New York Times Sunday Crossword
The Mystery of Mcguffin Manor
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