of Venice, Italy 66 67 70 72
75 76 78
79 82
84 86 87
88 89 92
95 97 99 101 Lottery winner’s cry Record again Dernier ____ Philosophy- class suffix
Marc of fashion Follows a pattern? Much-covered 1955 Bo Diddley hit Juice
Verb often said three times in a row
It’s cut and dried All right Immune-system component “Let’s do this thing!” Amt. of seasoning Loch on the border of the Highlands Worn-down pencil Say quickly
One way to run Greyhound offering 102
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124 126 128 130 Most visibly frightened
Develop a limp Hybrid music genre of the 2010s Houston-to-dallas dir.
Desert, in a way City west of Binghamton Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer Total jerks Group with two Top 10 rock operas Runs to
They have long necks and round bodies Bear’s advice Bearlike creature in sci-fi
Oil crisis? Murmur
Cook in oil
Only three-letter scale note