THE 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 Bannedgame 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 DormV.I.P.s 95 Major exporter of uranium 96 Hand-to-hand combat weapon 97 Long lines?

100Athlete 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,forshort 27 Musical set in St.-Tropez, familiarly 31 Actress Hoffmann of “Transparent” 33 Half: Prefix 34 What dark clouds might represent 37 Small bone, asintheear 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 tetra- 54 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 BonanLP

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 Operawiththe 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