New York Times Crossword
THE DOWNSIZING OF NATHANIEL AMES
ACROSS
1 Loops in, in a way 5 Goddess with a throne
headdress 9 Tempo 13 Figs. on drivers’
licenses 16 When repeated, a Pacific tourist destination 17 Fish whose name is a celebrity’s name minus an R 18 Old bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name 19 Outrigger projections 20 Things smoked by
singer Courtney? 23 Scandal-maker in 2002
news 24 Speed demon 25 Headwear the N.B.A.
banned in 2005 26 Game involving sharp projectiles and alcohol 28 Parrot’s cry 29 1950s prez 31 “Charlie Hustle is my name/I am banned from Hall of Fame,” e.g.? 33 Fist bump 34 “Yes, ____!” 36 Put a coat on 37 “Eureka!” moments 40 Press 42 Cloth colorist 43 Feature of Africa 44 ____ oil 46 Televangelist Joel 48 Alternative to “News” and “Maps” in a Google search 50 Road restriction 51 Pugnacious Olympian 53 Relative of a ferret 54 Cold and wet 55 F.B.I.’s div. 56 Hoopster Steph not
playing at home? 60 Riffraff 62 Japanese
watchmaker 64 Like Granny Smith
apples 65 Endless chore 66 Dickens’s Uriah 68 Sega Genesis
competitor, in brief 69 Radiant 71 Intersect 73 The sport of boxing in the 1960s and ’70s, essentially? 75 “Nothing to write
home about” 76 Groups with co-pays,
briefly 78 Jockey strap 80 “Star Trek: T.N.G.”
role 81 Installment 83 Personalized gifts for
music lovers 85 Valet in P. G.
Wodehouse stories 89 Contemporary hybrid
music genre 90 Sots’ sounds 91 Nickname for Louise 93 Feast 94 Sail support 95 In unison 97 Echo effect 99 El operator in the Windy City, briefly 100 Hat for pop singer Corey? 103 Anthem contraction 104 “Uhh …” 105 Show what you know, say 107 “In all probability” 109 Regular 111 Obstinate one, astrologically 112 Two-time Best Actor winner arriving early? 115 Four-star rank: Abbr. 116 Monopoly purchase 117 Singer/songwriter Laura 118 Little foxes 119 Slump 120 ____ cosa (something else: Sp.) 121 Wanders (about) 122 They begin in juin
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1 Original airer of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” 2 Pop competition 3 Something smoked by
comic Chris? 4 Hang on to 5 Org. against doping 6 Spindly limbed 7 Shakespeare villain 8 Photo of Canada’s former prime minister Stephen? 9 “Stay ____” 10 Aardvarks, by
another name 11 Enter surreptitiously 12 Press lightly, as the
brakes 13 He was buried in 1915
and died in 1926 14 Dressage gait 15 Invoice figs. 18 ____ lily 19 Fulminating 21 Dwarf planet more
massive than Pluto 22 Atypical 23 Summer hrs. in Phila. 27 Literary device used to address plot inconsistencies 30 Nephrologists study them 32 Spies, informally 35 M.L.K.’s title: Abbr. 38 “Today” personality 39 Shark’s home 41 Close by 43 Egg producer 45 Arctic fliers 47 Blow it 49 Like a handyman’s
projects, for short 50 “Anything! Anything
at all!” 52 Shade of pink 54 Sword fight, e.g. 56 Filament sites,
in botany 57 Imprisoned 58 Underhanded use of someone else’s domain name 59 Troubles 61 Cherry for talk show host Chelsea? 63 Glimpsed 67 Forswear 70 Genius 72 Arm muscle,
informally 73 ____ drop 74 Miney follower 77 “Idomeneo”
composer 79 “All My ____ Live
in Texas” 82 U.N.C. student 83 Figure at the center
of a maze 84 Tahoe, for one 86 Entourage of a 1990s
white rapper? 87 Musical intermission 88 Continuous 90 Flamboyantly
successful sort 92 Trampolinist’s wear 96 Start to -scope 97 Cincinnati squad 98 Dude, in British lingo 101 Smallish batteries 102 Long spear 105 Makes “it” 106 Zone 108 “Dark Sky Island” singer 110 Drink sometimes served hot 113 “Snowden” org. 114 ____, cuatro, seis, ocho …