THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Marvel at 7 L.g.b.t.-aligned advocacy group since 1987 12 Occasion to get all gussied up 19 Stroke of good fortune 21 Newswoman Sawyer
22 “You ain’t lyin’!” 23 What the Old English called “Winterfylleth” 24 Toacosmetician: “You’re...” 26 Home to Antilia, the world’s most valuable private residence (27 floors, $2.2 billion) 28 Is
29 Kind of clef 30 Toaproducevendor nearclosingtime: “You’re...”
34 The “B” in GB
35 Fisherman’s ____ (San Francisco attraction) 36 Utter nonsense 37 Eyes: Sp. 39 Feature of a batter that needs more whisking 40 Wong of stand-up comedy
41 Drive (away) 42 Laughing matter? 45 Palindromic rulers 47 Toabadfreethrow shooter:“you’re...” 52 All ____
54 Ruin, as plans 55 Crowd noise 56 Blubbers
60 The dove’s-foot crane’s-bill, for instance
62 Big seller of animal supplies 63 Toatempworker: “You’re...”
65 Toarudedriver: “You’re...” 68 Architect Frank 69 Sci-fi classic featuring the Three Laws
71 Taylor Swift’s first No. 1 country hit, 2007 72 Things stuck in clogs 73 Itching to eat and irritable about it, in slang
75 [Leave it] 76 With98-across, toanaspiring entrepreneur:“you’re ...” 80 Friendship
85 Vim
86 Parts of Twitter profiles 87 Clicking sound?
88 All over hell’s half ____ (everywhere) 89 Item on a president’s lapel 90 Placing a call
94 Fishing basket
95 Apt anagram of MY
CAR
98 See76-across
100 Native speakers of
Chiwere
101 Declined
103 Sips
104 Toanyonewhowasn’t addressedabove: “You’re...”
107 Vegan latte option
111 Kings and queens,
maybe
112 Large chunk of one’s
final grade, often
113 Aspen or Alta
114 It’s against the rule
115 Move like a peacock
116 Big name in nonprofit
journalism
Down
1 Adele’s “Million Years ____”
2 Medic
3 Spring hrs. in Colorado Springs 4 Organism that structurally resembles another organism
5 Brush off 6 “Never interrupt your ____ when he’s making a mistake” (old aphorism) 7 Four-star figures 8 Valerie Plame’s org. in 2003’s Plame affair 9 Go up against
10 Sui generis 11 Destitution
12 Code edited by a webmaster
13 Many end in “-ite” 14 Ice cream purchase 15 “Expect ____” (road sign) 16 Warranting an “X,” say 17 Something to do with your buds? 18 Social climate 20 Physician who co-founded A.A., familiarly 25 Traipse (about) 27 How some like their café 30 Creatures that can have asymmetrical ears, which aid in hunting
31 “Nah”
32 Author Janowitz of literature’s “brat pack”
33 Pinot ____ 34 Cutesy sound accompanying a poke
37 Greeting when running into someone unexpectedly 38 Book before Amos 41 Texas county on the Mexican border 42 Italian painter known for his frescoes 43 Pain-relief brand 44 How some like their coffee
46 Floor
47 One of two on the Titanic
48 “Who wants this?” response 49 Makeover result, maybe
50 Word stylized with extra R’s on some cereal boxes 51 Some froyo bar toppings
53 ____ polloi 56 Circus venue
57 A ball and a strike, in a baseball count 58 Useful
59 Toy rocker, in totspeak
60 Give up
61 What might be “love” or “lesbian” in a TV show title 62 Lead-in to potty 64 El ____ (weather phenomena)
66 It’s not a lot to jot 67 Third of seven columns: Abbr. 70 ____ hair 73 Earliest-known Chinese dynasty (dating back to 2000 B.C.)
74 Eagerly excited 75 Villain in 1998’s “Mulan”
77 With adroitness 78 División de la casa 79 Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options 81 Good-looking guy? 82 Cold treat 83 Diagram of relationships
84 App with a Reservations feature 89 Newspaper articles and mentions on social media, in brief 90 Ducks
91 “My turn” 92 Electrically balanced, in chemistry 93 Sandwiches on pita bread 94 Pool-chalk target 95 ____ Brava, Spain 96 Georgia’s capital, informally
97 Jason who played Khal Drogo on “Game of Thrones”
98 The Reds, on
scoreboards
99 2020 U.S. Open tennis
champ Naomi
101 ____ Tzu (dog breed)
102 Like sponge cakes
105 Middle of a certain
three-in-a-row
106 Lone Star State sch.
108 Wrath
109 Man’s nickname that omits the “is” at the end
110 ____ in kangaroo