New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Venomous snake

6 ‘‘To be honest ..."

12 ‘‘My goodness!’’ 16 Extinct flightless bird that once grew up to 12 feet

19 Like the water in a

whistling teakettle 20 Puzzled remark

21 A student may pass it 22 Kid’s refrigerator

display

23 Law partners

25 Booty call?

27 How-to manual

component

28 ____ learning 29 Richard of ‘‘Chicago’’ 30 Mount ____, workplace of the Cyclopes in Greek myth

31 Having a very high

body mass index 33 Singer with the 2020 album ‘‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’’ 35 Problems with

streaming

36 Puller of strings? 39 Silent partners 42 Noticeably amazed 43 Leigh who played

Scarlett

44 Train ticket info, for

short

45 Writing partners 48 Spaceman Spiff and Stupendous Man, for Calvin in ‘‘Calvin and Hobbes’’

54 Red ____

55 Who ‘‘can get in the way of what I feel for you,’’ in a 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys hit 56 Business suits? 57 Famous bed-in

participant

58 Nest noise

60 For example

63 Salmon and sturgeon

delicacies

64 Partners in crime 69 Modern meeting

method

70 Some U.S. space

launch rockets

71 ‘‘See ya’’

72 Requests at security

lines

73 Chicago mayor

Lightfoot

74 Gave up

76 First dynasty of imperial

China, 221-206 B.C. 79 Flier trier?

82 Business partners 85 Commotion

86 Fervent believer 88 Walker’s need 89 Romantic partners 94 Tight-fitting suits 96 Apartment, in real

estate talk

97 Core principles

98 Bake, as an egg

99 Evil Kermit or Grumpy

Cat

100 How Phileas Fogg

traveled

101 Money in coins rather

than bills

104 Earnest request

108 Like some vinaigrette 110 Domestic partners 112 Sponge off of

113 Calendar row

114 Magazine bestowing

Best of Beauty awards 115 Not a big studio film 116 Take possession of 117 Makes a typo, say 118 Gave a boost

119 S-shaped moldings

DOWN

1 Officers above capts. 2 What San Diego and

Tijuana do

3 Airplane ____ 4 ‘‘Notorious’’ rap

nickname

5 It may be blond, brown

or ginger

6 Of the utmost quality 7 Snapchatter’s request 8 1981 Stephen King

thriller

9 Certain bolt holder 10 Being fixed, as a car at

a garage

11 Vegan milk source 12 Still being debugged 13 Turn against

14 Event organizer’s count 15 ____ to come 16 Cocktail with rum,

curaçao and fruit juice 17 Like monarch butterflies 18 Debut album for Etta

James

24 Apollo’s half brother 26 Fool

29 Sweet red dessert wine 32 Representatives’ term

lengths

34 A thing in poker? 36 Unfortunate events,

old-style

37 C.I.A. whistle-blower

Philip

38 Encountered by chance 39 Subject of a Magritte

work (or not?) 40 Simple palindromic reply to ‘‘Madam, I’m Adam’’

41 Fiscal year div.

43 Ryder ride

46 Dweeb

47 Rihanna or Mariah

Carey

49 Have a preference 50 Deep-fried tortilla dish 51 Group of heavies 52 Universal donor’s

blood type, in brief 53 Brand of pads

59 Sewing 101 assignment 60 Didn’t go anywhere 61 Spanish article 62 Investment options, for

short

63 Setting for Hitchcock’s ‘‘Notorious,’’ informally

64 Portend

65 Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30 66 More eye-catching 67 Anthony ____, 1950s

British P.M.

68 Villain with the ‘‘real’’

name Edward Nigma 69 Teen’s woe

73 Big game changer? 74 This is what it sounds

like when doves cry 75 P.D. or F.D. worker 77 Kindergarten

comeback 78 Indefinite degrees 80 Sweetness and

sourness 81 Canoodling in a crowd,

for short

82 Prominent feature of the Who’s ‘‘My Generation’’

83 Cheer for Real Madrid 84 Drinking game that

requires aim

87 Winter setting in N.Y.C. 89 Deceptive talk 90 Perturbation

91 Small hole-drilling tool 92 Obstinate sort 93 Talents

94 Really stood out 95 Patchy in color

98 Close call

102 Sport with saddles 103 Bevy : quails :: mob :

____

105 Fill with freight

106 Lake largely fed by the

Detroit River

107 Lemon or lime drinks,

informally

109 Wonder

110 Piano tune

111 Words accompanying a

headshot, in brief

No. 0103