ALL AFLUTTER
Olivia Mitra Framke, of Jersey City, N.J., is an academic adviser at the New School’s College of Performing Arts in Manhattan. She describes herself as a flutist, dog lover and ‘‘all-around gaming nerd’’ (video games, board games, role-playing games, you name it). This is her seventh crossword for The Times, including her third Sunday. Like her previous Sunday puzzles, this one has a visual element. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Selling point? 5 ‘‘____ Catch ’Em All’’ (Pokémon theme song) 10 Gastric malady 15 Word aptly found in ‘‘price control’’ 19 Nobel laureate Morrison 20 Longtime daily TV show about the rich and famous 21 Mandarin greeting 22 One-named singer with Grammys in 1985 and 2010 23 Protected, in a way 24 Mathematical field that includes the 81-Across 26 Irritated mood 27 Custom-made, as a suit 29 Psychic energy fields 30 The Sims and others 32 Regal home 33 Remains here? 34 ‘‘Ciao!’’ 35 Magical resource in Magic: The Gathering 36 Pianist’s pace 37 Sounds of disapproval 39 7/ 40 Duds 44 Actress Susan of ‘‘The Partridge Family’’ 45 Soleus muscle locale 48 ‘‘ … you get the idea’’ 50 Course for a nonAnglophone, for short 51 Keebler crew 53 Worker who might check all the boxes? 54 What may come after you 55 Invitation from a host 56 Scrap, slangily 58 Goddess of witchcraft 59 Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson 60 Split 62 A.L. East team … or, using the shaded square, what a little movement by this puzzle’s subject might cause 63 Kerfuffle 64 ‘‘Pitch Perfect’’ a cappella group, with ‘‘the’’ 66 ‘‘Let’s do this!’’ 67 Bound for 69 Log 71 Prefix with -sphere 72 ‘‘You got it!’’ 74 Goblinlike creatures 75 Practical joke 76 Anesthetic of old 77 Tick off 78 Pop singer known for wearing facecovering wigs 79 When ‘‘Laverne and Shirley’’ ran for most of its run: Abbr. 80 Visionaries 81 Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black squares 87 Sports figure 90 First name in the freezer aisle 91 Southeast Asian language 92 Flowed into 93 Table scraps 97 21st Greek letter 98 Famous literary nickname, with ‘‘The’’ 99 ‘‘Catch-22’’ pilot 100 Spanish title: Abbr. 102 Period 103 Computer data structure 105 Up 107 Ready to crash 109 & 113 End of the definition 117 Assessment: Abbr. 118 ‘‘Doe, ____ … ’’ 119 Exchanges words, say 120 Bit of cunning 121 Repeated word in a Doris Day song 122 They have pointy teeth 123 Ish 124 Words of clarification when spelling 125 Math grouping seen in curly brackets 126 Tolkien race 127 Handles, as an account, in brief 128 Eight-bit gaming console, for short
DOWN
1 Wild guess 2 One of 42 on a Connect Four board 3 Start of a definition of the 81-Across 4 Baker’s container 5 Creature that can lick its own eyes 6 Half of O.H.M.S. 7 After-dinner offering 8 Like ‘‘Waiting for Godot’’ 9 Convinced 10 Blue 11 Dupes, in a way 12 Stand-up comic Margaret 13 Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil of the Wild West 14 Rolls-____ 15 Some college assignments 16 Middle of the definition 17 Comics dog who walks on two feet 18 N.B.A. team with black-and-white uniforms 25 ‘‘I’m listening ... ’’ 28 Wild Asian equines 31 Break out 35 1957 Broadway hit starring Robert Preston, with ‘‘The’’ Twitch.tv user 38 39 Rabbit in a red dress 41 Noted 1836 battle site 42 They’re parked at national parks 43 Mate for life? 45 Cereal that changes the color of the milk 46 Director DuVernay 47 Clear a path for 49 Bleeps 52 Toy on a grooved track 53 Help to settle 57 Another name for Cupid 58 The last of the Pillars of Islam 61 Seeing red? 65 Not on time for 68 Temporarily adopt, as a pet 70 Pot 73 Tulsa sch. 76 Canceling key 82 Timetable abbr. 83 Traditional Valentine’s Day gift 84 Croft of Tomb Raider 85 Tiny terriers 86 N.Y.C. summer hrs. 87 Black suit 88 Does really well 89 94 Going Return as in a rate? to symphony a theme, 95 96 Vine Bring support down 98 101 ‘‘Ciao!’’ Response to a puppy video, maybe 104 Middle black key in a group of three, on a piano 105 Some laptops 106 Sci-fi moon 108 John Wayne, by birth 110 Current fashion 111 Paradise 112 Tidy 114 On an airplane, it’s filled with nitrogen rather than air 115 Assumed part of some addresses 116 Those: Sp.
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