The New York Times Crossword
IT’S ALL ON THE TABLE By Greg Slovacek / Edited by Will Shortz
Greg Slovacek is a software engineer from San Francisco. This is his first published crossword.
A note on Texas hold’em: Players seek to combine up to two of the cards they hold with cards laid out on the table to make the best possible five-card poker hand.
ACROSS
1 Italian almond-flavored cookies
9 Highland boating spot 13 Thick slices
18 Local at St. Mark’s Square 19 Put right
21 Bridal path
22 Plant with clusters of tiny white flowers
23 Come forth
24 Do OK, academically 25 Instinctive
26 Source of the phrase “Look before you leap’’ 28 Opportunity for making professional connections 30 Little cells
31 Traditional Easter entree 33 MGM rival, once
34 Part of a sword
35 Hurriedly
38 More versed in esoterica, maybe
41 Reason one might not go out for a long time? 43 “Forbidden’’ fragrance 46 Biblical verb with thou
47 One after the other
50 Model Banks
52 Bhutanese bovines 53 Fire-resistant tree
57 Fruit also called blackthorn 58 Works as a mixologist
60 Raid and plunder
62 Taken (with)
65 Waterworks, e.g.: Abbr.
66 Zip
69 Put on the map, say
71 Control element in medical trials
73 Anger
75 Do some hemming, but not hawing
76 Zip
78 Waters of the world, figuratively
80 From Serbia or Croatia, say 81 Anne Hathaway’s role in 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland’’
83 Actress Perlman of “Cheers’’
85 Uses a ride-ordering service
86 Public discussion venues 88 1975 Wimbledon winner 90 Daybreaks
92 Roulette bets with nearly 1:1 odds
94 Old imperial title
96 Steve Martin, Tina Fey and Drew Barrymore, all more than five times 101 Fraser of 1999’s “The Mummy’’
103 Groups within groups
106 100 percent
107 Part of U.S.D.A.: Abbr. 108 Original first name of Mickey Mouse
111 It can have a French or pistol grip
112 What can keep a bubble from bursting
115 Trumpeter Armstrong
119 F.D.R. initiative for workers’ rights
120 Sci-fi author Asimov 121 “That’s cool, man’’
123 Some loungewear
126 “Whole ____ Love’’ (Led Zeppelin hit)
127 Artifacts
128 Held in high regard 129 Scornful look
130 Philosopher Descartes
131 1998 Matt Damon film featuring this puzzle’s game
DOWN
1 Pop culture sister site of The Onion
2 “I’m back’’
3 Flowers like marigolds and petunias
4 Takes on, as a tenant 5 French summer
6 “____ consummation/ Devoutly to be wish’d’’: Hamlet
7 Yarn
8 Aplenty
9 Apollo vehicle, for short 10 Legislative vacancy 11 Insertion mark
12 Like a geocentric orbit in which the orbital period is more than 24 hours
13 Wise
14 Actor Schreiber
15 Footnote indicator
16 They might be down for a nap
17 Economy part
19 Some tow jobs, for short 20 Aired again
27 Hour, in Italy
29 Resort chain since 1950 30 Tuna type
32 QB stat: Abbr.
35 The Tabard in “The Canterbury Tales,’’ e.g. 36 They’re picked by the picky 37 Schleps
39 123-Across’s holding that wins this puzzle’s game 40 Letter starter
42 Indicator on a clock ... or one of four in this puzzle? 44 How words may be recited 45 Language in which “khoobsurat’’ means “beautiful’’
48 Frolic
49 “America’’ singer, 1981 51 Noted sparkling wine region 53 Some gear for a gig
54 Register ring-up
55 Fore, for the H.M.S.
Pinafore
56 Consume
59 Recycling receptacles
61 Site of a counter offer? 63 Literature, theater, filmmaking and others
64 Rave attendees, for example
66 ____ the way
67 Title meaning
“commander’’
68 Benching targets, informally
70 Statistics, e.g.
72 Home of Iolani Palace
74 Place to wear goggles 77 Cardinal point?
79 Good judgment
81 Small songbird
82 Fireplaces
84 Em or Bee, e.g.
86 Missouri site of 2014 civil rights protests 87 Think too highly of 89 Entering gingerly 91 Counterpart of “Thx’’ 93 Humphrey Bogart role 95 Common component of a tiki-bar cocktail
97 Honest and caring
98 Diana Ross, once
99 One picking up the tab 100 Spot
101 “Purple’’ and “Thai’’ herbs 102 Polite refusal
104 Big swigs
105 Sign of a full house 109 Public-transit customer 110 Patterned fabric
113 Kismet
114 Place to dine on a train 116 Account creator, maybe 117 “____ Excited’’ (Pointer Sisters song)
118 Yearly January speech to Congress: Abbr.
122 Chill
124 Give new hope to
125 1960s campus activist grp.