NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS BY ANDREW CHAIKIN ACROSS DOWN
44 In ____ (not yet
delivered)
48 Singer who was in 2018’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” 49 Has as a mount 51 Right-angled joint 54 “Quién ____?” (Spanish
“Who knows?”) 57 Fateful day in 44 B.C. 58 No purebred 60 Cosmo, e.g.
62 What’s the big idea? 63 Dimensions 64 Something you don’t
want to be under 66 Noodle, for example 67 Colleague
68 Put on the books 69 Giving up time 72 Carrier until 2001 75 Rudder’s place
77 Place
78 Dispersed, as a search
party
80 Retro Chrysler 82 Corroborates
83 Did some gambling 84 Former Haitian leader
Jean-Bertrand 85 Defenders in the
Battle of Trenton 86 ____ Nostra
87 Film director Nicolas 88 Tangent introducer 91 Funny
95 Watched a kitty 96 Target of an air
freshener
97 Series finale abbr. 101 Baseball’s Chase 102 Confederate in an
audience
103 Ridged fabric
104 Syrian strongman 106 Doesn’t just sit 107 Writers might click
them
109 Sporty roof feature 112 Solemn statement 113 Poetic “before” 114 Feel bad when they add the finishing touches? 50 Lets out
52 Put away, as a sword 53 “What’s the ____?” 54 Place to park at the bar 55 Police, informally 56 Comedian Andre with a self-named Adult Swim show 59 Russian assembly 61 Super-duper
65 Western Hemisphere grp. 66 What workers at the
sticker factory do? 70 ____ Royal Highness 71 Words before “Remember” and “Forget” in song titles 73 Shooter of arrows 74 Code part
75 Brown in the kitchen 76 Scarfs (down)
79 Do some pogoing 81 French France 83 Jackson nicknamed the
“Queen of Gospel” 86 Shorten words like “forecastle” and “boatswain”?
89 Equal
90 Stretching muscle 92 Certain yearling 93 What a private detective might photograph
94 Ignore what you have in reserve while taking inventory? 97 Morn’s counterpart 98 Assignment that might
have a page limit 99 #MeToo ____
100 Underground places
with bats
102 Anti-bullying spot,
for short
105 Toiling away
106 Computing pioneer
Lovelace
107 Side dish with kalua
pig
108 Betrays a sibling, say 110 Statistician’s worry 111 Encouragement at an
N.B.A. mixer? 115 Irish novelist O’Brien 116 Pull
117 Lake near London 118 Country ruled only by kings named Tupou since 1845
119 Obstacle to
overcome
120 Loses sleep (over) 121 Hinge (on)
122 Made a choice Andrew Chaikin, of San Francisco, is a singer and meditation teacher who goes by the name Kid Beyond. He has opened for such luminaries as James Brown, Ray Charles and Sara Bareilles. This is his third Sunday crossword for The Times. Last January he made a resolution to have another puzzle in the paper by the end of the year. In October, with time running out, he thought, What’s an idea they’d want to publish by Dec. 31? Voilà! — W.S. 1 Stuffs with bacon, say 6 Convention handouts 10 Second of the 10
biblical plagues 15 Mission-driven org. 19 Underway
20 Congress person 21 Ancient neighbor of Lydia 22 Intl. group founded in 1960 with five members
23 “We can’t hear you in the back, Johannes!”? 26 Winter leaf covering 27 “Oops, my bad!” 28 Fixtures at most airport lounges nowadays
29 Boston ____ (Sam
Adams offering) 30 Place to fill up in Canada 31 Not just -er
32 Canal trouble
35 Triage sites, briefly 36 Brown in a Food
Network kitchen 37 Not leave alone
38 Put on a production of a classic Sondheim musical?
41 Subjects of “birds and
bees” talks 44 Knowledgeable about 45 Pirate’s chant 46 Scottish cap
47 What composers do 1 Mental slip-up 2 Hairstyles for Pam Grier
and Angela Davis 3 Take a break from
flying, say 4 Martial-arts center 5 Audiophile’s purchase 6 Nymph pursuer
7 Drag wear
8 Soccer phenom Freddy 9 Be nominated
10 Some scuba gear 11 Overcharge
ridiculously
12 In the world
13 Samoa salesperson 14 Worth heeding 15 Utterly useless 16 Nonbeliever, now 17 Not always available 18 Nascar and FIFA, e.g. 24 Ibex’s perch
25 Brinks
33 Google Play buys
34 Big snapper, informally 35 Book of Mormon book 36 Ready for romance 37 Trim, in a way 39 Spectacle
40 “I totally forgot!” 41 End result
42 Take up again, as a
case
43 Like foods said to be good for hangovers and bad for skin complexion