N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
Across
1 Wildfire season
stat, for short 4 Title feline in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon
10 Act impartially 16 Capital of
Peru?
19 Hebrew letter on
a dreidel 20 Communities for some commuters 21 Gridiron
standout 22 Article in El
Mundo
23 Taylor Swift’s “____ the Damn Season” 24 Spanish wine
classification 25 Produce in
bunches 26 Trojans’ sch. 27 Big shows 29 Grassy area 30 Parliament
member 31 TikTok alternative, familiarly 33 Neologism 35 Family feud
participant 39 Brainstorming
aid
41 “Really, you
too?” 42 Nutrition fig. 44 Word said four times in the Lord’s Prayer 45 Each
46 Page in a passport, perhaps 47 Machine-shop
tools
48 Actor Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” 49 Longtime
newswire inits.
50 When repeated, reply to “Who wants a cookie?” 51 Woman in
Camelot 52 “Green” 53 Italian wheels 54 SCOTUS
appointee of ‘93 55 Since
57 Home of Umm al Quwain: Abbr.
58 Gent
60 Crashed and
burned
62 Cat scratchers 64 Draws
65 Heavy lifter? 66 Words in an
analogy 67 French vineyard
region
70 “The highest result of education,” according to Helen Keller 73 Sheep shelters 77 Excited jackpot
cry
79 Goofy image,
maybe 80 Forewarned 82 Base of a
nonmeat burger 83 “____ I a
Woman?” 84 Stumbling
sounds
85 Look at quickly
... or closely 86 Many a fed.
holiday
87 Thrilla in Manila result, in brief
88 Does some
massaging 90 Least inviting 92 Fade out
93 Like many consigned goods
95 Part of the fam 96 When repeated, slangy sound of eating
97 Makes some
alterations to 99 Sound like a real
jackass
100 Org. with a Canine Good Citizen certification
101 ____ Eisley, where Luke Skywalker meets Han Solo
103 “Tarnation!” 105 Serenades, as the
moon
107 Audibly
gobsmacked 111 Spot for a
bowler
114 “Thanks ____” 115 Strings entered
during checkout 118 Magic word 119 Classic children’s book character eating its way through this puzzle, with “the” 122 Choice words 123 And others, in Latin
124 Sold products on behalf of 125 Grp. that measures 1-Across 126 Place to crash while camping 127 Brother of Eos and Selene 128 Navarra’s land 129 Harden
Down
1 Go before 2 Idealistic, and
then some 3 Notwithstanding 4 Actress Thompson of “Thor: Love and Thunder”
5 Big name in
spatulas
6 Tricked
somebody
7 First Nations
group
8 Middle name of James Garfield
9 Govt. agency established in November 2001
10 Clutch, for one 11 Jetson son 12 Gemologist’s
consideration 13 Civil engineering or molecular biology 14 Pique
15 Riveting icon
16 ±
17 “1984” superstate 18 Feature of an action comedy 28 Heavy load 32 Place for a pew 34 Merely cosmetic feature of some electric vehicles 36 Time to stop trying? 37 Server at a royal table, once 38 Tasting the forbidden fruit 40 Slobbers 43 What makes her hear? 45 Italian novelist Pera 53 Singer with the 2001 No. 1 hit “Fallin’?” 56 What makes an avocado rich 59 Kind of jacket inspired by a school’s uniform
60 Femur-tibia connector, for short
61 What “puppy paws” equal, in craps 63 “Hurray!” 67 Drops in
midair 68 Member of a
furry race 69 “Go ahead. I’m
not scared” 71 Focused,
workwise 72 ____ de’ Medici, who founded the Medici dynasty 74 Subjects of some gradeschool posters 75 Paul Krugman’s
subj.
76 Thrill
78 Air force? 81 Poet who wrote “The Cow” and “The Panther”
89 “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” actor
91 Fruity desserts 94 Brackish 98 Certain subway
art
99 Slow dance with
quick turns 100 Keyless
102 Tibetic language 104 Difficult situation 105 State of mayhem 106 Sharp
108 “La Maja Desnuda” and others
109 Anti-apartheid
org.
110 Near miss 112 Rocky Mountain
town
113 Assayer’s unit 116 Wrinkly fruit 117 “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” actor
120 Little chuckle 121 Gilbert and
Sullivan princess