New York Times Sunday Crossword >>
By Sam Ezerskysam Ezersky, 24, is the associate puzzles editor at The Times. A puzzlehead since childhood, he sold his first crossword to the paper, a Saturday, when he was 17. His job at The Times includes testing/ fact- checking the daily Mini crossword
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 V. I. P.
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?
“Butt out!”
109 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 R. S. V. P.
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-’ 70s
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 medicaljournal articles
60 High hairstyle
61 Club ____
62 Egypt’s “king of the
gods”
63 Excellent conductors 64 N. Y. C. neighborhood 85 Bible study: Abbr.
near Nolita 87 With a wink
65 “Ciao” 89 Kisses, in Cambridge
66 Put in jeopardy
91 Brown
67 Muscle cars of the 92
Bring ( out) for display ‘ 60s
93 Candy wrapped in a
68 Lyrical, as poetry
tube
69 Facetious response to a
94 “I’ll come to you verbal jab
____”: Macbeth
70 “E. T.” actress Wallace 95
Eensy- weensy
72 “Ugh, stop talking 96
New pedometer reading already!”
73 Sack 97 Beginner, in modern
lingo
74 Sun ____, “The Art of 98
Mammoth
War” philosopher
79 Where most of 99
Western tribe America’s gold is 100 ____ Salvador mined 102 What will happily sell
80 Like the presidency of its Soul?,
John Adams
82 Joint
83 Longtime Eagles QB
Donovan
84 Suspect