Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD

By Joe Deeney / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Tot’s rocker

6 Gets lost

12 Squeeze, as a mop 17 Die down

18 Eventual outlet for

Lake Victoria

20 Joan of Arc, for one 21 Geometrophiles ... 23 A little off?

24 Abound (with) 25 Member of a colony 26 Rapture

28 Put down in writing 29 Sad ____ 31 Imagophiles ...

33 Old “The beer of quality” sloganeer, in brief

36 Actress Witherspoon 38 “You wanted to see

me?”

39 Cabaret accessories 40 Something you sleep

through 42 Sunny-side-up

“suns”

45 In stitches 46 Gastrophiles ... 51 “The Eagle ____

landed”

54 Close out

55 Ready for a drive 56 Rightmost menu

heading, often

57 Long campaigns 61 Org. that partners with Lyft and Uber to promote safe ridesharing

62 “Ish” 63 Dextropodophiles ... 68 Come after

69 Nugget from a noggin 70 Sinister smiles 71 Novosibirsk negative 72 Come out of la-la

land with a jolt

74 To whom it is said “You have a grand gift for silence . ... It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”

78 Small parlor piece? 79 Autotumulophiles ... 83 Bird-feeder fat 85 Symbol of laziness

86 High winds

87 Actress Rowlands 88 PC component 91 Even slightly 93 “Inside the NBA”

channel

94 Aurophiles ...

98 The ____ that bind 100 Certain fluencybuilding subj.

101 Game with cestas and

a pelota

102 ____ Rule, truecrime writer

103 Periphery

107 Tap

109 C hr ono me chan op hi les

... 112 Feel like [grrrr] 113 Take care of business

114 Goose bump inducing

115 Actress Kaitlin of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 116 Schnozzes

117 Palatial

DOWN

1 “Go no further!” 2 High wind

3 Go on and on (about) 4 Parts of flutes and

flowers

5 Still

6 It’s a bad look 7 Palaver

8 Kylo ____ of “Star

Wars”

9 Red state?

10 ____ Vanilli (1980s-’90s

R&B duo)

11 Sordid

12 Poseurs

13 Monopoly properties that don’t get hotels, for short

14 Sandwich that may include salami, prosciutto and soppressata 15 Stockings 16 Basketball coach

Popovich

19 Lauder of beauty

products

20 Secure, as a skiff 22 Zoom

27 Passports, e.g., in

brief

30 Private affairs?

31 Pummel, as with

snowballs

32 “That was

unexpected!” 33 Things Acrobat

Reader reads

34 Hill by a loch 35 “Seasons of Love”

musical

37 ... — ...

41 Seeks attention, in a

way

43 “Krazy ____” 44 Sarcastic response to

a complaint 45 Longtime NASCAR

sponsor

47 Habitat threatened by

bleaching

48 Brings up

49 Extra something 50 What might

accompany a wink 52 Choral voice

53 Minor disagreement 56 New York university that hosted presidential debates in 2008, 2012 and 2016 58 Word repeated in a classic Energizer slogan

59 Finish by

60 The NBA’s Curry, to

fans

62 Fall behind the pack 63 Bloke

64 Singer born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin 65 Sub-Saharan pests 66 Can’t tolerate

67 Axed 72 Obedience-school

command

73 Cooking staple 75 Cooking staple 76 Cooking place

77 Fit snugly 79 Announcement of a

split decision? 80 Word with trip or test 81 Baseball Hall of

Famer Mel

82 Shelves for

knickknacks

84 Card game shout 87 Preacher’s

preaching

88 X

89 Rings

90 2005 Scott Westerfeld sci-fi novel with the sequel “Pretties” 92 “The Mod Squad”

role

94 Painter’s primer 95 Home to many Constables and Sargents 96 Like some whiskey

barrels

97 Not be straight with 99 Ninja Turtles’ abode 102 Came down

104 TV girl with the catchphrase “Swiper, no swiping!”

105 Emulate the Cheshire

cat

106 Stretched (out) 108 Classic muscle car 110 Co.’s second in

command, usually 111 Gunpowder holder

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