The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Food For Thought
ACROSS
1 Disseminated 5 JPEG
alternative 8 Quick-witted 14 “Forbidden fruit is the sweetest,” e.g.
19 Kind of writing 21 Hurting more 22 Mineral used as a flame retardant 23 Aromatic
herbal drink 24 Carmen Mcrae or Anita O’day, notably 26 Disorganized 27 Sound in the
Serengeti 29 Tying words? 30 Horrible boss,
say
31 Neighbor of S.
Sudan 32 Endpoint of a Shinto pilgrimage 36 What’s going
up in Chicago? 38 And so forth 40 Munchkin 41 Spade with a
short handle? 42 Morse morsel 43 You can have a
blast with this 44 “Yes, indeedy!” 47 ____ volente 49 Makes clearer,
in a way 51 1997 pop hit with a nonsensical refrain
52 Fete
56 Anago, on a
sushi menu 57 In ____
fertilization
58 & 59 Flag bearers, for short?
62 Clap back 63 Many moons 64 Chaired 66 Many, many,
many moons 68 Subj. line
heading 69 Birthplace of five U.S. presidents, with “the” 73 German title 74 Like discriminatory employers, often 75 Just roll with it! 76 See 88-Across 77 Eliminates,
mob-style 79 Driving stick? 81 ____ out a
victory
83 Pack (in) 84 Fracases 85 Start of some conventional wisdom
88 With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world’s richest person 89 Means of a quick recharge 92 “____ funny!” 93 Fab
94 Akin to 95 Rapper ____ Cudi or DJ
____ Loco 97 Comprehension 99 Domain of
Mars
100 Boise-tospokane dir. 102 Post-default
event
104 “Eureka!”
108 “That’s the
spot”
110 Kinda
111 Lunkhead
113 Court order
114 Red accessory for cartoondom’s Huckleberry Hound
116 Scientific contribution from 98-Down, discovered in a manner suggested by this puzzle’s theme
120 Crow’s-nests,
e.g.
122 One living in
the rial world? 123 Lingerie fabric 124 Blights
125 More mirthful 126 Defiant refusal 127 ____ Plaines,
Ill.
128 Start of a story,
in journalese
DOWN
1 Cause of a jolt 2 Really busy,
perhaps 3 It’s nothing to
joke about 4 Artist known for his lampooning cartooning 5 Startin’ place 6 “____ moved
on”
7 Calming
words
8 Holy city near
Baghdad 9 Hardly a lover
of hot wings? 10 Radiofrequency meas.
11 Ad or show
follower 12 ____ P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison’s vice president 13 Lost deposits,
as a bank? 14 Attorney’s
org.
15 Sorrow 16 Thank you, in
Tokyo 17 Stovetop
device 18 Breadths 20 Sled dogs,
e.g.
25 Word in some cocktail names 28 Baseball’s “Master Melvin” 33 Westernmost sch. in Conference USA
34 Actress ____
Pinkett Smith 35 “Er ... umm ...” 37 Nonbinary
possessive 39 Game-show
invitation 45 Modern lead-in
to “X”
46 Got out fast 48 Exit
50 Tom Petty hit with the opening line “She’s a good girl, loves her mama” 51 Rendezvous 52 Nickname for
Virginia 53 Declare
54 Is beaten by 55 You might take a lift to one
56 Married mujeres:
Abbr. 57 All-in-one purchase from a smoke shop 60 Unforgettable, unstoppable sort
61 They’re not to be trusted
65 Julie who played Catwoman on old TV 67 Puzzle
(out) 70 Personal
bearing 71 Strong
pan 72 Hard thing to
do? 78 German title 80 Capital of
Bangladesh 82 Mushroom in
miso soup 86 Afterword 87 Nicolas
who directed “The Man Who Fell to Earth”
88 Lab where the Higgs boson particle was discovered 89 Inventory 90 “My Cousin Vinny” setting 91 Airport route 93 Squealed 96 Opposite of a
glut
98 Who was famously hit over the head with inspiration?
Tech release of 2006
101 Didn’t act rashly, say
103 Pit
105 Words before relax or remember 106 Small section
of a pit
107 Bowl-shaped cooking vessels
109 German state that includes Frankfurt
112 Manage
115 What’s got ewe covered?
117 Hemlock
relative
118 Old ____ (London theater)
119 Gag line?
121 Spanish
“hey!”