Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The New York Times Crossword

TODAY: WATCH YOUR STEP! (0206)

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Ross Trudeau is a writer and puzzlemake­r in Cambridge, Mass. His crosswords appear regularly in The New York Times (this is his 48th), The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and other venues, including his own website, Rossword Puzzles, where he posts an original (and free) puzzle every week. In 2019 Ross collaborat­ed on a Times crossword with another imaginativ­e person — his father, Garry Trudeau, the creator of ‘‘Doonesbury.’’ — W.S.

ACROSS

1 Rock subgenre named for its vocal aesthetic 8 Like some spacesavin­g beds

14 Styles that are picked, informally

18 Amateur

20 Disincline­d (to)

21 Royal figure of sci-fi

22 Grammy for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘‘DAMN.’’ or Cardi B’s ‘‘Invasion of Privacy’’

24 Shuts down

25 American, abroad

26 Apt name for a worrier

27 Moving toward equilibriu­m, in biology

29 Legerdemai­n

31 Horse color

34 Prepares for a Ms. Olympia competitio­n, say

36 Tiny foragers

37 ‘‘Here’s an example . . . ’’

41 Insect with distinctiv­e pincers

44 Without stop

45 Subj. for some future bilinguals

46 Sources of music

in musicals

50 Splinter group

51 Brewing brothers

54 Capital of Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture

55 It might be broken in overtime

56 Waits to publish,

as an article 59 Second-rate

61 Pronoun pairing 63 Loop trains

64 Hornswoggl­e 67 De-creased

69 Luxury Hyundai

70 ‘‘Still da ____’’ (Trina title track of 2008)

72 Fluster

74 Kind of squash

77 One using cloves or garlic

79 What gets filled at a shell station?

80 Monthly condition, for short

83 Hairstyle protectors

85 Tabbouleh topping

87 Build, as interest

89 Kind of test 90 Board figure, informally

92 Recipe unit

95 Goddess in a peacock-drawn chariot

96 Marilyn Monroe wore a fuchsia one while singing ‘‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’’

99 Beverage that was a medieval source of nutrition

100 ____ President 101 Literary protagonis­t raised by wolves 102 ‘‘The Sound of Music’’ household 105 ‘‘Horned’’ creature

107 Turn one’s back on

109 Laces (into) 110 Apelike

112 University of Montana city

115 Weasel word?

118 ____ Fielding, co-host of ‘‘The Great British Bake Off’’ beginning in 2017

119 Suffering from a losing streak, in poker slang

122 Secret exits represente­d five times in this puzzle’s grid

125 ‘‘Bus Stop’’ playwright

126 Camping shelter

127 Advocates

128 Romanov ruler

129 Vulnerable

130 Most likely to

inspire ‘‘thirst’’

1 Twins, e.g., for short

2 Site with tech tutorials

3 Gets out of a grave situation?

4 Scores for placekicke­rs

5 Mental health org.

6 They’re thumped at supermarke­ts

7 Balls

8 Overly simplistic

9 Bake-off equipment

10 Major-____ (pro ballplayer)

11 OB/GYNs, e.g.

12 Applicatio­n

13 Royal pain

14 Circus apparatus

15 Laugh or cry, say

16 ‘‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’’ sounds

17 N.Y.C. retailer with a famed holiday window display

19 Rum ____ Tugger (cat in ‘‘Cats’’)

23 Like a romantic evening stroll, perhaps

28 [someone else’s error]

30 Cause chaos

32 —

33 ‘‘That’s it?’’ 35 Camping shelter 37 Only person to

DOWN

win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year (1973)

38 Kitty ____, stunt performer once known as the ‘‘fastest woman in the world’’ 39 Four-limbed

animals 40 ‘‘Raiders of the

Lost Ark’’ biter 42 Plato’s P 43 Halloween decoration­s that can be made with cotton balls 46 Heavy metal’s ‘‘Prince of Darkness’’ 47 ‘‘Am ____ only

one?’’

48 Level

49 Some skin-care products

52 Power up

53 A.L. East squad: Abbr.

57 Slice, for one 58 Give the ____ 60 Stopover

62 —

65 —

66 Put on ice 68 Traffic control org.

70 Disco ____ (iconic garment for Lady Gaga)

71 ‘‘Chandelier’’ singer, 2014

73 Longtime record label

74 Annexes

75 Rube Goldberg machines, e.g.

76 Like some vaccines

78 A, in Berlin

80 Incline

81 Expansive work of art, usually

82 Disreputab­le

84 Annual Austin festival, familiarly

86 ‘‘This is too much’’

88 One to be dethroned

91 One being coddled, maybe

93 Lacking any

adulterati­on

94 Zing

97 One who may have attachment issues?

98 Small Nintendo console, once

100 Spring month in France

102 ____ 1, Yuri Gagarin’s spacecraft

103 Cries in a tattoo parlor

104 Frothy coffee invented in Greece

105 —

106 Sign of resistance

108 Some bank deposits

110 Foul mood

111 Pelicans’ home, informally

113 —

114 Girl in a tartan

116 Miner discoverie­s

117 Relative of ‘‘Hey!’’

120 March Madness ‘‘trophy’’

121 Road goo

123 Maliciousl­y reveal personal info about online

124 ‘‘Mais ____!’’

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