The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: PARTING WAYS (0529)
David, Karen and Paul Steinberg live in Pacific Grove, Calif. David is the puzzles and games editor for the Andrews McMeel Universal media company. Karen and Paul, his parents, are longtime puzzle enthusiasts. The idea for this one was Paul’s. David wrote a program to generate possible themed entries. When the standard 21-by-21-square grid didn’t work for the theme, Karen suggested changing the grid size, which was successful. Karen and David did the fill, and Paul look the lead on the clues. This is The Times’s first all-family crossword collaboration. — W.S.
Note: When this puzzle is done, read the circled letters line by line from top to bottom to get an appropriate word.
ACROSS
1 Dual degree for a physician/ scientist
6 ‘‘My man!’’
9 D.C. figure 12 Impulsive desire 16 An avian abode 17 Janis ____, main role in ‘‘Mean Girls’’
18 One’s time in
office, maybe 19 ‘‘For ____ is the
kingdom . . . ’’ 20 See 5-Down 22 See 12-Down 24 Parts of a
machine
25 Creep (along) 26 ‘‘Me too’’ 27 Destroy internally 28 Get rid of
29 Trap
31 They’ll give you
more of the same 33 Kidney-related 35 Tuckered (out) 36 Straddling 37 Places of refuge 39 ‘‘Love ____,’’ Pet
Shop Boys dance
hit of 2009
41 City between Chicago and Milwaukee
45 Cry while plugging
one’s ears 46 What cobblers
cobble
48 ____ de deux
(ballet dance) 49 See 29-Down 53 Like Hitchcock’s
‘‘Curtain’’ 54 Passionate
feeling in Spain 56 Wall molding 58 Weaken, as
support 59 Untrustworthy
paper 60 Publication with an annual ‘‘Power 100’’ list
62 See 53-Down 64 Social worker? 65 Olaf Scholz’s
country: Abbr. 66 Wireless-network
std.
67 Its life span is
short
68 See 61-Down
72 Kind of pear that resembles an apple 74 Exploit
75 It has thousands
of openings 76 Laugh at, say 78 Ride in ‘‘Calvin
and Hobbes’’ 79 ____ Pro, tech
release of 2017 80 See 73-Down 83 Capital player, for
short 84 ‘‘Rotten’’ indicator on Rotten Tomatoes 86 Eastern honorific 87 Source of some
leaks
90 There was Noahcounting for it 92 Verse’s partner 96 Gospel singer
Winans
97 You might speak
under this 99 Earth, in some
sci-fi
100 Works on
oneself?
103 Fit
105 Little annoyance 106 Bad way to go 107 Many a summer
TV show
109 Title for Mozart 110 Make an oopsie 111 See 84-Down 113 See 104-Down 115 Like the sea 116 Bother
117 European World Cup team, on scoreboards 118 ‘‘Beep!’’ maker 119 Word with tag or
tax
120 Parking space 121 Online feed
letters
122 Deep, dark hole
DOWN
1 It may run when
you cry 2 Cleanses, in a
way
3 Offspring
4 They ‘‘don’t lie,’’
per a Shakira hit 5 Tyrants/Patterns 6 ‘‘We’re
pregnant!’’ e.g. 7 Southwestern
spread
8 No longer at sea 9 In and of itself 10 Snack item that’s partly foreordained? 11 Dessert of molten
chocolate 12 Anyplace/From
which place 13 Turning point 14 Rack up
15 Zooms with,
maybe
19 Stumble over 21 Division ____, lowest level of the N.C.A.A. 23 Chews the
scenery
29 Made puffier, as cushions/Very desirable job 30 Admits 32 Start-up’s announcement, for short
34 Take in, say
38 ‘‘O ____ babbino caro’’ (Puccini aria)
40 Group of vocal
people 42 Amounts of sugar,
perhaps 43 Person not easily swayed by sentiment 44 Prescription
directive 47 Never again
49 Rewards for
staying, maybe 50 Point person? 51 It’s written with a
+ or -
52 Take a shot at 53 Tourist, e.g./
Hypnotic state 54 Italian rice balls 55 ‘‘Hoo-boy!’’ 57 Actor Page 58 Uniform
60 Parts of a clutch 61 Tom who hosted ‘‘Dancing With the Stars’’/ Brimless caps 63 Second letter
after epsilon 69 Alt-____, PC command to switch between windows 70 Relative of
turquoise 71 Capital of Yemen 72 $$$ taker 73 Endurance/
Subway map info 77 Fruit with a thick
peel
78 Take potshots 81 Sorta
82 Give an address 84 Tryst partner/ Discharging, as a liquid 85 Like the motions
before a hearing 88 Unfriendly 89 Very much 91 Disputed Asian
region
92 River next to Boston’s Esplanade 93 ‘‘The Divine
Comedy,’’ e.g. 94 Weasel family
members
95 Eric B, Pimp C
and Chuck D 98 Nonbinary
possessive 100 Pointed remarks 101 Best ____ recording (Grammy category)
102 Who may care, so
they say
103 Bit of gold
reserves
104 Qualifying match, for short/
Big name in antifreeze and brake fluid 108 Take back 110 Sudden feeling,
as of remorse 112 ‘‘Good ____!’’ 114 Relaxation spot