The New York Times Crossword
Emily Carroll is finishing her medical residency in New York City. She finds crossword constructing “a nice stress reliever.” This is her seventh crossword and her first Sunday. ACROSS
1 Crawling marine mollusk 8 Victorious cry
14 At first, say 20 So-called “Crossroads of America”
21 Wife in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is the Night” 22 Uprights, e.g.
23 Low end?
25 What sunblock blocks, briefly 26 Rushes
27 Hangout on “The Simpsons” 28 One of two for a buck? 30 Somewhat, slangily
32 Go astray
33 Part of town that may be dangerous
35 Tater ____ 38 Extraterrestrial from the planet Melmac 40 Emphatic ending with yes or no
42 Bulging bicep, in slang 43 Raise
44 Wet
48 Agreement for exporting essential oils? 51 Raggedy ____
52 Around an hour after noon 54 Spend all weekend solving crosswords, say, with “out” 55 Dummkopfs 56 Movie-rating org. 58 Semi-essential part? 59 Driver of “Blackkklansman” 61 Most pallid
63 Exercise program done in formal attire?
66 Horse operas
68 Top squads 69 Sports-page listings 71 Avoid cooked foods 75 Beyond prim and proper 77 Sturdily built friend on “Friends”?
79 Relative of a flute 82 Statement often starting “I ...”
84 Egg head?
85 Train transportation 86 “Baby Blues” or “Rhymes With Orange”
87 PC key
89 Rita who played Anita in “West Side Story” 92 Setting for many Twins games: Abbr. 93 Spotted animal with a lot of sore spots? 96 Squirrels away
98 “What ____?” 99 Maestro’s gift
100 ____ Rousey, first female fighter inducted into the U.F.C. Hall of Fame 102 Animal in un zool—gico 103 First letter of “tsar” in Russian
104 Father of the Constitution 106 PC key
108 Extended family 112 Utterly useless 113 Totally abandon one’s plan 114 Letter-shaped fastener 115 Laugh riot 118 Cause of a work stoppage at a shoe factory? 123 Tropical scurrier
124 Put on a pedestal 125 Charm
126 A cobbler might use one 127 Expunge
128 Word before shot or plot
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1 Some turban wearers 2 Film composer Morricone 3 Doe follower, in song 4 Breaks along the Panama Canal?
5 “Well, ____-di-dah!” 6 Commercial prefix with lever 7 “That’s so-o-o gross!”
8 Is a willing participant? 9 Runs out of gas
10 Here, to Henri 11 Underworld boss
12 Troy story
13 Joan of Arc, at the time of her death
14 Fit for a king
15 Skin care brand 16 Attorney general under both Bush 41 and Trump 17 Santa ____ winds 18 ____ sauce
19 Symbol on a Mariners cap 24 ____ d’oeuvre
29 Slangy affirmation
31 Rare solo voice in opera 33 Arthur with a Tony 34 Unitedhealthcare competitor 35 Back-comb 36 Multi-time Pulitzer finalist, including for the volume “Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories” (2014) 37 Meet on the down-low 39 Confines
41 Fixes up, in a way 43 Circuit-board component 44 Fearsome snake 45 Stoned 46 Dumbstruck 47 Undiluted
49 Like Easter Island
50 Full of enthusiasm 53 Construction girders 57 Not without sacrifice 60 Call into question 62 Permeate
64 Shout from a lottery winner 65 Kid-lit character with the catchphrase “Thanks for noticing me”
67 In regard to
70 Big name in 2008 financial news 72 Jurisdiction 73 Stomach
74 Painful paintball mementos 76 Rapid movement of the eye from one point to another 78 Surrealist Tanguy 79 Groups in the quarterfinals, e.g.
80 Loses enthusiasm 81 Elicit a smile from
83 Last Oldsmobile ever produced
88 Sent
90 Pearl clutcher’s cry
91 Bit of brewing equipment 94 “Sure thing, dude!” 95 Boatload
97 Untangle
101 “In your dreams!”
104 2016 film set in Polynesia 105 Reckon, informally 107 Section of a high school yearbook
109 Native Alaskan 110 Popular corn chip 111 What radio signals travel through, with “the” 112 Spring’s opposite 113 Nongreen salad ingredient 115 Merest taste
116 Part of a sci-fi film’s budget 117 French way
119 The Braves, on scoreboards 120 One of many extras in air travel nowadays
121 A little fun?
122 Letters on some luggage to New York