IF I WERE YOU...

ACROSS

1 Begin 6 Commercial aunt since

1889

12 Prep to find

fingerprints 16 Checkup sounds 19 Deduce

20 Rabid supporters 21 Steel head?

23 Land O’Lakes and

Breakstone’s? 25 Part of the SkyTeam

Alliance

26 With severity

27 The only way to get

respect, so they say 29 Kind of torch 30 Commies 31 Ministering? 35 Giant in direct sales 37 Pro or con 38 Vientiane native 39 Stag’s mate 40 Laundry unit 41 “Inside the N.B.A.” analyst beginning in 2011 43 Wunderkinds, say 47 “Damn, I can’t seem to get a ball into fair territory!”? 53 Fabrication 54 Chicago airport code 55 Wide divide

56 Lose an all-in hand, say

57 Vitriol 58 Aziz of “Master of None”

60 Most susceptible to sunburn 61 Biblioklept’s targets 62 Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia? 67 Musical closings 70 Easy buckets 71 Tiny, multitentacled

creatures 75 Operating system

since the early ’70s 76 Mother ____ 77 “Robinson Crusoe” author

80 Fútbol stadium cry 81 Ingredient in a Cuba

libre 82 Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you? 85 Novel endings, maybe 87 Informal assertion of

authority 88 Indigo source 89 Part of NGO 90 Orders

93 “Feed me!,” maybe 94 Tannery stock 95 “What are you hauling in there?” and “How many axles you running?” 100 Course 101 Actress Moreno 102 One putting others down

103 Ivory, e.g.

106 In a state 108 Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a “1,” etc.? 112 Missile in a mating ritual

113 Best of all possible worlds 114 Amounts to 115 Amount to

116 “… ish” 117 Nitpicky know-it-all 118 Scoring factor at a crossword tournament

DOWN

1 Bros, e.g. 2 Letter-shaped fastener 3 Subsequently 4 Sadly unoriginal works 5 In vogue

6 Box of 12? 7 Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards

8 “I want my ____”

(1980s slogan) 9 Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short

10 Rami ____ of “Mr.

Robot”

11 Attack vigorously 12 Title role for Jamie

Foxx

13 Like the Statue of

Liberty at night 14 Most common U.S.

surname

15 Wee one 16 Trattoria option that means “garlic and oil” 17 Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same 18 Slowness embodied 22 Betrays, in a way 24 “Treasure Island” monogram 28 Genetic messenger 31 Excessive lovers of

the grape 32 Classical theater 33 Concrete 34 Temptation location 35 Big name in soda

cans and foil 36 Show grief 37 Guest bed, in a pinch 42 Extended writer’s

blocks? 43 Scrapbooking need 44 Big success 45 Good source of

calcium 46 Grasps 48 Hosiery shades 49 This Hebrew letter: שׁ 50 American Girl products

51 Keep watch for, maybe 52 Overdo it on the

praise

57 “The Lord of the

Rings” actor Billy 59 He fought alongside Achilles 60 Remote button 61 Aspirin maker 63 Narrow valleys 64 Oreo ingredient until

the mid-’90s 65 One ogling 66 “You just blew my mind!” 67 Medical breakthrough 68 “Movin’ ____” 69 Tiny 72 Wide-swinging blow 73 CBS’s “Kate & ____” 74 Peddles 76 Harbor sight

77 Box of 12, say 78 “Ticklish” toys 79 Raced 82 [The light turned green! Go!] 83 Free trial version 84 Where you might open a whole can of worms? 86 Track down 90 Move in the direction of 91 Jerk

92 Rise to the occasion 94 Comedic duo? 95 Skipping syllables 96 Difficulty

97 2022 World Cup host 98 Alternatives to cabs 99 About to blow one’s top

100 3, 4 or 5, usually 103 What a 76-Down pulls 104 Certain buy-in 105 Vet’s malady, for short 107 Kerfuffle

109 Turf 110 Luxury-hotel amenity

111 Get gold from one’s lead?