NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
THAT'S A TALL ORDER! BY FINN VIGELAND
Finn Vigeland graduated in May from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master’s degree in urban planning. He now works as a transportation planner in Washington. Urban planning and crossword constructing evidence a dual interest in grids. Finn sold his first puzzle to The Times in 2010 when he was 18. This will make 18 puzzles by him for the paper altogether, half of them Sundays. — W.S.
ACROSS
1 Volcanic residue
4 Iraqi, e.g.
8 Not working today 11 Top of the Alps? 17 Singer with the 2016 No.
1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 18 Ancient Iranian 19 Something dogs may pull 20 Only musical to win Best Picture since “Oliver!” in 1968 21 Early encyclopedist credited with coining “Home is where the heart is”
24 Adjusts, as an instrument 25 Reference aids for artists 26 Children’s author Lowry 27 Nonkosher sammie 28 Tested
29 Phrase followed by
“one two, one two” 32 English channel, with “the” 33 ____ Min Lee, victim in
the podcast “Serial” 34 Archipelago nation in
the Indian Ocean 35 Stage before pupa 36 Gchat transmissions,
briefly 39 Accident-investigating
org.
41 Big dealer in outdoor gear 42 Suggestion for a reading
circle, informally 44 Fruit with a pit
46 Seek revenge on, in a way 47 Is a straight shooter 49 Some printer hues 51 Word after meal or
before school
53 Put forward as a basis
of argument 54 Takedown pieces,
slangily
56 Charge (through) 58 Dryer residue
59 Dog sound 63 Sunbather in the tropics 64 Sources of weekly
N.C.A.A. rankings 66 Looked at lasciviously 68 Work with feet? 69 Pretzel topping 71 Modern cousin of “Yay!” 72 Fear-inducing 73 Spanish phrase meaning
“Enough is enough!” 76 “Pencils down!” 78 Huge mix-up 79 Soft-rock singer who received Kennedy Center Honors in 2016 82 Philanthropist Broad 84 Salacious stuff 85 Anonymous female, in
court
86 Nurse in a bar
87 Train between N.Y.C.
and Montauk 89 Crafty
90 Kind of acid 91 Inherited
94 Muffin ingredient
96 It’s rigged
97 Protein in Wheaties 99 Bygone car model that’s an anagram of GRANITE
103 Part of a diner display 104 It brings you closer to
your subjects
105 “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”
and “Knocked Up” 107 Mythical hunter
turned into a stag 109 State bordering the
Pacific
111 Establishment such as Crumbs and Whiskers or KitTea (both real!) 112 Avian diver 113 Not much
114 Convent-ional sort 115 Gets ready to pray 116 National Pizza Mo. 117 !
118 Future Ph.D.’s test
DOWN
1 Grp. with a pet project? 2 Buildings often outfitted
with ladders
3 Lauds
4 Oscar nominee for “Gone
Baby Gone,” 2007 5 Measure of virality 6 Ritalin target, for short 7 It’s full of hard-to-spell
words
8 What a bitter person
might try to settle 9 Retainer
10 Prez with the dog Fala 11 4-Across chief 12 All-in-one boxes 13 R.N.’s place
14 Foreign capital designed
by two Americans 15 9+ for a game, e.g. 16 Program starting with the fifth year of college, informally 19 Like 100-1 odds 20 Popular gardening shoe 22 Early vintner, in the Bible 23 Music genre associated
with the goth look 26 Baudelaire’s “____
Fleurs du Mal”
30 Inch along
31 The common folk 32 Picnic side dish 34 Trucker with a transmitter 35 Stuff of legends 36 Futuristic tracking device 37 “Are we done here?,”
politely
38 Bust, maybe
40 Dines
42 Recycling ____
43 River mammal
45 Flow of one line of a verse to the next without pause 47 Music genre from Asia 48 Term of address from one
girlfriend to another 50 IV, to III, e.g.
52 { }
55 Player of many an
opera villain
57 Stun
60 Family name on a
1960s sitcom
61 Sorry
62 Bygone military punishment 64 ____ king
65 Fantasy series that inspired “Game of Thrones,” briefly 67 What the thumbs-up
emoji can mean 70 Took a course? 72 Kosher ____
74 Sleekly designed 75 Flared dress type 77 Spice Girl also known
as Sporty Spice 79 Bob Marley, for one 80 Liqueur often mixed
with water 81 Vacancy
83 One of the Avengers 85 Fill to absolute capacity 88 For all to see, in a way 91 Koala’s tree 92 Marketing tactic 93 Australian band with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Need You Tonight” 95 “Ideas worth
spreading” offshoot 97 Mistakes
98 Singular
99 Speck
100 Cleaning for military
inspection
101 Happen again
102 In lockstep
104 Fervor
106 Lyft alternative 108 Nickname for a buddy 109 Bronx-born singer,
familiarly
110 Bronx-born congresswoman, familiarly