NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
GOING HEAD TO HEAD
Across 1 Group of trees 6 Potential queens 11 Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase 14 Harmless weapons maker
18 Strong suit? 19 “Continue” 20 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author, 1988
21 Like the Gregorian calendar 22 Showdown in Greek mythology
25 A couple of times 26 Word of confirmation on a messaging app 27 Couple 28 Showdown in classic video games 30 Quickened paces 32 Wasn’t struck down 33 Realm
34 Tours can be seen on it 35 Triumph
37 Not in any way 39 Showdown in American history 43 Hot ____
44 One of four in a grand slam 47 Univs., e.g. 48 Bent over backward, in a way 50 Bit of P.R.
53 Like baseball’s Durham Bulls 54 Speaker of Welsh or Breton
56 Actor Elba
58 One of the o’s in “o/o”
59 Rank above maj. 61 Showdown in cinema 65 Mork’s planet 66 Brightly colored blazer 67 Obie-winning playwright Will 68 “What is it?” 69 Showdown in the funnies
74 Not use cursive 77 University in Des Moines 78 Greenish-brown hue 79 Neighbor of China 81 What’s used to row, row, row your boat 83 Leave fulfilled 85 Less than perfect 88 Geometric prefix 89 Italian “il” or French “le”
90 Prattle 92 Showdown in the Bible
95 Protein shell of a virus
98 Like sauvignon blanc 99 Traditional Christmas decoration
100 Jump to
conclusions
103 Some petting-zoo
animals 106 Word with wonder
or world
107 Showdown in comic
books
109 Lead-in to boy or
girl
111 Simple plant
114 Ostentation
115 Showdown in
literature
118 Businesswoman
Lauder
119 Apt name for a
Braille instructor 120 TD Garden athlete 121 Knock over
122 Cowardly Lion
portrayer
123 ____ bit
124 Overjoy
125 Bone: Prefix
Down
1 What “Talk to the hand!” is an example of 2 Unswerving 3 “I couldn’t agree more!” 4 They’re found under a bridge
5 Beats by ____ (headphones brand) 6 Short strokes 7 “Alas!” 8 Sudden impulse 9 Sister
10 “Try me”
11 Be relevant to 12 Country named for its latitude 13 College student’s assignment 14 Words after an interruption 15 Stefanik who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress
16 Fast one
17 “____ Jacques” 21 Conductors’ announcements 23 “____ where it hurts!”
24 Uncle, in Argentina 29 Under half of 45? 31 Brother of Dori and Nori in “The Hobbit” 32 Surprising lack of Oscar recognition 34 Suitable for a dieter, informally
35 Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic 36 Watson’s company 38 Defeat
39 Govt. org. based in Ft. Meade, Md. 40 Word before right or rise
41 Move turbulently 42 Increasingly ripe, say 45 Wedding need … or booking 46 Stereotypical therapist’s response 49 Pipe cleaner 51 Enthusiasts 52 Go wrong
54 Part of the eye 55 Wapitis
57 British Bulldog : Churchill :: ____ : Thatcher 60 Undistinguished, as many a subdivision house 62 Rapidly spreading vine
63 Get straight 64 Prefix with allergenic 69 Football units: Abbr. 70 Idiot, in Britspeak 71 Vow 72 Relatives of emus
73 Et ____ 75 Numbers to avoid 76 Ragged
80 North African land: Abbr.
82 Cry of school spirit 84 Laid-back 86 Data-storage items on the decline 87 Organ in the leg of a katydid, bizarrely 88 Frontier lights 91 Unit of explosive power
93 “That sounds awful” 94 Mauna ____ 96 Wow 97 Territory name until 1889
100 Brat’s opposite 101 Popular dip
102 Skilled laborer 104 Tex-____
105 Bit of corruption 106 Author of the “Fear Street” series for young readers 108 Some saber
wielders
109 Bluish-green 110 Ninny
112 TV show set in William McKinley High School 113 Prefix with stratus 116 It’s used to cite a
site
117 Bonnie and Clyde,
e.g.