THAT’S A TALL ORDER!
Finn Vigeland graduated in May from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master’s degree in urban planning. He now works as a transportation planner in Washington. Urban planning and crossword constructing evidence a dual interest in grids. Finn sold his first puzzle to The Times in 2010 when he was 18. This will make 18 puzzles by him for the paper altogether, half of them Sundays. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Volcanic residue
4 Iraqi, e.g.
8 Not working today
11 Top of the Alps?
17 Singer with the 2016 No. 1 hit “Cheap Thrills”
18 Ancient Iranian
19 Something dogs may pull
20 Only musical to win Best Picture since “Oliver!” in 1968
21 Early encyclopedist credited with coining “Home is where the heart is”
24 Adjusts, as an instrument
25 Reference aids for artists
26 Children’s author Lowry
27 Nonkosher sammie
28 Tested
29 Phrase followed by “one two, one two”
32 English channel, with “the”
33 ____ Min Lee, victim in the podcast “Serial”
34 Archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean
35 Stage before pupa
36 Gchat transmissions, briefly
39 Accidentinvestigating org.
41 Big dealer in outdoor gear
42 Suggestion for a reading circle, informally
44 Fruit with a pit
46 Seek revenge on, in a way
47 Is a straight shooter
49 Some printer hues
51 Word after meal or before school
53 Put forward as a basis of argument
54 Takedown pieces, slangily
56 Charge (through)
58 Dryer residue
59 Dog sound
63 Sunbather in the tropics
64 Sources of weekly N.C.A.A. rankings
66 Looked at lasciviously
68 Work with feet?
69 Pretzel topping
71 Modern cousin of “Yay!”
72 Fear-inducing
73 Spanish phrase meaning “Enough is enough!”
76 “Pencils down!”
78 Huge mix-up
79 Soft-rock singer who received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016
82 Philanthropist Broad
84 Salacious stuff
85 Anonymous female, in court
86 Nurse in a bar
87 Train between N.Y.C. and Montauk
89 Crafty
90 Kind of acid
91 Inherited
94 Muffin ingredient
96 It’s rigged
97 Protein in Wheaties
99 Bygone car model that’s an anagram of GRANITE
103 Part of a diner display
104 It brings you closer to your subjects
105 “The 40-YearOld Virgin” and “Knocked Up”
107 Mythical hunter turned into a stag
109 State bordering the Pacific
111 Establishment such as Crumbs and Whiskers or KitTea (both real!)
112 Avian diver
113 Not much
114 Convent-ional sort
115 Gets ready to pray
116 National Pizza Mo.
117 !
118 Future Ph.D.’s test
DOWN
1 Grp. with a pet project?
2 Buildings often outfitted with ladders
3 Lauds
4 Oscar nominee for “Gone Baby Gone,” 2007
5 Measure of virality
6 Ritalin target, for short 7 It’s full of hard-to-spell
words
8 What a bitter person
might try to settle 9 Retainer
10 Prez with the dog
Fala 11 4-Across chief 12 All-in-one boxes 13 R.N.’s place 14 Foreign capital designed by two Americans
15 9+ for a game, e.g. 16 Program starting with the fifth year of college, informally 19 Like 100-1 odds 20 Popular gardening shoe
22 Early vintner, in the
Bible
23 Music genre associated with the goth look 26 Baudelaire’s “____ Fleurs du Mal” 30 Inch along
31 The common folk 32 Picnic side dish 34 Trucker with a
transmitter 35 Stuff of legends 36 Futuristic tracking
device
37 “Are we done here?,”
politely
38 Bust, maybe 40 Dines 42 Recycling ____ 43 River mammal 45 Flow of one line of a verse to the next without pause 47 Music genre from
Asia
48 Term of address from one girlfriend to another
50 IV, to III, e.g.
52 { }
55 Player of many an
opera villain 57 Stun
60 Family name on a 1960s sitcom 61 Sorry
62 Bygone military punishment 64 ____ king 65 Fantasy series that inspired “Game of Thrones,” briefly 67 What the thumbs-up emoji can mean 70 Took a course? 72 Kosher ____ 74 Sleekly designed 75 Flared dress type 77 Spice Girl also known
as Sporty Spice 79 Bob Marley, for one 80 Liqueur often mixed with water 81 Vacancy
83 One of the Avengers 85 Fill to absolute
capacity
88 For all to see, in a way
91 Koala’s tree 92 Marketing tactic 93 Australian band with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Need You Tonight” 95 “Ideas worth
spreading” offshoot 97 Mistakes 98 Singular 99 Speck 100 Cleaning for military inspection 101 Happen again 102 In lockstep 104 Fervor
106 Lyft alternative 108 Nickname for a buddy 109 Bronx-born singer, familiarly 110 Bronx-born congresswoman, familiarly