THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“HOW’S TRICKS?”

ACROSS

1 Literally, “commander”

5 Sights at Zion National Park 10 Didn’t sink, say

14 Miles away 18 Where to find big bucks?

20 Jack who co-starred with Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”

21 Tepid greeting 22 Title film villain whose first name is Julius 23 When you can ice skate outside? 25 Poker player in the Old West after being caught with a card up his sleeve?

27 Checks’ counterparts

28 Lamb offering 30 “Whew baby!” 31 “The Wizard of Oz” co-star 32 “Let’s shake on it”

33 Edwin with the 1970 #1 hit “War”

34 Fling

37 Not for 39 Language in which “dd” and “ff” are treated as single letters of the alphabet 42 Interprets 45 ____ glance 46 Like the motion of the ocean 47 Curse

49 One going for big bucks?

50 Bad pun? 53 French greeting

54 Pea pickerupper

55 ____ bottle (topological curiosity)

56 Site of one of the 12 labors of Hercules 58 Manual part of an early printing press?

60 Cellar problem 62 Work with planes, maybe 64 Typically 65 “Westworld” airer

66 “The ____ of

Christ” (classic work in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery) 68 Dull-witted sloth in “Ice Age” 69 Profession since the Bronze

Age 72 Leo, for example 73 Jerry, to Tom, in cartoons 77 Need for parents who weren’t expecting twins? 79 One-named singer with the catchphrase “cuchi-cuchi” 81 Like some riyals 82 Barristers’ wear 83 Surfer wannabe 85 Rookeries? 87 Singer Grande, to fans 88 Portuguese wine 90 “____, Macduff” (phrase from Shakespeare) 91 Consumes 92 City that becomes another city if you change both its vowels to A’s 94 Perfume part 95 Japanese noodle 96 Suspiciously flattering, say 97 Emulated an Argonaut 99 “Stat” 101 Red letters? 103 Like a sonnet, in a way 105 Chronicler of Troy 107 Emmy-nominated actor for “Westworld”

111 Toothpaste aisle?

113 Illusionist’s phrase by answers 115 seven Informal illustrated in Across this negation

puzzle? 116 117 118 Wan Pout Famed orange troublemaker 119 D.C. nine 120 Brings up, say

121 ____ of all 122 Location of

Cassius, who “has a lean and hungry look”

DOWN

1 Steed for a sheik

2 “____ Lisa” 3 Rustic poem 4 Bad news from Detroit

5 Queen Margrethe II, e.g.? 6 Din-din

7 It’s après “après” 8 Grammy-winning songwriter Mann

9 School boards? 10 Many a mixer 11 Fare for Little Miss Muffet 12 Nice crossword experience 13 Thick (of) 14 Stick 15 Arrangement in which you buy three tires but get a whole set? 16 Anecdotal collections 17 Retirement account option, informally 19 “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin 24 Foreign-language toast 26 Astrologist’s reference

29 Tons

32 Pickle 33 “Dunno” gestures 34 Warmongers 35 Of use 36 Mumbai royal 38 Opinion, informally 40 Ballerina’s cabriole, e.g.

41 Peace, in the Mideast

43 Poet who wrote “To His Mistress Going to Bed”

44 Run for, as office

46 Not ridiculous, as an argument 48 Order before “Fall out!”

51 0 0 0 52 Gleans

54 P.M. who took office in 2015 57 Brain area, jocularly

59 Ivy League newspaper name 61 Trick question 63 It’s hard to hit 66 Big-circulation magazine originally titled So You’re Going to Be Married

67 Get all tangled 69 Feature destroyed in the 2019 Notre Dame fire

70 Visit to baby Jesus? 71 Gradually diminished 73 Illusionist’s phrase illustrated by three Down answers in this puzzle?

74 ____ bar 75 Perfect 76 Actress Spacek 77 Big smack 78 Lure

80 Pike

84 An alarm may interrupt it 86 Where Tokyo is

88 Scout’s honor 89 Perennial London football powerhouse 93 Some inexpensive brews 96 Model of the solar system 98 PayPal money and the like 100 Stood

102 Onetime MS. accompanier 103 Volunteer’s words

104 Donizetti’s “Pour mon âme,” e.g.

105 Lead

106 Symbols of might

107 Blinkers 108 Major city bisected by I-80 109 Opposite of “Too rich for my blood”

110 Farmer’s purchase

112 French way 114 “Huh?”