The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES
NUMBER THEORY By Sam Ezersky / No. 0223
ACROSS
1 “Consarn it!” 5 Kind of case in grammar 11 Shed some pounds 17 Edited, in a way 19 Sister channel of HBO 20 What the answer at 26-Across is written in 21 Low-level, as a class 22 Question that might be asked when hurrying into a meeting 23 Duty for a property owner 24 Relative of marmalade 26 FIFTEEN 28 Oval Office VIP 29 Transition point 30 Period preceding a school break 34 What the answer at 45-Across is written in 36 “Yes, captain” 40 Gaping opening 41 Willem of “John Wick” 42 Toward the stern 43 Howe’er 44 Chicago mayor Lightfoot 45 ELEVEN 46 Whom Harry Potter frees from serving Draco Malfoy’s family 50 Spicy, crunchy snack tidbit 53 “Ars Amatoria” writer 54 Area the Chinese call Xizang 55 “Make sense?” 56 Hell 58 Square up with 59 &60 Take control after a coup 61 SIXTEEN 62 “Just ____ boy, born and raised in South Detroit” (lyric from “Don’t Stop Believin’”) 63 Specks 64 Sleep: Prefix 65 Not quite right 66 Full of tension 67 “Hallelujah, praise the Lord!” 71 Because 75 TWO
76 Cozy spots to stop 77 Miss in the future, maybe 78 Buzz source 79 Cocktail specification 81 Fictional creature made from slime 82 Restaurant handouts for calorie counters 84 What the answer at 61-Across is written in 86 Final authority 88 Rainbows, e.g. 89 Flour filter 90 &92 Alternative title for this puzzle 98 On-the-go sort 101 It’s SW of Erie, Pa. 103 See 106-Across 104 What the answer at 75-Across is written in 105 Life lessons? 106 With 103-Across, character in Episodes I through IX of “Star Wars” 107 Millennial, informally 108 Things passed between the legs? 109 “Butt out!”
DOWN
1 Title host of radio’s first major quiz show 2 Contact-lens-care brand 3 Broadway opening 4 Declare for the draft, say 5 Items that, ironically, contain nickel 6 “Slumdog Millionaire” co-star ____ Kapoor 7 Be a snitch 8 Wishy-washy RSVP 9 Plant holder? 10 Funeral ceremony 11 Go across 12 Soldier on horseback 13 Word before card or fund 14 Sloan School of Management sch. 15 Team ____ 16 Major Southwest hub, for short 18 In store
19 Like some New Orleans cooking 20 Sloppy 25 Letter in the classical spelling of “Athena” 27 “Here’s something that’ll help” 29 Some battery ends 31 Amorphous creatures 32 Dreaded musician of the 1960s-1970s 33 Brisk 34 Luxurious affair 35 Symbols of failure 36 1974 Eurovision winner that went on to international stardom 37 “Wahoo!” 38 Immature stage of a salamander 39 Letters of credit? 41 Drops on the ground?
42 “Not on ____!” 44 Where Wagner was born and Bach died 46 Scatterbrained 47 Man’s name that sounds like two consecutive letters of the alphabet 48 At any time 49 Oktoberfest vessels 51 Some unfair hiring managers 52 “Go ahead,” in Shakespeare 56 Openly controversial opinions 57 Knock out 58 Invoice directive 59 Like most medical-journal articles 60 High hairstyle 61 Club ____ 62 Egypt’s “king of the gods”
63 Excellent conductors 64 NYC neighborhood near NoLIta 65 “Ciao” 66 Put in jeopardy 67 Muscle cars of the ’60s 68 Lyrical, as poetry 69 Facetious response to a verbal jab 70 “E.T.” actress Wallace 72 “Ugh, stop talking already!” 73 Sack 74 Sun ____, “The Art of War” philosopher 79 Where most of America’s gold is mined 80 Like the presidency of John Adams
82 Joint 83 Longtime Eagles QB Donovan 84 Suspect 85 Bible study: Abbr. 87 With a wink 89 Kisses, in Cambridge 91 Brown 92 Bring (out) for display 93 Candy wrapped in a tube 94 “I’ll come to you ____”: Macbeth 95 Eensy-weensy 96 New pedometer reading 97 Beginner, in modern lingo 98 Mammoth 99 Western tribe 100 ____ Salvador 102 What will happily sell its Soul?