NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Jack Mowat, 20, of Omaha, Neb., is a sophomore at Notre Dame studying civil engineering. A self-described crossword “fanatic,” he and his roommate used to solve the New York Times crossword together every day and hang the completed puzzles on the wall. The inspiration for this one was his dad, an avid golfer. This is Jack’s second puzzle for The Times. His collaborator, Jeff Chen, is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. — W.S.

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1 Big inits. in news 4 Place to visit in a suit 10 Sign of winter’s end 16 Purchase that often costs 99¢ 19 Something picked at with a pickax 20 Comic Jones formerly of ‘‘S.N.L.’’ 21 Fleet 22 Low-____ 23 Duffer’s approach shots that barely go anywhere? 25 Like kids, but not mom or dad? 26 Gaza grp. 27 Bad position for a server 28 Pick up 30 CD follower 31 Flair 32 Post-Mao Chinese leader 33 Duffer’s putt that just misses? 37 Goes on a tweetstorm 39 ____ Reader 40 Tiny insects in a swarm 41 Founder of WikiLeaks 44 Common skirt feature 45 Preparatory time 46 Nickname for a duffer who can’t hit straight? 49 ‘‘____ on!’’ 51 Yapped like a dog 55 Make (out) 56 Pauses 57 King Midas’s downfall 59 Sport 60 Showing signs of neglect 62 Orphan girl in Byron’s ‘‘Don Juan’’ 64 Lodgers 66 Result of spectators’ heckling a duffer? 71 Rope holding down a bowsprit 73 Course that’s free of obstacles? 74 It was ‘‘a no-go’’ in Billy Joel’s ‘‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’’ 77 ‘‘Such is life!’’ 78 Foaming at the mouth 81 Certain insurance coverage 84 Line on a map: Abbr. 85 Protection 87 Rapper Lil ____ X 88 Duffer’s problems with an angled club? 90 Scale starter, per ‘‘The Sound of Music’’ 92 Attach to the end of 94 On the button 95 ‘‘I’m listening’’ 98 Physician Jonas 99 Actress Davis 100 Duffer’s reasons to choose a wood? 104 Turntable rates, in brief 108 Letter-shaped fastener 109 ____ order 110 Wolf (down) 111 Button on a DVD player 112 Cool, in an uncool way 113 Something consumed with a cracker? 115 Like the duffer in this puzzle? 118 Palindrome in poetry 119 Box up 120 Cause of fatigue 121 VW predecessors? 122 New York city on Long Island Sound 123 Like the ‘‘Mona Lisa’’ in 1911 124 Civics and Accords 125 School of thought

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1 Wanderer 2 ____ Parade, annual June celebration 3 Intel producer 4 Scads 5 Part of the upper bod 6 ‘‘Or so’’ 7 V.I.P. rosters 8 More yellow, but not yet brown, say 9 Like a question for which ‘‘maybe’’ is not an option 10 Capital of French Polynesia 11 Off the internet, to internet users 12 Blue toon in a white dress 13 Chocolate substitute 14 Japanese soybean appetizer 15 Nickname that can be either masculine or feminine 16 Standard outlet connection 17 Grand dwelling 18 Carelessly drops 24 Ankle-biter 29 Move stealthily 31 Weapon sought by Voldemort 33 Woman with a wellknown internet ‘‘list’’ 34 Cardiologist’s tool 35 Like some personalities 36 Go full ____ (throw a world-class hissy fit) 38 Certain employee at ESPN or JPMorgan Chase 41 Vanquishers of kings? 42 Drink in a little cup 43 Piece of training equipment in boxing 44 Put forth, as a theory 47 Dance that men often do shirtless 48 Europe-based grp. with no European members 50 Org. that employs radio telescopes 52 Principle of harmonious design 53 Absorb, as a loss 54 Ones practicing: Abbr. 57 ____ Purchase, 1853 land deal with Mexico 58 Actor Patel 61 Thorn in a dictator’s side 63 Grassy field 65 Kind of rating 67 Road crew’s supply 68 House speaker before Pelosi 69 Went green, perhaps? 70 Called up 71 Call to a shepherd 72 Stadium cry 75 Milk sources 76 Disintegrate, in a way, as cells in the body 79 SOS in Gotham City 80 Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs 82 Simple shelter 83 Spanish winds 86 Convinced 88 No longer sleeping 89 ‘‘Marriage Story’’ co-star, to fans 91 Simple and ingenious 93 Sparkle 95 Have trouble deciding 96 Headstrong 97 Spot coverage? 99 Like a wunderkind 101 Edie of ‘‘The Sopranos’’ 102 Spoilers, of a sort 103 Witch 105 ‘‘Catch That ____ Spirit’’ (old ad slogan) 106 Exams for some bio majors 107 Pull some strings? 111 Guesses by GPSes 113 Director Craven 114 Play with 116 Thurman of ‘‘Pulp Fiction’’ 117 Word with rolling or bowling