The New York Times Crossword Puzzle:

1 Hurricanes and

tornadoes

9 One of 12, biblically 17 “Way to go, me!” 19 Grape from

France’s Côte-d’or 20 Great ape? 22 Erotic artist? 23 5-Down’s pet 24 Ooze

26 Authors 27 Yesterday, in

Spanish

30 ____ Jam (record

label)

31 “Let me be perfectly ____” (Pride slogan) 34 Guinness of “The

Ladykillers” 37 Street magician? 44 Made, as a putt 45 Stockpile

46 Linger

47 Rock’s ____

Fighters

48 Toast with a raised

stein

50 Bad thing to drop

in polite company 52 Anthony Hopkins won this with only 16 minutes of screen time 54 Reply of disgust 55 One hitting the

space bar? 57 Muscat resident 59 Leaves slack-jawed 60 Farmers?

63 Took big steps 65 Unplanned

preview, perhaps 66 See here!

67 ____ of Orleans, moniker for Joan of Arc

68 Supply, as elevator

music

71 Switch hitter? 78 Zeno of ____,

paradoxical thinker 79 Fastest train in the

U.S.

80 Spot for a

microphone

81 What might be drawn with a “C” in cartoons 82 Plans of study 85 Time’s 2023

Athlete of the Year 87 Appropriate

89 Hail, to Caesar 90 Warm touch 92 Gunpowder

ingredient

94 Top pair

95 Animal

tranquilizer? 98 Trash

99 Pan handle? 100 Communication with one’s hands, for short

101 Target of Y.A.

fiction

103 Word with straw or

swing

105 Big Apple figure 109 “Boy Wonder” of

comics

113 & 117 The Grim

Reaper?

120 Live content

creators

121 They might be flagged as “Potential Spam” 122 Seasonal charity

event

123 Cuts down to size

DOWN

1 V on the N.Y.S.E. 2 Albatross,

metaphorically 3 Hypnotized, say 4 Some closet

organizers

5 “The Jetsons” boy 6 Crossed (out) 7 Online school

closing?

8 Nurses

9 Dash’s partner 10 Ancient Romans

made it from soot 11 Purchase for a golf

course

12 Nexus: Abbr. 13 Peeved

14 Indigo Girls song with the chorus “Adding up the total of a love that’s true/ Multiply life by the ...”

15 Creditor’s security 16 Makes a misstep 18 Ready, with “up” 19 Wrinkle-faced dog 21 Cash in

22 Disney villain who’s the grand vizier of Agrabah 25 /

28 Replies of disgust 29 Stoolie 31 Somewhat 32 Section of a

syllabus

33 ____ Griffin, civil

rights pioneer 34 Meat jelly

35 Butler on “The

Addams Family” 36 Japanese

mushroom 38 “Pass,” in a casino 39 Quadcopter, e.g. 40 Concrete support 41 Straws in the wind 42 Sweet-talked

NO. 0121 43 Origin of the words

“cake” and “egg” 49 Actor George who wrote the 1994 autobiography “To the Stars”

51 Police

accountability tool 53 Rapper ____ B 56 List

58 Demure

61 E.R. shout 62 Author Gaiman 63 What a crackerjack

cracker jacks 64 Does some field

work 67 Superlatively

sullen

68 Praline ingredient 69 Valentine candy

message

70 Not open to appeal, as a court decision

71 Bass symbol 72 Tiniest bit 73 Actress Fisher of

“Eighth Grade” 74 Worshiper of Jah,

informally 75 Insurance giant 76 Mental fogs

77 Lock

79 Law enforcer in the Harry Potter universe 1/28/24 83 Longtime actor on “Law & Order: SVU”

84 Give a darn

86 All together 88 Emulate Jack

Sprat

91 Old Seaworld

mascot

93 Parkway or

expressway: Abbr. 96 Complained 97 Keyboard corner

key

102 Straight up

103 Like the open sea 104 Not fooled by 105 Some carry a spare one in a boot

106 Smartphone

platform

107 Bit of decoration

at a beach house 108 Not just think 110 Zodiac symbol

111 Sicily or Sardinia 112 Ending with late or

great

114 “____ out!”

115 “The Dark Side of

the Moon” studio 116 Fire (up)

118 Texter’s “Truthfully

...”

119 French chess

piece