CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES

ACROSS

1 Solo partner

10 Multidecker sandwich 14 Stack at Starbucks 18 Word that follows “standard” and means something nonstandard

19 Abundant

20 Nettie’s sister in “The Color Purple” 21 Likely inexpensive place to get one’s hair done 23 During the time that

24 Baton Rouge sch. 25 Auctioneer’s cry 26 Brownish tint 28 Final: abbr.

29 En ____ (chess move) 33 Jolly time 35 Sports rival of Union College, for short 36 Chemistry unit: abbr.

37 Wee devil

38 Cry like a baby

40 Tourist activity in northern Scandinavia

44 Backpack filler

46 “I dare you!”

48 Make a quick move 49 Chinese dynasty ended by Kublai Khan

50 It’s groovy

52 Get to the bottom of 55 Lockup, to Sherlock 57 Villain’s hideout 59 Source of call-ups, in baseball lingo 61 Prefix with culture

62 Virgil described its eruption in the “Aeneid”

63 “You got it, boss man!”

64 Posting that blows in the wind 67 Serenaded 71 Odyssey

72 Has little excitement for 77 Florentine : spinach :: lyonnaise : ____ 82 Curry go-with

83 To be abroad? 84 Allen Ginsberg, e.g. 88 Baby beavers

89 Bird akin to the

nene?

90 Arab country expelled from the Arab League in 2011 91 Green, in a way 92 Word cried before and after “all”

94 Governing org. of

soccer

96 Reaction of

shock

98 Analytics fodder 99 Bottom-of-page design choice 103 Spanish muralist José María ____ 105 Actor Cariou

106 Place for a

bouquet

107 Boston’s Mass ____ 108 Pb

110 Away from the wind

112 UFC fighting style 113 Get Wired again, say

116 Hotel visit 118 ____-Magnon man 119 Scarecrow portrayer Ray 121 “How lucky was that?” ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues 127 Seated yoga pose 128 Well-being 129 Seriously worry 130 What the Joneses may elicit 131 Tater

132 “Crazy Rich Asians” actress whose stage name puns on a bottled water brand

Down

1 Bank offerings, for short 2 Fashion line 3 Fashion model Marcille 4 Documents that name executors 5 Tree resin used in fragrances

6 On the same

wavelength

7 AFL partner

8 Bullies

9 Grate on

10 Charging station for a smartphone 11 Rapper ____ Yachty 12 Sci-fi saucers 13 Part of N.B. 14 Hula dancer’s adornment 15 Subject of many conspiracy theories 16 Knocking out of place

17 End a lawsuit, say 20 Musical ____

22 Speak indistinctly 23 Erase

27 One of South Africa’s capitals 29 Oink-filled pen 30 Don who won an Oscar for “Cocoon” 31 Converted splits

32 1400 34 Holiday marking the end of Ramadan 39 Feature of a Welsh accent 41 Winter Olympics host before Salt Lake City 42 Dreadfully slow 43 List in the credits 45 Wearers of striped shirts 47 Calendar column: abbr.

51 Part of a trunk 53 Worker often found on hands and knees

54 Mini maker

56 Jargons

58 Bled

60 Not to be seen or heard by children 65 Tower construction material

66 Men

68 Infrequently

69 Howe nicknamed

“Mr. Hockey” 70 Restrict with a string 72 Challenge for a stain remover 73 Popular Japanese manga series with a schoolgirl heroine 74 Counterpart of local channels 75 Beginning 76 Pranks, in a way, informally

78 Mini, for one

79 “How fancy!”

80 Like a tidied-up

room, now

81 Bitofhair

85 Alternative to .net 86 Some Spanish baby sitters 87 Art-studio prop 93 Alternatives to nets 95 HuffPo purchaser in 2011 97 Make easier to eat, as an infant’s food 99 Clumsily drop

100 Finished

101 Like a set of measuring cups, typically

102 “Later, luv!”

104 Mother ____

109 Role in “Our Gang” or “Queen Sugar” 111 “To the Lighthouse” novelist

114 ____ milk

115 Swatting sound 117 “Jeez, that’s hot!” 120 Man

122 The Sun Devils, for short

123 “No, you shouldn’t have”

124 Opus ____ 125 Iniquity site 126 Springs for a vacation?