The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: GOING OFF ON A TANGENT(1204)
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at the San Francisco-based 1-Down. (Solve the puzzle to see the name of the company!) He has been constructing crosswords for The Times for two years. This one started with the answers at 85- and 86-Down and branched out, literally, from there. Adam recently released Anigrams, a free daily online word game that I find almost as addictive as Wordle. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Gambling spot? 4 Chap
8 Addis ____
13 Pro response 16 Bit of chicanery 17 ____ water
(healthful drink) 18 Totally uncool 19 Rock’s Jethro ____ 20 ‘‘You’re gonna love
this, I promise!’’ 22 Urban area typically with the tallest buildings 24 Rocky road
topping?
25 Length for a
pregnancy 27 Moneymaking
venture
28 LeBron James became one in 2018
29 That’s the spirit! 30 Highway network that famously has sections without a speed limit 32 Service recipient 33 An ocean 34 Device dusted off
to watch old home movies, maybe 35 Flat-topped French
hat
36 Ante alternative 37 Musician Brian 38 Public court
proceeding 40 Many a bad Yelp
review
41 Luxuriate (in) 42 They’re not
sciences
43 ____ Cannon, creator of the ‘‘Pitch Perfect’’ film series
44 Fish sticks? 48 Strength of
character
50 ‘‘Me!’’ 52 Compliment to a
French chef 54 Crackerjack 56 Slack-jawed 59 Automotive successor of the Bel Air
60 Proudly embody,
informally
61 What you’re on
when you’re
making progress 64 Product sold on a
rack, informally 65 ‘‘Them’s fightin’
words!’’
67 Set one’s sights 68 Welcome-center
handouts
70 Free of flaws, as a
reputation 72 DiFranco of folk 73 Sewer in American
history
74 Hamlet’s cousin 75 Music-genre prefix 76 Ideal engine sound 79 Duel personalities? 81 Like some memes 83 Major concern for
a meteorologist 85 The Bruins, on
scoreboards 88 Contents of a
household box 89 Pasta whose name means ‘‘barley’’ in Italian
90 Startled scream 91 Weight
92 Goes from one
thing to another 94 Purchase option
for a dedicated fan 96 Like dumbbells 97 Like Roma
tomatoes 98 Something that may be sold by the yard
99 The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund, e.g., in brief 100 Hate, hate, hate 101 Certain juicing
need
104 Residential construction project
106 Deep shot, in
hoops
107 Weird
108 Brother of
Logan Roy on ‘‘Succession’’ 109 Has a meal 110 Urban grid: Abbr. 111 Tennis champ ____
Osaka
112 Figs. first issued in
1936
113 Summer on the
Riviera
DOWN
1 Subscription platform for online-content creators
2 ‘‘That is my
intention’’
3 Where the ilium
and ischium are 4 Inhabitant of
Ireland or Scotland 5 Holiday helper 6 Sign that you can’t
go back now? 7 Philosophical pillar 8 ____ Arbor, Mich. 9 Deep inhalation to
get high
10 Ordered delivery,
perhaps
11 Hive mind of ‘‘Star Trek: TNG,’’ with ‘‘the’’ 12 National Dog Show
org.
13 ____ someone’s yum (criticized a person’s tastes, slangily) 14 Discovery
astronaut Ochoa 15 With it
16 Shake a little 19 Amtrak booking 21 Worker with wax 22 ‘‘Oof, what a day!’’ 23 Run-D.M.C.’s ‘‘You
Be ____’’ 26 Longtime cohost of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade
30 Good Texas hold
’em hand 31 Auto-loan figs. 32 Bit of roofing in Spanish-style architecture 34 Biden and Harris,
notably, in brief 36 Underwire
undergarments 38 Muffin makeup,
maybe 39 Over-emoter 41 Trade, informally 43 Star N.F.L. widereceiver Allen 45 First family from
Illinois
46 Exercise in a
swimming pool 47 Grabs
48 ‘‘____ Life’’ (1981
Rick James single) 49 Tool for cutting wood along the grain 51 Scandalized
52 Pro who gets many
return customers? 53 Bad makeup artist 54 Spot for a band 55 High ways
56 Early stop at a
casino, maybe 57 Univ. senior’s
hurdle
58 Funding
62 ‘‘____ but a scratch’’: oftquoted Monty Python line
63 Con artist 66 Chattering plastic
teeth, for one 69 Rapper ____ Def 71 Group with lodges 72 Part of E.T.A.: Abbr. 76 100%
77 Allow for more high-density housing and mixed-use development, in urban-planning lingo
78 Company shakeup, for short 80 Symbol of
sturdiness
82 Pallid
83 Problem for a
pitcher
84 They have their
ups and downs 85 & 86 Very upset . . .
like the answers to five of this puzzle’s clues?
87 Grand mounts 88 They go around at
museums
91 Coffin carrier 92 Drops down?
93 In no way hidden 94 It has only onesixth of the mass of Earth’s moon 95 Goobers 96 Pentagon inits. 98 Cousin of
turquoise
100 Part of the eye that focuses light onto the retina
102 Momma’s boy 103 Big name in
outdoor gear 105 Jones of CNN