AS HEARD AROUND THE DINNER TABLE
BY JOHN-CLARK LEVIN / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
John-Clark Levin, of Ojai, Calif., is a Ph.D. student at Cambridge, in England, studying how governments can better anticipate the impacts of artificial intelligence. In his spare time he does stage magic and stand-up comedy. With a partner, he once held the Guinness world record for the “longest continuous handshake” — 15-plus hours. That’s even longer than it took him to make this puzzle. — W.S. 64 Buck chaser? 65 Something checked at a T.S.A. checkpoint 67 One vs. 52? 68 Go on and on 69 “Cool!” 70 Crib 71 Bad impression? 72 Tiny bit of work 73 Famed Deco
designer 74 Whitman of
“Parenthood” 77 Aftermath of a
toddler’s meal 78 Train that stops in New Haven and New York 80 They often don’t mature until they turn 30 84 Yucatán native 85 Lie out on a
scorching day 89 Landmark at the entrance to Narnia 92 “Yeah, but still ...
“93 Online handicrafts marketplace 94 Bareilles who sang “Love Song” 95 Tribe native to the
Great Basin 96 Suit fabric 97 Agcy. impersonated in some scam calls 98 Crouched in
terror 101 Private 102 Vegetarian options ... or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically 108 “The Three Musketeers” action scenes 109 Flatten 110 Movie character who replied “I know” to 43-Across 111 They may be long
and shocking 112 Clink
113 Gray matter?
ACROSS
1 Commuter’s
ticket
8 They take bows 15 G-rated, say
19 “It’s not coming
to me”
20 Floral brew
21 Quintessential ingredient to borrow from a neighbor
22 Dine out
24 Competitive
setting in Fortnite 25 Like many phone
cards
26 Oftenmispunctuated word
27 Lets it all out,
say
28 Aurora, to the
Greeks
31 Powerful weapon, for short
32 Pop option
34 Firefly, e.g.
35 Aid in some
makeshift repairs 38 Blackhead
remover
40 Company that
created Pong
41 They can make a
huge impact
42 Spongy
mushroom
43 Movie character who said “I love you” to 110-Across
45 Network supported by “Viewers Like You”
46 Literary character who cries, “I am madness maddened!”
50 Bog
51 Ill humored
52 “Cool!”
55 Act theatrically
56 “Meet the Press”
host Chuck
57 Attractions for
antique hunters 60 Donnybrooks
61 Ironically funny
62 Part of many a
weight-loss ad
DOWN
1 Tom Hanks movie featuring a giant piano
2 It might turn out
to be a drone
3 Barfly
4 Blue diamond in
“Titanic,” e.g.
5 Lab-culture
medium
6 Star close to
Venus?
7 Take
responsibility
8 Bandleader
Shaw
9 Share the ____
(sign)
10 Fort Collins sch. 11 “____ Loss” (2022 No. 1 album by Drake and 21 Savage)
12 Cyber Monday
merchant
13 Mall security guard, pejoratively
14 Exams with a
400-1,600 range 15 Soup-serving
dish
16 Interfacers with
publishers
17 Layer between the crust and the core
18 Need for a tough crossword, perhaps
21 Command for creating a revised draft
23 Sushi-bar drink
28 Wax-coated
cheese
29 Like words this
clue the in?
30 Easily frightened
sort
32 Where you might go down in the ranks?
33 Bauxite or
galena
34 Things usually made in the morning
36 What’s in
37 ‘Fore
38 MADD ad, e.g.
39 Lefty 41 Apple wireless file
transfer
43 Do nothing
44 Paris bar tender? 46 Reddit Q. and A. 47 “The nerve!”
48 Finally
49 Under siege
51 Turned red, say 52 Like an allegro
tempo
53 Landed
54 Subjects of VH1’s “I Love the ... “series
55 ‘Fore
56 Packaging string 58 Actress Ward
59 Many teens’
rooms, to parents 60 Pulitzer-winning columnist Stephens
62 “Du-u-u-ude!”
63 Large coffee
vessels
66 Made a fast
stop?
68 “Previously on ...”
segment
74 “The kissing
disease”
75 “Coming face to face with yourself,” per Jackson Pollock 76 Otherworldly
77 Minority in
New Zealand’s parliament
78 What goes “up to 11,” in “Spinal Tap”
79 Pot grower?
80 Skinflints
81 Does well on a
test, say
82 Wild donkey
83 Fellow
85 Along
86 Many a Monopoly
property
87 Ear piece?
88 Marx’s coauthor for “The Communist Manifesto”
89 They can be passed but not failed
90 Franklin who sang “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
No. 0312
91 Robin Hood’s
love
94 On the wagon
97 Little mischiefmakers
98 Veggie that’s
often pickled
99 Virgil described its “cloud of pitch-black whirling smoke”
100 Sign of
neglect
103 Channel that airs old MGM and RKO films
104 ____ BankmanFried, fallen crypto mogul 105 Excessively
106 Boston’s Liberty
Tree, for one
107 Kind of sauce for
dim sum