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New York Times Sunday Crossword

The Mystery of Mcguffin Manor

- By Andrew Chaikin , Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Battlefiel­d cry 7 Sprint competitor 12 Pollen-producing

plant part

18 About three miles 19 Excoriates

21 ‘‘The Deer Hunter’’

director Michael 22 An antique might

have one

23 What a Venn diagram shows

24 Like

25 64 65 66 69

71

72 74 76

78 79

82 83 85 88 91 92 93

96

98 100 101 102

A ways away Suspect No. 3 Spawn

Music for the masses?

Sly and the Family Stone genre Public spat Considered ____ fusion (type of cuisine)

Some appliances They catch dust bunnies

It might get a licking: Abbr. Musical family with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Some sports cars Lots

‘‘That’s ____’’ Some modern ones are smart Four-letter word for a four-letter word In ____ (stuck) Hershey toffee bar Suspect No. 4 9

10 11

12

13 14 15

16 17 19

20

26 27 33

34

Magazine audience fig.

Suspect No. 7 Style for Edward Hopper and George Bellows

What might come with fencing? Suspect No. 8 Goodwill ‘‘Despicable Me’’ character Intestinal: Prefix Some knotted ropes Elie Wiesel’s homeland

Lowest of the eight major taxonomic ranks Flambé Japanese box lunch Oenology : wines :: zythology : ____ Org. in ‘‘Die Hard’’ 36

37 39 40 41 42

43 44

45 48 49

50 51 52

54 56 57

Teri with a ‘‘Tootsie’’ role

It might be snowy Move off the bottle Chip dip, familiarly Badger Diamond family name

Like a bad loser Major source of oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere Janitor’s tool Britain’s Broadway City near Monterey Bay

Latches (onto) Delta preceder Like a Debbie Downer

Women of honour Kinda

Very, in Veracruz 59 60 67 68

70 71 72 73 75 77 78

80 81

83 84 86 87

Swing and completely miss Getaway for two lovebirds? Ireland’s best-selling solo artist Home of the original Busch Gardens The compass points Hardy bean Campfire treat ‘‘Too busy’’

Jr.’s junior Suffix with serpent Leader whose name means, literally, ‘‘commander’’ Kilt feature Space to maneuver a ship

Seeped (through} Low on dough

Big launch of 1957 ‘‘Time for a break’’ 88

89 90 93

94 95 97

99 100 101 103

104

105 106 107

Fictional city inspired by New York City

Sauce put on falafel Squash Springstee­n’s birthplace, in song Knowledgea­ble (in) Hard

Music to a hitchhiker’s ears Thucydides had one Said a 96-Across Went with Anika ____ Rose, 2004 Tony winner Sunrise direction, in Seville

‘‘Best. Day. ____!’’ Stable diet? Rushing group, informally

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