The New York Times Crossword
Michael Lieberman is an appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., on leave after the birth of his first child. About five years ago, he and his wife started solving the Sunday Times crossword together, first on paper, then on a tablet.
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1 Home for the Devil 6 Fairy-tale villain 10 Ballet-inspired fitness method 15 Web designer’s code 19 Dream interrupter, maybe 20 Pitcher Hershiser 21 They might dog a dog 22 “____ there!’’ 23 Prisoner accidentally causes a power outage? 26 Police unit, informally 27 “Hoo boy!’’ 28 “Your guess is as good as mine’’ 29 Small songbirds 30 In a manner of speaking 31 Kind 33 Year, in Brazil 34 Cherokee and Navajo 37 Southern university beefs up campus security? 42 Unlike bread on Passover 45 Pierce-Arrow competitor 46 Popular Hyundai 47 “O mio babbino caro,’’ e.g. 48 Key part: Abbr. 50 Keenness of judgment 53 Chinese zodiac animal 54 Fellow imposes a strict palm fruit regimen? 59 Something that can be tried or cracked 60 Dead giveaway? 61 Put away some groceries? 62 ____ school 63 Convenient transport through urban traffic 64 Go bad 65 One seeing things with a critical eye? 67 ____ cannon (sci-fi weapon) 68 Good spice to add to guacamole (try it!) 71 Wizard of ____ (nickname for a good massage therapist) 72 U.F.C. fighting style 73 Heretics flout them 77 Early Ron Howard role 78 Actress de Armas writes “Mr. Gas’’ and “Ms. Rag’’? 82 World’s best-selling musical artists of 2020 83 Target of a pop-up blocker 84 Financial planning option, for short 85 Like the verse “Roses are red, violets are blue ... ,’’ in brief 86 Body of water that’s home to the world’s largest marine reserve 88 The Cougars of the N.C.A.A. 91 New York has 28 of them 94 Smartphone advises on poker bets? 98 High-hat attitude 99 “Told you so’’ 100 Off-road ride, for short 101 Org. whose plans are up in the air? 104 Georgia-based insurance giant 106 Unnamed somebody 109 Ones making you duck down? 111 Kinks song that Weird Al Yankovic parodied as “Yoda’’ 112 Doctor acquires antibiotics? 115 A short one by Ogden Nash reads “Parsley/is gharsley’’ 116 Macabre illustrator Edward 117 One kind of plastic 118 Indian wedding adornment 119 Even ____ 120 Connecticut-based insurance giant 121 Break 122 Work from Roxane Gay or Jia Tolentino
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1 Snacks from some trucks 2 Honolulu’s ____ Stadium 3 Sought feedback from 4 Willy, in “Free Willy’’ 5 Telecom with a pink logo 6 Reaction to a stomach punch 7 Chow 8 Add new caulking to 9 Roosevelt credited with saying “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent’’ 10 Closest of pals, for short 11 Hillary Clinton vis-à-vis Wellesley College 12 Move to a new table, maybe 13 Hip-hop duo ____ Sremmurd 14 What “...’’ may represent 15 José Martí, by birth 16 Social media pic designed to attract sexual attention 17 False 18 Some strong solutions 24 DuPont patent of 1938 25 Skip it 29 Boston airport 32 Work in the kitchen? 35 Abounded (with) 36 St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent 37 Saint on the big screen 38 Pulitzer winner ____ St. Vincent Millay 39 Spur 40 Shake an Etch A Sketch, e.g. 41 Full 42 How kids might describe dad jokes 43 Important stretches 44 “____ Too Proud’’ (hit musical about the Temptations) 49 Visits overnight 51 Ingredient in a Negroni 52 Sporty trucks, in brief 55 Lots 56 Lets hit it! 57 What “...’’ may represent 58 ____ March 59 Word that appears with confetti when texted on an iPhone 63 Big name in synthesizers 65 Cardamom-spiced brew 66 !!! 67 They may be checked at the door 68 Yoga pose with an arched back 69 “High-five!’’ 70 Like fuchsia and turquoise 71 Actor Aziz 74 Spanish hand 75 Spanish love 76 Application figs. 78 Practiced 79 Birds’ bills 80 What an integral can be used to calculate 81 One of the Obamas 83 Jellied garnish 87 Low bows 89 Kind of question 90 Old wheels 92 ____ Park, Colo. 93 Raw deal from a restaurant? 95 Categorize 96 “There’s no one on me!’’ 97 Document with two accents 101 Water clover and adder’stongue 102 Fight setting 103 Purity test 104 Popular dog 105-Down 105 See 104-Down 107 Daughter of Ned Stark on “Game of Thrones’’ 108 Smelt things? 110 Payment often made around January 1 112 Tour grp. 113 Little eggs 114 Business-card abbr.