New York Times Sunday Crossword
Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter
ACROSS
1 Cookbook amt. 5 “Careful where you watch this,” in emails
9 Wonder Woman foe 13 Canned brand 17 “The ____ U Give”
(2018 film)
18 Pro Football Hall of
Fame locale
19 Sugar serving 20 Claimed
21 Pound who wrote “Literature is news that stays news” 22 Piece of cake? 23 Prop for a belly
dancer
24 “As I Lay Dying”
father
25 Something big in
1950s autodom 27 ____ Lane, home of
the Muffin Man 31 Marine mollusks
that cling to rocks 33 Symbol of strength 34 666, perhaps 36 Mimic
37 Yahoo!, but not
“Yahoo!”
38 Trig calculation
39 It’s a first
41 F.D.R.’S job-creating
agcy.
42 Film monster originally intended as a metaphor for nuclear weapons
44 Zip
45 “Way to go, team!” 48 Fashion brand with a
rhinoceros logo 49 Feature of many a
state flag 50 Acclaimed 2017 biography subtitled “The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror”
51 Childish comeback 53 Diplomacy
55 Called for
56 Major accidents 58 Taiwanese computer
giant
59 ____ bull 61 Hoodwinks
63 “King Kong” co-star 64 Quattroporte and
Granturismo 66 Ballpark with the
Home Run Apple 68 Are loath to
70 Issued
71 1980s TV ET 74 Emperor who, in actuality, played the lyre, not the violin 75 Suffix in Suffolk 77 Lady Vols’ home:
Abbr.
78 Sound investment? 81 Let the air out? 83 Posted warning near
mountains
86 Lead-in to bargain or
deal
87 Actress Foy of Netflix’s “The Crown” 90 Notable Nixon gesture
91 Guzzles
93 Fort ____ (where Billy the Kid was killed)
94 More streaked, as
marble
96 Principles
97 Eight things that
most spiders have 98 Barack Obama’s
mother 99 Lacto-____-vegetarian
Black
Hole number Vaulted
It’s bedazzling Stopper, of a sort N.A.A.C.P. ____ Award
112 It’s a tragedy when seen in close-up but a comedy in the long shot, per Charlie Chaplin
114 Co-star of 2011’s
“Bridesmaids” 115 Home of The Herald 117 Memo taker
118 Flanged fastener 119 Promgoer’s concern, maybe
John of “The Addams Family”
Ring bearers?
It’s not a good look 100 101 103 105 107 110 120
121 122 123 Handbook info, for
short
124 Doctors’ orders
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Upstart’s goal Istanbul’s Grand ____
Perfect places for bowlers to aim? Ring Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? What a slug may leave behind? Bygone cry of outrage
“You got that right!” ____ Singer (“Annie Hall” protagonist) French way Estevez of “The Breakfast Club” Whether to aim at 7 or 10, in bowling? “Chop-chop!” 14
15 16
26 28
29 30 32 35
37 40 43
46
47 49
52
53 54
56 Disappointing news for a bowler? Colt, maybe
City in Texas or Ukraine Forces (upon) Short end of the stick
Raising Prepared Smoky agave spirit Big advertising catchword Police rank: Abbr. Like some poetry “You didn’t fool me!” Geographical anagram of ASLOPE Bring on Material found in countertops Birthstone of some Scorpios
Close kin, casually Lotus-____ (figures in the “Odyssey”) Stroked 57
60 62 65 67
69 70
71 72 73
76 78 79 80 82
84 85 Code for the busiest airport in Australia ____ blanc
Niña companion Projected, as a film First word across in the world’s first crossword (1913) Relates Director Leone of spaghetti westerns Pre-k group? Knockout
Pace at which bowlers complete their games? “Wheel of Fortune” option
Hip bowling enthusiasts?
Go from one state to another? “Family Feud” option
Like some car air fresheners Action-packed What people who agree speak with 86 88
89 91 92
94
95 101 102 104 106 108 109 111 113
114 116 Like breast-cancer awareness ribbons Three-____ (long movies, once) Highland language Mix up Changed like Ophelia in “Hamlet” Modern activity banned in most high schools
Rodeo activity Ben & Jerry’s buy Beloved: Lat. Adele, voicewise Quite a long time Friendly femme Bowlers’ targets ... 10 of which can be found appropriately arranged in this puzzle “Gosh!”
When Bastille Day occurs
Major operation? Prefix with -morphic