THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
“WELL, WELL, WELL, IF IT ISN’T ...” By Joe Dipietro
ACROSS
1 Well, for one 7 Longhair cats 14 For instance 20 Alternative to Martha Stewart Weddings 21 Caribbean island nation 22 Take in
23 the guy who vows to take his Stetson to the grave
25 Baby Gap purchase
26 Famous conjoined twin 27 Figures 28 California’s Big ____
29 TV’S “____ Ruins Everything”
30 Lose control on the road
32 IV checkers 33 the fraternity guy who wants to be a cardiologist 39 Levelheaded 40 Kind of furniture 42 Triumphant cry
43 Game lover’s purchase
45 First word of “Jabberwocky” 47 Dated PC hookup
49 J. Carrol ____ (two-time 1940s Oscar nominee) 50 Traffic-stopping grp.?
51 the guy who barely shows he’s exasperated
56 the guy who always shows up unannounced 58Hugs, in a letter
59 Home of minor-league baseball’s Aces 60 California’s Santa ____ Mountains
62 Puts on TV 63 Show that NBC 62-Across, for short
64 Heaps
66 They follow springs by about a week
69 Sylvia of jazz 70 the gal who delivered the greatest putdown 73 Small ever prevarications 76 Helicopter sounds 77 Permanent spot?
78 UPS unit:
Abbr.
81 “Othello” provocateur
82 “Lethal
Weapon” force, in brief
84 Prison division
85 “Well, well, well, whaddya know”
86 the guy who takes aerial photos for the military
91 the gal who loses it when pass plays are called
94 CPR teacher, maybe
95 Temporarily sated, with “over”
97 Critical campaign mo.
98 Source of some pressure
99 Place for trophies
100 Declaration
102 Singer with the 2009 No. 1 hit “TIK TOK”
106 Move a bit
108 the gal who spends all day at the hairdresser
111 Rollaway
112 Word with club or cream
113 Aristocratic
Italian name of old
114 Cartoonist
Keane
115 Dance that might include a chair
117 West Coast summer setting:
Abbr.
118 Dag Hammarskjöld’s successor at the U.N.
121 the guy who can’t stop bragging about Bragg
125 Bit of trail mix
126 Underlining alternative 127 Creeped out? 128 Almost up 129 Exams given intradermally, for short 130 Actress Taylor of “Bones”
DOWN
1 No. 1 nun 2 Prolonged period of excessive imbibing
3 Soft blanket material 4 Ice-cream eponym
5 Part of AARP: Abbr.
6 Note that sounds like an order to get with it?
7 Appalled
8 Big D.C. lobby 9 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel
10 At the perfect time 11 Enthusiastic 12 Commercial suffix with Gator 13 Gained a lap? 14 ____ Paulo 15 Bit of art pottery
16 Staircase sound
17 “Star Trek” catchphrase said by Dr. Mccoy 18 Far Eastern fruits that resemble apples 19What a prefix or suffix gets added to 24 Sicily’s Mount ____
31 Honey substitute?
34 Appear in print
35 Mouth, slangily
36 Con ____ (briskly, in music) 37Talk like a tough, say 38 “Well, howdy” 41 Dieter’s “I” 44 Picks up the bill
46 Unlikely handouts with beers 48 Court V.I.P. 51 Sea plea 52 Period of group activity, slangily 53Addition to the family
54 Doth depart 55 Diamond brackets? 57 Dissenting vote
61 Swerves back 65 Cry like a baby 67 Large shrimp 68 See 72-Down 69 Parody
71 Pride Parade participants may be in it 72With 68Down, summer side dish 73 Shade for a field worker? 74“Drawin’ a blank here” 75 ____ vivant 78 Gambler’s exclamation 79 Father of Enigma in DC Comics
80 Creamy beverage
81 Tagged, informally 83 Pitcher who famously claimed he was on LSD while throwing a no-hitter (1970) 87 And others, for short
88 Kind of bar 89 Renuzit target 90 It can be old or breaking 92 Sport ____ 93 “Ocean’s Twelve” role 96____ Terr., 1861-89
101 Maze explorer
103 Go downhill in a hurry
104 Part of a parka
105 Relaxing 107 High-grade 109 Auto dealer’s offer 110Auto owner’s proof
113 Tip of Italy? 116 Field
119 Shoot down 120 Wile E. Coyote purchase 121 In good shape
122 Gamblingparlor letters 123 Take steps 124 Sort of person who’s blue: Abbr. with the Tony-winning playwright of the same name, but the two men don’t know each other. This Joe writes: ‘‘I love the sweet pain of filling grids.’’ He sometimes spends weeks working and reworking them — and the resulting quality shows. — W.S.