New York Times Crossword
that's another story By sophia maymudes and jeff chen / edited By Will shortz Sophia Maymudes is a junior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., studying computer science and math. She has been making crosswords since high school. For this one, her first Sunday puzzle, she teamed up with a fellow Seattle resident, Jeff Chen, who writes a daily crossword blog, Xword Info.they jointly brainstormed theme examples. Jeff laid out the grid. Sophia did most of the fill. They each wrote half the clues. Sophia says, ‘‘The entire puzzle took nearly a hundred emails back and forth to create.’’ — W.S.
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1 Most popular baby girl’s name of the 1960s, per the Social Security Administration 5 Squealer 9 Inside info 13 For fear that 17 Juul, e.g., for short 18 Old-time “The Price Is Right” announcer Johnny 19 Bit of greenery 21 Palindromic boy’s name 22 Ward of cinema 23 Biography of Ebenezer Scrooge? 25 “Castaway” director Nicolas 26 Bond tightly 28 Colleague of Gorsuch 29 Big name in chicken 31 Biography of Amelia Earhart? 33 “Decorates” on Halloween, say 34 Biography of Archimedes? 36 Beep-booping droid, for short 37 Two-year degrees, briefly 39 Tricked 40 Took out 41 Some endangered ecosystems 42 One-fifth of the Jackson 5 44 Jesus on the diamond 45 Note taker 46 Tip-off for an exam proctor 47 What the “sans” refers to in Comic Sans 48 Diaper : U.S. :: ____ : U.K. 50 Oil magnate Leon who once owned the New York Jets 51 “Girls” home 53 Only mildly sweet 55 Get a Venmo request, say 57 Go through a window? 60 Obvious answer 61 Recreational sailboats 64 Excelled 66 British miler Sebastian 67 Diner sign 69 Shrewd 70 Winged Greek goddess 72 Highest hand value in baccarat 74 Capital of France’s Côte d’or 75 High points 76 Credit score, for short? 77 One side of the G.W. Bridge 78 Clever move 79 ____ monkey 81 Swimsuit material 85 “Step on it!” 86 Have a ____ for 87 Good name, informally 89 Xenophobe’s fear, with “the” 90 Pro 91 Verb that’s homophone for a letter 92 Biography of the Venus de Milo? 96 One using a heater, say 99 Sound effects after some one-liners 103 Dramatic award 104 Pair of hearts? 107 Loudly project 109 Adidas competitor 110 & 112 Biography of Elvis? 114 With passion 115 Gate expectations, briefly? 116 Big dos 117 Quad/glute exercise 118 Wear away 119 Dramatic rebuttal 120 Poetic conjunction 121 Lets go of
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1 Picasso’s “____ Demoiselles d’avignon” 2 Some Antarctic samples 3 They create soft c’s and g ’s 4 Biography of Thomas Crapper? 5 Unvarying charge 6 Its national anthem is “Hatikvah”: Abbr. 7 Home to Bourbon St. 8 Showed allegiance, in a way 9 Some H.S. exams 10 “Yikes!” 11 Airport code for O’hare 12 Elvis Costello hit that starts “I’ve been on tenterhooks / Ending in dirty looks” 13 Biography of Willie Mays? 14 Cajun dish of shellfish over rice 15 Increases in price 16 Dress (up) 18 Prefix with present 20 Major Argentine export 24 Chihuahua’s sound 27 Big features of reality TV 30 Model T competitors 31 John Irving title character 32 Retreats 34 Like the signatures of outgoing people, it’s said 35 Altar exchange 38 Author Larsson 39 Fiery look 43 & 44 Biography of Walt Disney? 47 Star turn 49 Hitch together 52 Doesn’t go overboard? 54 “You may not have asked me, but …” 56 Certain green-energy producers 57 Part of a Vandyke, informally 58 Title characters of 1988’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” e.g. 59 Iron ____ 61 Kind of sheet 62 Tex-mex offering 63 High Times reader 64 Lovecraftian 65 Pointers 67 Inky stone 68 Between: Fr. 71 Wham! 73 Nonreactive 80 Alaska Airlines hub 82 Suffix with doctor 83 Montreal is part of it: Abbr. 84 State on the Atl. coast 85 Onetime 88 Like the phase ending after 12 90 Why parodies can’t be sued for copyright infringement 92 Classic 93 Corrigenda 94 Daniel Webster, notably 95 Artist with seven posthumous platinum albums 96 ____ distance 97 Detest Grandchild: Sp.no. 98 100 Like some flocks 101 Blush, e.g. 102 Seven ____ of Ancient Greece 105 Midwest capital, informally 106 Revenue alternative to subscriptions 107 Bosom buddy 108 Anglerfish’s light, e.g. 111 The Science Guy 113 Giant’s opposite