NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor for The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va. Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to ‘‘ never, ever create an ‘ ordinary’ puzzle.’’ His favorite clues/ answers in this one are at 111A and 81D. — W. S.

ACROSS

1 Marvel at

7 L. G. B. T.- aligned advocacy group since 1987 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’’

To a cosmetician:

‘‘ You’re …’’

Home to Antilia, the world’s most valuable private residence ( 27 floors, $ 2.2 billion)

28 Is

29 Kind of clef

30 To a produce vendor near closing time: ‘‘ You’re …’’

The ‘‘ B’’ in GB Fisherman’s ____

( San Francisco attraction) Utter nonsense Eyes: Sp. Feature of a batter that needs more whisking

Wong of stand- up

comedy

Drive ( away) Laughing matter? Palindromic rulers

To a bad free throw

shooter: ‘‘ You’re …’’ 12 24 26 34 35

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52 All ____

54 Ruin, as plans

55 Crowd noise

56 Blubbers

60 The dove’s- foot crane’s- bill, for instance

Big seller of animal

supplies

63 To a temp worker:

‘‘ You’re …’’

65 To a rude driver:

‘‘ You’re …’’

68 Architect Frank

69 Sci- fi classic featuring

the Three Laws Taylor Swift’s first No.

1 country hit, 2007 Things stuck in clogs Itching to eat and irritable about it, in slang

[ Leave it] 62 71

MY

104

To anyone who wasn’t addressed above: ‘‘ You’re …’’

107 Vegan latte option

111 Kings and queens, maybe

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 112

2 3 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15

DOWN

20 60 61 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

Good- looking guy? Cold treat Diagram of relationships App with a Reservations feature Newspaper articles and mentions on social media, in brief 90 Ducks 91 92 ‘‘ My turn’’

Electrically balanced, in chemistry

93 Sandwiches on pita bread

94 Pool- chalk target ____ Brava, Spain

Georgia’s capital, informally 98 The Reds, on scoreboards

99 2020 U. S. Open tennis champ Naomi 101 102 105 106 108 Wrath 109

110

____ Tzu ( dog breed)

Like sponge cakes

Middle of a certain three- in- a- row

Lone Star State sch.

Man’s nickname that omits the ‘‘ is’’ at the end

____ in kangaroo