THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 List of courses 5 ____ alla Bolognese (meat-based pasta sauce)
9 Don’s partner in the underworld 13 Melting point? 19 Condo, e.g. 20 Crowning 21 Crew’s control? 22 Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy 23 Bygone office group 25 Final remark in an argument 27 Scratch (out) 28 Like the luck of the draw
30 ), when it follows :31 H
32 “Seems that way” 34 Pieces of gangs
36 Pain reliever containing aspirin and caffeine 38 Golfer Ernie 39 Gave birth 41 Sheltered balcony with abundant natural light 45 Wished 47 Archer’s pride 48 “The Dark Knight ____,“2012 superhero movie 50 Bring back on board 51 Actress Jessica 52 No Doubt vocalist Gwen 54 Best-selling self-help book subtitled “TimeTested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right”
56 Hot spots 58 Moved briskly 60 Council of
____ (CounterReformation body) 61 More to the point 62 Part of Q.E.D. 63 Chooses 65 Wanders around the head of a line, briefly? 66 Long-running show whose iconic hourglass is in the Smithsonian collection 70 Rotating engine part 73 Con ____ (with animation, musically)
74 Hot spot
75 It has issues with celebrities 80 See 17-Down
82 Ostensible
84 Had a heaping
helping of humility
85 Catchy 1950s slogan
87 Send another way
89 Let go of
90 Serious
91 Runway
professional
93 Little louse
94 Purposes
95 Car-stereo choices
97 Zoning, so to speak
99 Something that’s
helpful in a dash?
100 Emotive brass sound
102 Night call
103 Marketer’s target
105 Bumbling sort
107 They outrank
viscounts
109 Legendary sea
monster
111 Floor cleaner, for
short
113 Union Pacific vehicle
116 Neither gains nor
loses
118 Chant for the Dream
Team
119 Eldest of Chekhov’s
“Three Sisters”
120 Town near Buffalo that sounds like paradise
121 From the start
122 “And now good-____ to our waking souls”: John Donne
123 Desire
124 Digital IDS
125 ____-X (cut)
Down
1 Creative inspiration 2 Miso-soup mushroom 3 Made the rounds? 4 Native of the Beehive State 5 Knock on, as a window 6 Oodles
7 Words said with a post-match handshake 8 Send to the cloud, say
9 Camp sight 10 Sighing sounds 11 Not custom-tailored 12 Country singer K.?T. ____
13 HBO show costarring Issa Rae 14 Dove’s sound
15 Doctor’s reassurance before a shot 16 Tech-news website 17 With 80-Across, longtime CBS News correspondent 18 Conclusion 24 Smelter’s inputs 26 “C’est la vie” 29 Spot from which a dove once notably flew
33 Makes cloudy 35 1943 Pulitzerwinning Thornton Wilder play, with “The”
37 Like the noble gases 39 Singles, e.g. 40 “That so?” 42 Steams up 43 “Garden” or “Center,” often 44 Pain in the neck 45 100 satang, in Thailand
46 On the safe side 47 Spiritual retreat 49 Intervene 53 1960s sitcom set at Fort Courage
55 Set in a man cave 57 Bill’s time-traveling partner in film 59 “Holy ____!” 62 Favor
64 The deadly sins, e. g.
67 House involved in the Wars of the Roses
68 Scenic vista 69 Holy ____ 70 Orange or plum 71 Fleet of foot 72 Qualifies to fight in a certain class 76 “We are the 99%” movement, familiarly 77 Journalists might be invited to it
78 Prospector’s find
79 Flock members
80 Misarticulate, in a
way
81 Home of a
mythological lion
83 Language of
Pakistan
84 Working away
86 Au naturel
88 Garments for
acrobats
92 “Wow, that’s
beautiful!”
96 Big bat
98 Ranker of the rich
99 Greasy goo
101 It takes a bow
103 Partner of rice
104 Less well done
105 Thereabouts
106 In the distance
108 + or –
110 Sharp
112 Monk’s hood
113 “Fee, fi, fo, ____”
114 Military
support grp.
115 D.C. player
117 Designer Posen