CROSSWORD NEW YORK TIMES

ACROSS 1 Begin to flower

4 In conflict

9 Basketball stats category 16 Neckwear provided at some restaurants 19 Pikes Peak people 20 One-dish meal 21 “You’re playing with fire!” 22 Game night cry 23 “First,Ifounded anaerospace startup,butI never...” 26 Messy room 27 Make the first bet 28 Go back over 29 Proverbial hard workers 30 Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in brief 31 Popular indoor tree

33 Total revolution? 34 Ardennes assent 35 Singer’s asset 37 Daughter of Muhammad 39 “Whenthatfell through,Itriedmy handatfishmongering, 43 Sensitivity 45 Common resolutions 46 Squat, so to speak

47 Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!)

48 Go back down 51 J.M. Barrie, for one 53 What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies” 54 Betrays 56 “Next,Ipivoted intobreakfast restaurants,but competitors...” 61 Passages 62 Medal-earning mettle 63 Purchase printout: Abbr.

66 New Year’s Day 67 Place of prayer 69 Sat ____ (GPS system) 70 Behind 72 Library section 73 Broski 75 There are 768 of these in a gallon 77 “WhenItried candlemaking,all myworkers...” 81 Section of the nosebleed seats

83 Poetic preposition 84 Lead-in to zone 85 Some music collectibles, for short

86 Whiz 87 Counterpart of science, they say 88 Freight, e.g. 90 Uncles, in Uruguay 92 “Idecidedto tryoperatingan airport,butjust beforelaunch we...” 96 Goes first 100 Wrote, as a bad check 101 Moose’s mating season 102 Universal donor’s designation, informally 104 Betray one’s standards 105 Bridge component 106 “We’ll see” 108 Backdrop 110 Exclamation before an illadvised action, maybe 111 Creature that swallows its prey whole 112 “Finally,I decidedtobuy agrocerystore onanintersection, butarivalhad ...” 115 “Wise” one 116 “Enjoyed” some humble pie 117 Bolting Bolt 118 Union contract? 119 Counterpart of “thx” 120 Corrupting influence

121 Full ____

122 Over time period? DOWN 1 “Leave me alone!” 2 Heaven on earth 3 Pick up on 4 State lines? 5 Hammer wielder of myth

6 The missus 7 ____ Butts, inventor of Scrabble

8 CVS competitor 9 Thunderstruck 10 Slump

11 Big name in jeans 12 Quintessential 13 Turn (off) 14 Spam holders 15 Health class subj. 16 Sloan or Wharton 17 Opposite of relief, in printmaking 18 ____ wonder 24 Traditional makers of anoraks

25 Like kale vis-à-vis lettuce

30 Call of a raven 32 Break, as a window 34 Aid in getting a leg up?

35 Knot again! 36 Pizazz

38 Bow (to) 40 Desert bordering Sinai 41 Regarding 42 Harry Potter’s mother 44 Hubbub 48 Disney theme park 49 Yankees manager Aaron 50 Absolute minimum required 52 Listlessness 55 Soul 57 Portmanteau pastry

58 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a command 59 “Allegory of the cave” philosopher 60 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a command 64 Centerfold, say 65 Bits of troubleshooting 68 Football receiver 70 Yiddish word meaning “woe” 71 Eradicates starting from the bottom 73 Follow closely 74 Zac of “Baywatch” 76 Share a side 78 Identity theft, for one

79 Snow day project 80 The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for one 81 Bit of carefree fun 82 Trendy treat of Brazilian origin 88 Swiss cheese 89 Man cave, maybe 91 Bacchanalian beast 93 Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project 94 Swiss “cheese” 95 “Whatcha gonna do about it?” 97 Cub or colt 98 “Holy ____!” 99 Perfect in every way 103 Extract 106 Tiniest bit 107 Talking horse of ’60s TV

108 Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude”

109 Send off 111 Catchy song, in slang

112 Thing to catch in a city

113 Tobiko or masago

114 ____ second