DOING DOUGHNUTS
Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle and a frequent crossword contributor for The Times. Juliana Tringali Golden is an editor in Northern California, making her fourth appearance here. The idea for this puzzle was Juliana’s. She says she always wanted to create a crossword with a doughnut theme, and when Jeff showed her some blank grids he’d made with interesting patterns, this one “screamed ‘doughnut’ to me!” — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Pieces of praise
5 Host
8 D-lister’s quest
15 Anjou alternative
19 Hot sauce with a reduplicative name 21 About whom an early critic said: “Can’t act, can’t sing. Balding. Can dance a little”
22 Opposite of baja 23 Case study? 24 “Definitely, leave it to me!
25 Japanese noodle dish 26 “I declare this doughnut to be a truly tasty treat!”
28 Blends
30 Egg ____ yung
31 Final opponent in many a video game
32 Source of division at a wedding
36 Download in progress? 38 Cube’s 12
41 Items of apparel in the song “My Favorite Things” 43 Blows past
44 Turn into a puddle, maybe
45 “Here’s one way to eat a doughnut without getting icing on your nose ... ”
48 2006 Amy Winehouse hit
49 La Perla purchases 50 ____ Day, nickname for Billie Holiday
51 Dawson of “The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay” 53 Work (up)
54 Alternative to Betsy 55 Stew
56 Mark in a shell game 59 Sign of a sellout
60 One way to have something down
61 Night before
62 Pulls rank on, in a way 65 Character asked to “shine down,” in a children’s song
67 ____ student
68 “Let’s raise a glass to this outstanding doughnut!”
70 Tolkien’s Treebeard, for one
73 Mideast rulers 75 Interrupts when it’s not one’s place to do so
76 It “shines with a mournful light, like its own tear,” in an Andrew Marvell poem
77 Prix ____ menu 79 “Lemme think ... ” 81 Originally named 82 Natural leaders, it’s said
83 Corsica, par exemple 84 Likely to offend, for short
85 Telenovela, e.g.
87 “____ everybody?” 88 Inventory: Abbr. 89 D.E.A. agent
91 “It is an undeniable fact that this doughnut is awesome!”
95 Long span of time 96 Massages 98 Downtempo electronica genre
99 Like those celebrating a day of visibility on March 31
100 Heading on a certain neighborhood poster 102 Lure in the “Odyssey” 103 Foofaraws
105 Certain filler words 106 Like a baseball shutout
108 “This doughnut is the talk of the town!”
113 Pass quickly (through) 115 Small houses in the Southwest
119 Movie featuring Mickey Mouse in a wizard’s cap
120 “Me as well!”
121 Magazine “real estate” 122 Frozen treat named for a playful animal
123 Little copper?
124 Keep going
125 “Get it?”
126 Their first five parts are often disguised, for short
DOWN
1 Oil-industry acronym 2 Megacelebrity, maybe 3 “Red” leader
4 Some blackjack wagers 5 Makes, as money
6 Pod cast?
7 Response to “Cómo estás?”
8 “Come to think of it ... ” 9 When doubled, a fly 10 Symbols in social media handles
11 Clothing
12 “Bones”
13 Sonicare competitor 14 Civil rights activist Sylvia who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom
15 German lead-in to haus 16 “This doughnut would be great dipped in milk!” 17 Game popular in Brooklyn streets
18 What has good coverage for retirement? 20 Mazatlán moola 27 Symbol of freshness 29 Foofaraw
33 TV “Cousin”
34 Chateau ____ Michelle (Washington winery) 35 Headed up
37 Pithy review
38 Symbol
39 Get
40 “I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts ...” 41 Up-to-date
42 Doesn’t move
45 An annual vaccination can limit its spread 46 Japanese noodle joint 47 Fixed completely 52 Indeed, quaintly
55 Two inside an ellipse 56 Garfunkel’s partner in song
57 Treasure 58 Trattoria bowlful 63 Cheer squad’s cry 64 Numbered things in N.Y.C.
66 Subway stops: Abbr. 69 Gets ready for a Ms. Olympia contest, perhaps 71 Civil rights icon Mandela
72 Many fans of the “Enola Holmes” franchise 74 Hotbeds of tourist activity
77 Genre for George Clinton or Earth, Wind & Fire
78 Like rocks or clocks, but not a fox or an ox 80 Pull up
86 They’re called “white carrots” in Scotland 87 Gets something straight?
88 Snickers alternatives 90 One-eyed god
92 Kid often nicknamed “Trey”
93 “Rough Translation” podcaster
94 Not just “a” 97 Bit of movie-theater candy
99 Dense cake
101 A, B, C or D, but rarely E 103 Banded gemstone 104 Author of “De vulgari eloquentia”
107 Former governor of Georgia?
109 Popular tabloid subjects
110 Org. with “Informed Delivery” emails
111 The Promised Land 112 Nukes
114 Great deal
116 Mai ____
117 Coolers, for short 118 Word with “to work” or “to stun”