New York Times Crossword
Jessie Trudeau, née Bullock, recently received her Ph.D. from the government department at Harvard. Her husband, Ross, is a writer and puzzlemaker in Cambridge, Mass. They met three years ago. Ross, who has been creating crosswords for The Times since 201
ACROSS
1 Yankee Stadium has 24
of these
6 In the thick of
10 Org. with X-rays
13 Shape of a heron’s
neck
16 Bit of publicity
17 Bag for a diamond
18 Yellowfin tuna
19 Cheney and Harris,
informally
22 One prone to idol
thoughts
25 Marsh birds
27 Clubs often require
them, for short
28 Pool locales
29 That: Sp.
30 ‘‘Never you worry’’
31 Moor
33 Call into question
36 Bouquet
38 Break up clods
40 Bolívar who was known as the Liberator
41 Evening, to Yves
42 Reggae-like genre
43 One looking for
missing persons
46 Singer White with the 1991 No. 1 hit ‘‘Romantic’’
48 Actress de Matteo
50 Inits. on some
handbags
51 Two-colored 53 Model world
55 End-of-semester
form: Abbr.
57 Flick, as a cigarette,
informally
58 Disappearing
sculpture medium
59 Big name in Jet Skis
60 Gumption
62 ____ hall
63 Stylish flair
65 Square type
66 Necessities for drug
approvals
68 English landing spot
71 Seat for the Queen?
73 Egyptian symbol of
life
74 Stick with it!
76 John Cho’s role in
‘‘Star Trek’’ films
77 Level
78 Spill the tea
79 Hits high notes in
high places
82 Suit
85 Setting of two
Shakespeare plays
87 Some coding
statements
88 Edith Wharton’s ‘‘ruin
of a man’’
91 Nautical agreement
94 Bearer of roses,
maybe
95 Word with American
or amber
96 Whiz
97 Aunt ____ (role on ‘‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’’)
98 Habitual fear of being
exposed as a fraud 10 5N.F.L. star Elliott,
to fans
106 Edify
107 Rikishi’s sport
108 ‘‘Don’t be that ____’’
109 Part of a skin-care
routine
110 First pope to be
called ‘‘the Great’’
111 Dillydallies
114 ‘‘In Search of Lost
Time’’ novelist
115 Aphorism that’s visually depicted five times in this puzzle’s grid
119 Pros with floors
120 Unit of cauliflower
121 Split, then come
together?
122 Ultimate needs
123 Parched
124 Apply (to)
DOWN
1 Rosebud ravager
2 Latin for ‘‘I believe’’
3 Some black-and-white
pictures
4 Prone to brooding, say
5 Scatters
6 Stacey of Georgia
politics Easternmost leg of
I-90, familiarly
8 Suffix with fool or fiend
9 Opus ____
10 Dance shoe
attachments
11 Bundles
12 Put on 7 13
Home of the Simpson and Flanders households Rocker Bob with 10
Top 10 albums Casper competitor One side of D.C.’s
Federal Triangle iPhone app with a
graph in its icon Nail-polish brand Where all the people that come and go stop and say ‘‘hello,’’ in a 1967 hit It’s a huge deal
State ____ Former N.Y.C. mayor
Ed Actress Thurman Locale for a rock
climber Noted shopping
mecca More like an empty old mansion at night, say Transport on the
slopes
44 Stop lying 45 Celebrity chef 67 Theater rebuke
DiSpirito 69 Scratch (out)
47 Point in a network 70 Botch
49 Profess 72 You might be advised
52 Combines, in a way to do this for
54 Fictional yourself documentarian from 74 Memo opener, often Kazakhstan 75 ‘‘That’s rough’’
56 Provider of a ball of 80 Downwind locales
thread, in myth for ships 59 Like some cars and 81 ‘‘Now!’’ kisses
83 Home of Nobel Peace
61 ____ Club Prize winner Shirin
64 Neighbor of Curaçao Ebadi 14
15 20
21
23 24 26 30 32
34 35
37 39 43 84 Spilled the tea
86 ‘‘Listen!’’ in León
89 Cherry and peach
90 Combined
92 ‘‘Uh-oh!’’
93 Turn inside out
94 Of whom Celine Dion said, ‘‘If God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like . . . ’’
96 ____ Schneider, winningest woman in ‘‘Jeopardy!’’ history 98 ‘‘____ the economy, stupid!’’ 99 Got together in
100 White as a sheet
101 Paul who was People magazine’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive 102 Tremendous success
103 Squawked in pain
104 Coup result
105 Member of Gen Z,
jocularly 109 Busy businesswoman in a rom-com, e.g.
112 Loved
113 Title on Netflix’s
‘‘Bridgerton’’
114 Univ. V.I.P.
116 Any of the Uruk-hai in ‘‘The Lord of the Rings’’
117 Word with half or
hard
118 Fútbol cry