New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Marvel at 7 L.G.B.T.-aligned advocacy group since 1987
12 Occasion to get all
gussied up
19 Stroke of good fortune 21 Newswoman Sawyer 22 ‘‘You ain’t lyin’!’’
23 What the Old English
called ‘‘Winterfylleth’’ 24 To a cosmetician:
‘‘You’re …’’
26 Home to Antilia, the world’s most valuable private residence (27 floors, $2.2 billion) 28 Is
29 Kind of clef
30 To a produce vendor near closing time: ‘‘You’re …’’
34 The ‘‘B’’ in GB 35 Fisherman’s ____ (San
Francisco attraction) 36 Utter nonsense
37 Eyes: Sp.
39 Feature of a batter that
needs more whisking 40 Wong of stand-up
comedy
41 Drive (away) 42 Laughing matter? 45 Palindromic rulers
47 To a bad free throw
shooter: ‘‘You’re …’’ 52 All ____
54 Ruin, as plans
55 Crowd noise
56 Blubbers
60 The dove’s-foot crane’s-bill, for instance
62 Big seller of animal
supplies
63 To a temp worker:
‘‘You’re …’’
65 To a rude driver:
‘‘You’re …’’
68 Architect Frank
69 Sci-fi classic featuring
the Three Laws 71 Taylor Swift’s first No. 1
country hit, 2007 72 Things stuck in clogs 73 Itching to eat and irritable about it, in slang
75 [Leave it]
76 With 98-Across, to an aspiring entrepreneur: ‘‘You’re …’’ 80 Friendship
85 Vim
86 Parts of Twitter profiles 87 Clicking sound?
88 All over hell’s half ____
(everywhere)
89 Item on a president’s
lapel
90 Placing a call
94 Fishing basket
95 Apt anagram of MY
CAR
98 See 76-Across
10 0Native speakers of
Chiwere 10 1Declined
103 Sips
104 To anyone who wasn’t addressed above: ‘‘You’re …’’
107 Vegan latte option 111 Kings and queens,
maybe
112 Large chunk of one’s
final grade, often 113 Aspen or Alta
114 It’s against the rule 115 Move like a peacock 116 Big name in nonprofit
journalism
DOWN
1 Adele’s ‘‘Million Years
____’’
2 Medic
3 Spring hrs. in Colorado
Springs
4 Organism that structurally resembles another organism 5 Brush off
6 ‘‘Never interrupt your ____ when he’s making a mistake’’ (old aphorism) 7 Four-star figures 8 Valerie Plame’s org. in
2003’s Plame affair 9 Go up against
10 Sui generis 11 Destitution
12 Code edited by a
webmaster
13 Many end in ‘‘-ite’’
14 Ice cream purchase 15 ‘‘Expect ____’’ (road
sign)
16 Warranting an ‘‘X,’’ say 17 Something to do with
your buds?
18 Social climate 20 Physician who co-founded A.A., familiarly 25 Traipse (about)
27 How some like their
café
30 Creatures that can have asymmetrical ears, which aid in hunting 31 ‘‘Nah’’
32 Author Janowitz of
literature’s ‘‘brat pack’’ 33 Pinot ____
34 Cutesy sound
accompanying a poke 37 Greeting when running into someone unexpectedly
38 Book before Amos 41 Texas county on the
Mexican border 42 Italian painter known
for his frescoes 43 Pain-relief brand 44 How some like their
coffee
46 Floor
47 One of two on the
Titanic
48 ‘‘Who wants this?’’
response
49 Makeover result, maybe 50 Word stylized with extra R’s on some cereal boxes
51 Some froyo bar toppings 53 ____ polloi
56 Circus venue
57 A ball and a strike, in a
baseball count 58 Useful
59 Toy rocker, in tot-speak 60 Give up
61 What might be ‘‘love’’ or ‘‘lesbian’’ in a TV show title
62 Lead-in to potty
64 El ____ (weather
phenomena)
66 It’s not a lot to jot 67 Third of seven
columns: Abbr. 70 ____ hair 73 Earliest-known Chinese dynasty (dating back to 2000 B.C.) 74 Eagerly excited
75 Villain in 1998’s
‘‘Mulan’’
77 With adroitness 78 División de la casa 79 Like 0.5-millimeter lead, among popular mechanical pencil options 81 Good-looking guy? 82 Cold treat
83 Diagram of
relationships
84 App with a
Reservations feature 89 Newspaper articles and mentions on social media, in brief 90 Ducks
91 ‘‘My turn’’
92 Electrically balanced, in
chemistry 93 Sandwiches on pita
bread
94 Pool-chalk target 95 ____ Brava, Spain 96 Georgia’s capital,
informally
97 Jason who played Khal Drogo on ‘‘Game of Thrones’’
98 The Reds, on
scoreboards
99 2020 U.S. Open tennis
champ Naomi
101 ____ Tzu (dog breed) 102 Like sponge cakes 105 Middle of a certain
three-in-a-row
106 Lone Star State sch. 108 Wrath
109 Man’s nickname that omits the ‘‘is’’ at the end
110 ____ in kangaroo