NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

THAT’S A TALL ORDER!

Finn Vigeland graduated in May from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master’s degree in urban planning. He now works as a transportation planner in Washington. Urban planning and crossword constructing evidence a dual interest in grids. Finn sold his first puzzle to The Times in 2010 when he was 18. This will make 18 puzzles by him for the paper altogether, half of them Sundays. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 4 Volcanic Iraqi, e.g. residue 8 11 Not Top working of the Alps? today 17 Singer No. 1 hit with “Cheap the 2016 Thrills” 18 Ancient Iranian 19 Something dogs may pull 20 Only musical to win Best Picture since “Oliver!” in 1968 21 Early encyclopedist credited with coining “Home is where the heart is” 24 Adjusts, as an instrument 25 Reference aids for artists 26 Children’s author Lowry 27 Nonkosher sammie 28 Tested 29 Phrase followed by “one two, one two” 32 English channel,

with “the”

33 ____ Min Lee, victim in the podcast “Serial” 34 Archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean 35 Stage before pupa 36 Gchat transmissions, briefly 39 Accidentinvestigating org. 41 Big dealer in outdoor

gear 42 Suggestion for a reading circle, informally

44 Fruit with a pit 46 Seek revenge on, in

a way

47 Is a straight shooter 49 Some printer hues 51 Word after meal or

before school

53 Put forward as a basis

of argument 54 Takedown pieces,

slangily 56 Charge (through) 58 Dryer residue

59 Dog sound 63 Sunbather in the

tropics 64 Sources of weekly

N.C.A.A. rankings 66 Looked at lasciviously 68 Work with feet? 69 Pretzel topping 71 Modern cousin of

“Yay!” 72 Fear-inducing 73 Spanish phrase meaning “Enough is enough!” 76 “Pencils down!” 78 Huge mix-up 79 Soft-rock singer who received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016 82 Philanthropist Broad 84 Salacious stuff 85 Anonymous female,

in court

86 Nurse in a bar 87 Train between N.Y.C.

and Montauk 89 90 Crafty Kind of acid 91 94 Inherited Muffin ingredient 96 It’s rigged 97 Protein in Wheaties 99 Bygone car model that’s an anagram of GRANITE 103 Part of a diner display 104 It brings you closer to your subjects 105 “The 40-YearOld Virgin” and “Knocked Up” 107 Mythical hunter turned into a stag 109 State bordering the Pacific 111 Establishment such as Crumbs and Whiskers or KitTea (both real!) 112 Avian diver 113 Not much 114 Convent-ional sort 115 Gets ready to pray 116 National Pizza Mo. 117 ! 118 Future Ph.D.’s test

DOWN

1 Grp. with a pet project? 2 Buildings often outfitted with ladders 3 Lauds 4 Oscar nominee for “Gone Baby Gone,” 2007 5 Measure of virality 6 Ritalin target, for short 7 8 9 It’s What Retainer words might full a of bitter try hard-to-spell to person settle 10 11 4-Across Prez Fala with chief the dog 12 13 All-in-one R.N.’s Foreign place capital boxes 14 designed by two 15 9+ Program Americans for a game, starting e.g. 16 with the fifth year of 19 Like college, 100-1 informally odds 20 Popular shoe gardening 22 Early Bible vintner, in the 23 Music genre associated with the goth look 26 Baudelaire’s “____ Fleurs du Mal” 30 Inch along 31 The common folk 32 Picnic side dish 34 Trucker with a transmitter 35 Stuff of legends 36 Futuristic tracking device 37 “Are we done here?,” politely 38 Bust, maybe 40 Dines 42 Recycling ____ 43 River mammal 45 Flow of one line of a verse to the next without pause 47 Music genre from Asia 48 Term of address from one girlfriend to another 50 IV, to III, e.g. 52 { } 55 Player of many an opera villain 57 Stun 60 Family name on a 1960s sitcom 61 Sorry 62 Bygone military punishment 64 ____ king 65 Fantasy series that inspired “Game of Thrones,” briefly 67 What the thumbs-up

emoji can mean 70 Took a course? 72 Kosher ____ 74 Sleekly designed 75 Flared dress type 77 Spice Girl also known

as Sporty Spice 79 Bob Marley, for one 80 Liqueur often mixed

with water 81 Vacancy

83 One of the Avengers 85 Fill to absolute

capacity

88 For all to see, in a

way

91 Koala’s tree 92 Marketing tactic 93 Australian band with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Need You Tonight” 95 “Ideas worth

spreading” offshoot 97 Mistakes 98 Singular 99 Speck 100 Cleaning for military inspection 101 Happen again 102 In lockstep 104 Fervor 106 Lyft alternative 108 Nickname for a buddy 109 Bronx-born singer, familiarly 110 Bronx-born congresswoman, familiarly