NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

THIS AND THAT BY SID SIVAKUMAR

Across

1 Piles

15 Tablet purchases 19 Setting for Banff

National Park 21 Dealer’s enemy 22 Disney film with more than a million handdrawn bubbles 24 Rap’s Run-D.M.C., e.g. 25 Ostrich or kangaroo 26 Amtrak service 27 Emulate Ella

Fitzgerald

29 Boxer Wolfe who played Artemis in ‘‘Wonder Woman’’ 30 ‘‘Yes, indeed’’ 31 Get-together

33 Rush

35 Clear spirit 36 Seasonal fast-food sandwiches that aren’t halal

37 ‘‘Star Trek’’ virtualreality chambers 38 San ____ (European

enclave)

39 [stern glare]

40 Italian wine region 41 Certain developer’s

job

42 Seriously unpleasant 43 Or greater

44 Fall flavoring

45 Some movie-theater

concession areas 50 Shattered

51 Eateries serving small

plates

52 Spoils

53 Up

54 Command center 55 Multiday event, for

short

56 2017 CVS Health

acquisition 57 Profess

58 Tough bass part? 60 Really grooves with

something

61 Quaint locale of firstaid supplies 63 Valorous

64 Bhikkhunis : Buddhist monastery :: ____ : convent

65 The C of C major, e.g. 66 Word with zone or

boots

67 Actor Idris

68 Error message?

69 Was completely

exhausted

70 Hiking aids 72 Employees who work

a lot

73 Bit of reading near a

cashier, in brief 76 Grasps at straws? 77 Not at all

78 Big name in pasta

sauces

79 N.B.A. coach ____

Unseld Jr.

80 Badly hurt 81 ‘‘Capisce?’’

82 Rail in a dance studio 83 Images on some Australian silver coins

85 V.I.P. access points 89 Mythos

90 Nutritional plan involving controlled removal of foods 91 Predator frequently appearing in Calvin’s daydreams in ‘‘Calvin and Hobbes’’ 92 Special delivery?

Down

1 Put on pretensions 2 Island home to Faa’a

International Airport 3 It’s located in the

middle of an alley 4 Drones, e.g.

5 Terse confession

6 Op. ____ 7 Bad person to confess

bad things to 8 Twisting together 9 Puerto Rico’s ____ Telescope, formerly the world’s largest single-aperture telescope 10 Impersonate at a

Halloween party 11 Immune system

component 12 Vegetable in bhindi

masala

13 Lens holder

14 Fine crystals used in

food preparation 15 Symbol of industry 16 Make a flying jump

onto a slope

17 They get left in the

dust

18 Treat on a tea trolley

tray

20 ‘‘____ Mode’’ (2018 No. 1 hit for Travis Scott)

23 Labyrinth builder of

myth

28 Tarot card said to

‘‘radiate’’ positivity 31 Foretold the future 32 Certain gasket 33 Deterrent to a

pickpocket 34 Behaves like a fool,

informally

36 Drama linked to the resurgence of the name ‘‘Betty’’ for baby girls 37 Remains tightly

secured

38 Acquired family

member

39 Actress Meyer of ‘‘Beverly Hills 90210’’

41 Tested the censor, say 42 Vendors of e-cigs 43 Cruise stop

44 Wet behind the ears 45 Important sales for growing businesses? 46 Argument

47 Totally wipes out 48 Like some very old

characters

49 Pallet piece

50 Small drink of whiskey 51 Zap, in a way

54 Items at T.S.A.

checkpoints 56 Boeing competitor 58 What the waving of a white flag can indicate

59 Business brass 60 Reduce in rank 62 Style pioneered by

Picasso

63 Works at the cutting

edge?

66 Hot, in Havana 67 Evidence of a crossword solver’s mistake, maybe 68 Dairy-free coffee

additive

69 Butcher’s offering 70 Quiver

71 Ripply fabric pattern 72 Give a thumbs-down 73 Bespectacled

‘‘Peanuts’’ character 74 Gives a thumbs-up 75 Talk-show slate 76 Harped (on) 77 Unfashionable

78 Time off, for short 81 Slightly spoiled, in

a way

82 Label signing 84 ____-positive

movement 86 Contest

87 Actress Mowry of

‘‘Sister, Sister’’ 88 Authority,

metaphorically