NW Democrat-Gazette

New York Times Crossword Puzzle

No.0912

GO UP IN SMOKE By Grant Thackray Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Impersonate

6 Bump on a log

11 Get into one’s birthday

suit

16 Fruit drinks

20 Home of the isle of

Tortuga

21 ‘‘____ often costs too

much’’: Emerson 22 Word before rock or

football

23 Song word repeated

after ‘‘Que’’ 24 Charming sort? 26 Olympics projectiles 27 People in charge:

Abbr.

28 ____ Lingus

29 Lucy’s last name on ‘‘I

Love Lucy’’

31 Like gasoline nowadays 33 30-year host of latenight TV

37 Legal field concerned

with long-term care 39 Commotion 40 Televangelist Joel 42 Prima ballerina 46 Some team

competitions

49 The ‘‘e’’ in Genoa? 50 With 97-Across, emerge reborn . . . or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do? 52 ‘‘Gangsta Lovin’’’

rapper, 2002 53 Yoga-class instruction 55 Food packaging

reassurance

56 Good ‘‘Wheel of Fortune’’ buy for REVERSE ENGINEER

57 Sold (for)

59 Toward the back 60 Where dominoes were

invented

62 Rule

64 Jazz guitarist

Montgomery

66 Some U.N. officers, for

short

67 Super Bowl LV champ 68 Took a swing, say 70 Basketball box score

column 74 Addiction-treatment

locale

76 Leadoff selections? 77 Something to file 78 French article

79 Sweet pea 81 Volkswagen model

inits.

82 Give wrong

information

83 Boring tool 85 Emmy-winning

journalist Finch 87 Website with a Seller

Handbook

91 ‘‘How ____ . . . ’’ 92 Encrypted URL

component 94 Red-handed, say 96 Make haste

97 See 50-Across 99 Brand that stylizes its name with a lowercase second letter

100 What a button on an

armrest may control 104 Serenade

105 ‘‘____ Pal,’’ early episode of ‘‘The Jetsons’’

108 Shrinks

109 1980 event in

Washington

111 Be completely candid 114 Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw

117 It may be taken in by a

traveler

119 Half of sei

120 Treat thought to be stamped with symbols of the Knights Templar 121 ‘‘We ____ please’’ 123 Within arm’s reach 128 Something commonly left in an operating room

129 Going by

130 Where the Volta River

flows

131 Tea go-with

132 Pull down

133 Those opposite the center and guards, in N.F.L. lingo

134 More teed off

135 Scattered

DOWN

1 Sounds at a sauna

2 Limit

3 20-20, e.g.

4 Hit TV show created by

Donald Glover 5 Something close to a

colonel’s heart? 6 ‘‘Today’’ competitor, for

short 7—

8 Those against

9 Come back again (again

. . . again . . . ) 10 Harp-shaped

constellation

11 Got ready to ride, with

‘‘up’’

12 Vacuum tube type 13 ‘‘Hi’’ follower

14 Rack up, as charges 15 No-hassle

16 Countless

17 —

18 Slips

19 Holder of merit badges

on a scout uniform 25 Jon of ‘‘Two and a Half

Men’’

30 — 32 Gone-but-not-forgotten 33 L.L. Bean competitor 34 Plant family that jasmine and lilac are part of

35 Safe space 36 Announcement maker

of yore

38 In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said, ‘‘From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever’’

41 ____ Minella (Muppet) 43 Pot grower’s remark? 44 What snakes grow as

they age

45 Corrects, as text 47 They used to be a

‘‘thing’’

48 Floor coverings that

feel good on the feet 51 Politician’s concern 54 Detective Lupin 55 Present-day saint? 58 Surprise ending 59 Sparkling-wine variety 61 Scolded, as in a library 63 Big name in nail polish 65 —

69 Drive

70 Sets aside

71 Popped in for just a

moment, perhaps 72 The Ikea logo shares

the colors of its flag 73 Lead-in to ‘‘of mind’’ or

‘‘of war’’

75 Advocate for the better treatment of elves, in Harry Potter 80 Determination from

Santa

84 Big tournament news 86 Bare

88 —

89 Spots for window

boxes

90 Verbal cringe

93 The St. Lawrence River’s misnamed ____ Islands

95 Far from friendly 98 Fatigued over time 99 Set of rules popularized by ‘‘How I Met Your Mother’’ 101 Doctor’s orders, maybe 102 Best ____

103 Shaving brand

106 ‘‘Let me get this out

. . . ’’

107 Lead-in to -scope 110 Small lab bottle

112 Loud, as a stadium 113 Former second lady

Cheney

114 It often has its kinks 115 Sight from a Seattle

ferry

116 Bike ride setting

118 Rides

122 Millennium start 124 See 126-Down

125 Take a ____

126 With 124-Down,

feature of van Gogh 127 Get hitched to

Style

en-us

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