THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU BY ANDREA CARLA MICHAELS AND PETE MULLER

Across

1 Five Norwegian kings 6 Nighty-night wear 9 Bird bills 13 Fancy-schmancy 17 Bottoms

19 O.K., in Okinawa 20 First name in courtroom fiction 21 Bee-fitting? 23 Overcome an embarrassment 25 Carolina ____ 26 Kind of question 27 Med. school subject 28 Traditional Chinese forces

30 Male duck 31 Author Anaïs 32 ROFL alternative 33 Palm piece 34 Polish rolls 35 Get off at Grand Central, say

37 Like most things in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!”

38 Bring home the bacon

39 Nary ____

40 Make brighter, as a fading tattoo 41 Mufflers and such 45 “Anyhoo,” e.g. 47 Architect Gehry 48 “Thanks ____ God!” 49 One challenged by a sentry 50 Couturier Cassini 51 U.S. rebellion leader of 1841-42 52 Alternative to wind 54 Rhett Butler’s final two words

56 Like some thinking 58 “My ____” (1979 hit by the Knack) 60 Nail-polish brand

61 Places to get looped 64 As a joke

67 Dried (off) 68 “Hidden Figures” actor

72 One of 16 works by Brahms 73 Roasted: Sp. 74 Slept with, biblically 76 Kvetch

77 “____ Just Seen a Face” (Beatles tune)

78 DVD button

79 ____ an independent (eschewed the party label) 81 Geneva and Beirut 82 “Miss Julie” opera composer, 1965 85 19th-century French landscapist 86 Weisshorn and others 87 “Beowulf” and others

88 Bottle for oil or vinegar 89 Excuse for not turning in homework 92 Nursery-rhyme destination 95 Ersatz 96 Quarrel (with) 97 Singer DiFranco 98 Actor Gillen of “Game of Thrones” 99 What you should do “if symptoms persist”

101 Artist who designed costumes for “BenHur” 102 Twosomes 103 12.01, for carbon: Abbr. 104 Ignorant

106 Hang 107 Fifth-century pope known as “the Great” 108 Son of, in Arabic names 109 Company lover? 110 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed

111 Met soprano Berger 112 Cpl., e.g. 113 Captain Nemo’s creator

Down

1 Ashore 2 Actress Kazan of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” 3 Reasons to say yes 4 Word before Cong or Minh

5 Mister, in New Delhi 6 45 player 7 Resident of Tatooine in “Star Wars”

8 It’s Irish for “We Ourselves” 9 Orange avenue in Monopoly 10 Picking up a quart of milk, say 11 Recipe direction 12 Hong Kong’s Hang ____ Index 13 Nice thing to hit 14 Having an effect 15 Rope fiber

16 It might absorb a blow 18 Frustrate 22 Discouraging words

24 Gorilla watcher Fossey

29 “It’s on me!” ... or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 32 Shipping route 34 Scott of “Joanie Loves Chachi” 36 Partly edited version of a movie 37 Erodes 38 Bedazzles 40 Elementary school trio, briefly 41 Actor Reeves 42 “____ first ...” 43 Gold rush city of 1899 44 Boomers’ offspring 45 Plant

46 Bush or Clinton, collegiately

47 Oral tradition 48 Fly-fisher’s line joiner

51 French nobleman 53 Shield border 54 Whizzes 55 Bunny chasers? 57 1970s TV cool dude, with “the” 59 Rushed 62 “Life According ____” (Emmy-winning documentary)

63 Pai ____ (Chinese gambling game) 64 “Victory!”

65 Place to pray

66 Ran off

69 Awful idea

70 No longer fast? 71 Hosp. staffers 75 D.C. athlete 78 Whizzes 80 Dealer’s query 81 Spanish bloom 83 Overhauls

84 Area far from port 85 Zagreb’s country 86 Old-style warning 88 Mull over

89 Apple debut of 2001 90 Summer position for a college student 91 Stereotypical Deadhead wear 92 Put into words 93 Concentration, to a British chemist 94 As good as it gets 95 Lose steam, with “out”

96 Kind of pad 99 Presidents’ Day event

100“Mad Money” network 101 Assuage 105 Western ____ (college course, informally)