NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Stephen McCarthy, a native of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm. He got his start in puzzles by solving cryptic crosswords in Toronto’s Globe and Mail with his grandfather. Last year he began constructing American-style puzzles, incorporating some of the wordplay of cryptics in his themes and clues. This is a good example. Stephen’s last Times crossword was ‘‘Maple Leaf,’’ in June. — W.S.

ACROSS

1 What a drawbridge

may bridge

5 In that case 9 Control-tower

installation

14 Pass

19 ‘‘That one’s ____’’

(‘‘My bad’’) 20 Amelia Bedelia, e.g. 21 ‘‘Go me!’’

22 Member of a noble

family

23 2004 film about

a group of

MALIGNERS 25 It might be put on for

stage PAGEANTRIES

27 Annual film festival where ‘‘Saw’’ and ‘‘Get Out’’ premiered 28 ‘‘____ La La’’ (1964

hit)

29 Senator, e.g., for short 30 Avoids a bogey, perhaps

31 Being

33 Be hopping mad

34 Cool one

37 W.W. II hero,

informally

39 Muletas are waved at them

40 Canon camera

41 Branch of Islam

42 You might be

MARVELING AT this as it whizzes by

46 Sort of SCHEMATIC for Christian education 48 Like some casts 49 City nicknamed the Old Pueblo

51 French city near the

Belgian border 52 Prefix with colonial 53 Tightfitting 55 Toni Morrison title

heroine

56 Annual British acting award

58 Series of questions, maybe

60 Counterpart of elles 62 Opposite of never 64 Many relationships are INSTIGATED on one

68 Healthy eaters may

give this A WIDE

BERTH

72 Disrupt an online

meeting, in a way 74 Mauna ____

75 Grp. that hasn’t yet found what it’s looking for

76 Wonder Woman and

others 79 Valuable load for a mule

81 Influence

84 Pioneering gangsta

rap group

85 Burdened

86 Just

88 Preferring one’s own company, perhaps 90 They can be

NOISELESS while stalking prey 93 Explorers of the

UNTRAVERSED 95 Burden 96 Old cable-TV inits. 97 Fill in 98 Word repeated in ‘‘I ____, I ____, it’s off to work I go’’

99 Lick, say

100 ‘‘____ merci!’’ (French cry)

101 ‘‘On it, captain!’’ 103 ‘‘No need to make me a plate’’

106 Five-letter word that replaces a fourletter word? 107 1980s gaming inits. 108 Not even 111 Writing done

GRAPHICALLY 115 The Trojans lacked the FORESIGHT to turn this down

116 It’s multilayered

117 You should always bring it to a competition 118 Children’s author Blyton

119 Be taken aback

120 One way to cook a 116-Across 121 Unenthusiastic

122 They know the drill: Abbr.

123 Word after hard or before short

DOWN

1 ‘‘My Two ____’’ (2015 Claudia Harrington children’s book) 2 Top 3 Appliance brand since

1934 4 Pea shooters? 5 ‘‘Sign me up!’’ 6 Complete travesty 7 Feature of many

British accents 8 Binges too much, for

short

9 As if orchestrated 10 Indexed data

structures

11 Directly

12 Fourth person to walk

on the moon

13 Do a double take? 14 Boot

15 Almost

16 What makes Shrek

shriek?

17 One side in a debate 18 It may be blown

24 They may be blown 26 House Republican

V.I.P. Stefanik

28 Star in Canis Major 32 Just so

34 Hot-dog topper

35 Airline passenger

request

36 Lion ____

38 ‘‘Dear ____ Hansen’’ (2017 Tony-winning musical)

41 Responds to br-r-r-isk

weather?

42 Like zebras and lions 43 Voice with an Echo 44 Rub it in

45 ‘‘It is what it is’’ and

others

46 Mike Krzyzewski, to

Duke basketball fans 47 Rise

50 Hot-dog topper

54 A little too silky, maybe

56 Justin Trudeau, by

birth 57 Don’t believe it! 59 Aftmost masts on

ships

61 Gives fuel to

63 Gets a move on,

quaintly

65 Who can hear you scream in space 66 Ending with poly67 Title meaning ‘‘commander’’ 69 ‘‘____ Meenie’’ (2010

hit)

70 Battling

71 Rings up 73 Showing the effects of

an all-nighter, say 76 Give one’s blessing to 77 It has more coastline than California, surprisingly

78 Score after seven points, maybe 80 Certain radio format 82 Apropos of

83 ‘‘Like that’ll ever

happen!’’ 86 ‘‘Appetizers’’ or ‘‘Desserts,’’ at a diner 87 International cosmetics company ____ Rocher

89 Content people? 91 Larsson who wrote ‘‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’’ 92 Pooh-pooh

94 Common April

activity, nowadays 97 Vietnamese sandwich 100 Group trying to sack a QB 102 Make over, as a ship 104 A crowd, they say 105 It has 104-Down legs 106 Obscure, with ‘‘out’’ 109 They may be set by industry grps.

110 Girl in ‘‘The Old Curiosity Shop’’ 111 sin/tan

112 Major Japanese carrier

113 ‘‘Kill Bill’’ co-star

114 You can chew on it 115 Some appliances