New York Times Crossword

No. 0812

IF I WERE YOU... ACROSS

1 Begin 6 Commercial aunt since 1889 12 Prep to find fingerprints 16 Checkup sounds 19 Deduce 20 Rabid supporters 21 Steel head? 23 Land O’Lakes and Breakstone’s? 25 Part of the SkyTeam Alliance 26 With severity 27 The only way to get respect, so they say 29 Kind of torch 30 Commies 31 Ministering? 35 Giant in direct sales 37 Pro or con 38 Vientiane native 39 Stag’s mate 40 Laundry unit 41 “Inside the N.B.A.” analyst beginning in 2011 43 Wunderkinds, say 47 “Damn, I can’t seem to get a ball into fair territory!”? 53 Fabrication 54 Chicago airport code 55 Wide divide 56 Lose an all-in hand, say 57 Vitriol 58 Aziz of “Master of None” 60 Most susceptible to sunburn 61 Biblioklept’s targets 62 Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia? 67 Musical closings 70 Easy buckets 71 Tiny, multitentacled creatures 75 Operating system since the early ’70s 76 Mother ____ 77 “Robinson Crusoe” author 80 Fútbol stadium cry 81 Ingredient in a Cuba libre 82 Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you? 85 Novel endings, maybe 87 Informal assertion of authority 88 Indigo source 89 Part of NGO 90 Orders 93 “Feed me!,” maybe 94 Tannery stock 95 “What are you hauling in there?” and “How many axles you running?” 100 Course 101 Actress Moreno 102 One putting others down 103 Ivory, e.g. 106 In a state 108 Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a “1,” etc.? 112 Missile in a mating ritual 113 Best of all possible worlds 114 Amounts to 115 Amount to 116 “… ish” 117 Nitpicky know-it-all 118 Scoring factor at a crossword tournament

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1 Bros, e.g. 2 Letter-shaped fastener 3 Subsequently 4 Sadly unoriginal works 5 In vogue 6 Box of 12? 7 Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards 8 “I want my ____” (1980s slogan) 9 Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short 10 Rami ____ of “Mr. Robot” 11 Attack vigorously 12 Title role for Jamie Foxx 13 Like the Statue of Liberty at night 14 Most common U.S. surname 15 Wee one 16 Trattoria option that means “garlic and oil” 17 Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same 18 Slowness embodied 22 Betrays, in a way 24 “Treasure Island” monogram 28 Genetic messenger 31 Excessive lovers of the grape 32 Classical theater 33 Concrete 34 Temptation location 35 Big name in soda cans and foil 36 Show grief 37 Guest bed, in a pinch 42 Extended writer’s blocks? 43 Scrapbooking need 44 Big success 45 Good source of calcium 46 Grasps 48 Hosiery shades 49 This Hebrew letter: שׁ 50 American Girl products 51 Keep watch for, maybe 52 Overdo it on the praise 57 “The Lord of the Rings” actor Billy 59 He fought alongside Achilles 60 Remote button 61 Aspirin maker 63 Narrow valleys 64 Oreo ingredient until the mid-’90s 65 One ogling 66 “You just blew my mind!” 67 Medical breakthrough 68 “Movin’ ____” 69 Tiny 72 Wide-swinging blow 73 CBS’s “Kate & ____” 74 Peddles 76 Harbor sight 77 Box of 12, say 78 “Ticklish” toys 79 Raced 82 [The light turned green! Go!] 83 Free trial version 84 Where you might open a whole can of worms? 86 Track down 90 Move in the direction of 91 Jerk 92 Rise to the occasion 94 Comedic duo? 95 Skipping syllables 96 Difficulty 97 2022 World Cup host 98 Alternatives to cabs 99 About to blow one’s top 100 3, 4 or 5, usually 103 What a 76-Down pulls 104 Certain buy-in 105 Vet’s malady, for short 107 Kerfuffle 109 Turf 110 Luxury-hotel amenity 111 Get gold from one’s lead?