New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Sandwich with an
apostrophe in its name
6 Last-minute eBay bidders
13 ____ Speaker
18 Family written about
by Margaret Mitchell 20 Laureate
21 California city whose name translates to “the table”
22 Concise and to the point
23 Improvement
24 Desirous
25 Word with coin or ring
26 Enclosure for a slush pile, for short
28 Salsa and guacamole
30 Foe of the Jedi
31 Boor
32 This puzzle’s subjects, by another name
36 Beats by ____ (audio brand)
37 For now
41 One of 24
42 Group running a celeb’s social media accounts, say
46 “My ____”
47 Fragrant item in a
fireplace
49 Doorway
50 What violence might
lead to
52 Political figure on whom Snowball is based in “Animal Farm”
54 Hitting close to home?
57 Pattern on a barber pole 61 Shade
62 Word before rip or slip
63 F.D.R.’s last veep 66 Boatload
67 Youngest animal in the Hundred Acre Wood 68 Daily cable show that has covered Hollywood since 1991
71 Part of a parade float
on New Year’s Day
74 Send over the moon
76 Duties imposed
78 Airer of “Arrow” and “iZombie”
79 Party notifications
sent with a click
81 Members of un monastère
82 “Well, golly!” 84 Maximally mannered
85 “None for me, thanks”
87 Brain, slangily
89 Cry just before the birthday guest arrives at a surprise party
92 Juniors, to their fathers 96 Tingling, in a way
100 Tousles, as hair
103 Muscat native
104 Bog growths
107 Bit of off-road equipment
108 Where Orange County is, in brief
109 Something with many variables to consider
110 Chow down on, biblically
112 Judea and Sheba, in the Bible
114 Warehouse stacks
118 Relating to theft on the high seas
122 Some South Africans
127 French schoolteacher
128 Chord known as “the devil in music” on account of its unsettling sound
129 Title role played by Hilary Swank in a 2009 biopic
130 “Alas ...”
131 Good thing to find on a boat
132 Agreeable response to a parental order
DOWN
1 Can opener
2 Company that introduced
Etch A Sketch
3 Takes the plate in place of
4 World of Warcraft enemies
5 “Boo-____!”
6 “Quiet, you!”
7 Admonishment before
Christmas morning
8 Dutch banking giant
9 “____ supuesto!” (Spanish
“Of course!”)
10 Presidential time
11 Contributors to “the front
page of the internet”
12 Welcome, as a guest
13 ____ tai
14 Tsps. or tbsps.
15 George W. Bush’s nickname for himself, with “the”
16 Where to set
your butts down
17 Pandemonium
19 ____ admin
21 Retro-cool music purchases
27 Producer of bills
29 When repeated, “Cheerio!”
33 The Jets, but not the Giants
34 Lead-in to long
35 Drink with a straw 38 Hatcher of “Lois & Clark”
39 Lawman at the O.K. Corral
40 In the slightest
43 What amber comes from
44 Cleaning up the mess,
for short?
45 Texter’s “ciao”
47 Certain bean or horse
48 “____ run!”
51 Levels
53 Provocative poster
54 Keeper of the books?
55 One who fixes flats?
56 One of Chaucer’s
pilgrims
58 Hot under the collar
59 Things students take
60 “Whither thou ____ …”
63 Mischievous titter
64 Erupt
65 Fortune 500 category, informally
69 Most sinewy
70 Florist’s cutting
72 Weather phenomenon whose double lights were said to represent this puzzle’s subjects
73 Baseball double play, in slang … or a hint to understanding the 12 Across answers that have circles
74 Like a “mwa-ha-ha” laugh 75 Freedom
77 Abbr. on a keyboard key
80 Derrière
82 India’s smallest state
83 Orange Sesame Street monster
86 It’s a start
88 Founder of the
Ottoman Empire
89 “That’s odd …”
90 Chits inits.
91 Wet firecracker, e.g.
93 Genre akin to goth
94 ____ fly
95 Finish of three U.S. state names
97 Flash-drive port
98 The big eau
99 Org. that began welcoming girls in 2019
101 California’s ____ National Forest
102 Wiped
105 Seasoning in a yellow-and-blue tin 106 Disgusting, quaintly
111 Picks, with “for”
113 Near impossibilities on par-5 holes
114 Fig. watched by some dieters
115 Bit in a feedbag
116 Some fraternity-row letters
117 G.R.E. administrator
119 Coastal inlet
120 “The pond”: Abbr.
121 Here’s the kicker!
123 Marks out
124 Its seeds whirl to the ground
125 Hit 2011 animated movie 126 Pusher of green eggs and ham