New York Times Crossword
INSTRUCTIONS:
The center of this puzzle represents a 70-Down/55-Down, in which you can achieve a 122-Across by moving the 25-Across. ACROSS
1 Cleaning product in a dangerous 2010s viral internet challenge 8 “Home” in a classic song 16 Jack of children’s rhyme 21 “Agreed” 22 Escapes, as molasses 23 Irregularly notched, as a leaf 24 Protein found in hair and hooves
25 See instructions
27 Watson’s creator 28 Pain for a tiler, maybe 30 Yearbook 31 Side represented by 34 Adams and Elgort 35 Doctor’s order 37 Dorothy’s caretaker in “The Wizard of Oz” 40 Irritate 41 Irritable 42 Verify the addition of 43 Nabisco product with an exclamation point in its name 49 That guy’s
50 Ill repute, to a Brit 52 Santa ____ winds 55 Some ovations 60 Become attentive 61 Succeeds 65 Cowboy flick 66 Eve’s counterpart 67 What a plant may exude 69 Freak out 71 Treasure 72 When doubled, a Thor Heyerdahl book 73 Mother ____ 74 [Grumble, grumble]
75 Pith holders 76 Set aside for now 78 Score elements: Abbr. 79 Digital message 80 Old gold coin 81 Map of Hawaii or Alaska, often 82 1974 Gould/ Sutherland CIA spoof 83 Lushes 84 Deteriorate with age
86 Cut into bits 88 Prevents, legally 89 Letters near an X-ray machine 90 People native to Tennessee and the Carolinas 92 “While I have you ...,” in a text 95 Classic 1922 film subtitled “A Symphony of Horror” 98 Brown-headed nest appropriator 104 “Fighting” college team 107 Maker of pens and lighters 108 Sheer fabric 109 First commercial film shown in stereophonic sound 111 Key of Bizet’s first symphony 116 Side represented by O
117 87 is a common one 118 Conspicuous 121 Yuletide contraction
122 See instructions
125 Arrests 128 Outpost for an osprey
129 No longer needed for questioning 130 Senator Tammy Duckworth or former Senator Max Cleland 131 Symbol of directness 132 Arrived at, as an answer
133 Swollen area DOWN 1 Hangout often near a pool 2 Glacial hue 3 Like Mount Kilimanjaro 4 Doe in “Bambi” 5 Polling fig. 6 French acceptances 7 Title 1962 film villain 8 Valentine heart, e.g. 9 Urban cacophony 10 Slate, e.g. 11 Touch up, as styled hair 12 Some airborne particulates 13 What dashes may represent in internet searches 14 Kind of reaction 15 Ike’s WWII command 16 Veto on movie night
17 Figure in many a fairy tale 18 Mischievous 19 One-named singer with the 2002 No. 1 hit “Foolish” 20 Some cuppas 26 No longer edible 29 Computing acronym 32 Silicon Valley start-up VIP 33 Baby fox 35 Unexceptional 36 Prefix with planet 38 St. Louis’ ____ Bridge, the oldest span over the Mississippi 39 Biblical high priest 40 The “u” spelling of 50-Across, e.g.: Abbr. 43 Figures in the Sistine Chapel 44 Part of Africa or an orchestra 45 Your signature might be in this 46 Came down hard 47 Terrific 48 Chatter
51 City that hosted the 1974 World’s Fair
53 Rare beneficiaries of royal succession 54 Together 55 See instructions 56 Dating-app distance metric
57 Stat 58 Lush 59 Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon
61 Enter incorrectly 62 Jawbone of ____ (biblical weapon)
63 How early Beatles songs were recorded
64 Best 66 Suffix on many an infomercial product’s name
68 Self-inflicted ritual death of a samurai
70 See instructions 73 Leash 77 Dulce de ____ (confection) 82 Notice
85 ____ Luis Obispo 87 One of 24 in un giorno 88 Those: Sp. 90 Banned aerosol propellant, for short 91 Green: Prefix 92 Like some lenses 93 Wrong pipe, so to speak 94 Spends December through March (in)
96 Bit of judo attire 97 One-named singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier” 99 Indianapolis-toSt. Louis dir. 100 “Phooey!” 101 Ape
102 Calls it quits 103 Boutique stock 105 Barbie’s younger sister
106 Long (for) 108 Part of an M.A. program application 110 Religious sch. 111 Called out 112 Any of the Apennines
113 In ____ (grumpy) 114 War hawk 115 Situation after a leadoff single 118 Ball ____
119 Big org. in Saturday-afternoon TV 120 “Indiana Jones” setting
123 Half of a 1955 union merger 124 Singer’s syllable 126 They’ll sound sped up at
45 rpm 127 French director Besson