New York Times Crossword Puzzle
TODDLER TALK
ACROSS
1 Unloading point
5 Trait for a ballerina 10 ‘‘Wanna hear a secret?’’
preceder
14 Not much
18 The ‘‘O’’ of OWN 20 Portrayer of Captain
Davies in ‘‘Roots’’ 21 Bind with rope 22 Abacus column 23 Helpful
24 Accept payment from
Batman? 27 Eponymous Irish city 29 ____ pickle 30 Counterparts of faunas 31 Cause for celebration at a pachyderm sanctuary?
36 ____ lecithin
(chocolate additive) 37 What most pens can’t
do
38 Jane portrayer in 1981’s
‘‘Tarzan, the Ape Man’’ 41 Worry about, informally 45 Flip (out)
46 Rock band that you might think would always be an opening act, with ‘‘the’’? 48 Ex-Giants QB Manning 49 Finish scooping out a
big stir-fry?
54 Signal approval 55 Inexplicably missing,
say
56 Brontë who wrote
‘‘Agnes Grey’’
57 Target of permethrin
cream
58 Not very convincing 60 Highly skilled
61 Rare race outcome 63 Unimaginative
birthday gift
64 Is stertorous 65 Puritan’s goal in
17th-century Salem? 69 Changes topics in a
debate, perhaps 73 Scrapes (out)
74 The Rose Bowl, e.g. 79 Czar who co-ruled
with Peter I
80 Goes head to head 81 Indiana athlete 83 Sunburn soother 84 Specialist publication,
for short 85 Monopolize 86 Something a Parmesan
vendor might offer? 89 Unflappable state of
mind
90 Baron Cohen of film 92 One of all fours? 93 Container words 94 2019 film whose title
means ‘‘to the stars’’ 96 A dance and a dip 98 Cartoondom’s
Olive ____ 100 What a stoner actor smoked during rehearsal?
107 Beginning and end of
‘‘America’’
109 ‘‘Ha-ha!’’
110 Noise heard during
the London Blitz
111 Domain for Jameson
and Maker’s Mark? 116 Curl target, informally 117 Manual alternative 118 Soul singer Bridges 119 Bank investment? 120 Spanish dagger or Adam’s needle is a variety of it
121 New York football
team, informally 122 Apt rhyme for ‘‘crude’’
and ‘‘rude’’
123 It may need to be
broken to move
124 Lucretia ____, abolitionist and women’s rights advocate
DOWN
1 Childbirth assistant 2 Choose to participate 3 Concern for Superman 4 Superman’s birth name 5 Like many a teenage
boy’s facial hair
6 First Asian tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in singles
7 Press
8 Bishop’s jurisdiction 9 Long period
10 Like some evidence
and bulbs
11 Doctor’s order
12 I.R.S. ID
13 Live broadcast no-no 14 In
15 One creating draft after
draft?
16 Andean empire member 17 Some clicks of the
tongue
19 Slice of toast?
25 Comes out ahead 26 Dolts
28 Market launch, for short 32 Amphibians that may
have toxic skin 33 Clichéd
34 Shakespeare villain with more lines than the title character 35 Kindle download 39 Skip the big ceremony,
say
40 They’re found around
Scots
41 Bony fish with prized
eggs
42 ‘‘Bottled poetry,’’ according to Robert Louis Stevenson 43 Active Sicilian volcano 44 Filled with wonder 47 Without concrete
evidence
50 ‘‘Ad Parnassum’’ and
‘‘Fish Magic,’’ for two 51 Metaphor for a shared
experience
52 Be more important than 53 Exaggerated kiss sound 55 Fuss
59 Legal title: Abbr.
60 He wrote lyrics to ‘‘My
Way’’ for Sinatra 62 Channel with a lot of house renovation shows
63 Keeps in the loop, in
a way
64 Give a start 66 Prez with a rhyming
campaign slogan 67 Lab work
68 Cause of some brain
freeze
69 It comes in California
and New York styles 70 Covered in vines 71 Celebrity who holds the Guinness world record for ‘‘Most Frequent Clapper’’ 72 Half and half? 75 Gallivants
76 On the safe side 77 Ancient kingdom in
modern-day Jordan 78 Elusive, in a way 80 Words to learn, briefly 81 In itself: Lat.
82 ‘‘Oh, come on!’’ 85 Aggressive pitch 87 Physically fit
88 Rock song?
90 Big cut of tuna
91 Fill with wonder 95 Attaches, as a button 97 Some shop tools 98 ‘‘Now it makes sense!’’ 99 ‘‘____ So Bad’’ (Tom
Petty song)
101 Flying ____ drop (pro
wrestling move) 102 Shocks, in a way 103 Hip bone
104 Classic brand of wafers 105 Upright
106 The Apostle of
Ireland, familiarly 107 It might come in a
branded tote bag 108 Buddy
112 ‘‘____-haw!’’
113 Laid up
114 Formerly called
115 Perón of politics