NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW By John Lampkin / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Have 4 New Deal org. 7 Motley 13 “Dukes” 18 V.I.P. list 20 Lamborghini
rival 21 Arctic people 22 Result of a French powdered drink shortage? 24 1959 Ritchie Valens
hit, with “La” 25 Hook’s right hand 26 Hägar the Horrible’s
hound 27 Short rows 29 Nincompoop 30 Secures at sea 32 Fig. checked during
re-tire-ment? 33 Legends in the
automotive world 35 List of things said by Siri? 38 1920s-’30s Yankees
nickname 41 Deceive 42 Sights at charging
stations 44 Thingamajig 45 Softhead 48 What an infielder
might field a ball on 50 “Reckon so” 52 “Savvy?” 54 ____ Conference 55 Washington, D.C.? 59 Was beaten by 60 Neighbors of
Egyptians 61 Attribute to,
in a way 62 Three-foot 1980s
sitcom character 65 Grammy winner
____ Elliott 66 Cobbler, at times 68 Cowboy Rogers 69 Giant 71 Not just focused 75 Butting heads 76 Struggling sci-fi writer’s plea for recognition? 78 Blade runner? 81 Hip-hop’s Shakur 82 Attend without
a date 83 Country that
Menorca is part of 85 If you have it, you might know what this answer is without reading the clue 86 Middle of a simile 88 Quenched 92 “Give me ____” 93 Some 1960s
radicals 96 Treat that gives a glowing complexion? 98 Chap 100 Work as a branch
manager? 102 Flag 103 Scott of
“Happy Days” 104 Nasser’s successor
as Egypt’s leader 107 “What’s Opera,
Doc?” antagonist 108 Film director
____ C. Kenton 111 Canon competitor 113 Weeklong Irish vacation? 116 Gross 117 Like some turns 118 Chose to take part 119 What if, informally 120 ____ performance 121 Book before
Esther:Abbr. 122 Neuron’s ends?
DOWN
1 “Wise” sorts 2 “Pow!” 3 Result of a haymaker, maybe 4 1/20 of a ton: Abbr. 5 Pure 6 Couple 7 Torn 8 Dadaist Jean 9 Wimbledon
surface 10 Archaeological
treasure trove 11 “Nessun dorma,”
for one 12 Drift 13 Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe 14 Like the three men of the “Rub-a-dub-dub” nursery rhyme 15 One having trouble with basic arithmetic? 16 Neighbor of
the talus 17 Much of a
sports recap 19 Good hunting
skill 20 Some Guinness
Book records 23 Lamp polisher’s
surprise? 28 “Quién ____?” 31 Batch of Brownies? 32 Harass
incessantly 34 Photog’s bagful? 35 Feature of
Devonshire cream 36 Article in
Der Spiegel 37 “March comes
in like ____ ...” 39 Cottonmouth’s
warning 40 Targets in “Men in
Black,” informally 43 Stars 46 Childish retort 47 Indiana’s state
flower 49 Puts forth 51 Historic
Mesopotamian city 53 Wand material in the Harry Potter books 56 Thick and green 57 Merchandise: Abbr. 58 Artificial silks 59 Grow feathers 61 Like the
French sky 62 Colorful
quartz 63 ____ position 64 Some loose dancing? 65 Godfather after being double-crossed? 67 Kyrgyz city 70 Panhandle state:
Abbr. 72 Action in FanDuel and DraftKings 73 Close tightly 74 “King Lear” role 76 “The Last Days of
Pompeii” heroine 77 ____ bin Laden 78 Legitimate business practices 79 Last Stuart
queen 80 Kind of
alphabet 82 Moo goo ____ pan 84 “Sh,” “th” or “ou” 87 1974 C.I.A. spoof 89 Big name in test
prep 90 Opposite side 91 Makes a meal of 94 Apple app for viewing reading material 95 Polish, e.g. 97 Green 98 Heeds 99 Eagerly accept 101 County in New Mexico or Colorado 105 Court legend Arthur 106 Eldest member of
an organization 107 Falco of
“The Sopranos” 109 The Eagles’ “____
Eyes” 110 Forever and ever 112 December 31: Abbr. 114 D.C.-based media
giant 115 1st, 2nd,
3rd ... ____