THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 // 7
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD
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Trivial Matters
By David Kwong/Puzzles edited by Will Shortz
Answers on Page 24
David Kwong is a professional magician and
crossword constructor. He was the head magic
consultant for the hit 2013 film ‘‘Now You See
Me’’ (see the sly nod at 96-Down). He is current-
ly performing in a one-man magic-and-puzzles
show, ‘‘The Enigmatist,’’ in New York City.
Audience members must solve four puzzles in
an anteroom to get into the show. (Hints are
available, if needed.) This is David’s 19th puzzle
for The Times. — W.S.
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1 Not rumpled, as a bed
5 Slice, for example
9 Veal topper, informally
13 Cookie containers
17 “Yeah, right!”
18 Certain body of believers
21 Part of a Latin 101 conjugation
22 What kind of tree ____?
24 High-grade cotton
25 Capital that was home to the world’s tallest
building before the Burj Khalifa
26 Pears and apples
27 Vladimir Lenin’s real last name
29 Nahuatl speaker
30 Answer to 22-Across [Science & Nature]
32 Multipurpose
33 Fixed
34 Polite
36 Moving vehicle
38 “Carmen” and “Elektra”
39 “Jeez!”
40 Mimicking
42 Director Anderson
43 Simulated
46 Answer to 113-Across [Geography]
48 Answer to 13-Down [History]
50 First name on a famous plane
52 Farm females
53 Host for a destructive beetle
55 Abbr. on a label of brandy
58 Class skippers
61 Princess seduced by Zeus
63 Cartesian conclusion
65 Word said before “do”
66 What 1986 ____ romantic comedy got its
title from a song by the Psychedelic Furs?
68 Who wrote a 2003 best seller about a
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71 Tres + cinco
72 “Little ol’ me?”
73 Fine fabric
75 Asmara is its capital
76 Regard
77 World Cup cry
79 Newspaper units: Abbr.
81 Clammy
82 Answer to 68-Across [Art & Literature]
85 Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment]
89 “Phooey!”
90 Have a bawl
91 Amherst campus, for short
92 Cacophonous
94 Knight’s wear, in England
97 Pad
98 Find a new tenant for
99 Calendar units: Abbr.
102 Select, as sides for a game
104 Answer to 39-Down [Sports & Leisure]
106 “To repeat …”
108 Lens covers
109 Meerkat in “The Lion King”
111 Living, to Livy
112 Nose out
113 What ____ comes from a farm bird?
117 Blacken
118 Song heard at the start of “Saturday
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2 Brightly lit
3 Clinton who once ran for president
4 Tour de France stage
5 “Pipe down!”
6 60 minuti
7 Get rid of
8 “When it comes to …”
9 Scorer of 12 World Cup goals
10 Spanish ouzo flavoring
11 Nutritional std.
12 Bump on a slope
13 Where were battleships sunk in an 1894
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14 Key of Beethoven’s “Für Elise”
15 Quimby of children’s books
16 Lines on sheet music
18 CBS debut of 2000
19 Comic actor known for his shock humor
20 1966 Donovan hit with a rhyming title
23 “That tastes bleah!”
28 “Holy cow!”
30 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You ____?”
31 Jungle tangle
32 Sweet and kind
35 1962 hit for the Ikettes
36 Part of an itinerary
37 Cost to get a hand
39 What annual game have the ____ won
more than any other team?
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Night Fever”
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43 Process
44 How chicken teriyaki is usually served
45 Gave reluctantly, with “up”
47 Court plea, in brief
49 Oregon city that was the first permanent
U.S. settlement west of the Rockies
51 A, B, C or D, in multiple choice: Abbr.
54 Foal’s mother
56 Like Fenway among all major-league
ballparks
57 Folds
59 Cinephile’s channel
60 “Buzz off!”
62 Natty neckwear
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64 Locale for Jacques Cousteau
67 Crankcase device
69 Like a moray
70 Director Burton
74 Follower of the Gospels
78 Wry Bombeck
80 Resilience
83 “It’s a waste of time”
84 Loaves from whole-grain flour
86 Put away, in a way
87 Longtime Steelers coach Chuck
88 Small digit
93 Reeked
94 Gain entry to
95 Kind of scholar
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96 Freeman of “Now You See Me”
98 TV Tarzan player
99 Hot stuff
100 Fate
101 Unwelcome looks
103 Be of ____ (aid)
104 Syracuse player, once
105 Sacha Baron Cohen character
107 Original edition of this puzzle’s theme
109 Actor Diggs
110 Words of triumph
111 Whack
114 Length of a pool and back
115 Partner of tuck
116 Suffix with elect
Food, fun, drinks and KMUN at Fort George
ASTORIA — Fort
George Brewery has cho-
sen Coast Community
Radio as its February Ben-
efit Night recipient. On
Tuesday, Feb 26, Fort
George will donate 10 per-
cent of all sales upstairs
from 4:30 to 10 p.m. and
provide that space for the
station to fundraise.
It’s an evening of fun,
food, drinks and KMUN.
There will be a silent auc-
tion, raffle and KMUN
swag available.
The silent auction is
packed with opportuni-
ties, including a week-
end in Sisters with skiing
and eating at local restau-
rants; a birthday party at
the Astoria Armory with
pizza, ice cream and toys;
and the chance to be a
programmer on KMUN
— 20 programmers have
offered to have the win-
ner on their shows playing
music, chatting and maybe
sparking your desire to be
on this community radio
station. Local musicians
are offering three les-
sons for the highest bid-
der. We will also be offer-
ing a vintage turntable
along with signed local
albums, including by Krist
Novoselic and Nirvana!
The raffle prize is a
drive up to the radio tower
on Megler Mountain, just
up from Dismal Nitch in
Washington, with Sta-
tion Manager Graham
Nystrom. You will get an
inside look at the facility
that produces 5,000 watts
of great community radio.
Lunch will be included.
Coast Community Radio
DJ K-No, left, and DJ The L.I.am in the KMUN studio after Sonic Sunspot.