New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Popular web portal 4 Sweet stuff 11 Braggadocio 18 “Well, well, well!” 19 Coming

20 Slant in columns 22 1992 movie based on an “S.N.L.” sketch … or, diverged: Modus vivendi 24 Railroad line? 25 “Out!”

26 Suffix with host 27 Like pins-and-needles

feelings 29 Mystiques 30 Defunct org. in which Donald Trump owned the New Jersey Generals 32 “Adios!” 33 “Prince

Valiant” son 34 “We’re doomed!” 39 Computer mouse action … or, diverged: Event for RuPaul 44 Less friendly 45 Blue-roofed eatery 47 Gambols

48 Time to remember 49 Erstwhile Fords 50 “The Simpsons Theme” composer Danny

52 Many a frat pledge 53 Become bored (of) 54 ____ mother 55 Scarcely 56 Freudian “will

to live”

58 Better, to an impatient boss

60 Spots likely to smear

63 Italian novelist Morante 66 Destroys, in gamerspeak

67 1916 Frost verse … or, diverged: Start of a saying about meaning well 71 “Star Wars” nomad 73 Opposite of “da” 74 Put a cover on 78 Molson rival

80 “No ____!” 82 Heads overseas? 83 Coral, e.g.

84 A long way off 85 Part of a

treasure chest 89 Another form

of “Jehovah”

91 Big swig

92 W.W. II org. whose insignia featured Athena 93 Prepare,

as leftovers 95 Fill-up filler 96 Cassava, for one 97 Bring someone home … or, diverged: Common high school offering 100 Frigid

102 From l. to r. 103 Proscriptions 105 Chill out 106 “Button” that’s plainly visible 109 Showy debut 110 A germophobe might have it, for short 112 Acronym for the four major entertainment awards

115 Artist with the thirdmost Top 40 hits in the 1960s, behind Elvis and the Beatles 117 Nissan S.U.V.s … or, diverged: Emotional appeal

120 Hit 2007 Will Smith film

121 Some potatoes 122 Comic-strip cry 123 Establish, as rules 124 Gratiano’s love in “The Merchant of Venice”

125 Line in the sand?

DOWN

1 Does course work? 2 Bygone title 3 Expression of shock at someone’s actions 4 Go after for redress

5 Try to induce a bigger purchase 6 Rookery cries 7 Symbols of density 8 Beyond, to bards 9 Sea dogs

10 Went for a whirl 11 Vegas casino robbed in “Ocean’s Eleven” 12 Without purpose 13 Supermodel Carangi 14 Armless coats that may bear coats of arms 15 Overflow (with) 16 Fabulist 17 Russia’s ____ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) 20 Hungarians 21 Activist youth org. 23 Snacks

28 Ball brand

31 La Dame de ____ (Eiffel Tower nickname) 33 Sacred crosses 34 1946 femmefatale film 35 Santa’s

reindeer, e.g. 36 Monumental support 37 TV band 38 “Word on the street is …” 40 Deadly cobra 41 Wilson of

“The Office” 42 They might

be giants

43 Kind of review 46 The usual 50 Actress Sommer 51 “Keep out” sign 53 Burgs

55 Bygone Apple app 57 ____-pitch 59 Autobahn autos 61 Feuding 62 Syndicate head 64 Online ticket exchange 65 Chem.

neurotransmitter 68 Sheriff’s asst. 69 “Them’s the breaks, I

guess” 70 ____ Industries (oil

and gas giant) 71 “Aladdin” villain 72 Summers back

in the day? 75 “How Deep Is Your

Love” group 76 “Introduction to the Analysis of the Infinite” writer 77 Cool again

78 God, informally 79 Gender-neutral

possessive 81 Lummox

86 Philip ____, first Asian-American film actor to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

87 “Milk” star, 2008 88 Interrupted midsentence? 90 Like leprechauns 91 Tipsy

93 Shrank 94 Skipjack, e.g. 96 Early flight inits. 98 For naught 99 Straight-talking 101 Certain radio format 104 What you might sit in by the pool 106 Kabuki sash 107 Territory in Risk 108 Motif for Verdi or Monteverdi 109 Whole heap 110 “Fancy seeing you here!”

111 $$$ bigwigs 113 Certain fro-yo add-in 114 Sounds of reproof 116 Back 118 Besmirch 119 Eavesdropping org.