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2017 Super Mega Crossword - Sunday, December 17, 2017

NYT Crossword by Frank Longo

Cartoons by Robert Leighton

Transcribed for personal use, not for sale

 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across

48 Elegant street shaders 88 #2 execs
50 Musk of Tesla Motors 89 Put two and two
51 Wasp with a brightly together
colored coat of hair 90 “Out of the question!”
52 “Picnic” playwright 92 Found not guilty
54 Infant’s cry 94 Pragmatic types
57 Dexatrim capsules, e.g. 102 Ocelot or serval
1 Hoses down 60 Gratifies, as others’ 105 Animal park
7 Longtime Chevrolet base instincts 106 Common spare target
model 61 Sparking wine town in bowling
13 Chevrolets, e.g 62 “The Burning Giraffe” 107 Yin’s flip side
17 Solemn vows painter 109 Have a retriever
22 Like hand-me-downs 63 Subaquatic retrieve something, say
26 “Rug” on a head 64 OPEC and others 113 Climber of high
27 Wash. Airport 65 Local theater, in slang mountains
28 Pizzeria fixture 67 Song segments 121 NEWS for North, East,
29 Skier’s challenge 69 Baseball’s ___ Wee West, South
31 Storefront feature Reese 122 “You said it!”
32 Bitterly cold 70 Cheez-___ 123 Japanese beer
33 Lymph bump 71 One of the three on 125 Parks of civil rights
34 Cabinetry wood source “Three’s Company” 128 Touched ground
35 Soprano Tebaldi or 72 Kitty played by Ginger 130 Dweeb
Scotto Rogers 132 Nestle’s ___-Caps
36 Two-piece swimsuit 74 Ratifying bodies 133 “Looky here!”
37 Suffix with fratri- or 75 Broody rock genre 134 Port of SW Italy
insect- 76 Amass 135 Cartoon caption #1
38 Have life 77 Adorned with precious 143 More daring
39 “Black Swan” director stones 146 Be considerably
Aronofsky 78 Snag educated
40 Give it a whirl 79 Mix up 147 Schmaltzy series
41 Means of death in an 82 Skedaddles 148 Holiday tune
Agatha Christie story 83 ___ acid (fat compound) 149 Real essence
43 “In any condition” on a 84 ___ Hari (spy) 150 Weave spider-style
wanted poster 85 Put two and two 151 1983 World Series
47 Mary ___ (Avon rival) together? winners

Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across
 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across

152 Occurring rather 211 Al D’___, former New 250 Heinies
infrequently York senator 251 Confession hearer
153 Floor pros 215 Banister 252 @
155 Melodious, in music 217 Deal breakers, in slang? 254 Badminton barriers
159 “Doing business as” 219 Meal scrap 255 Pays for
designation 220 Having deep black 259 Assuming it’ll happen
161 Lounge in the tub locks at all
162 Volkswagen model 221 Betty of comics 262 Paint option
164 Opened with a crowbar 222 ___ Lingus 264 Subj. for aliens’ study
166 More fluff-filled 223 Goad 265 Software developer’s
167 J.D Salinger heroine 225 Horned vipers evaluation
171 Mathematician who 227 Fish by dropping bait 267 Cooperatively
invented the logarithm lightly 269 Ma or pa’s ma
173 Hits the hay 228 Enjoying an African 270 Cup, in Cannes
176 “Jolly old” place trek 271 Self-conceit
178 Affront, informally 230 Figure skating leaps 273 Erin of “Happy Days”
179 Biotech material 232 Labradoodle, cockapoo, 275 Ramble on and on
180 “___ tu” (Verdi aria) or puggle 277 Blue-roofed eateries
181 Father of Horus 233 Marshlands 280 Chair designer Charles
183 Ice cream band 234 Subside 281 Former U.S. RR
184 Like a loose rope 236 “That’s sufficient regulator
186 Light, custard-filled elaboration, right?” 283 Pacific island nation
cake 239 Like neophytes 284 Figure skater
188 NBC cop show set in 241 First woman to head Plushenko
the Windy City the Fed 286 Book-balancing pro
191 Heads, in Haiti 242 Flight board data 287 Actress Linney
193 Singer who was a coach 243 Maryland suburb of 288 Like Teflon
on four seasons of “The Washington, D.C. 291 Rouses from sleep
Voice” 245 So-so 292 Coors alcopop
196 Plywood overlay 246 Country singer 293 Show benevolence
198 Mexican beer Jennings 294 Swamp hopper
200 “Scooby-Doo” girl 247 Dreaded message on 296 Oil company resulting
202 Squirrel away marked exam from 1998 merger
203 Globe halves 248 Close-fitting 298 Moves clumsily
209 Fashionable outerwear 249 Employee’s 300 One using a tab key, say
210 Look stunned intracompany move 302 G.I.’s helmet

Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across
 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across

304 Years, to Nero 351 James who wrote “L.A. 402 Brunch fruit
305 Clear out Confidential” 403 Tel. book listings
307 Writer Sholem 354 Lad, to the Irish 404 Things generating froth
309 Palette pick 356 Head skyward 406 Accurate miniatures
311 Broad, landscaped 357 Head Cases? 408 Helgenberger of “China
thoroughfare: Abbr. 359 Radio host Boortz Beach”
313 World’s third-largest 360 Suspect’s out 410 Took a breather
island 361 Fix the inner layer of 412 Tabula ___
314 Tokyo, old-style 362 River to the Baltic 414 Brand of mops and
315 Country singer Tucker 363 Take a breather brooms
317 Tribe of Lake Superior 365 Pigged Out 417 Buying or selling of
region 368 Prefix with –metric sacred things
319 Aniston, or Garner, to 371 Pacific island nation 419 Argue pettily
pals 372 Attack time 421 Jedi enemy
320 Breaker of Lou Gehrig’s 373 1981-89, politically 423 Cheek applications
all-time hits record in 376 Rather peculiar 424 A few
2009 378 Smug expressions 426 Goaded
323 2015 epic western 380 Places for some 428 Delta deposit
starring Leonardo medical pics 430 Digital video file
DiCaprio 383 Superstrong superhero format, in brief
326 Old draft inits. 384 Soon, quaintly 432 Penta- doubled
328 San Juan native, 385 Part of a catalog 433 Aretha’s genre
informally 387 Food often served with 434 Goliath, to David
329 Group of loyal devotees wasabi 435 Fruity frozen treats
331 Actress Rowlands 388 Lucy’s “Kill Bill” 439 Port of SE Italy
333 “Pippin” Tony winner character 440 Ripe anew
336 More coarse, as humor 389 Bird symbolizing pride 442 Long time NPR host
338 Thespian’s goal 391 Did as bid Hansen
339 Airplane part 393 Make one’s own 443 Env. heads-up
341 Large depressions filled 394 Intro to marketing? 445 Stars, in Sèvres
with water 395 Papal court at the 448 Cousin of a giraffe
343 Diving position Vatican 450 Lead-in to boy or girl
344 Isle of exile 396 Riddle-me-___ 452 Firefighter Red
345 Home to many sculpted 397 Five-star 453 “Xanadu” rock grp.
celebrities 398 Catcher’s wear 454 Queens and Brooklyn,
350 Tick by 399 Place to lie in the sun for short

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 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across

455 Cartoon caption #2 513 Plant with “blossoms of 567 What diamonds do
465 Swiss states snow” 571 Lacking spice
466 Scrap, as a plan 516 Land in South America 572 Slugger’s stat
467 Catering vessels 517 Genre 574 ___-shine
468 Enters gently from the 518 Real pain 575 Warded off
side 522 Heart: Fr. 578 Lee who directed “Life
469 Festoons with some 523 Gives a glaring look of Pi”
tissue, informally 524 Skein stuff 580 23x platinum album
470 Currently airs 525 City NNW of Flint with the hit “Stairway
471 Regal carmaker 528 Big name in electronic to Heaven”
472 Frenziedly toll collection 583 “I had the thought…”
473 Family girl 530 Middle school grade 587 William or Harry, as a
475 Sign off on 531 Kind of performance of student
476 Keeps away concern to a car 588 Value highly
479 1953 John Wayne film shopper 590 2002 Best Actress
481 Suffix with Caesar 533 “U R 2 funny!” nominee for
483 Triangular sail 534 Punk accouterment “Unfaithful”
485 Got underway 537 Seminary subject 591 Seat of New York’s
486 Wise old Greek 540 Latvian money Nassau County
488 Like sore muscles 541 “Scrubs” figure 592 Oscar Wilde’s Gray
489 Massages, as sore 542 Cranks (up) 593 Entice
muscles 543 Calf roping and barrel 594 Mentally with it
494 After a fashion racing 595 Having a shot to win
497 March Madness 547 Zig or zag 596 Daredevil Knievel
quarterfinalists 549 Fought off 597 Showed clearly
500 Rock doves, e.g. 551 Group of reps 598 Part of Roy.G.Biv
501 Doo-wop syllable 553 Prior to, to poets 599 Dwells
502 10-season CBS spinoff 554 Nintendo hero 600 Planted anew
503 Radio toggle 555 Actor Brynner 601 Smidgens
504 Overwhelm with noise 556 Conduit for smoke 602 Wolves’ hangout
507 “It’s simple!” 559 Balance-keeping aids 603 Cleric’s house
508 Like some eclipses 561 N.Y.C rail org. 604 Like thickly tangled
509 Civic carmaker 562 Rap sheet letters hair
511 “I already said I 563 Sanitary habits
NYT Crossword by Frank Longo
wouldn’t!” 565 One of the essential Cartoons by Robert Leighton
amino acids Transcribed for personal use, not for sale

Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Across
 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Down

23 Cartoon caption #3 77 Flip out
24 Dueling weapon 79 Thor and Capitan
25 Celebrity cook Paula America, for two
30 Amount risked 80 German article
42 Monica of tennis 81 Unstimulating brew
44 Prince in line for the 82 Minister of state in the
throne, e.g. Ottoman empire
45 Something a 84 Dr. Phil’s last name

1 Established, as a ghostwriter writes in 86 Totally, in slang
business 46 M.D. who might treat 87 Prez before J.F.K.
2 Electricity-carrying sinusitis 91 Beach in Rio
cable 49 Haloed Fr. Women 92 Polar parkas
3 Where the Magna Carta 51 Fluctuates 93 Radioer’s “T”
was sealed 53 “Throw in the towel, 94 Cry form Charlie Brown
4 Samoa’s capital already!” 95 Radioer’s “E”
5 Gossipy sort 55 Safe, at sea 96 Zone
6 Creator of Popeye 56 Steam iron’s sound 97 One end of a lariat
7 Queen who financed 58 Old competitor of 98 Schoolyard retort
Columbus DirecTV and Dish 99 Intervene
8 Sheep with long, fine Network 100 Delay
wool 59 Analogy words 101 Yahtzee accessory
9 Stow tightly 60 Sitting room 102 Bronze-hued
10 Cobwebby room 61 In the sack 103 “Sign me up”
11 Been in a horizontal 62 Transylvanian count, 104 Port of NW Italy
position for short 106 Stretch tight
12 Destination for cops 64 Lover of Daphnis 108 Shelley’s elegy for
and ambulances 66 Guinness who played Keats
13 How woks are curved Obi-Wan Kenobi 110 Decorative fabric
14 Teetotalers 68 Necessarily involves 111 Root for
15 Spots in some gun 71 Bed cover 112 Stable group
sights 72 More than mere 113 Invites
16 Show disdain for misdemeanors 114 Friendless feeling
17 Comic actor Patton ___ 73 Future sign 115 “Cross my heart”
18 Old Coleco rival 74 Center of Los Angeles, declaration
19 Put on the tube once 116 Novelist Shaw
20 Coop cackler 75 Sun Bowl city 117 Over the short haul
21 Tater 76 Second baseman 118 Embedded
22 Prefix with violet Robinson 119 Building floor, to Brits

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 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Down

120 Scleppers 177 Removal of 221 Washington suburb
124 Mtn. statistic government controls, 224 Governing soccer org.
126 Actress Chaplin of in brief for the Continent
“Game of Thrones” 182 Fixing 226 Promotable piece
127 Black card symbol 185 Stabs 229 Able to be recalled
129 One-ups 187 Parts of family trees 231 Lung or liver
131 Seriously embroiled 189 Sci-fi weapons 232 Smidgen
(in) 190 Sapped of strength 233 Button, tie or zip
136 River in central New 192 Newsman Koppel 234 Cousin of a llama
Jersey 193 Sew with “X” shapes 235 Make less difficult
137 Of the hipbone 194 Fiji native, e.g. 237 Denies support for
138 All, in Italy 195 “NFL Live” airer 238 Mimicking bird
139 Mao Tse-___ 197 Very cushy class 240 Exeter’s county
140 Said aloud 199 2002 World Series 241 Nickname for DiMaggio
141 Some vacuum tubes winner 242 ___ bears (chewy
142 Steak choices 201 Epoch in the Tertiary candy)
144 Land, in South America period 244 Biblical landing spot
145 K.G.B. employees, e.g. 204 ___ Kelly, NBC News 249 Volkswagen model
154 Look beyond journalist 250 Spouted whistlers
156 Folk singer Phil 205 Hammond ___, “The 253 Celtic speaker
157 Lifts up a slope Wreak of the Mary 255 Credo component
158 “Titanic” received 11 of Deare” novelist” 256 Kampala’s country
these 206 What bookcases and 257 “Hmm, let me put it
160 Start, as an adventure étagères provide another way…”
163 Mexican restaurant 207 Peace talks 258 What to call a king
stations 208 Those who aren’t “it” 260 Once, old-style
165 Hard-to-please celeb 209 Gift recipients 261 Backed up by reasoning
167 Money held in trust 210 Long Island birthplace 263 More, in Málaga
168 “Citizen Kane” actor of George Segal 266 Seesawed
Everett 212 Teen years 268 Closemouthed
169 College in 213 Layout of fortunetelling 270 Some residents of East
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. cards Indies
170 Big name in food safety 214 Legal hunting periods 272 Silicon Valley city
172 Really ardent 216 Anguish 274 Black-clad warrior
174 Brewery kiln 218 ___ Cassidy, 1970s 276 Borgnine of film
175 Cry from Charlie Brown heartthrob 278 Bustling place
220 Policy covering a 279 Sharif of film
tenant 282 Sticks together

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 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Down

285 Gist 347 Hill staffer 401 Astronomer Halley
288 Hawaii’s state bird 348 Stop blocking, as a river 405 1990s-2000s BBC
289 Sorority letter 349 Rids of frost comedy, informally
290 Jewish mystical 352 From way back 406 Surgical dressing
tradition 353 Squeals in pain 407 Bride’s new title
293 Home to Tijuana, 355 Actor Milo 409 Attends
familiarly 357 Blizzard, for one 411 Simple chords
295 Many a flashlight 358 Land in two parts 413 Med. School subj.
battery 362 “Give me a break!” 415 Imitating
297 Added-cost extras 364 Valuable resource 416 Rival of U.S. Grant
299 Hush money 366 “True ___” (“Indeedy”) 418 Image Awards org.
301 To-do list items 367 Jam-packed 420 Wharves
303 What numbers after 9 368 Apropos of 421 Reeked
consist of 369 Something a cover crop 422 Words after rake or rub
306 Luau music makers, for prevents 425 College focus
short 370 Jackie’s “O” 427 A trey beats it
308 Like uneven paint jobs 372 Sufficiently cooked 429 Ludicrous
310 In charge of 373 Dull routine 431 “Lady Be Good”
312 Big fashion inits. 374 Flynn of old films songwriting pair
316 Shining 375 Flinched, e.g. 433 Part of R.S.V.P.
318 Addis _____, Ethiopia 377 Not hollow 435 Like some works of
321 Rival of OkCupid and 379 Nigerian native Pindar
Match 381 Stallone persona 436 Glimpse quickly
322 Lacerate 382 She had a #1 hit with 437 Jimmy of the Daily
324 Watch for a fat cat “Hello” Planet
325 Fat cats 384 “The Birds of America” 438 Sonnet, e.g.
327 Frozen dessert brand illustrator 440 Pilaf base
330 Stick out 386 Precedes 441 McGregor who played
332 Cyberbidding site 387 Incidental comment Obi-Wan Kenobi
334 Key with four flats 390 “Quit that!” 444 Mention something
335 Ending with Taiwan 392 ___ favor sensitive
337 Stimulating brew 394 Classroom instructor : 446 Train track beam
340 Corrosive cleaner Abbr. 447 Shoot cut for grafting
342 Judo action 395 Loving murmur 449 1990s Toyota
344 Final outcome 398 Unit in data transfer 451 Fancy Feast flavor
345 Orchestra leader rates 452 A lot like
346 Farm feed 400 Like trade winds 454 Corner store


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 Sunday, December 17, 2017 – NYT Super Mega Crossword Clues – Down

456 Reno-to-L.A. dir. 508 Disinfectant brand 563 Painter Rousseau
457 Fast-tempo punk 510 Small bands 564 Steve of alternative
subgenre 512 Within reason country
458 Pre-1917 despots 514 First golf shot 566 Swung around
459 Journalist Curry 515 Barbershop sound 568 Very upset
460 Doorframe part 517 O’Hara estate 569 Scoundrel
461 Eve’s second son 519 Score after a 570 Veil material
462 Keep posted touchdown 572 Stick in a school desk
463 When to see stars 520 Photo that is in the 573 2015 Super bowl M.V.P.
464 Like wolves public domain 574 Fender guitar familiarly
474 Most coll. Applicants 521 Conservation status 575 Snookums
477 Tall beer glass category 576 Un-P.C. suffix
478 Excavation location 524 “And how!” 577 Doll carriers
480 “___ arigato” (“Thank 526 Ranges shown on toy 579 Rock/jazz guitarist
you” in Tokyo) boxes Cline
482 Forest that was the site 527 Cartoon coyote’s first 581 Better articles
of battles in both world name 582 ___ colada
wars 529 Face, in slang 584 Nickname of TV emcee
484 Stretchable 530 TV room piece O’Brien
485 Bar brew, in Brest 532 Hot rodders’ event 585 Land of Esau’s
487 Cop played by Pacino 535 City destroyed when descendants
490 Univ. hotshot Mt. Pelé2 erupted in 586 Nick Jr. girl
491 Smacker 1902 588 Surfacing stuff
492 Korean carmaker 536 Is remunerated 589 That miss
bought by G.M. in 2001 538 Veteran
493 Martin ___, 2007-15 539 “That’s a no” NYT Crossword by Frank Longo
Cartoons by Robert Leighton
governor of Maryland 541 Mar.-to-Nov. hrs. Transcribed for personal use, not for sale
495 Mascara mess 544 Sets straight
496 Plank cutters 545 Totally conked out
498 Eerie gift, for short 546 Latin Bible
499 Baa maid? 548 Feels contrition
500 Dog litter 550 Mean-spirited
502 Irene of “Fame” 552 Dubai dignitary
503 Writer Chekhov 554 A multitude of
505 Adrenaline trigger 557 Dispenser candy
506 “The ___ Sanction” 558 Like stallions
(1975 thriller) 560 Fairly new


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