NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS
ACROSS
1 Pinocchio, e.g. 7 Aphrodisiacs boost it 13 Backpack feature 18 Where cuneiform was
discovered 19 Superhero
outfits, typically 22 Irritate
23 Give unsolicited
advice 24 Weapon for William
Tell
25 Coming back in 26 Popular singer born in
County Donegal 27 Like many
wine casks
29 Lie low
30 What starts with a spark of an idea? 31 Snide and sassy 33 Portrayer of TV’s Det.
Fin Tutuola 35 Jefferson Memorial
topper 37 Nonfish aquarium
attraction 39 Precalculator
calculator 41 Where one might be
well suited
45 Clue weapon 47 “Give it a ____” 48 Street crossing Hollywood in Hollywood 49 Conservative
50 Job for a plastic
surgeon, for short 51 Modern name
in transportation 53 “Heavens!” 55 Squared
building stone 57 Three short, three
long, three short 58 Gnocchi ____ Romana 59 Rapper with the 2017 No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” 61 Brought about 62 Kindle download 63 Chant at
a political rally 64 First sign 65 Manhattan neighborhood next to the
Lower East Side 67 Popular line of dolls with “Kidz” and “Babyz” spinoffs 68 Hole foods? 70 Bundled, as hay 71 1960s-’70s
police drama 73 Medicare provision for non-hospital expenses 74 Perch for pigeons 75 Plea to a superhero, maybe 76 Employs
77 Peter Pan rival 80 Trespass upon 82 Seventh-year exam in
Harry Potter 83 Lhasa ____ 84 “Toodles!” 85 Positive market move
86 Son of Adam 88 Trigger, as an alarm 90 Repossessed 92 Farm measures 94 Kind of humor 96 “Cuz I told you to!” 97 Like rain forests 98 Fourth-down play 99 Spasm 101 Fast-food chain with a hat in its logo 104 Jennifer who wrote “Manhattan Beach” 106 Printer brand 108 Spelunker’s helmet attachment 111 Springs 112 Five-time Emmy nominee for “Grey’s Anatomy”
114 Key of Dvorák’s “New World” Symphony 116 World-weariness 117 “Silly me, rambling again!”
118 The Chainsmokers or Eurythmics 119 Declare
120 TV colleague of Hayes and O’Donnell 121 Didn’t sleep well
DOWN
1 Embarrassment for an
art curator 2 “Sign me up!” 3 Headline after a toddler C.E.O. resigns, literally? 4 Coiner of the term
“generative music” 5 Certain
med. specialist 6 It may be cutting
things close
7 Car failure only a block from the mechanic, literally? 8 About, on memos 9 Mixture of nature and
technology 10 “____ official” 11 Takes off in a hurry 12 Eye socket 13 Takes off in a hurry 14 “For a massage, go
that way!,” literally? 15 “Darn it all!”
16 Do for Jon Batiste 17 Drudge
20 Its HQ is the Pentagon 21 First country to legalize changing one’s gender identity (1972)
28 First African-American sorority 32 Part of a circle 34 Like the dress shirt that’s just adorable, literally? 36 Draftable 37 “Wise” ones 38 Chamber music group, often 40 ____ Lingus 41 Calf-length dresses 42 “Not so fast!” 43 Addresses a crowd 44 Firebugs 46 Signature
Jacques Tati role 48 Capital of
Liechtenstein 52 Puffs up
54 For nothing 56 Perspectives 58 Bore 59 Midnight, maybe 60 Total baller 62 Dissed with flowery
language, literally? 65 Hip-hop dance move 66 Classic London theater 67 Angled edge 69 Snacks often paired with milk 70 “Mutiny on the
Bounty” captain 72 Underwear brand 73 Punch vs.
Judy, literally? 77 One answer to the question “What’s your favorite music genre,” literally? 78 Agenda entry 79 Music outro effect 81 Prominent
parts of goblins 83 Not do so well 84 Haberdashery buys 87 Directive
89 CVS rival
91 “Alea iacta ____”: Caesar 93 Barbie attendee 94 About 10 percent of Russia 95 Afternoon hour 98 Land in “The Hunger Games” 100 Bumbling 101 Orders at the Rose & Crown 102 Quote from a letter 103 Actor Eric 105 Frustrated cry 107 ____ stick 109 Pouty face 110 Urge on 113 Bloody, say 115 Barn greeting