NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
PERSON / PLACE / THING
BY BRUCE HAIGHT
ACROSS
1 Beguiled
6 Carnival performer 10 Heavy hit
15 Popular self-help website 19 Make a good point? 20 “Three Sisters” sister 21 “The Gold-Bug”
author, for short 22 Princess with
superpowers 23 Singer / City / Home
feature
26 “Safe!” in baseball, or
“Safety!” in football 27 Beachgoer’s souvenir 28 Leg-press target,
informally 29 Third-mostabundant gas in the atmosphere 30 Emerald or aquamarine 31 “Don’t move!”
34 Dog tag?
35 Finished behind 36 Socialite / Resort /
Store
41 “Keystone” character
of old comedy 42 Sacred symbol of
ancient Egypt 43 Word after who, what, when, where, why or how
44 Message in a bottle,
maybe
45 Roman orator 48 Gangster tracker 49 How a gangly person
might be described 52 Political commentator / Geographical area / Fitness routine 58 World Cup cheer 59 Lots
60 Show extreme
instability 61 Alpo alternative 63 NPR’s “Planet Money”
or “How I Built This” 65 Ceiling
66 Related stuff 69 Texter’s sign-off 70 “Shoo!”
72 Cheer with beer 74 ____-Magnon man 75 Actor / Transportation hub / Part of a broadcast
81 Holy terror 82 Unwitting accomplice 83 Suisse peak
84 “Young Sheldon” airer 87 Scott of “Charles in
Charge”
88 “With ____ ring …” 89 Way cool
91 Comedian /
State capital / Record-store section 97 “It’s a deal!”
98 Some singles
99 Big name in vodka 102 Blockage reliever 103 “Roger that”
105 Upscale hotel chain 107 Father of octuplets
on “The Simpsons” 108 Haunted-house sound 109 Actress / Mideast
area / Crime
113 1960s “It Girl”
Sedgwick
114 Longtime “Inside the N.B.A.” analyst
115 Primary concern 116 “Speed-the-Plow”
playwright
117 RCA competitor 118 Some sports
prizes
119 Professor Trelawney in the Harry Potter books, e.g.
120 “Is this really
necessary?”
DOWN
1 What some Kaplan
guides help prep for 2 Dash
3 Take a few pointers? 4 Three-time N.H.L.
M.V.P.
5 Once named
6 Get crazy
7 English actor Idris 8 “Holy moly!”
9 ____ Graham, Meryl Streep’s role in 2017’s “The Post” 10 Crackpot
11 “Wait just a sec” 12 Many a pageant coif 13 Titan, Triton or Titania 14 Seat at many a
wedding
15 “Nothing succeeds like
____”: Oscar Wilde 16 Warm, cozy spots 17 Quite, despite
expectations 18 Clobbers
24 Plenish
25 Theme park
annoyances
30 Barrio grocery
32 ____ Perelman, classic Russian science writer
33 For
34 Lighter igniter 35 Zapped, in a way 37 Words mouthed on a
Jumbotron
38 Some girders 39 “That’s pretty
obvious!”
40 Fashion monthly 45 Take over
46 Divvies up
47 1960s Haight-Ashbury
wear
48 Summer swarmer 49 Per unit
50 Myrna of “Love Crazy” 51 Lather
53 Obama ____
54 Hi or lo follower 55 Upscale hotel chain 56 Undo
57 Hip-hop subgenre 62 Add fuel to
64 Part of a crane
65 Try this!
66 What’s got ewe
covered?
67 Flying Solo
68 Clerical wear 70 Condescending sort 71 “The Situation Room”
airer
72 Unflappable 73 Stand-alone business? 76 Kernel
77 Like many a kilt 78 Computer menu
option
79 Dumas dueler 80 Contact, in a way 84 Hits the hay
85 Major fuss
86 Like most light bulbs 88 Difficult journeys 89 Cubist of note?
90 Twit
92 Regatta site since
1839
93 Slack
94 Shines
95 Fashion
96 Insurance filings 100 Ticked off
101 All together, in scores 103 Food drive collection 104 Uriah of “David
Copperfield”
105 High wind
106 Half of a pair
109 “The Godfather” mobster who was shot in the eye 110 Staples of waiting
rooms
111 “I’m thinking …” 112 ____ de vie