New York Times Crossword
Jack Mowat, 20, of Omaha, Neb., is a sophomore at Notre Dame studying civil engineering. A self-described crossword “fanatic,” he and his roommate used to solve the New York Times crossword together every day and hang the completed puzzles on the wall. The inspiration for this one was his dad, an avid golfer. This is Jack’s second puzzle for The Times. His collaborator, Jeff Chen, is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Big inits. in news
4 Place to visit in a suit 10 Sign of winter’s end 16 Purchase that often
costs 99¢
19 Something picked at with a pickax
20 Comic Jones formerly
of ‘‘S.N.L.’’
21 Fleet
22 Low-____
23 Duffer’s approach shots that barely go anywhere?
25 Like kids, but not mom or dad?
26 Gaza grp.
27 Bad position for a
server
28 Pick up
30 CD follower
31 Flair
32 Post-Mao Chinese
leader
33 Duffer’s putt that just
misses?
37 Goes on a tweetstorm 39 ____ Reader
40 Tiny insects in a swarm
41 Founder of WikiLeaks 44 Common skirt feature 45 Preparatory time 46 Nickname for a duffer who can’t hit straight? 49 ‘‘____ on!’’
51 Yapped like a dog 55 Make (out)
56 Pauses
57 King Midas’s downfall 59 Sport
60 Showing signs of neglect
62 Orphan girl in Byron’s
‘‘Don Juan’’
64 Lodgers
66 Result of spectators’
heckling a duffer? 71 Rope holding down a
bowsprit
73 Course that’s free of
obstacles?
74 It was ‘‘a no-go’’ in Billy Joel’s ‘‘We Didn’t Start the
Fire’’
77 ‘‘Such is life!’’ 78 Foaming at the mouth 81 Certain insurance coverage
84 Line on a map: Abbr. 85 Protection
87 Rapper Lil ____ X 88 Duffer’s problems with an angled club? 90 Scale starter, per
‘‘The Sound of Music’’
92 Attach to the end of 94 On the button
95 ‘‘I’m listening’’ 98 Physician Jonas 99 Actress Davis
100 Duffer’s reasons to choose a wood? 104 Turntable rates, in brief
108 Letter-shaped fastener
109 ____ order
110 Wolf (down)
111 Button on a DVD player
112 Cool, in an uncool way
113 Something consumed with a cracker?
115 Like the duffer in this puzzle?
118 Palindrome in poetry 119 Box up
120 Cause of fatigue 121 VW predecessors? 122 New York city on Long Island Sound 123 Like the ‘‘Mona Lisa’’ in 1911
124 Civics and Accords 125 School of thought
DOWN
1 Wanderer
2 ____ Parade, annual
June celebration 3 Intel producer
4 Scads
5 Part of the upper bod 6 ‘‘Or so’’
7 V.I.P. rosters
8 More yellow, but not
yet brown, say 9 Like a question for which ‘‘maybe’’ is not an option 10 Capital of French
Polynesia 11 Off the internet, to
internet users
12 Blue toon in a white
dress
13 Chocolate substitute 14 Japanese soybean
appetizer
15 Nickname that can be either masculine or feminine
16 Standard outlet
connection
17 Grand dwelling 18 Carelessly drops 24 Ankle-biter
29 Move stealthily 31 Weapon sought by
Voldemort
33 Woman with a wellknown internet ‘‘list’’ 34 Cardiologist’s tool
35 Like some
personalities
36 Go full ____ (throw a
world-class hissy fit) 38 Certain employee at ESPN or JPMorgan Chase
41 Vanquishers of kings? 42 Drink in a little cup 43 Piece of training
equipment in boxing 44 Put forth, as a theory 47 Dance that men often
do shirtless 48 Europe-based grp. with no European members
50 Org. that employs
radio telescopes 52 Principle of
harmonious design 53 Absorb, as a loss
54 Ones practicing: Abbr. 57 ____ Purchase, 1853 land deal with Mexico
58 Actor Patel
61 Thorn in a dictator’s
side
63 Grassy field
65 Kind of rating
67 Road crew’s supply 68 House speaker
before Pelosi 69 Went green, perhaps? 70 Called up
71 Call to a shepherd 72 Stadium cry
75 Milk sources 76 Disintegrate, in a way,
as cells in the body 79 SOS in Gotham City 80 Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs 82 Simple shelter 83 Spanish winds 86 Convinced
88 No longer sleeping 89 ‘‘Marriage Story’’
co-star, to fans 91 Simple and ingenious 93 Sparkle
95 Have trouble deciding 96 Headstrong
97 Spot coverage?
99 Like a wunderkind 101 Edie of ‘‘The Sopranos’’
102 Spoilers, of a sort 103 Witch
105 ‘‘Catch That ____ Spirit’’ (old ad slogan)
106 Exams for some bio majors
107 Pull some strings? 111 Guesses by GPSes 113 Director Craven
114 Play with
116 Thurman of ‘‘Pulp Fiction’’
117 Word with rolling or bowling