New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 19,000+-foot Peruvian

volcano

8 Husband of Lara in

“Doctor Zhivago” 13 Quarters

18 “That’s way better than

I can do”

19 As we speak 21 Moisturizer brand 22 *Stereotypical movie

outcome

24 Instigated, with “on” 25 “The Matrix” character 26 Wallops 27 Thought-provoking 29 Reveal

30 [Poor, pitiful me!] 32 “Contact” org. 34 *Startling disclosure 36 Demands serious effort

(of)

40 Vacation spot offering

a warm welcome? 42 Fig. usually expressed

as a percentage 43 ____-Town (city

nickname)

44 Gave a

46 *Bringer of cold

weather 53 *Law-enforcement

target

56 Grammy winner

Morissette 57 Constitutional Amendment about presidential election procedures

58 Get soaked, say

59 Duke and others

61 One of eight in “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

62 Polish off

63 ____ Valley

64 Pilot follower, maybe 66 According to 69 *Battery boost

72 “____ makes man wiser and clearsighted”: Vladimir Putin

73 Fish dish that Nobu restaurants are noted for

75 Ref. works that can run

$1,000+

76 Bill Clinton or Barack

Obama

77 March ____

78 Like priests

81 Morning fix, slangily 85 Like Benadryl: Abbr. 86 Ticks off

87 *Moved closer

to home?

89 *Help for users 92 Plains tribe

93 Ticked off 94 Rain-____ (bubblegum brand) 95 Continental trade grp.,

once

97 Without principles 99 *Very soon

105 Criticism

107 ____-mo

108 Cross

109 Nirvana, e.g.

110 Biblical son who was nearly sacrificed by his father

113 Woman famously evicted from her home

115 “No way!”

117 Things used for dumping … or a literal hint to the answers to the starred clues? 122 Adorable sort

123 Sun block?

124 “In a perfect world …” 125 Sitting posture in yoga 126 Enter again, as data 127 Many East Asian

World Heritage Sites

DOWN

1 Suffix of ordinals

2 Bird with blood-red

eyes

3 Big name in notebooks 4 Houses that may

include tunnels 5 Sushi sauce

6 Triple-A jobs

7 Massive star

8 Stock holder?

9 Plus

10 Cutting

11 Mead ingredient 12 “That’s so kind of you!” 13 Course rarity 14 Continuing source of

irritation

15 Radio City Music Hall

has a famous one 16 Caterpillar alternative 17 Box ____ (tree)

19 Beat by a nose

20 Pieces of three-pieces 23 Booted

28 Pricey mushroom 31 Roughly estimated 33 Many a craft brew 35 Common email

attachments

36 Height: Prefix

37 Prison weapon

38 ____ anchor (stay still,

nautically)

39 “Sounds good!”

41 Sea whose Wikipedia article is written in the past tense

45 It’s in your jeans

47 The Browns, on

scoreboards 48 Increasingly outmoded

circus roles

49 All thumbs

50 Rust, e.g.

51 Course halves 52 Hand-carved

Polynesian statues 54 Empire once spanning

three continents 55 Lopsided win

60 Range rovers

61 “I know the answer!” 63 Out-of-the-blue 65 Symbols of sovereignty 66 Can’t stand 67 Shade of gray

68 Leave thirsty

69 Peru’s ____ Chávez

International Airport 70 Some intersections 71 Supplement

74 Dream up

76 “Hasta ____”

79 Works in a museum 80 “Gotcha”

81 One keeping a secret,

metaphorically 82 Apollo 13 commander 83 Word-of-mouth 84 Drain feature

86 Up to it

88 Pitcher Hideo Nomo,

e.g., by birth

90 Be a good designated

driver

91 Flag thrower 96 Pitchers’ awards? 98 Certain keg attachment 99 Female friend: Lat. 100 Connection

101 Buttinsky

102 “Oyez! Oyez!” e.g. 103 Princess Charlotte, to

Harry

104 Handyperson

106 Lead-in to “-ville” 111 Came from on high 112 Give up

114 First name in

courtroom fiction 116 Verily

118 ____ Bravo

119 Image file extension 120 Pro ____

121 Method: Abbr.