NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Iams competitor 5 Pretend 12 Song sung by Garth Brooks on Jay Leno’s last “Tonight Show” 20 Podcast host Maron 21 Fred Flintstone’s

boss 22 Weathers, as

a hurricane 23 “That’s me you’re

looking for” 24 Compliment to

a lawmaker? 26 Lesley who played Mrs. Patmore on “Downton Abbey” 28 ____ the sly

(be secretive about) 29 Drug used to

combat A.D.H.D. 30 Short writing assignment, informally 32 Really like 35 Really like 36 Compliment to

a composer? 39 ____ voce 43 Deep, deep hole 44 Crème de ____ 46 Lucky strike? 47 Toe, to a tot 50 John, Paul or George, but not Ringo 52 Alternative

to first class 55 Lake vessel 56 Water cooler? 58 Cornbread variety named for where it’s baked 59 Film role for

the dog Skippy 60 Meditative

discipline 62 Compliment to

a lecturer? 64 Compliment to

a taxonomist? 67 Compliment to a

champion speller? 68 Smallville 69 2002 Literature

Nobelist Kertész 70 Snack with a rock climber on its wrapper 71 Head of

communications? 72 Gettysburg

general 73 Like many holiday

candles 74 Gal of “Wonder

Woman” 77 Banned game

projectiles 78 [not my mistake] 79 “Why, you little ...” 81 Word with prayer

or paddle 84 Claim in e-cigarette

ads 87 Compliment to a

charity organizer? 93 Dorm V.I.P.s 95 Major exporter

of uranium 96 Hand-to-hand

combat weapon 97 Long lines? 100 Athlete honored on Richmond’s Monument Avenue 102 Drained of color 103 Compliment to a vegetable gardener? 107 What the “s” stands

for in “scuba” 108 Enhanced medium

for talk radio 109 Draw upon 110 “____ Enchanted”

(2004 film) 111 Result of a

computer crash 112 Got back at 113 Difficult situation

DOWN

1 Key of Mozart’s “Odense” Symphony 2 Thin layer 3 ____ to sell 4 Color-changing

creatures 5 “Yo te ____” (Spanish 101 phrase) 6 How boors

behave 7 Some inclement weather, in broadcast shorthand 8 “Oh, by the way ...” 9 GPS system, e.g. 10 Suffix with señor 11 Bog 12 Weapon resembling

the letter psi 13 Posterior 14 Beat after a buzzer

beater 15 Rubbish 16 Alternative to

Parmesan 17 Chuck ____, four-time Super Bowl-winning coach 18 Pick out 19 Uranians and

Neptunians 25 Lack the courage

to, for short 27 Musical set in

St.-Tropez, familiarly 31 Actress Hoffmann of

“Transparent” 33 Half: Prefix 34 What dark clouds

might represent 37 Small bone,

as in the ear 38 Quai D’Orsay

setting 40 Prepared to shoot 41 Beings on TV’s

“Doctor Who” 42 West Coast beer

brand, informally 45 Modern payment

option 47 Musical medley 48 Wits 49 Not hold back,

to a poker player 51 Ottoman title 53 Twice tetra54 More sharply

dressed 55 Container for

amontillado 56 Easternmost of the

Lesser Antilles 57 Kitchen device 58 Meriting only

half a star, say 60 French city where D’Artagnan lived in “The Three Musketeers” 61 MSN, for one 62 B on an LP 63 Site for an

A.C.L. tear 65 Took off 66 Words said

before bed? 72 Peace Nobelist

Yousafzai 73 ID card fig. 74 Lose rigidity 75 Not worth ____ 76 Florida’s

Miami-____ County 77 Lightsaber wielder 80 Worlds external

to the mind 82 Activity in libraries and movie theaters 83 Diplomatic

agreement 85 Record label for

Whitney Houston 86 One of the friends

on “Friends” 88 Milkshake, in

New England 89 Author Gerritsen

and actress Harper 90 What one might seek after a computer crash, informally 91 Opera with the

aria “Ave Maria” 92 Skim 94 Vice President

Agnew 97 Stone that’s a star 98 It may be checkered 99 Till section 101 Scrape 103 Crestfallen 104 Tony winner

Hagen 105 Dallas hoopster,

briefly 106 Roll on a golf course