N.Y. Times Crossword – Sunday, October 1, 2017 October, 3, 2017, 6:23 pmOctober, 1, 2017, 1:43 pm by gregofla By: Robert Fisher Theme: Other Ways of Saying Things Difficulty (0-10): 3 Time: 53:08 ACROSS DOWN 1 Draw in 1 New Testament book 8 Tight garment 2 Pilgrims’ pronoun 14 Come before 3 Radio host John 21 Stingy sorts 4 Life in the big city, to some 22 Blogger’s pick for a pic 5 Bee: Prefix 23 Utility worker 6 Dance with a kick 24 Falling down 7 John Irving protagonist portrayed by Robin Williams 26 Mean 8 Wine holders 27 Very: Ger. 9 Spermatozoa targets 28 Earth goddess 10 Dance party enthusiast 29 G.P.A. killers 11 Wooden 30 “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?” 12 Worries no end 31 Robert of “The Sopranos” 13 Five-point rugby play 32 Speeding ticket 14 Stripes mismatch, traditionally 37 Prep for the runway, maybe 15 Amazon, e.g. 40 Ball ___ 16 Oklahoma City-to-Tulsa dir. 41 Besmirch 17 Develops (from) 42 Emotionally demanding 18 Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands 43 Climbing Mount Everest, e.g. 19 Very last part 45 Be Kind to Editors and Writers Mo. [for real!] 20 Pep 48 Notable features of Stockholm and Amsterdam 25 André ___, 1947 Literature Nobelist 51 It “exists when one goes against one’s conscience,” per Pope Francis 30 Narrow waterway 52 Fire places 33 Part of an accusation in Clue 55 D.C. lobby for seniors 34 Laker named to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 57 Locale for two of the Quad Cities 35 Small anatomical container 58 Egyptian cobra 36 Landing post-E.T.A. 61 Lying 37 12 cc, maybe 66 Heat, as to soften metal 38 Country star Church 67 “u r hilarious!” 39 Alternative to a name: Abbr. 68 How scallops are often prepared 44 Draw, as a scene 69 French horticulturist after whom a variety of fruit is named 46 Ratcheting wheel mechanism 72 Cause of insomnia, maybe 47 Adjust with Photoshop, maybe 74 Design detail 49 Japanese drama 77 Google ___ 50 Knocks over 78 Run too far or lift too much 53 Even 81 Go over in blackjack 54 Trauma reminder 84 In working order 56 School support grps. 87 Layoff 58 Corona, for one 94 Old sitcom character who was 229 years old 59 Repeated cry at a dance class 95 Utah’s ___ Canyon 60 Most profs 96 Get 29-Across 62 Mother-of-pearl 97 Railway offshoot 63 Out in court 98 “So that’s it!” 64 Boost the horsepower of 99 Florae and faunae 65 Dish served with chopsticks in a bowl 101 Down 69 Florida beach city, informally 103 Mariners 70 Like the head of a tennis racket 105 TWA competitor 71 Lowly worker 108 Classic Jag 73 Bit of wind 110 Who “can’t buy you love” in an Elton John hit 75 Those, in Tijuana 113 “There, there” 76 Complaining fish? 114 Tax increase 79 “Hots” 120 Cheers in un estadio 80 “Creme sandwich” introduced over a century ago 121 Canon camera 82 Animal depicted in Edwin Landseer’s “The Monarch of the Glen” 122 Take off quickly 83 Work, work, work 123 “If I ___ penny for every …” 85 Air-conditioner fig. 124 Some W.S.J. topics 86 Entrap 128 Summer Olympics host after Barcelona 88 Army NCO 130 Dead 89 Alien autopsies, crop circles and the like 133 Custom-fits 90 Liquid-___ 134 Took off quickly 91 Pet food with a paw print logo 135 Pasta recipe phrase 92 Where to accent “Laotian” 136 Show contempt for 93 Pinstriper 137 At the scene 99 Store blowout 138 “We should avoid doing that” 100 Suffix with brew 102 Underbrush clearer 104 Occasionally 105 W.W. II shipping worries 106 Oman’s leader, e.g. 107 Antarctic penguin 109 Officially prohibit 111 Lamb, e.g. 112 It goes up to about 1700 115 Aquarium fish 116 Swelter 117 Holiday celebrations 118 Holy Roman emperor called “the Great” 119 Country rocker Steve 125 One of the Ivies 126 Not conned by 127 Let stand, editorially 129 Neither’s partner 130 U.N. observer since ’74 131 Day-in-and-day-out pattern 132 D.C. summer setting 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