The new york times
ACROSS
1 Mess-hall patrons,
in brief
4 Theater backdrop 9 Stressful work? 13 Disorganized stack 17 Home-screen array 19 Port container 20 Clean hands,
so to speak
22 Spill (over)
23 Strict sales limit,
informally 24 Slow-cooked
entrees
25 Boos-y drink? 27 Olympic gymnast
Raisman
29 Charge (with) 30 Involves
31 Some kennel
personnel
34 Only U.S. coin that does not explicitly indicate how many cents it’s worth 35 Eschewed pork
and shellfish, say 37 Arena seating
sections
38 Perfume
ingredient
39 Civil wrong 40 Comedy character who once asked the U.N. secretary general if Disneyland was part of the U.N. 42 Org. whose initials are aptly hidden in “foreign satellite interception” 43 Really hurt 44 Orders more of
than necessary 48 Oktoberfest
purchase 49 “Clifford the Big
Red Dog” airer 52 “Gross!” 53 Excessively 54 Checkout unit 56 Eyeballs, e.g. 60 “Naw, no way!” 62 Hindu wedding adornment that’s said to get darker the more the newlyweds love each other 64 Lifesaving mission,
for short
66 Its panhandle abuts
British Columbia 67 Prudent
The Inside Scoop | Sid Sivakumar 69 Texas A&M athlete 4 Marine predator 70 One fast-tracked in often seen near
an interview pool shorelines
72 Like Loki 5 First Nations 73 Absolutely devour people
74 Fitting a little tight 6 Best Melodic ____ 75 Home to the Great Performance
Ziggurat of Ur (Grammy category) 77 Common jeans 7 “My concern is ... ”
feature 8 Variety used to 78 “Whoop-de-____” make Bordeaux 79 Subject of wine
1960s-’70s addiction 9 Dot on a die research 10 Musical artist Yoko 80 Purges 11 Joins those 82 Things that on the stage perceptive people 12 Counterparts might pick up of eves
86 Picture taker? 13 With 61-Down, 88 Sound in “Old like some gossip MacDonald ... as represented Had a Farm” phonetically 89 Windy part by each set of
of a kite? shaded squares? 90 The “A” of the ACT 14 Like a bathroom
UP organization directly connected 94 Thunderous sounds to a bedroom 95 Piece of info 15 Feigns
97 Body of water indignation
adjoining Korea Bay 16 Bug
100 ____-de-camp 18 Address
101 Proceeds 19 Barbecue-grill fill 103 Putting together 21 Camp bed
104 Hardly worth 26 Summer Olympics
mentioning host between
106 ID whose first London and Tokyo five digits are 28 Comics sound sometimes ignored when something 107 Keister is snatched
108 Flight segment 31 Clenched,
111 Demographic as teeth
group 32 Recordholder for 113 Tiny member most games played
of a swarm in the FIFA World 114 Big Ten school Cup (26) that plays home 33 Modern ____ football games at 36 Trains above
Beaver Stadium street level
115 Much like 38 Delivery that can’t 116 What hits the be returned
ground running? 41 “Well, don’t
117 Seat in the London wait out here!”
Stock Exchange? 43 Goals
118 At the earliest 45 Sun shield
chance 46 ____-conscious
119 They get high 47 Variety commonly
by the beach found in jellies
120 Airport screening and pies inits. 48 Wax figures? 49 Golf-tournament
division
50 President who campaigned on the slogan “Our best days still lie ahead”
DOWN
1 Winter housewarming option 2 “That’s my goal” 3 Powerlifter’s helper 51 Real pickle
55 So ... or a word
following “so”
57 Fit for a king
58 Sees red
59 Word before dating
or skating
61 See 13-Down 62 Dance at a luau 63 More open to
the elements 65 Lake-house
rental
67 Unnerves
68 Sea hawks
71 Lyft request 73 Lithium-____
battery
76 “Don’t ____ me ... ” 78 1994 single by Hole whose cover art depicts a miniature wedding dress and veil
81 Real-time PC
exchanges
83 Man, woman
and child, e.g. 84 Little lifter
85 Snore loudly
86 One dropping
amorous hints 87 Trigonometry
units
88 B-baller in Big D 91 “Am I mistaken?” 92 Turndowns
93 Hot herbal
brew
94 Place to pamper
pets that purr 95 Some rivers
have them 96 Variety that shares its name with a Mideast capital 98 Game with
big prizes
99 “I’m not working right now,” in email shorthand
101 Believer in Jah
102 Mushroom added
to ramen
105 Org. with the phone number 1-800-TAX-FORM 107 Cornmeal
cake
109 Info you might send someone when you’re running late 110 Liven (up)
112 Stashed
away