The New York Times Crossword
TODAY: MY TWO CENTS(0625)
Joe DiPietro owns the bar ‘‘one star’’ in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Its website self-deprecatingly calls it ‘‘a dingy hole’’ ‘‘on a deadish street’’ (but it gets 4.5 stars on Yelp). This is Joe’s 137th crossword for The Times since 1995. He began it after seeing 46-Across on a food package and thinking, Hmm. Joe says, ‘‘I will never not love coming up with theme ideas and filling grids.’’ — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Lamented, in a way
5 Citi Field mascot 10 Ray in warm waters
15 Scotland’s ____ of Arran
19 ‘‘OMG!’’ quaintly 20 ‘‘What’s the ____?’’
21 Be of service to 22 Its capital is Ndjamena
23 ‘‘It’s obvious the actors aren’t doing these stunts’’
25 ‘‘Hares and rabbits are really the same animal, some say’’
27 Rick’s last name
in ‘‘Casablanca’’ 28 Fight
30 Natives of the
Negev
31 Total kvetch 32 Actor Ray
34 Take (down) 35 Sound effect when the Stooges whapped each
other
36 Having serial
success
40 ‘‘Y,’’ as in Yucatán 42 Overture follower 45 Bid’s counterpart
in stock trading 46 ‘‘Waiter, you can hold off bringing the coffee till the end of the meal’’ 50 Make difficult to
find
52 Wide-eyed 53 11th-century founder of Scholasticism 54 Shares on Twitter,
for short 55 Musk’s position at 57-Across, in brief
57 See 55-Across 59 Simu who starred in ‘‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’’ 60 Barracks bed 61 ‘‘Alas, yes’’ 66 Clipped
68 Lead-in to save 69 ‘‘Wool will keep
you the warmest’’
74 They’re never free
of charge
75 ‘‘____ beaucoup!’’ 76 Like some
confrontations 77 Red snapper, on a
sushi menu 78 Sports org. in a
1976 merger 80 Religion with circled pentagrams 83 Smoked ____ 84 Famed Giant
slugger
85 Easton ____, singer with the 2009 No. 1 country hit
‘‘A Little More Country Than That’’
87 It has human
potential
90 ‘‘You stay here’’ 94 ‘‘Being contrarian
is fun!’’
98 Artist who was part of Der Blaue Reiter
99 Art ____
100 ‘‘Hi and Lois’’
creator Browne 101 Joan who wrote ‘‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’’ 102 Site that reviews
tech products 103 Fess (up)
105 One moving left to
right
108 Lots have lots of
them
110 Smiling, as members of an audience
113 Banjo sounds 115 Like hot stuff 116 ‘‘ Whaddya mean it’s the pits? It’s the best part of an apple!’’
118 ‘‘ Use it for Thanksgiving stuffing and
saltimbocca’’ 121 First name in
‘‘Casablanca’’ 122 TV producer
Michaels
123 Senescence 124 ‘‘Too many to list’’
abbr.
125 Does in the forest 126 Windblown soil 127 ‘‘What a ____!’’ 128 Square
DOWN
1 Joined tightly
2 ‘‘I’’ lift?
3 Crooner in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame 4 Financial institution that lends its name to a Boston arena 5 Court figure with a
renowned temper 6 Merit
7 Big Apple subway
inits.
8 Clothing designer
Marc
9 It’s said to be taken upon marriage 10 Cartoon Mr. who
squints
11 ‘‘Stop!’’ nautically 12 They hold people’s
handles
13 Draw
14 Secondary characters, in gamerspeak 15 Skimmer over a
frozen lake
16 Fail electrically 17 Pianist Downes 18 ‘‘Scooping since
1928’’ sloganeer 24 What many people do on their dating profiles 26 Journey to Mecca 29 Internet speedtest signal 31 M.I.T. Sloan
degrees
33 Resident of Westwood, Brentwood or Hollywood
37 Controversial org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021
38 Part of G.P.A.:
Abbr.
39 Nonstop jokester 41 Place to talk
turkey, maybe 43 Glinda’s reassurance to Dorothy on whether her dog can also return to Kansas
44 See 67-Down 46 The Iron ____, pro-wrestling Hall of Famer from Iran
47 Capital on the
Willamette River 48 Take weapons from
49 Sch. in Dallas
51 Reads, in a way 56 Lines of
dedication 58 Impassive 61 Somewhat off 62 Kid’s buoyancy aid 63 Developed and
finished naturally 64 One of the
Leewards 65 Resource mined
in Minecraft 67 With 44-Down, not subject to change 68 Ring-shaped reef 70 Physicist
Schrödinger 71 Including on an
email thread 72 Dennis’s sister
on ‘‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’’ 73 Had dinner at
home
78 Big diamond? 79 Strong link 81 Curve cutter for
carpenters 82 Passionate 86 What might get pumped up for a race
88 Prefix with cycle 89 It’s mine in Italy 91 Prominent figure
in the
O. J. Simpson murder
trial
92 Vehicle with lower
emissions
93 Goes (for)
95 What you can’t make a silk purse out of, proverbially 96 More than bingewatch, maybe 97 In the limelight,
say
102 Had a cow 104 Corn Belt state:
Abbr.
106 Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics 107 Features of some
bookstores 109 Keeper of the
peas?
110 ____ rock
111 Infiltrator
112 Small valley 114 Stretched-out
yarn?
115 Certain email
folder
117 John for Cleese 119 PX clientele 120 Beef alternative in
burgers