THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Chunks of land 7 “Be on the lookout” messages, for short 11 Person to take complaints to, informally

14 Polo of “The Fosters” 18 Popular Dominican dance

20 Leave quickly 21 Musical Yoko

22 Get a ____ on someone 23 Sou’wester

25 Abbr. in many blood type names 26 “Logic dictates ...” 27 It’s usually put in the middle of a table 28 Late hours 31 Messes up 35 Downfall in pinball 37 Music export from Tokyo, for short 38 Sciences’ counterpart 39 “Jeez!” 41 Princess who says, “I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board” 43 Campy 1972 vampire film 45 Peace marches 48 Grub

51 Part of a preschool day

52 Opinion 53 Nirvana seeker 56 Sorority letter 57 Forbiddance 58 Masthead list, for short

60 More lit, perhaps 62 ”After Earth” 69 Pothead

70 ____ Lama

71 Do the wave? 72 What un desierto lacks 74 Lyrical lament 75 Not able to catch something 77 Growth ring 80 Farthest point in an orbit around the moon 82 This woman 83 Closure opening? 84 Vote in France 85 Blue swaths on maps 87 They follow oohs 90 Like the simplest instructions 95 Talk show host Cohen 97 Trade punches

100Hills with gentle slopes on one side and steep slopes on the other 103 Fake

104 Verdi tragedy 105 “Grand Ole” venue 106 Say whether or not you’ll attend 108 Blow out 110 Imbroglio 111 Prostates 115 French 101 verb 117 Collaborative site 118 Snatch

119 Game suggested by this puzzle’s theme 125 Racer Luyendyk 126 Half of dos 127 Taking care of things 128 Nickel-and-diming sort

129 They might break out in hives 130 Cockapoo or cockatoo, maybe 131 Cpls.’ superiors 132 Act obsequiously

Down

1 Atlanta-based cable inits.

2 Cold and wet 3 Term in tennis, golf and baseball, all with different meanings 4 Hero interred in Santa Clara, Cuba 5 “Later, luv” 6 Rhyming nickname in Cardinals history 7 Midriff muscles, for short

8 “Oh, quit being silly!”

9 Sailor in the Navy 10 Seatbelt, e.g. 11 “C’mon, be serious” 12 ____ Day vitamins 13 Rémy Martin product 14 Bridge-supporting frame

15 Dulles designer 16 Pasta-sauce brand 17 Longtime singing talent show, familiarly 19 ____-vaxxers 24 Singer Reese 29 Garment worn by John Roberts that’s hidden in his name 30 R&B’s ____ Hill 31 Bristol, Conn.-based cable inits. 32 Sister and wife of Cronus, in myth 33 Collect from the soil 34 Result of a religious schism 36 Camping need 40 Japanese dogs with turned-up tails 42 Neighbor of Wyo. 44 Commercial rhyme for “Famous” 46 Transmits

47 Part of a Mario costume

49 Part of a “Which came first?” dilemma 50 Comment before “I missed that” 54 Director

Van Sant

55 Cross

59 Maker of the game Zaxxon

61 ____ contendere 62 Pad alternative 63 Chinese New Year treat

64 One of the Castros 65 Shed material 66 Dwarf planet with more mass than Pluto

67 Good throw? 68 “Get outta here!” 70 ____ Taurasi, all-time W.N.B.A. scoring leader 73 Supplementary item 76 Suffix with methyl 78 Gymnastics flip 79 Arizona capital of the Navajo Nation 81 ____ Germany 86 Relatively cool stellar phenomenon 88 “Come again?” 89 Some bathroom installations 91 Brother of Ham 92 Play starter? 93 Sand-burrowing marine creatures 94 Reasons to do something 96 Quaint demographic grouping

98 No. 2

99 Revved up 101 Timeline part 102 Align

107 “¡Let’s go!” 109 Some flight board info

111 Mop

112 Poop out

113 Over

114 ____ interview 116 Coin in Köln 120 Sci-fi C.G.I. creations 121 Debut, metaphorically 122 Dealership expanse

123 I problem?

124 Hem but not haw?