New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Italian relatives

7 Part of the earth

12 ____ Coast, scenic

area near Capri 18 Brutish sort

19 “Dallas” actress

____ J. Wilson 20 Mermaids’ home in

Neverland

21 1938 No. 1 hit for 68-/70-Across, which was inspired by a nursery rhyme 23 Listless feelings 24 Many August births 25 Popular pairing with

steak au poivre 26 Charm

27 And the following:

Abbr.

29 Longbow wood 30 Detached

32 One for the plus column

33 Congestion site 35 Wyatt of

the Old West 37 Extremely loud,

in music

39 Soft-drink brand 40 Love interest for Anastasia in “Anastasia” 42 ____ Reports

45 Suffix with sheep or

hawk

48 Vintner’s cask

49 Old car named for an

explorer

51 Elder Lannister son on

“Game of Thrones” 53 Stone Age relics 56 Piñata smasher, maybe 57 “____ parvis magna” (“Greatness from small beginnings”: Lat.)

58 H.S. big shots

60 Talk endlessly to

61 Act like

63 Illustrator software

maker

65 Kama ____

67 For grades 1-12, briefly 68 & 70 Nickname for a celebrated performer born on April 25, 1917

71 Dreary

72 Dog whose tail curls

over the back

74 Great Lakes natives 76 Sister of Helios and

Selene

77 Polish coin 78 Promising action on a

fishing line

79 Picks out of a lineup,

informally 81 Letter-shaped fastener 83 Button on the bottom

of a multipage form 85 Ring

87 Frank

89 Rapa ____ (locale of

many monoliths) 90 Sports team V.I.P.s 91 Set piece? 93 Natural-history-museum sights

96 Turkish title

98 Road offense,

for short

99 The hots

100 Bluish shades

103 Green who was a four-time vocal coach on “The Voice”

105 Question asked while extending the hand, maybe

108 Reassuring touch 110 Fixture on a fishing

dock

112 One state symbol of

Massachusetts

114 Introduces slowly 117 Record label that looks like the name of a radio station

118 Lao-tzu follower

119 Notable quote by

68-/70-Across

121 Set oneself right, in

a way

122 Five Pillars of Islam,

e.g.

123 “Bonehead” and

“numbskull,” e.g. 124 Solitudinarians

125 State representatives? 126 Ride and Field

DOWN

1 Sacred choral works 2 Melodic passages 3Accidentally hit “reply

all” on, say

4 Jan. inits.

5 “Smart” one

6 Skewered

Asian dish

7 Arctic food fish

8 Close again, as

a purse

9 “Family Matters” ubernerd

10 Manage

11 Winter celebration

abroad

12 Sheltered at sea 13 Japanese

comic style

14 Mass recitation 15 Repeated collaborator

with 68-/70-Across 16 Thwarted

17 Maps of Alaska and

Hawaii, often

18 Big blow

19 Flight attendant

22 Red as ____

26 Close buds

28 “Enough already!”

31 Be ____ use 34 Unlikely book-club

recommendation 36 Edith Piaf’s “Non, Je

Ne Regrette ____” 38 Name on a blimp 41 Gets some air

42 ____ Nast (magazine

publisher)

43 Good name for an

Irish carpenter? 44 Bubs

45 For laughs

46 Arctic young ’un 47 Signature tune of

68-/70-Across 50 One-named singer with the 2016 No. 1 hit “Cheap Thrills”

52 Slip in a book

54 Café additive 55 Trade jabs (with) 57 Flavors

59 Approve

62 Hollywood job title 64 Freedom

Caucus, e.g. 66 Wrinkly fruit 69 Gossipmonger 73 Portion of a penny 75 Where Nice is

en France

77 Tough draws in the

game Bananagrams 80 No fun, as a party 82 Vegan staple

84 Van Gogh’s “Le Café

de ____”

86 Beverage sponsor of the old “Little Orphan Annie” radio show 87 One in line?

88 Biblical quartet 92 Silence

94 East German secret

police

95 Quantity of toys on

Santa’s sleigh 96 Perfumer’s liquid 97 Summer

piazza treat

99 Near ringer

101 Nowadays

102 Occurrences in the

30s, say

104 Skating champ Brian 106 Sore

107 Setting for a

fine meal

109 Polynesian carvings 111 Bracket shapes

113 Takeoff figs.

115 Three-stripers: Abbr. 116 Singer with the 1984 hit

“99 Luftballons”

119 Part of T.G.I.F.

120 Cuba or Catalina:

Abbr.