N.Y. Times Crossword – Sunday, September 24, 2017 September, 24, 2017, 7:54 pm by gregofla By: Alan Arbesfeld Theme: U.S. State Abbreviations Difficulty (0-10): 1 Time: 42:40 ACROSS DOWN 1 Tennis world since 1968 1 Footnote abbr. 8 St. Louis Arch, e.g. 2 Take stock? 15 Gasoline may make it go 3 Fragrant compound 20 Impersonated 4 Pitted fruit 21 Performing, perhaps 5 Icelandic letter 22 Change of locks? 6 Powerful engine 23 “Try not to miss Bangor and Lewiston”? 7 Cruising 25 “___ de Lune” 8 Be successful 26 Player of TV’s Det. Tutuola 9 The slightest amount of 27 Publication read by drs. 10 Oscar-winning foreign film of 2005 set in South Africa 28 Kind of torch on “Survivor” 11 Tiny-scissors holder 29 Private eye, slangily 12 Nutsy 30 Where Spartacus was from 13 Competing with 32 Rite for a newborn Jewish boy 14 Thirst 34 2:00 in New York vis-à-vis St. Louis? 15 Firmly in place 36 Chopper topper 16 Have a connection 38 “___ ’em, boy!” 17 Turbaned teacher 40 Fifth wheel 18 Loathing 41 Part of a full house 19 Like some myths 43 Haunted house sound 24 “You’ll have to pay for me” 45 Duds 29 Stylish 47 Be sociable, say 31 Unit of firewood 50 Whistler from two Eastern states? 33 “Freedom ___ free” 53 Financial institution whose parent company is Canadian 35 Commercial lead-in to Pen 55 Name in a Salinger title 37 Walter ___, Dodgers owner who moved the team from Brooklyn to L.A. 56 Cheers after a go-o-o-oal! 39 Submits, as a phone report 57 Quaint store descriptor 41 Previous incarnations 59 Just beat 42 Part of a recovery effort 60 Put away 44 Writer of “The Gnat and the Bull” 61 ___-equipped 46 ___ Conference 62 “I’m such a klutz!” 47 Added up 64 Sportscaster Al 48 City just east of LAX 68 “We shouldn’t sell our Fort Wayne home”? 49 Vintage Jaguars 72 How a B.L.T. might come 50 Apology start 73 Rice-A-___ 51 Oktoberfest music 74 Public image, briefly 52 First-rate, in British slang 75 Farm female 54 Buyer of a dozen roses, maybe 77 Reebok rival 58 Former parent co. of Gramophone and Parlophone records 78 Navy commando 61 Ideology 80 It means “farmer” in Afrikaans 63 Again, in Mexico 82 Hydroxyl compound 65 Getting help getting clean 83 Airbnb offering 66 Dijon darling 86 “Sooner this, Sooner that … can’t you talk about any other subject?”? 67 Avoid puddles, say 89 Imparter of umami taste, in brief 69 Pointer’s pronoun 90 Exact look-alike 70 Sister of Helios 93 Resort near Snowbird 71 Ancient fortuneteller 94 Middle-___ 72 In the 70s, say 95 Big 2016 film set in Polynesia 76 Yellowstone grazer 96 Cab alternative 79 Unadon fish 98 Follows 81 Armchair accompanier 100 Deal another blackjack card to a young Salem woman? 82 Things painted in the spring 104 Take from the top 84 So darn cute 106 “Consider it done” 85 Like some fertile soil 110 Tomorrow 87 Status 111 Architect Saarinen 88 They may block passage 113 Some young ‘uns 91 Start to form? 115 Grammy-winning singer of “Shepherd Moons” 92 Single, for one 116 A-lister 95 Art ___, longtime Cleveland Browns owner 117 Midwest state secedes and will join the United Kingdom? 97 Pressure indicator on a map 120 Whale food 99 Iger’s predecessor at Disney 121 Place 100 Hardly sophisticates 122 Direct route 101 Sluggish 123 Overused 102 Actress Shire 124 Directed 103 Quattro + tre 125 Having braids 105 Fabulist’s confession 107 Diarist Nin 108 Jeff ___, leader of the Electric Light Orchestra 109 Got on board 112 Licentious sort 114 Word with ceiling or financing 117 C.I.A. forerunner 118 Tour de France time 119 “Who’da thunk it?!” Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related