New York Times Crossword Puzzle

No. 1015

WISE MOVE

By John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins / Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 M.I.T. Sloan grad, often 4 Raven’s cry

7 Steal, slangily

11 Bridge work?

18 Office restoration 21 “Didn’t expect to see

you here!” 22 Generally

23 Interns at a cemetery? 25 Start of a class field

trip, maybe

26 Had a bead on

27 New Left org. 28 Features of Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park

30 Instants

31 Endorse

32 ____ Court (London

district)

34 Series ender in London

35 Start over in cards 37 Lead-in to much 38 Take to social media following a good round of golf?

41 Work at, as a trade 42 Chickadee, e.g. 44 Brown ermine 45 Ready-to-____ 46 Crown

47 Have-not 49 Emmy-winning show of 1976 and 2017, in brief

50 One sending flowers,

say

52 One holding flowers 53 Brain readings,

for short

55 Sounded sheepish? 58 Speed demon

61 Pacts between packs? 65 Rage

66 Does penance

68 Corp. manager 69 “More than I wanted

to hear!”

70 “Not nice!”

72 Original Beatle Sutcliffe

73 Ones sharing quarters at the most macho fraternity?

77 Aviary parts

78 Places to cool one’s

jets?

80 Adventurer in

Grouchland

81 Big tablet

83 Nozzles into blast

furnaces

85 One of 17 on a Monopoly board: Abbr. 87 Policy at a wedding’s

open bar, maybe 90 Switch on the radio 92 Nabokov novel 93 Excel 95 It led to a 1773 protest 97 Amazon peril 98 Stylish underwear? 101 Mess maker

102 Ill feeling

104 It doesn’t mean “lots

of love”

105 Euphoric

106 Smears, as a reputation

107 Svelte

108 Excite

110 Camping-gear retailer 111 See 48-Down

112 Homie

114 Things swapped at a convention of supermarket owners?

118 “Just about done” 119 Citrus hybrid

120 Starter supply for

making bourbon 121 “Slow down, tiger!” 122 Fifth-most abundant element in the universe

123 Court org.

124 Director Ang

DOWN

1 It decreases with acceleration, for short 2 Get closer to, as the heart of the matter

3 It’s played on

the road

4 Rep

5 A myrmeke of Greek

myth is a giant one 6 City near where Chopin was born

7 Actor Hamm of “Mad

Men” 8 *cough*

9 Bit from Sunshine

Biscuits

10 Yap

11 Catches

12 Big Ten powerhouse,

for short

13 Mouths off to 14 Slipped up

15 Social gatherings where fruit drinks are served?

16 Bluejacket

17 Samantha of 96-Down 19 Drawn

20 California ball

club

24 Some bars in the Caribbean 29 Over-and-above 31 “Park it!”

32 Diminutive suffixes 33 Paleolith

35 Fixes, as a

bath area

36 Caustic soda 39 Haymaker?

40 Some feet 43 Presumptive assertion 46 Something a shooter

shoots

48 With 111-Across, cinnamon candy 50 “Same here”

51 Speak to, with “with” 54 “Hurry up!”

56 Q.E.D. part

57 Places to hibernate 58 Unconsidered

59 Kofi Annan’s middle

name

60 Take attendance in a

magical forest? 62 Routine problem, for

short

63 Horns in on? 64 Something kept close

to the chest 67 Watches via Netflix,

say

71 Modern-day circus 74 Onetime govt.-prescribed nutritional figure 75 Home of Berkshire

Hathaway

76 Sloth, for one

79 Extra product 82 Another name for

hopscotch

84 Country rocker Steve 86 Complete

88 Spacious and splendid 89 “The Departed” director

90 Court org.

91 Where the Missouri

River begins

93 Be extravagant

94 Ones holding down

things?

96 Station for 17-Down 98 Call for

99 Cork popper

100 Early record label 103 Like much mouthwash

108 Not just think

109 ____ grounds

111 Part of un día

112 Bully in “Calvin and

Hobbes”

113 Long ____

115 The Bengals, on

scoreboards

116 Place to soak

117 “That’s all ____

wrote”