NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
LOVE AT FIRST SITE By Neville Fogarty and Erik Agard / Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Arcade hoops game 7 Some TV ads,
for short 11 Went through
channels? 15 Hitter’s hitter 18 “The Simpsons”
or “Futurama” 19 Litter’s littlest 20 To whom Brabantio says “Thou art a villain” 21 Singular 22 Good name for a deep kissers’ dating site? 25 Vittles 26 A shroud of secrecy,
idiomatically 27 Endlessly starting
over 28 Performances at
Paris’s Palais Garnier 30 Manning with the second-longest QB starting streak in N.F.L. history 31 Numerical prefix 32 “Ish” 34 Monster slain
by Hercules 35 North Carolina
university 36 Victor’s shout 39 It’s all in the head 41 Member of a
southern colony 43 Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don’t 47 Slice of a timeline 50 Fruit drink 51 Good name for a dating site full of hot dudes? 54 Obsolescent high school course, informally 56 Number one pal 57 Good name for a dating site of massage therapists? 59 In amazement 61 Emerald or
aquamarine 63 Revolting sorts 64 Kitty-cat, e.g. 65 Carbo-loading dish 67 Patty alternative? 70 IV checkers 71 1988 top 10 hit for
Tracy Chapman 73 George ____
University 75 Swamps 76 Good name for an extreme sports dating site? 79 Be traitorous to 82 Burger topper 83 Good name for a non-monogamist dating site? 85 Big Apple cultural
site, with “the” 88 Alway 89 Southernmost of
the Lesser Antilles 91 Napa Valley vintner
Robert 93 Grannies 95 Previous name for an athletic conference now with 12 members 98 Comparable (to) 99 Sky-blue 101 Performer in
makeup, typically 105 Certain layers 106 ____ Aviv 107 UTEP team 109 First things to go
into jammies 112 “Trading Spaces”
host Davis 114 Neat as ____ 115 Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? 118 Ad 119 Big loss 120 John of the Velvet
Underground 121 Tot’s wear 122 Junior 123 Lincoln Logs
and such 124 Something taken
on a field? 125 Ones passed
on a track
DOWN
1 [Avoid watching this in front of the boss] 2 Sped (along) 3 Had a table
for one 4 Chinese leader Xi 5 Rainbows, e.g. 6 “That doesn’t
impress me much” 7 Immediately 8 Natural light beam 9 One of the Brontës 10 Group dance with
stomps and claps 11 Instrument plucked
with a mezrab 12 Cools one’s heels 13 Back in time 14 Like early Elvis
recordings 15 Good name for a carpentry dating site? 16 The rite place? 17 Thompson of
“Selma” 21 “Toodles!” 23 Noggin 24 Chairman and ____
(common title) 29 Ones to watch 31 Back-of-newspaper
section 33 Poetic tribute 35 Org. with a
flower logo 37 “Just ____
suspected” 38 1940s vice president
Wallace 40 Enthusiastic 42 Not new 44 Chaperones, usually 45 Lincoln’s home:
Abbr. 46 “I’ll return shortly,”
in a text 48 Swing time? 49 German
interjections 52 “That’s mine!” 53‘ 55 Dignified lady 56 Model Page known as “The Queen of Pinups” 58 Naval officer: Abbr. 59 Geronimo, for one 60 Good name for a “High Noon”themed dating site? 62 Hit hard 65 ____ Bread
(cafe chain) 66 NPR host Shapiro 68 “2 funny!!!” 69 “To Live and
Die ____” 71 Visage 72 Player of Robin
Hood in 1991 74 Like child’s play 75 Nautical title,
informally 77 Whole lot 78 Prefix with
center 80 Ginormous 81 Lowly
workers 84 O.T.C. O.K.’er 85 Command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard 86 Satanic look 87 Cookie holder 90 Movement 92 Statistician’s
grouping 94 “____ you the
clever one!” 96 Gum
ingredient 97 Titter 99 Stockpile 100 Nada 102 Certain computer
whiz 103 Deep
defenses 104 Long span 108 Put in order 110 Camping
menace 111 Digitize, in a way 112 ____ colada 113 Real lookers? 116 Down Under
hopper 117 Gather around,
as an idol