NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Stephen Mccarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is a PH.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm. He made this puzzle last September, about a month after moving. ‘‘I was homesick, and this was a way of connecting to my home,’’ he said. In his spare time, Mccarthy plays Ultimate Frisbee, sings in the Stockholm Gay Choir and makes and solves crosswords. This is his first published puzzle. — W.S. ACROSS
1 Writer who created
Oz
5 “Obviously,” in slang 10 First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
14 “. . . with possibly direr consequences”
17 ____ Berliner, pioneer in phonograph records
18 Lex Luthor, to
Superman
22 Raised
23 Bit of asparagus
24 Alternately
25 Lines up
26 Agitated
29 Pricey
30 M.L.B. team with a
big “W” in its logo 31 Rx order
32 “Revolution,” to
“Hey Jude”
34 Space-scanning
org.
35 It may be bitter
36 Like bees
37 Not ____ (mediocre) 39 Clear weeds, in
away
40 Part “missing ”
from p.s.i.
41 Mystery writer
Deighton
42 Words cried after
“Go”
46 Abbr. after a price
in a Craigslist ad 47 Lt.’s inferior 48 Decidedly
51 Québec’s ____ St.jean
52 Soft drink since
1905
54 Young hombre
56 Biblical verb
ending
57 Instruments for Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole 60 German auto since
1899
61 “That’ll teach you!” 62 Pigeon English?
63 Basketball
champions’ “trophy” 64 Gillette brand
65 Leader of the
house?
67 “Love is love,” e.g. 70 Pallid
71 Outlets, e.g.
73 Something that might lengthen a sentence?
74 Moneybags
75 High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components
76 Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily 81 Programming
pioneer Lovelace 82 Seasons in Québec 84 15th birthday
celebration
85 Tomtit is another
name for it 86 Talks up
88 Classical Icelandic
literary work
89 Title letters chanted in a 2011 Katy Perry hit
90 Oldsmobile Cutlass
model
91 Financial org. once deemed “too big to fail”
93 Newfoundland,
e.g.: Abbr.
94 Serpentine
swimmer
95 Root-beer brand 96 Veterans
100 Range within which you can answer question “Can you hear me now?”
104 Six-time winner of the N.H.L.’S Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan 108 “24” and “Suits” actress, born in Halifax
111 Princess who says “Why, you stuckup, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!”
112 Dish served on a
skewer
113 Congresswoman
Omar
114 Actress Lena
115 Suppliers of milk for
Roquefort cheese 116 Singer Mary J. ____ 117 Moves quickly and
lightly
118 Not only that 119 Rehearsal, e.g., in slang
120 Approvals
121 You can believe it 122 “Likewise”
DOWN
1 Pears with a sweetspiced flavor
2 Part of B.A.
3 Deploy
4 Alberta city named for an eaglefeather headdress 5 Like some birds or
dolls
6 Excite
7 Rank
8 Stops talking, with “up” 9 Mettle that may
merit a medal 10 Two-player game
invented in Toronto 11 Sardonic
12 ____ of Parliament 13 Stops talking, with
“up”
14 “Nice burn!”
15 Battle ____
16 Seasonal destination
near Quebec City 19 Program introduced by the Trudeau government in 1984, colloquially 20 Approximate weight
of Liberty Bell
21 Spots
27 Advocacy grp. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 28 Words at unveiling? 31 Cry after an award
is announced
33 Woman’s short
hairstyle
36 Portrayer of Senator Vinick on “The West Wing” 38 Level or bevel
43 Like some outlets 44 Desert planet of “Star
Wars”
45 Be batty, in a way?
49 Canuck, e.g., for short 50 Capital of Qatar
52 Like bells in carillons 53 Part of L.C.D.
54 Some salon supplies 55 Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City
58 Novel convenience? 59 Band whose 1999 hit “Smooth” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 66 Sleep stage
68 Overturns
69 “Very high,” on a firedanger scale
70 Iowa Cubs baseball
classification
72 Et ____ (footnote
abbr.)
74 Federal regulatory org. 77 Rose or lilac
78 “Where ____ go wrong?” 79 Novelist Gaiman
80 Pound sound
83 Thrown together
85 They might help with changing your locks
87 One with a phony personality?
90 Snake oil, purportedly
92 Passes
95 Central route thru town
96 Leers at
97 Frederick who composed “Camelot”
98 Helps a dishwasher, say
99 One source of oil
100 Cheer
101 Shout, informally
102 ____ Wars, conflicts of 1839-42 and 1856-60
103 It may be perfect or simple, but not both
105 Big elevator maker 106 $15/hour, e.g.
107 What most spiders have eight of
108 Hitchhiker’s need
109 International fashion magazine
110 Climb, as a rope