THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Venomous snake 6 ‘‘To be honest .?.?.” 12 ‘‘My goodness!’’ 16 Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet

19 Like the water in a whistling teakettle 20 Puzzled remark 21 A student may pass it

22 Kid’s refrigerator display

23 Law partners 25 Booty call? 27 How-to manual component

28 ____ learning 29 Richard of ‘‘Chicago’’

30 Mount ____, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth 31 Having a very high body mass index 33 Singer with the 2020 album ‘‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’’ 35 Problems with streaming

36 Puller of strings? 39 Silent partners 42 Noticeably amazed 43 Leigh who played Scarlett

44 Train ticket info, for short

45 Writing partners 48 Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in ‘‘Calvin and Hobbes’’

54 Red ____

55 Who ‘‘can get in the way of what I feel for you,’’ in a 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys hit 56 Business suits? 57 Famous bed-in participant

58 Nest noise

60 For example 63 Salmon and sturgeon delicacies 64 Partners in crime 69 Modern meeting method 70 Some U.S. space launch rockets

71 ‘‘See ya’’

72 Requests at security lines

73 Chicago mayor Lightfoot

74 Gave up

76 First dynasty of imperial China, 221206 B.C.

79 Flier trier? 82 Business partners 85 Commotion 86 Fervent believer 88 Walker’s need 89 Romantic partners 94 Tight-fitting suits 96 Apartment, in real estate talk

97 Core principles 98 Bake, as an egg 99 Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat

100 How Phileas Fogg traveled

101 Money in coins rather than bills 104 Earnest request 108 Like some vinaigrette

110 Domestic partners 112 Sponge off of 113 Calendar row 114 Magazine bestowing Best of Beauty awards

115 Not a big studio film

116 Take possession of

117 Makes a typo, say 118 Gave a boost 119 S-shaped moldings

DOWN

1 Officers above capts. 2 What San Diego and Tijuana do

3 Airplane ____ 4 ‘‘Notorious’’ rap nickname

5 It may be blond, brown or ginger

6 Of the utmost quality

7 Snapchatter’s request

8 1981 Stephen King thriller

9 Certain bolt holder 10 Being fixed, as a car at a garage

11 Vegan milk source 12 Still being debugged

13 Turn against 14 Event organizer’s count

15 ____ to come 16 Cocktail with rum, curaçao and fruit juice 17 Like monarch butterflies

18 Debut album for Etta James

24 Apollo’s half brother

26 Fool

29 Sweet red dessert wine 32 Representatives’ term lengths

34 A thing in poker? 36 Unfortunate events, old-style 37 C.I.A. whistleblower Philip 38 Encountered by chance

39 Subject of a Magritte work (or not?) 40 Simple palindromic reply to ‘‘Madam, I’m Adam’’

41 Fiscal year div. 43 Ryder ride 46 Dweeb

47 Rihanna or Mariah Carey

49 Have a preference 50 Deep-fried tortilla dish

51 Group of heavies 52 Universal donor’s blood type, in brief 53 Brand of pads 59 Sewing 101 assignment

60 Didn’t go anywhere 61 Spanish article 62 Investment options, for short 63 Setting for Hitchcock’s ‘‘Notorious,’’ informally

64 Portend

65 Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30 66 More eye-catching 67 Anthony ____, 1950s British P.M. 68 Villain with the ‘‘real’’ name Edward Nigma

69 Teen’s woe

73 Big game changer? 74 This is what it sounds like when doves cry

75 P.D. or F.D. worker 77 Kindergarten comeback

78 Indefinite degrees 80 Sweetness and sourness 81 Canoodling in a crowd, for short 82 Prominent feature of the Who’s ‘‘My Generation’’

83 Cheer for Real Madrid

84 Drinking game that requires aim

87 Winter setting in N.Y.C.

89 Deceptive talk 90 Perturbation 91 Small hole-drilling tool

92 Obstinate sort 93 Talents

94 Really stood out 95 Patchy in color 98 Close call

102 Sport with saddles 103 Bevy : quails :: mob : ____ 105 Fill with freight 106 Lake largely fed by the Detroit River 107 Lemon or lime drinks, informally 109 Wonder 110 Piano tune 111 Words accompanying a headshot, in brief