The New York Times Crossword
Nathan Hasegawa of Oakland is a junior at Harvey Mudd College majoring in mathematics.
ACROSS
1 Toy on a racetrack
8 Soccer star who has won a record eight Ballon d’or awards
13 Like “t,’’ “k’’ and “p,’’ in phonetics
20 What Hemingway claimed he did to the ending of “A Farewell to Arms’’ 39 times 21 Dartmouth and Penn, e.g. 22 Fled
23 Mnemonic start
24 Actor Leary
25 Flowerlike sea creature 26 Massive victory … or a high score in 113-Across?
29 Really enjoys oneself
31 Doofuses
34 Wetland
35 Objections
36 Be part of an uprising
37 Lowercase letter that resembles an “n’’
39 Las Vegas resort with a music-inspired name
41 But
42 Resort amenity
45 Medical procedure, for short
46 Overabundance
47 Vodka drink, informally
49 Tremble
52 Contaminating trace
53 Chemical-solution strength
54 “Yeshiva boy’’ played by Barbra Streisand
55 Author who penned the line “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart’’
56 Climate issue addressed in the Montreal Protocol
58 Approach something with gusto
60 What’s the matter?
61 Sunder
62 Shapes of many carrot slices
64 Currency worth a little more than dollars
66 Spreadsheet command
67 Spot for a loft
68 Muesli bit
70 Make a pile, perhaps
72 Rentable transportation options
76 Fracas
78 Music’s Little ____
83 Used Turbotax, say
84 Journalist’s accessory 86 Knuckle-headed act?
87 Biblical man who lost his birthright
88 2017 musical retelling of the stories of Henry VIII’S wives
89 Symbol for torque, in physics
91 Many a viral post
92 Point of no return?
95 Ace
98 Coast
101 Ellipsis element
104 Aviator’s maneuver in a crosswind landing
108 Proportional
109 “The Last Supper,’’ for one
111 Spot on an afternoon schedule?
112 Doofuses
113 Game represented visually in this puzzle
116 Talks like Tom Waits
117 Justice Kagan
118 Try for a seat in the Capitol
119 Fifth-century pope dubbed “the Great’’
120 Constant nuisance
121 Like some postage and parking spaces
122 Fish whose juveniles can climb walls
DOWN
1 Many prom attendees: Abbr.
2 Niihau neckwear
3 Symbol of wisdom
4 Lock
5 Mountebank
6 “Nice work, little fella!’’
7 Dreamy state
8 Skirts that go below the knee
9 Giant slalom at the Olympics, e.g.
10 Choir director’s command
11 Tremor
12 Put out
13 Make perfect, maybe
14 Frustrating highway driver
15 Short tennis session
16 Gregor ____, Franz Kafka character
17 _ _ _ _ Jima
18 Small band transport
19 Image at the top of the pyramid on the back of a dollar bill
27 “____ la vista, baby!’’
28 Insertion mark
29 Put on a pedestal, say
30 Jennifer of “The Morning Show’’
32 “White Noise’’ author Don
33 What a shock!
34 11,111 vis-à-vis 123,454,321
38 Swear (to)
40 Tweak, say
42 Ejects forcefully
43 Primitive camera feature
44 Like a winner of a mountain marathon, in two senses
46 First name of Julius Caesar
48 Unrefined mined find
50 Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France
51 Giant name in Giants history
52 Cinemax competitor
57 It’s facedown on a poker table
58 Negroni spirit
59 [I’m SO mad!]
60 Cotton fabric often used in bandages
63 Hosp. areas
65 Gondola propeller
67 Honey
69 Verb sometimes abbreviated to its central letter
71 Prefix with tourist or hotel
72 Series finale 73 Counterfactual starters, in logic
74 Karachi-based carrier
75 Certain urban nightlife
76 Military hiding spot
77 Place that’s cramped and squalid
79 Something a presidential candidate often wins
80 Gray, say
81 Part of a hoop
82 It may be repeated after “fiddle’’
84 Oregon-based athletic brand
85 Podium
88 Items in a hardware store bin
90 Acting as one
93 Capital in the Himalayas
94 Company originally known as Control Video Corp.
96 Shelley’s “____ to the West Wind’’
97 Converges on
98 Source of a sleeper hit, perhaps
99 ____ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown
100 Pitkin County ski town
101 Old Venetian money
102 Give a keynote, say
103 Performer with lions
105 Cotton fabric often used in hosiery
106 Urge
107 Some dinero
109 Part of a lion
110 Ear piece
114 Bottom line?
115 Container component