New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NEW LOOK

By Peter Gordon Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Like the Rock vis-à-vis

any of the Stones 8 Small doodles, perhaps 15 ____ pants

20 Surpass

21 Candy bar with an exclamation point in its name

22 To love, in Italian 23 Meticulous magical

beings?

25 The land down under 26 Sharpen

27 Screams

28 Calendar column: Abbr. 29 Frenzied states 30 High-ranking figures,

collectively

32 Like some cross

Caribbean flights? 34 Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of Honor

37 Biblical father of

Eliphaz

40 CNN political

correspondent Bash 41 Bushy-tailed rodents 43 Postseason tournament

pick

46 ____ Reader

(quarterly magazine) 50 Journals of a certain

stunt performer? 52 Commuting

arrangement 54 Body-shop fig.

55 Owing

56 Buddy of Buddy, maybe 58 What might whet an

appetite

59 Taken down and put

up elsewhere 63 Relative of cerulean 66 Scale for some judges 68 Possible reason for refusing to wear a tank top?

71 Worries about

something

73 2018 crime biopic 74 ‘‘Potatoes done perfect’’

sloganeer

77 Shape of a doughnut 78 Shape of a canine ID

tag, often

80 Fossil suffix

82 ‘‘Most miserable hour that ____ time saw’’: Lady Capulet 83 ‘‘Checkmate’’

85 Means of learning about Chiang Kaishek? 91 Massachusetts’ College of Our Lady of the ____

92 Some post-pollution

efforts

94 Become ticked off 95 Ready

96 Wielder of the

hammer Mjölnir 98 Tools used by

horologists

99 Inept dancers at

Oktoberfest?

105 Express-line count 107 Mentor of 50 Cent 108 Valedictorian’s pride,

in brief

109 Mag space seller

111 Smurf with a white

beard

115 Dish at a traditional

Bedouin wedding 116 New look provider . . . or a homophonic hint to this puzzle’s theme 119 Small hill

120 Poorly lit

121 Series of steps

122 Early R&B group for

Missy Elliott

123 Stockpiles

124 Felt on the head?

DOWN

1 ‘‘2 Broke Girls’’ co-star

Behrs

2 Bounce off the wall 3 Musk of SpaceX 4 Incendiary explosive 5 Big news to share in the

biz world?

6 Company acquired by

Allstate in 2011 7 Longtime first name in

TV talk 8 Unpartitioned apartment 9 Clicking sounds? 10 Letter two after tau 11 ____ E (skin care brand) 12 Guacamole ingredient 13 Major exporter of

nutmeg

14 ____ admin

15 ‘‘LOLOL’’

16 Big name in microwaves 17 Straight sides of sectors 18 Put up

19 Soccer superstar nicknamed ‘‘La Pulga’’ (‘‘The Flea’’)

24 Water (down)

29 The National Zoo’s

Xiao Qi Ji, e.g. 31 Agitate

32 Hungarian herding

breed

33 Figure on Italy’s 2,000lira note before euros were introduced 34 Common viper

35 Free

36 People can’t lie under it 38 Actor who delivered the line ‘‘Nobody puts Baby in a corner’’ 39 Word with power or

brakes

42 GQ V.I.P.s

44 Best

45 ‘‘____: Vegas’’ (TV

reboot of 2021) 46 Revolted

47 Treat for Mr. Owl 48 Seward Peninsula city 49 Verve

51 ‘‘There was no choice’’ 53 Person with star power? 57 Triangular piece in a

party bowlful 60 Rentals that might

come with dolly carts 61 ‘‘Wrong!’’

62 Nickname for someone whose full name is a calendar month 64 Spur

65 Letter two before tau 67 Obie-winning

playwright Will 69 Defamed, in a way 70 ‘‘Indeed’’ 71 Reason to see an

ophthalmologist 72 Pea-jacket material 75 Caterpillar competitor 76 Thomas Jefferson or

John Tyler, by birth 79 Org. that bestows the Community Assist Award

81 Liberal-arts sch. major 84 Certain curtain

86 On the ____ (no

longer friendly) 87 Overseas speed meas. 88 Go from here to there

. . . like *that* 89 Quark’s place

90 ‘‘It’s my hunch . . .’’ 93 Pithy saying

95 Dish whose yellow color comes from saffron

97 ‘‘Rude Boy’’ singer, to

fans

99 Divisions of bushels 100 Like the Mideast

exclave of Madha 101 Long rides?

102 Used a prayer rug, say 103 Literally, ‘‘works’’ 104 Pieces of work

106 Traditional rivals of

the N.C.A.A.’s ’Hoos 109 Church part

110 There are three of

them in a Morse ‘‘O’’ 112 Passing through D.C.? 113 USD : dollar :: MXN

: ____

114 Part of 79-Down: Abbr. 116 Frequent C.D.C.

collaborator

117 ‘‘____ Way’’ (Kitty Kelley biography of Sinatra)

118 Opponent