New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Crawling marine mollusk 8 Victorious cry
14 At first, say
20 So-called “Crossroads of America”
21 Wife in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is the Night” 22 Uprights, e.g.
23 Low end?
25 What sunblock
blocks, briefly 26 Rushes
27 Hangout on
“The Simpsons”
28 One of two for a buck? 30 Somewhat, slangily 32 Go astray
33 Part of town
that may be dangerous 35 Tater ____ 38 Extraterrestrial from the planet Melmac
40 Emphatic ending
with yes or no 42 Bulging bicep, in slang 43 Raise
44 Wet
48 Agreement for exporting essential oils?
51 Raggedy ____
52 Around an hour after
noon
54 Spend all weekend solving crosswords, say, with “out” 55 Dummkopfs 56 Movie-rating org. 58 Semi-essential part? 59 Driver of "BlacKkKlansman”
61 Most pallid
63 Exercise program
done in formal attire? 66 Horse operas
68 Top squads 69 Sports-page listings 71 Avoid cooked foods 75 Beyond prim and
proper
77 Sturdily built
friend on “Friends”? 79 Relative of a flute 82 Statement
often starting “I ...” 84 Egg head?
85 Train transportation 86 “Baby Blues” or “Rhymes With Orange”
87 PC key
89 Rita who played Anita
in “West Side Story” 92 Setting for many
Twins games: Abbr. 93 Spotted animal with a lot of sore spots?
96 Squirrels away
98 “What ____?” 99 Maestro’s gift
100 ____ Rousey, first female fighter inducted into the U.F.C. Hall of Fame
102 Animal in un
zoológico
103 First letter of “tsar” in Russian
104 Father of the Constitution
106 PC key
108 Extended family
112 Utterly useless
113 Totally abandon one’s plan
114 Letter-shaped fastener 115 Laugh riot
118 Cause of a work stoppage at a shoe factory?
123 Tropical scurrier 124 Put on a pedestal 125 Charm
126 A cobbler might use one
127 Expunge
128 Word before shot or plot
DOWN
1 Some turban wearers 2 Film composer
Morricone
3 Doe follower, in song 4 Breaks along the Panama
Canal?
5 “Well, ____-di-dah!” 6 Commercial
prefix with lever 7 “That’s so-o-o gross!”
8 Is a willing participant? 9 Runs out of gas
10 Here, to Henri 11 Underworld boss
12 Troy story
13 Joan of Arc, at
the time of her death 14 Fit for a king
15 Skin care brand
16 Attorney general under both Bush 41 and Trump
17 Santa ____ winds 18 ____ sauce
19 Symbol on a Mariners
cap
24 ____ d’oeuvre
29 Slangy affirmation 31 Rare solo voice in opera 33 Arthur with a Tony 34 UnitedHealthcare
competitor 35 Back-comb
36 Multi-time Pulitzer finalist, including for the volume “Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories” (2014) 37 Meet on the down-low 39 Confines
41 Fixes up, in a way 43 Circuit-board
component 44 Fearsome snake 45 Stoned
46 Dumbstruck 47 Undiluted
49 Like Easter Island 50 Full of enthusiasm 53 Construction girders 57 Not without sacrifice 60 Call into question 62 Permeate
64 Shout from
a lottery winner 65 Kid-lit character with the catchphrase “Thanks for noticing me”
67 In regard to
70 Big name in
2008 financial news 72 Jurisdiction
73 Stomach 74 Painful paintball
mementos
76 Rapid movement of the eye from one point to another 78 Surrealist Tanguy 79 Groups in the
quarterfinals, e.g. 80 Loses enthusiasm 81 Elicit a smile from 83 Last Oldsmobile
ever produced
88 Sent
90 Pearl clutcher’s cry 91 Bit of brewing
equipment
94 “Sure thing, dude!” 95 Boatload
97 Untangle
101 “In your dreams!” 104 2016 film set in
Polynesia
105 Reckon, informally 107 Section of a
high school yearbook 109 Native Alaskan
110 Popular corn chip
111 What radio signals travel through, with “the”
112 Spring’s opposite
113 Nongreen salad
ingredient
115 Merest taste
116 Part of a
sci-fi film’s budget 117 French way
119 The Braves, on
scoreboards
120 One of many extras
in air travel nowadays 121 A little fun?
122 Letters on some
luggage to New York