THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 List of courses 5 ____ alla Bolognese (meat-based pasta sauce)

9 Don’s partner in the underworld 13 Melting point? 19 Condo, e.g. 20 Crowning 21 Crew’s control? 22 Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy 23 Bygone office group

25 Final remark in an argument

27 Scratch (out) 28 Like the luck of the draw

30 ), when it follows :

31 H

32 ‘‘Seems that way’’ 34 Pieces of gangs 36 Pain reliever containing aspirin and caffeine

38 Golfer Ernie 39 Gave birth 41 Sheltered balcony with abundant natural light

45 Wished

47 Archer’s pride 48 ‘‘The Dark Knight ____,’’ 2012 superhero movie

50 Bring back on board

51 Actress Jessica 52 No Doubt vocalist Gwen

54 Best-selling selfhelp book subtitled ‘‘Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right’’ 56 Hot spots 58 Moved briskly 60 Council of ____ (Counter-reformation body)

61 More to the point 62 Part of Q.E.D. 63 Chooses 65 Wanders around the head of a line, briefly? 66 Long-running show whose iconic hourglass is in the Smithsonian collection

70 Rotating engine part

73 Con ____ (with animation, musically) 74 Hot spot

75 It has issues with celebrities

80 See 17-Down 82 Ostensible

84 Had a heaping helping of humility 85 Catchy 1950s slogan

87 Send another way 89 Let go of 90 Serious

91 Runway professional

93 Little louse 94 Purposes 95 Car-stereo choices 97 Zoning, so to speak

99 Something that’s helpful in a dash? 100 Emotive brass sound

102 Night call

103 Marketer’s target 105 Bumbling sort 107 They outrank viscounts

109 Legendary sea monster

111 Floor cleaner, for short

113 Union Pacific vehicle

116 Neither gains nor loses

118 Chant for the Dream Team

119 Eldest of Chekhov’s ‘‘Three Sisters’’ 120 Town near Buffalo that sounds like paradise

121 From the start 122 ‘‘And now good____ to our waking souls’’: John Donne 123 Desire

124 Digital IDS 125 ____-X (cut)

DOWN

1 Creative inspiration 2 Miso-soup mushroom

3 Made the rounds? 4 Native of the Beehive State

5 Knock on, as a window

6 Oodles

7 Words said with a post-match handshake

8 Send to the cloud, say

9 Camp sight 10 Sighing sounds 11 Not customtailored

12 Country singer K.?T. ____

13 HBO show costarring Issa Rae 14 Dove’s sound 15 Doctor’s reassurance before a shot 16 Tech-news website

17 With 80-Across, longtime CBS News correspondent 18 Conclusion 24 Smelter’s inputs 26 ‘‘C’est la vie’’ 29 Spot from which a dove once notably flew

33 Makes cloudy 35 1943 Pulitzerwinning Thornton Wilder play, with ‘‘The’’

37 Like the noble gases

39 Singles, e.g. 40 ‘‘That so?’’ 42 Steams up 43 ‘‘Garden’’ or ‘‘Center,’’ often

44 Pain in the neck 45 100 satang, in Thailand 46 On the safe side 47 Spiritual retreat 49 Intervene

53 1960s sitcom set at Fort Courage

55 Set in a man cave 57 Bill’s time-traveling partner in film 59 ‘‘Holy ____!’’ 62 Favor

64 The deadly sins, e.g.

67 House involved in the Wars of the Roses 68 Scenic vista

69 Holy ____ 70 Orange or plum 71 Fleet of foot 72 Qualifies to fight in a certain class 76 ‘‘We are the 99%’’ movement, familiarly 77 Journalists might be invited to it 78 Prospector’s find 79 Flock members 80 Misarticulate, in a way

81 Home of a mythological lion 83 Language of Pakistan

84 Working away 86 Au naturel 88 Garments for acrobats

92 ‘‘Wow, that’s beautiful!’’

96 Big bat

98 Ranker of the rich 99 Greasy goo 101 It takes a bow 103 Partner of rice 104 Less well done 105 Thereabouts 106 In the distance 108 + or –

110 Sharp

112 Monk’s hood 113 ‘‘Fee, fi, fo, ____’’ 114 Military support grp.

115 D.C. player 117 Designer Posen