The New York Times Crossword
Caitlin Reid, 35, is a stay-at-home mother with four young children in Santa Ana, Calif. She says, “When I’m not herding cats, you can find me playing Chopin on the piano or dancing to the Beatles in my kitchen.’’ The inspiration for this puzzle was 89-Across. This is Caitlin’s fourth crossword for The Times and her first Sunday.
ACROSS
1 Knock
4 Amped
9 Racket
13 Chocolate component 18 Humans’ closest relatives 20 Alternative sweetener source 21 Trendy superfood
22 Coral formation 23 “Should I not use my oven clock?”?
26 “My turn! My turn!” 27 What bankers and prospectors both seek 28 Sends a Dear John letter 29 An arm and a leg 30 Soprano Fleming 31 Numerical prefix from the Greek for “monster” 32 Gloria, in the animated “Madagascar” films 33 Scrubs
35 The “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”?
40 ____ vu
41 Some spicy fare
43 Father of Zeus 44 Composer of “The Microsoft Sound,” which, ironically, he wrote on a Mac 45 President-____
47 Its calendar begins in A.D. 622
50 Members of a flock
51 Put up
52 Give a ride to an Indiana hoopster? 55 Bargain-priced
56 New Year abroad 57 Teacher of the dharma 58 Orange juice option
59 “I can’t take this anymore!” 61 The Kremlin, e.g. 63 “____ in the Underworld” (Offenbach opera)
65 Show impatience with, as an envelope
68 “Cool beans!”
70 ____ health
71 Pope’s “____ on Solitude” 74 Shared spirit 75 Printer’s low-ink alert? 78 How balloons are priced? 79 Round product with a wax wrapper
81 Unwanted looks
82 Less outgoing
83 Bygone monitor, for short 84 What no single speaker is capable of 86 Offerings in a bridal registry 88 Cause of an R rating 89 What a plumber did for a clogged drain?
93 Given a yellow card, say 95 Top of the Special Forces? 96 Little dippers?
97 Relish
98 Like a Tour de France rider on Day 20 vis-ˆ-vis Day 10 99 Classical personification of ideal human beauty 101 Overlord, for the Battle of Normandy 104 Supereasy quiz question 105 World’s shortest-reigning monarch?
107 Sphere of influence 108 Tweak, in a way
109 In no way reticent 110 Sketch out
111 Tries
112 Flotsam and Jetsam, in “The Little Mermaid”
113 Really like
114 Sign of a packed house
DOWN
1 Bust
2 Locale for a shrine 3 Personal favorite on an agenda
4 Least taxing 5 Colorful stone in a brooch 6 Flaps one’s gums 7 Actress Mendes
8 What strawberries become as they ripen 9 Cover-up for a robbery? 10 Notoriously hard-to-define aesthetic style 11 Servings from a tap 12 La Baltique, e.g.
13 Big figures in 47-Across 14 Back to the original speed, in music
15 They usually include drinks 16 Relief
17 ____ Miss
19 Sole supporter? 24 “____ She Lovely” (Stevie Wonder song) 25 Neighbor of an Armenian 29 Some prom rentals 31 Scenic fabric 32 Improve gradually, say 33 Doing well (at)
34 Give a false impression of 35 Got taken for a ride 36 Unsolicited mentions online, in the press, etc. 37 “Meeeeeeeeow!”
38 It makes you yawn 39 Shelfmate of Webster 42 One who gets take-out orders?
46 Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. 48 Mini-program 49 Egyptian ____ (cat) 51 Derbies, e.g.
53 Spread out at a banquet?
54 Attire
55 Parts of a gymnastics routine 59 Calculation for an aerospace engineer
60 When doubled, “I agree!” 61 Alternative to a condo 62 Certain finish 64 Comparative in a wedding vow
65 Flinch or twitch, say 66 Computer guru, informally 67 Pops up in a flash? 69 Common sports injury site, briefly
71 Piquant bakery offerings 72 John who pioneered the steel plow
73 Messed up
75 Get bent
76 Green lights, so to speak 77 “Stop being such a baby!” 79 Old dentist’s supply 80 Ingredient in insect repellent 84 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. 85 Powerpoints?
87 Envelop in a blanket
90 “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green” crooner
91 Opposites of 76-Down 92 Palais des Nations locale 94 Say for certain 97 Echolocation method 98 Bull, e.g.
99 Half of a children’s game 100 Dastard’s doings 101 Popular 2017 Pixar film set in Mexico
102 “Caboose”
103 Old Bond rival
104 Hit 2010s HBO series, familiarly
105 Late ____
106 Fish-taco fish