The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Part of a big media
campaign
5 About 200 feet, for
a Boeing 777
9 Artist Vincent
van ____
13 Tiara go-with
17 Kind of spider
commonly found near train tracks 18 Held on to
19 Slacks, say, in slang 20 Apparel in many a
Degas painting
21 With 23-Across, what this puzzle’s subject promised in his most famous
address
23 See 21-Across
25 Premium flight
amenity
26 Piercing-free
bijouterie
27 Landmark dedicated on 5/30/1922
33 Raymond ____, Best Actor nominee for portraying this puzzle’s subject (1940)
36 Hades’ collection 37 Rough and uneven 41 Actress Green of
“Casino Royale” 42 They watch what
you eat, for short 44 Order of
doughnuts
45 It’s in, then it’s out 46 “Norma ____”
47 Pining away
50 Suitcase
51 He played Ferris Bueller’s droning economics teacher
53 Something easily
snapped
54 Pay-____-click (advertising model)
55 Place for an ace 56 Wish to take back
57 Composer Zimmer 58 N.H.L. great Bobby 60 PDF alternative
62 Get the ____
63 Situated 64 Office
67 Big moneymaker 71 Italicize or
underline
74 It’s all about me
76 Feature first recommended to this puzzle’s subject by an 11-year-old girl
77 Extendable
recording device 78 Rivendell resident, in “The Lord of the Rings”
79 Drink (up)
80 “You with me?”
81 ____ Offroad Fury (2000s video game series)
82 Cable news anchor
Cabrera
83 Stuffed pockets 85 Nickname for this
puzzle’s subject 88 Eponymous
physicist Mach
90 Have ____ (be able to jump high, in slang)
92 Ulysses S. Grant,
e.g.
93 Bit of “deets”
94 Locales in a winery
tour, perhaps
96 Bikini’s place
99 “Crazy Rich Asians”
director Jon M. ____ 100 IV site, for short
101 Choose
102 When repeated,
cheer accessory 104 Stretches
109 Trattoria staple
111 Takes part in a pilot
program?
112 Sanskrit for “great
soul”
113 Sent a letter
114 Govt. aid for a mom-and-pop store
115 Some titles with
tildes
116 Backs
Down
1 Some Asian cuisine
2 Skiing star Lindsey 3 Partner of aid 4 Pieces included
with Ikea furniture 5 Barely get wet?
6 Writer Georges whose 300page novel “A Void” completely avoided the letter E
7 Is ____ (probably
will)
8 Utmost
9 Classic Pontiac
10 Title role in a
Monteverdi opera 11 Win at life
12 One-eyed giant? 13 McCartney of
fashion
14 Maker of the Q7
and Q8
15 Cry from one being
tickled, maybe
16 Runs well
22 Snug-fitting
underwear
24 Greetings sent
with a click
28 Tab inits.
29 Unlikely winners in
Fortnite, say
30 Earful in an
elevator
31 Dead lines?
32 I.S.P. alternative to
84-Down
33 Diner order
34 Say outright
35 One epithet for this puzzle’s subject
38 Another epithet for this puzzle’s subject
39 “Buy low, sell high”
outcome
40 Aches (for)
43 Nailed
45 Ongoing quarrel 48 Cousin of a
bittern
49 Ray of McDonald’s
fame
51 Arched body part 52 Utility bill unit
59 Campaign nickname that reflected the rustic upbringing of this puzzle’s subject
61 Beachside locale 62 Loving turndown 63 Accessory in which this puzzle’s subject stashed important documents
64 [Outta my way,
slowpoke!]
65 Wrinkly fruit
66 Home to about 75% of the world’s tornadoes
68 Rocker Bob
69 More than
unpleasant
70 Island whose capital and largest city is Iraklion
71 Habitual drinker 72 Subject of the seven-letter mnemonic PALE GAS
73 “Zip-a-dee-doodah,” e.g.
75 Fastball stat
77 Hon
84 I.S.P. alternative to
32-Down
86 Biting remarks?
87 ____ on over (go somewhere, in slang)
89 Court figure,
informally
91 Perfumed pouches 93 Symbols of rebirth
in ancient Egypt 94 Goat’s milk
cheese
95 Anthony or Joe who directed “Avengers: Endgame”
97 Makeup set?
98 One making a
racket?
99 Some arcade machine mechanisms
103 Spooky sounds 105 One chased by un
perro
106 Lead-in to historic 107 ____ the Kid, rhyming N.H.L. nickname
108 Otolaryngologist,
for short
110 This really blows