New York Times Crossword
TURN, TURN, TURN
Royce Ferguson, 34, is an American living in London, currently between jobs. He says one perk of residing in Europe is that the international edition of The New York Times prints both the Saturday and Sunday puzzles on Saturday, “enabling a regular Saturday crossword binge.” He got the idea for this puzzle while on holiday in Switzerland, a nation known for its 47-Acrosses. This is Royce’s crossword debut. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 1969 hit for Neil
Diamond
6 Big dipper?
9 Event at a convention
center
13 Southern bread
17 Risk maker
19 What a plastic bag might come with, nowadays
20 Comics mutant 21 Specks of dust
22 Ad label in red and
white
24 What Santa does
before Christmas 26 They do dos
27 Tempe sch.
28 Invites out for
29 [Let it stand]
30 Pop singer Ora
31 Heats
33 Bête noire
34 Italian pal
35 Burning
40 Some of the American heartland
44 Belief in Buddhism and Hinduism 45 Certain make-yourown-entree station 47 With 86-Across, fixation problem suggested by this puzzle’s theme
48 One hanging around
the yard 50 Statement that may precede ‘‘Wish me luck!’’
51 Per ____
52 Arc on a musical
score
53 Go back (on)
55 British ending 56 Conventional
59 Deal with
60 Suffix with block 61 China’s Zhou ____ 62 Hound
64 Some bolt holders 67 Arroz ____ cubana
(Cuban-style rice) 70 Demerit 72 Once-ubiquitous
electronics outlets 77 A hot one can burn
you
78 Stars in western
movies, e.g.
80 ‘‘That’s my foot!!!’’ 81 Son of George and
Jane Jetson
82 Verbal concession 84 Start to pay attention 86 See 47-Across
87 Sea that Jesus is said to have walked on 88 Beloved members of
the family
89 Having a fix
90 South American barbecue
91 Rather eccentric
94 D.C. types
95 It fits a big frame, for
short
97 1990s Nickelodeon show about a preteen boy 98 Former Saudi king 102 Peninsula with seven countries
106 Hosp. area
107 What torcedores can skillfully do 109 Hierarchical systems, so to speak 111 It may spit venom 112 News items often written in advance 113 Beget
114 Nasdaq, e.g.: Abbr. 115 Things that can bounce
116 Bone connected to the wrist
117 Founding member of the U.N. Security Council, for short 118 Humanities dept. 119 Like the entire 290page Georges Perec novel ‘‘A Void,’’ curiously enough
DOWN
1 Bygone kings
2 Attended
3 Nail-polish brand
4 Who said: ‘‘No good movie is too long. No bad movie is short enough’’
5 Dos más uno
6 Worth mentioning 7 Subsidiary of CVS
Health
8 Races in place
9 Ken Griffey Jr. or
Ichiro Suzuki
10 Short winter days? 11 Alan who directed ‘‘All
the President’s Men’’ 12 Any nonzero number raised to the power of zero
13 Florida county named
for a president
14 Los Angeles’s ____ College of Art and Design
15 Where talk is cheep? 16 This: Sp.
18 Way to run someone out of town, idiomatically
21 Heavy defeat 23 QB-protecting group,
for short
25 Cousin of cream
cheese
31 Not outstanding 32 Aware
33 German city on the Weser
34 Try to see if anyone is home, maybe 36 Adversary
37 Island famous for its
nightlife
38 Was livid
39 Slowly disappear 40 Orgs. running drives
for school supplies 41 Little piggy
42 Sullivan who taught
Helen Keller
43 Temper
44 Enlist again
46 Early king of Athens, in Greek myth 48 Magical rides 49 No longer working:
Abbr. 52 Sedate state
54 State
57 Gerontologist’s study 58 The driving force
behind this puzzle? 63 Cheerfulness: Var. 65 Nonbinary pronoun 66 A dip, or a series of
steps
67 Spanish girlfriend 68 Things once tossed in
the Trevi Fountain 69 It stops at Union and Penn Stations 71 Understand
73 Agnus ____ (prayers) 74 Banned aid?
75 Lead-in to Aid
76‘ ‘Auld Lang ____’’ 78 Gambler’s alternative to Las Vegas, NV, or Atlantic City, NJ
79 One with special I.T.
privileges 83 Throwing away
85 Pond critter
86 Latin version of the
Bible
89 Doesn’t give a hoot,
colloquially 92 Applebee’s competitor 93 Kitchen gadgets 94 System of government
96 ____ dog
97 Loading areas 98 Championship
99 Texas A&M athlete 100 Lugs
101 Add oil and vinegar to, say
102 Bit of chemistry 103 Legal cover? 104 Plugging away 105 Testing stage 107 Ratchet (up) 108 Command to a dog 110 Buckeyes’ sch.